Tucker not credible
Published 12:00 am Sunday, August 28, 2011
I am writing in response to Ms. Cynthia Tucker’s Aug. 17 article that places sole blame for the problems with America’s economy on the GOP. How can she consider herself a credible journalist with this type of biased opinion?
She states that “over 80 percent of the American people who were polled disapproved of Congress.” If this is true, wouldn’t that mean that Democrats and Republicans alike have failed in their duties to those who elected them? Placing blame on either party, in my opinion, is irresponsible journalism, and the news outlets that keep these reporting practices going have also failed the American people.
We, as a nation, need to hold all parties responsible for their failures, and major reform to Washington, by way of impeachment if needed, should be an option that is open for debate. We need representatives who have the interests of America, not those who pursue their own interests, in Washington.
As for the Tea Party ignoring the forecasts of our economic experts and the pleas of Wall Street to reach a debt deal, these forecasts are part of the problem with driving prices for such commodities as oil through the proverbial roof, and launching us into the recession in the first place. That is a problem that finger-pointing will never solve.
John Perkins
Vicksburg