FINALLY! A politician who does not back away from"controversial" statements

Rick Perry said something that made perfect sense, and the Left, of course, tried to make it into a “CONTROVERSY”.

Here is the clip

But, the Texas Governor did not blink, or back down one step!

Twelve hours removed from a controversy about his suggestion that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke was engaging in “treasonous” behavior Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential campaign didn’t try to walk back the remark. In fact, they doubled down on it.

“I am passionate about the issue but I stand by what I said,” Perry told reporters in Iowa today.

Although Perry’s campaign is only a few days old, the episode provides a telling insight into the Texas governor: he is brash, bold and unapologetic about being so.

The piece I linked is full of Liberal bias, and you ought to read it just to try and count every snide remark the author casts towards Perry and the GOP. I would suggest making a drinking game out of it, but, you and anyone else taking part would be passed out by the third paragraph.

By the way, here is an example of the whining reaction by the media. the same media, I remind y’all, that had no issue with democrats calling the tea Party terrorists.

NYT’s Binyamin Appelbaum: