Letter to the Editor

'Party of the people' is a joke

To the editor:

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi claims to be a member of the "party of the people." While approximately 82 percent of the people want offshore drilling to help lower prices and help our sagging economy, Peolosi closes Congress for business to avoid a vote on the situation.

So much for being a "party of the people." What a joke.

TERRY CANUPP, Cape Girardeau