This is better than going to a movie. J. Galloway: 'necktie party'; GOP Gov's Chair: 'said bit differently'; Ron Paul: 'Arnold no, counterfeiter yes.'

Jim Galloway writes in the AJC's Political Insider:

Over at Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball, Kyle Kondik has this interesting thought about Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s suggestion that Federal Reserve head Ben Bernanke might deserve a necktie party:

Effectively threatening violence against the chairman of the Federal Reserve drew a rebuke from Bush political svengali Karl Rove and others. Even Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, newly minted as the chairman of the Republican Governors Association thanks to former Chairman Perry’s presidential bid, said that he “might have said it a little bit differently.”

Perry’s Federal Reserve comments are notable for another reason: They are the clearest signal that the campaign of this race’s forgotten man, Ron Paul, might be having its desired effect: bringing the longtime congressman’s ideas on monetary policy and maybe — maybe — his dovish stance on war and peace closer to the mainstream.

In Concord, N.H., on Wednesday, Paul himself was thinking the same thing. From Politico.com:

“Now they have this other governor, I can’t remember his name,” Paul joked. “He realizes that talking about the Fed is good, too. But I’ll tell you what, he makes me sound like a moderate. I have never once said Bernanke has committed treason. But I have suggested very strongly that the Federal Reserve system and all the members have been counterfeiters for a long time.”
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But don't summarily write off my 8-16-11 post entitled "The Texas Gipper - The White House has plenty to worry about. Perry may turn out to be no Reagan, but Obama has turned out to be no Barack Obama."