PERRY SNAPS BACK – AT 10:18 A.M. ET:  As readers know, we were critical of the language Rick Perry used in denouncing possible actions by the Federal Reserve.  Words like "treasonous" are to be avoided.  Others on our side made the same point.

Perry has not apologized, but at least the man fights back.  Obama lectured Perry about language publicly, and Perry did not run to hide behind a tree.  From The Hill:

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) fired back Wednesday at President Obama, who admonished the Republican presidential candidate to watch his words more carefully.

Perry said "actions speak louder than words" after Obama's public admonishment Tuesday on CNN for Perry's comments that an expanded money supply by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would be "almost treasonous."

"Yesterday the president said I needed to watch what I say," Perry told a crowd in New Hampshire at a politics-and-eggs breakfast, which was broadcast online.

"I'd just like to respond, if I may: Mr. President, actions speak louder than words. My actions as governor are helping to create jobs in this country," Perry said. "This president's actions are killing jobs in this country."

Great comeback.

Obama joined other members of his administration — and a number of veterans of the George W. Bush administration — in chastising Perry for his comments about Bernanke on Monday in Iowa.

COMMENT:  Okay, Perry made a mistake.  Maybe he should have apologized.  But, as Lincoln said of Grant, "This man fights."  And we need a fighter in the ring next year.

I'm not sold on Perry, but at least there's no wimp factor. 

August 17, 2011