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New York Times's Washington
Correspondent Calls Rick
Perry 'Horrifying'
Weekly Standard ^
| 8/16/11
| Mark Hemingway
Posted on 08/16/2011 8:15:58 AM PDT by Nachum
Apparently, there was a kerfuffle earlier today because Rick Perry said the following: "If this guy [Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke] prints more money between now and the election ... I don’t know what y’all would do to him in Iowa, but we -- we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas. Printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history is almost treacherous -- or treasonous in my opinion.” Now the very existence of the Federal Reserve is not without controversy, and the Fed's policy as of late has drawn some strong
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kerfuffle?
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posted on
08/16/2011 8:16:03 AM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
LOL. The only thing horrifying to these Lib reporters about Perry is that they are finally realizing that he can win against Obama. This nonsense will keep coming. Just like Reagan or Bush, anything they say will be amplified and turned into something “extreme.”
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posted on
08/16/2011 8:18:27 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Nachum
Sounds like an honest truthfull statement to me.
Go Texas!
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posted on
08/16/2011 8:19:11 AM PDT
by
roaddog727
(It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
To: Nachum
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posted on
08/16/2011 8:21:04 AM PDT
by
Cheerio
(Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
To: Nachum
OMG, presstitute read his script wrong, those words have been assigned to Ron Paul!
The thing about the Federal (N O T ) priveate banksters must have tripped him.
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posted on
08/16/2011 8:21:16 AM PDT
by
de.rm
('Most people never believe anything you tell them unless it isn't true."-Groucho Marx)
To: Cheerio
Since when have we had a PERFECT cadidate?
“O” in the WH has lowered the bar so much that the work ‘perfect’ ought to be laughed out of use!!
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posted on
08/16/2011 8:22:53 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
(A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.)
To: Opinionated Blowhard
I want to see a picture of Perry beside a picture of President Reagan...pompadours prominent.
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posted on
08/16/2011 8:24:07 AM PDT
by
Brasil
( Redistribution is not prosperity.)
To: Nachum
Horrifying? Isn’t it ugly when metrosexual men try to act masculine and sound intelligent. Now that’s horrifying.
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posted on
08/16/2011 8:24:07 AM PDT
by
mardi59
(Cl)
To: Nachum
The Coinage Act of 1792 provided the death penalty for those who would debase the currency. Our forefathers understood the problem. Perry’s right.
9
posted on
08/16/2011 8:25:00 AM PDT
by
Paine in the Neck
(Where's he getting these ideas? He's not smart enough to be that stupid all by himself.)
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posted on
08/16/2011 8:25:48 AM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
To: Nachum
or treasonous in my opinion It is funny to see the old gray lady get her panties in a bunch when somebody yells treason.
Kinda like who shows up when a farmer yells. 'SOO-EE' .
It just tells you that the NYT knows who they are.
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posted on
08/16/2011 8:30:25 AM PDT
by
oldbrowser
(They're socialists don't call them liberals)
To: Nachum
A kerfluffle is a bruhaha without the fists.
12
posted on
08/16/2011 8:31:23 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Just once I'd like someone to call me 'Sir' without adding 'You're making a scene.' - Homer Simpson)
To: Nachum
“Jonathan Last‘s already wondering how long it’ll be after Perry takes the lead in national polls before the left decides that George W. Bush, a.k.a. the new Hitler, was a genteel chap compared to this new Texan hybrid of Hitler, Bin Laden, and Yosemite Sam. Over/under: Six weeks.”
—Allahpundit
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posted on
08/16/2011 8:32:03 AM PDT
by
denydenydeny
(Rage all you want, looters & moochers, but the gods of the copybook headings are your masters now.)
To: Nachum
The government-controlled media had better stock up on fainting couches, because reality's going to make a comeback this election.
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posted on
08/16/2011 8:34:04 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: Nachum
Treasonous sounds about right....Libs can’t stand the truth in their face!
To: Nachum
Rick Perry. The perfect conservative when he’s campaigning. If the NYT knew how he governed, they wouldn’t be quite so wigged out.
To: Nachum
Horrifying?
I'll show you horrifying.
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posted on
08/16/2011 8:38:44 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Nachum
the guy from CNN filled an entire page with equally insulting comments, while at the same time predicting he will win
To: Paine in the Neck
Coinage Act is right, they ain't nothing more than horsetheives.
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posted on
08/16/2011 8:42:36 AM PDT
by
de.rm
('Most people never believe anything you tell them unless it isn't true."-Groucho Marx)
To: Cheerio
“Not a perfect candidate that is for sure.”
C’mon. Tricky Ricky has some warts, but who are you gonna go with in the primaries? Romney? Pawlenty? Sarah McPalin?
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posted on
08/16/2011 8:43:36 AM PDT
by
JustAnotherOne
(Rick Perry-Ron Paul 2012)
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