Perry Fires In All Directions As New Kid On The GOP Presidential Block

By Kenneth R. Bazinet

Texas Gov. Rick Perry caught people’s attention with one of his tough-guy cowboy rants when he trained his fire on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, calling a Fed plan to bail out the economy and loosen credit markets “almost treason.”

At a campaign stop last night in Iowa, the GOP presidential candidate appeared to threaten Bernanke.

“If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I don’t know what you all would do to him in Iowa but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas,” Perry said.

The Fed is considering another round of quantitative easing of the money supply to help the U.S. economy rebound. Perry calls tpot so-called QE3 program printing money to help President Obama’s re-election.

Earlier on the stump Perry called into question Obama’s patriotism when he was asked if he believes the President loves this country. “I dunno, you need to ask him,” Perry replied.

Since hitting the campaign trail Perry has tried to highlight his service in the Air Force at the expense of Obama, who did not serve in uniform. Perry went so far as to suggest Obaama does not command the respect of the troops.

“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,” Perry said.

“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,” Perry added.

The Texas governor made no mention of Obama’s biggest military fete to date: The killing of Osama Bin Laden in a mission that the President approved and followed every step of the way. “He staked his presidency on that mission,” a senior U.S. official said shortly after the raid on Bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan.

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