{"id":5629,"date":"2011-08-17T00:04:23","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T07:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5629"},"modified":"2011-08-17T00:04:23","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T07:04:23","slug":"perry-affirms-republican-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/17\/perry-affirms-republican-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Perry Affirms Republican Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Use of or threats of violence is the surest way that people can confirm their incompetence to solve problems proactively, their lack of integrity and their unfitness to lead.  That explains why Republican leaders resort to this tactic with clockwork regularity, and Rick Perry is no exception.  Far be it from me to defend Ben Bernanke.  He has been the focus of scathing criticism from me on multiple occasions, but I would not wish him harm, let alone suggest it.  Decent people don\u2019t to that.  In threatening Bernanke, Perry also demonstrated his ignorance about the US Constitution.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"17perrygun\"Gov. Rick Perry is wasting no time in establishing his John Bircher\/tea party credentials <\/font>as he lashed out at Ben Bernanke and used thuggish and violent rhetoric to make his point.<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

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 \u201cprint more money\u201d between now and the election. Speaking just now in Iowa, Perry said, \u201cIf this guy prints more money between now and the election, I dunno what y\u2019all 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.\u201d<\/strong><\/span> Treason is a capital offense.<\/font><\/p>\n

Talking treason is something knows well since he has articulated his belief that Texas should secede from the U.S<\/a><\/font>. The only thing that surprises me in this clip is that he didn’t demand that America returns to the gold standard. If I were Ben, I’d stay clear of Texas. Perry seems to be in the race to take away Michele Bachmann’s supporters so that Mitt Romney can be the nominee. And maybe Rick gets the VP job as a thanks. But any way you look at it, politicians in the United States of America should not be threatening individual members of the government. There’s already been too much violence the last three years and some nut wouldn’t hesitate to lash out at Ben\u2026 [emphasis original<\/em><\/span>]<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here\u2019s the video.<\/font><\/p>\n