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Bruce Bartlett: Rick Perry is an idiot

By Charlie Spiering

Published August 19, 2011 4:00am ET

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Bruce Bartlett: Rick Perry is an idiot — Former Treasury official Bruce Bartlett is not a fan of Texas governor Rick Perry’s statements on the Fed. “Rick Perry is an idiot. I don’t think anybody would disagree with that.” he said on CNN this morning. Bartlett served in the George H. W. Bush administration and notably wrote a book in 2006 criticizing George […]

Former Treasury official Bruce Bartlett is not a fan of Texas governor Rick Perry’s statements on the Fed.

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