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Chris Mackey said:“Come on … Gov. Perdue was obviously using hyperbole to highlight what we can all agree is a serious problem: Washington politicians who focus on their own election instead of what’s best for the people they serve,” Mackey said in an email to TheDC.
Was Governor Beverly Perdue serious about suspending the 2012 elections or was she using hyperbole and joking?
I can't imagine that she was serious. She definitely shouldn't quit her day job to do stand up if that was a joke, though.
Other - Hyperbole - not seriously suggesting suspending election, but highlighting the problem of running for office while serving.
Well said and I couldn't agree more.Other
Was it a joke/hyperbole or a serious proposal? It's hard to say from just the audio without knowing the entire context.
This could have been a prepared speech or it could have been an off-the-cuff comment. Often politicians don't write their own speeches. If it was a prepared speech that she was reading then it could possibly be an example of a poorly delivered speech. On the other hand, if this was in response to an audience question or something like that then it shows an extreme ignorance of and/or contempt for Article I section 2 of the US Constitution and is an insult to the American people.
actually and currently lets smear all the politicians because currently their all hacks(appears to be) and self aggrandizing (which we witness on the media everyday) self anointed Deity's (they think their sh!! don't stink).The idea she was serious just does not stand up to any kind of examination. She clearly could not pass something like that, and bringing it up seriously would have the exact kind of negative reaction certain people are trying to tie to this. So either she is painfully stupid(she isn't), or she did not mean it literally. Since she used to comment to illustrate a problem, taken in context and looked at sensibly, she clearly was not suggesting literally suspending elections.
People are being painfully silly over this. I think the reaction to this is a classic case of facts be damned, let's smear some democrats.
Methinks you have your partisan hearing aid on. If she were a Republican you would dismiss what she said.You know what's missing for me? Listening to the mp3 I hear nothing to suggest it was a joke. She was dead pan. No chuckle, and you know how when you listen closely to a voice being recorded you can actually tell if they are smiling because the words and tone changes as does the inflection of the words. That was 100% absent in that recording. Without actually seeing video of it, it sounds to me like she was serious as hell.
Methinks you have your partisan hearing aid on. If she were a Republican you would dismiss what she said.
Redress said:This is a classic case of some trying to make a mountain out of nothing for political reasons.
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