Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester said state Rep. Susan Lynn should focus more on helping the people of Wilson and Sumner counties than on trying to establish a system of government already in place.

Lynn has introduced a resolution, HJR 0722, calling for an amendment to the state Constitution establishing a free-enterprise system of government.

“Mrs. Lynn knows full well that this country and this state operate in a free-enterprise market,” Forrester said. “She is simply pandering to the anger and frustration many of us are experiencing today as a result of the downturn in the economy.

“What she and other like-minded politicians have been doing lately is blame the economic slowdown on Democrats. That’s revisionist history. The failed policies of a previous White House administration nearly collapsed our financial markets and are the reason many of us are hurting now.

“Mrs. Lynn can introduce all the crazy bills and resolutions she likes, but they are not going to change the fact that a Republican president and a Republican-controlled Congress sent this economy into a tailspin,” he said.

Forrester pointed out that the Mount Juliet lawmaker also sponsored a resolution last May reasserting state sovereignty and urging the federal government to stop usurping its constitutional authority. She has also introduced legislation and resolutions in the state Legislature opposing proposed health-care insurance reforms.

“Rep. Lynn evidently doesn’t know her role in the state Legislature,” Forrester said. “She is supposed to help balance a state budget and help the people she represents in Sumner and Wilson counties.

“Trying to get Tennesseans to secede from the Union and reject any help they may need with health-care costs is lunacy. If I didn’t know better, I would think Mrs. Lynn was running for Congress in the 19th Century instead of the state Senate in the 21st Century,” he added.