It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Republican Presidential nominee Rick Perry spoke in Iowa tonight and had some nasty words for Ben Bernanke. Think Progress first reported Perry's unusual words for the head of the Federal Reserve. Perry told supporters at the end of his first full day campaigning in Iowa that he wasn't a big fan of the head of the Fed, and suggested that Texans would probably beat Bernanke up if he prints anymore money before the next election.
“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."
The poll showed Mr. Perry, who entered the race on Saturday, had the support of 29% of likely GOP primary voters, while Mr. Romney had 18% and Ms. Bachmann, who won the Iowa straw poll, garnered 13% of the vote. Scott Rasmussen, the founder and president of the polling firm, attributed Mr. Perry’s high marks in part to excitement surrounding his entry into the race.
“Gov. Perry is enjoying a bounce from entering the race at precisely the right time,” Mr. Rasmussen said in a summary of the poll. “Now the difficult part begins for the new frontrunner. It’s much easier winning support when people are hoping you will get in the race, than retaining support when you are the frontrunner.”
Rounding out the field, the poll showed Texas Rep. Ron Paul received 9% of the vote; businessman Herman Cain, 6%; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, 5%; former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman each got 1%.
This is the elite in panic mode, pulling all the strings they have left. It won't work, the rEVOLution has caught so much momentum they have now realized that their time's up. If Rick Perry is getting ripped apart this early, I'd hate to see what his image is going to be in a few months let alone close to the election.
Gramm'spublic endorsement comes with some political baggage. Gramm's efforts in the late 1990s to deregulate banking and prevent the regulation of derivatives is widely seen as having helped cause the economic bubble of the decade -- and subsequent catastrophic meltdown of 2008. In the midst of that meltdown, in his capacity as economic advisor to Sen. John McCain's campaign, Gramm infamously dismissed the looming collapse as a "mental recession."
That remark alone, defended to the end, help seal McCain's reputation as a man out of touch with Main Street realities. Gramm and Perry are close friends, going back to the days when Perry was a student of Gramm's at A&M. A mediocre student, Perry nevertheless impressed Gramm with his small-town grit and determination to be a pilot. "No one ever gave Rick anything, and he worked hard," he said.
Perry was an Eagle Scout and finally fulfilled his dream in the Air Force. The implicit comparison to George W. was clear.
Originally posted by SirMike
Do you all have a clue what would happen to Paul if he were the GOP nominee? The press would tear him to pieces. Don’t believe me, look no further than Rand Paul’s 2010 Senate run.
Originally posted by SirMike
Do you all have a clue what would happen to Paul if he were the GOP nominee? The press would tear him to pieces. Don’t believe me, look no further than Rand Paul’s 2010 Senate run.
This Rick Perry is nothing but a joke and those that are falling for him will be crying after he wins the white house and turn into nothing but another corporate and special interest whore.
I've been saying this for a while - get used to the guy. They're going to foist Perry on us as President whether or not we want him. Diebold will take care of any vote discrepancies.
Originally posted by David9176
Somehow he's already leading polls, and i don't know how....how many people actually know anything about him? how can he have such a lead...he just announced and has barely said anything!!!!!! he hasn't even debated and somehow he gets 29 percent???? HOW????