Republican Political Hit-Ad Season Begins: Bachmann Supporters Attack Rick Perry on Spending (Video)
September 2nd, 2011
Republican Political Hit-Ad Season Begins: Bachmann Supporters Attack Rick Perry on Spending (Video)
Published on September 2nd, 2011 @ 09:45:49 am , using 211 words
Rick Perry, the new front-runner in the Republican race for president, has fallen victim to the first attack ad of the campaign season, courtesy of Michele Bachmann’s followers.
UK Telegraph
Supporters of Mrs Bachmann, currently third in the Republican stakes, took aim at the Texas governor’s record on spending in a television spot due to air in the crucial battleground of South Carolina.
“Rick Perry says he’s one tough hombre on spending,” the narrator intones. “But what’s his record? Rick Perry doubled spending in a decade.....And he’s supposed to be the Tea Party guy?”
The ad finishes with an image of Mrs Bachmann and the line: “There is an honest conservative, and she’s not Rick Perry.”
At the same time, two minor candidates also made jibes about Mr Perry. Jon Huntsman, former Utah governor and US ambassador to China, referred in New Hampshire to Mr Perry’s security details, saying: “I might not have the Texas Rangers here. I might not have a large entourage.”
Asked about Mr Perry on the Laura Ingraham talk radio show, Herman Cain, a pizza entrepreneur, said: “He’s a career politician. Just one more politician for me to beat.”
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