Texas Governor Rick Perry entered the Republican race for President on Saturday and wasted absolutely no time establishing his bona fides as the biggest douchebag in the race. He’s got a lot of competition, but he came out swinging hard!
In speaking about Ben Bernanke, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Perry said:
“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.”
Ha ha! It’s funny because he threatened him with violence!
Of course, monetary policy is Bernanke’s job and we’re still having economic problems, so Perry is basically saying that the Obama Administration should leave everything just as it is right now because there’s an election in fifteen months and doing your job to try and help America is unfair. Obama Administration: Raise your hands and move away from the government!
But wait, there’s more! He simply must deride the President for never having served in the armed forces.
I think people who have had the same experiences connect with people who have had the same experiences. That’s human nature. If you polled the military, the active duty and veterans, and said ‘would you rather have a president of the United States that never served a day in the military or someone who is a veteran?’ They’ve going to say, I would venture, that they would like to have a veteran.”
The president had the opportunity to serve his country. I’m sure at some time he made the decision that isn’t what he wanted to do.
The president had the opportunity to serve his country. I’m sure at some time he made the decision that isn’t what he wanted to do.
This raises an obvious question for all you folk out there who might vote for Obama in 2012: why do you hate the troops?
Now that might be enough right there to make him the Republican nominee, but he’s not done yet!
We’re calling today on the president of the United States to put a moratorium on regulations across this country, because his regulations, his EPA regulations are killing jobs all across America.
A moratorium on regulations! What a great idea! We don’t need any new drug approvals, food safety checks, monitoring of pollution, medicare payments, patent approvals, securities monitoring, or any of the thousands of regulations that help keep us safe and keep our nation functioning. Screw all that hippie crap! Let’s just shut it all down and see what happens!
And finally, lest he be seen as something of a classless lout, when asked about the President’s love of America, Perry stood on firm principle and took the high road.
“You need to ask him. I’m saying you’re a good reporter, go ask him.”
Because nothing says class like questioning your opponent’s patriotism.
Well, done Gov. Perry, well done!
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