“If this guy [Fed Chairman Bernacke] 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.”
Governor Rick Perry
Unconscionable.
I can’t even watch the news any more. I can’t stand it. How did we get here? Is it the internet and cable and shortened attention spans? No one can analyze a candidate’s position anymore, but we just fall for rah-rah soundbites?
What would Jesus do about Rick Perry? I like to imagine Jesus saying, “You’re fulla s**t,” and leaving the room.
Pandering or legitimately does not understand the function of the Fed and how it works? Embarrassing either way.
Was he talking about George W Bush appointee Ben Bernanke?