Rick Perry calls Bernanke a traitor, suggests violence is the answer (Mexican, Reagan)
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And here I thought Perry was going to be a formidable candidate. Read this WaPo piece by Dan Balz, who's following Perry around with a microphone. Perry comes off sounding like a complete idiot, on several subjects.
Perry is accusing others of treason?
But look at what Perry is doing, flaunting national security concerns and welcoming HUAWEI into Texas.
"national security experts in both the George W. Bush and Obama administrations had concluded that the global telecom giant poses a potential cyber-security risk to the U.S. military and businesses. Three times since 2008, a U.S. government security panel has blocked Huawei from acquiring or partnering with U.S. companies because of concerns that secrets could be leaked to China’s government or military."
In fairness to Huawei, I know the company and they do some very good things. But certain aspects of their business do pose a potential threat to National Security, and they have to be watched very carefully.
What worries me the most isn't Perry; it's the increasingly likely prospect that the Republican party is going to nominate someone who openly espouses and embraces right wing extremism. At a time when the economy is really low and could become even worse, that's very dangerous. Hitleresque.
^^This.
I can foresee a day where expression of opinions like mine are brutally silenced by "patriotic" extremist thinkers under the pretense of being treasonous or un-American. The conditions are fertile for this kind of a backlash. I already see it daily on this forum.
"I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
-- Voltaire
People of all sides in this country used to understand that even though Voltaire was French, his quote happened to capture a key embodiment of our Constitution. Now I think we're getting farther from it every day. If Voltaire was alive and said that today, he would be derided as an enemy of our nation by patriotic xenophobes.
What worries me the most isn't Perry; it's the increasingly likely prospect that the Republican party is going to nominate someone who openly espouses and embraces right wing extremism. At a time when the economy is really low and could become even worse, that's very dangerous. Hitleresque.
when the dems elected a left-wing extremist I predicted a hard swing back to the right.
This is the direct result of nancy pelosi and president skippy.
I'm not sure re-electing Obama is such a great idea. I wish there was a Democrat in the race.
There won't be any-
Why No Democrat Will Challenge Obama Should Obama be primaried? Liberals are fed up with the president, but no Democrat is threatening to challenge him. And one reason, reports Eleanor Clift, is race.
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