GOP Foes, Team Obama Pile on New Frontrunner Perry

Fox ^ | August 17, 2011 | Chris Stirewalt

[lbryce]

Welcome to the Big Rodeo, Gov. Perry

"Everybody who runs for president, it probably takes them a little bit of time before they start realizing that this isn't like running for governor or running for senator or running for Congress, and you've got to be a little more careful about what you say.”

-- President Obama on CNN warning Rick Perry about his comments on the prospect of more stimulus by Federal reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

Did you hear? Rick Perry threatened to execute Ben Bernanke and suggested that the reason the economy was in such bad shape is because President Obama is black.

Wednesday saw a full-blown media hyperventilation – stoked by the president and White House press secretary – over Perry’s comments that it would be “almost treasonous” if the Federal Reserve chairman were to print more money in a bid to boost the wilting economy in advance of the 2012 election.

The Obama campaign and its liberal backers have begun to build the narrative that Perry is a reckless and radical figure, including one cable and radio host who cut a Perry sound bite to make it seem that Perry had said Obama was “a dark cloud” hanging over the American economy instead of what he did say, which was that uncertainty and debt were dark clouds hanging over the economy. This led to a long discussion about Perry’s secret racism and the racist tendencies of the Tea Party movement.

Meanwhile, other reporters have been digging through the trove of piquant Perry statements from his decade governing Texas, including the hot microphone moment when he left the set of a querulous TV interview saying “adios mofo".

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Planting a seed in the voters’ minds. As if a lot of them aren’t already thinking along those same lines.

[RoosterRedux]

Yep! And getting the voters warmed up to scream in public what have heretofore only thought privately or said in small groups.

Perry learned this as an Aggie Yell Leader.

He will have conservatives all over the country belting out a synchronized chorus of "Obama...you are a traitor!"

[newzjunkey]

For Freepers looking for more talking-points to bash Perry (you know who you are), the Liberal "watchdog" group "Texans for Public Justice" has a "primer" on his "many conflicts and controversies" (Acrobat PDF)

Consider it a preview of MSM coming attractions.