Perry to Bernanke: I'mma fu** you up!

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Texas Governor Rick Perry, who entered the presidential campaign on Saturday, appeared to suggest a violent response would be warranted should Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke “print more money” between now and the election. Speaking just now in Iowa, Perry said, “If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I dunno what y’all would do to him in Iowa but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas. Printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history is almost treasonous in my opinion.” Treason is a capital offense.

On Twitter, Tony Fratto, former Deputy Press Secretary to George W. Bush, called Perry’s remarks “inappropriate and unpresidential.”

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/08/15/296552/perry-on-bernanke-pretty-ugly-down-in-texas/

Note: Please pay attention to the lack of quotation marks in the title.

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[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

It is in the Republic of Texas.

[scandal 951]

It is in the Republic of Texas.

I guess there's just no left no more "Deep in the heart of Texas" :crying:

[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

I guess there's just no left no more "Deep in the heart of Texas" :crying:

No, Ralph Yarborough is dead. :crying: All they have left is necktie parties. :help:

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Rick Perry making sense.

He's playing the crowd of course, but he's right about Bernanke.

[mawilson 2,133]

Inflation is a tax on the poor and middle class.

Treason is a capital offense, no pun intended?

[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

Inflation is a tax on the poor and middle class.

Treason is a capital offense, no pun intended?

I beg to differ. Inflation is not a problem since they don't use condoms.

[scandal 951]

Inflation is a tax on the poor and middle class.

Really? And here I thought there was no inflation?

Would you pay more for the same product if there were no new features or improvements?

[mawilson 2,133]

Really? And here I thought there was no inflation?

How did you get that from my not wanting to pay more for the same thing?

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How did you get that from my not wanting to pay more for the same thing?

Rhetorical Q mawilson: Would you pay more for the same product if there were no new features or improvements?

Straight up A scandal: Yes. When inflation causes price of said product to increase with no other changes or improvements to the product.

Implication: scandal recognizes inflation in the economy. mawilson does not.

It's really quite elementary, my dear.

[mawilson 2,133]

Rhetorical Q mawilson: Would you pay more for the same product if there were no new features or improvements?

Straight up A scandal: Yes. When inflation causes price of said product to increase with no other changes or improvements to the product.

Implication: scandal recognizes inflation in the economy. mawilson does not.

It's really quite elementary, my dear.

Well the obvious alternative is to not buy the product (or buy less of it) if you can no longer afford it.

When gas costs $2, Americans drive more. When it's pushing $4, they drive less.

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Rick Perry’s Serious Unforced Error

John Podhoretz

Today in Iowa, Rick Perry​ was asked about the Federal Reserve and, in a halting 45-second answer, went off on chairman Ben Bernanke​: “If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I dunno what y’all would do to him in Iowa but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas. Printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history is almost teacherous…treasonous in my opinion.” Liberals on Twitter exploded immediately in outrage after Think Progress posted it, with the economist Nouriel Roubini actually comparing Perry to the Norwegian mass murderer and saying he should be put in a mental institution.

I think it’s pretty clear from the clip that Perry was trying to play folksy straight-talkin’ populist guy while taking up a complicated issue, using colorful dirt-kicker language to connect to his al-fresco audience as he might in his home town of Paint Creek.

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He’s trying to be the next president, and he needs to be judged on that standard. What Perry did was make a thoughtless blunder, an unforced error; we’re now going to spend a couple of days discussing whether he was summoning violence on Ben Bernanke’s head or not, which is of absolutely no use to Perry. He is, or was, moments away from becoming the race’s frontrunner, and what is in his interest is to harness the excitement of his late entry with qualities of leadership and control that will rally the majority of Republicans unhappy with the choices facing them to his side. Rick Perry made that more difficult today; this was a serious rookie mistake on the national stage.

Taking up the issue of the Fed’s behavior is entirely legitimate. Many think the Fed’s loose-money policy has been, at worst, ineffectual; others are more worried about it and fearful of a third round of money printing. And it’s not an outre wild-man idea at all; Bill Kristol and I share a friend, a prominent businessman and investor of unimpeachable reputation, whose eloquent thoughts about what he believes to be Bernanke’s gross irresponsibility can be read here. But if Perry is going to talk about these things, he needs to do it with care and not like a caller to a radio show.

[The_Dude 1,142]

Is Perry really trying to channel G.W. Bush's "folksy everyman" act, or is that really how he speaks?

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Is Perry really trying to channel G.W. Bush's "folksy everyman" act, or is that really how he speaks?

I read somewhere this morning that he's been dissing GWB for being from Yale, claiming he's more real because he graduated A&M.

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Rove Calls Perry's Statements On Bernanke "Not Presidential"

Former Bush strategist Karl Rove said on Fox News this morning that Texas Governor Rick Perry's statements threatening Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke were "very unfortunate" and "not presidential."