Candidate Bernanke hits the campaign trail »
Posted By engineer 4 months, 1 week ago in Political News
If Ben Bernanke were running TV ads, taking polls and holding town hall-style meetings, it wouldn’ t be any clearer that he’ s conducting an explicit reelection campaign for another four-year term as Federal Reserve chairman come next January. Oh, wait a second, he just did hold an unprecedented town hall meeting. And it was one worthy of a presidential candidate charming primary voters in Iowa.
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here is a link to watch bernanke's town hall meeting if you are interested: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/share.html?s=new...
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This article suggests that Bernanke's re-eleciton is at stake. But that is far from reality. The truth is that the Fed is playing defense and is not properly retaliate against the rising criticism.
"Throughout the 85 minutes, Bernanke stutters and stammers. His voice shakes, even reciting the standard lines to the standard questions. His eyes are wide, like a deer in headlights," writes Adam de Angeli from Campaign for Liberty. -
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See also: "We Are Winning," here: http://www.propeller.com/story/2009/07/28/we-are-w...
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