Sarah Palin Slams Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve!

[FrankRep]

Note: I'm not endorsing Sarah Palin. I just found it interesting.


Sarah Palin to Bernanke: ‘Cease and Desist’ (http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/252715/palin-bernanke-cease-and-desist-robert-costa)


National Review
November 7, 2010



"I’m deeply concerned about the Federal Reserve’s plans to buy up anywhere from $600 billion to as much as $1 trillion of government securities. The technical term for it is “quantitative easing.”

It means our government is pumping money into the banking system by buying up treasury bonds. And where, you may ask, are we getting the money to pay for all this? We’re printing it out of thin air.

And if it doesn’t work, what do we do then? Print even more money? What’s the end game here? Where will all this money printing on an unprecedented scale take us?

Do we have any guarantees that QE2 won’t be followed by QE3, 4, and 5, until eventually – inevitably – no one will want to buy our debt anymore? What happens if the Fed becomes not just the buyer of last resort, but the buyer of only resort?

All this pump priming will come at a serious price."
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SOURCE:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/252715/palin-bernanke-cease-and-desist-robert-costa

[FrankRep]

Ben Bernanke's Worst Nightmare: Chairman Ron Paul (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/congress/5104-ben-bernankes-worst-nightmare-chairman-ron-paul)

The New American (http://www.thenewamerican.com/)
05 November 2010

Rep. Ron Paul is in line to become Chairman of the House Subcommittee for Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology, and he wants his chance at the Fed, the IMF, and other global financial institutions. by Michael Tennant

[libertythor]

I don't have any strong opinions either way about Sarah Palin right now. She was thrust into the limelight and groomed under McCain, but I am open to the possibility that she continues becoming more independent and a thorn in the side of the GOP. Who knows? She could become a solid advocate for liberty before the new year!

As it stands right now, she has a lot more to prove before I would ever consider voting for her.

[anaconda]

She's trying to suck up to the real Tea Party.

[libertythor]

She's trying to suck up to the real Tea Party.

Time will tell. It is evident that she has broken independent of the McCainites, but it isn't clear if she will break with the Neocons in general.

[emazur]

I don't like Palin but she also mentioned how the Fed was creating money "out of thin air" last time I remember seeing her on Freedom Watch. I pointed that out but no one here seemed to care

[low preference guy]

hahahaha!!!!!!!!!

when Sarah Palin utters the words "out of thin air" you know Fed skepticism has gone mainstream.

i don't know if this will be a positive or negative. on one hand, it might encourage her supporters to read Ron Paul, maybe even buy "End the Fed". on the other hand, it allows mindless leftists to brush off critics of the Fed for being "dumb by association".

if i had a choice regarding what she'll do, i'd still prefer for her to talk about the fed.

[FrankRep]

i don't know if this will be a positive or negative. on one hand, it might encourage her supporters to read Ron Paul, maybe even buy "End the Fed". on the other hand, it allows mindless leftists to brush off critics of the Fed for being "dumb by association".

Sarah Palin has thousands of supporters and she just opened to the door for them to question the Federal Reserve. The "mindless leftists" already know the anti-Federal Reserve movement is led by the "kooky" Ron Paul so Palin doesn't matter much. Besides, most of the leftists support the progressive-style big government and flirt with Socialism so the idea of abolishing the Federal Reserve is viewed as anti-progressive.

[libertythor]

Sarah Palin has thousands of supporters and she just opened to the door for them to question the Federal Reserve. The "mindless leftists" already know the anti-Federal Reserve movement is led by the "kooky" Ron Paul so Palin doesn't matter much. Besides, most of the leftists support the progressive-style big government and flirt with Socialism so the idea of abolishing the Federal Reserve is viewed as anti-progressive.

Agreed. To hear McCain's running mate of all people bashing the fed is good news.

[raiha]

Ghostwriter!!

[LisaNY]

Looks like Sarah saw a train coming and decided to jump in front of it. I personally don't care as long as she supports Ron Paul in his quest to chair the sub-committee.

[nandnor]

She's trying to suck up to the real Tea Party.Oh yeah shes suckin' up the Pauls real good.

:rolleyes:

Cmon guys at least have a little respect for her, she is a competent politician

[Dripping Rain]

thanks Sarah
Ive always wondeed if Sarah Palin is a secret Ron Paul fan. It seems shes learning. I hope Im right

[rawful]

I love me some co-opting.

[Brooklyn Red Leg]

Sorry, but its gonna take ALOT more than simply stating the obvious for me to believe Sarah Palin is any friend of ours.

[libertythor]

Sorry, but its gonna take ALOT more than simply stating the obvious for me to believe Sarah Palin is any friend of ours.

She might at the very least be taking to Joe Miller's stances.

[MRoCkEd]

This is epic! Ron Paul made it all possible.

[hugolp]

Ghostwriter!!

Exactly what I though, because from a economical point of view, her declarations have merit. I was surprised to hear things like that from Palin.

[Krugerrand]

She's just trying to position herself to be Ron Paul's VP running mate. (of course, the only problem is that McCain is the only one dumb enough to try that.)

[Bruno]

Did she read End the Fed yet?

[Krugerrand]

Did she read End the Fed yet?

She listened to the book on tape.

[newbitech]

do you know how much easier it is for me to talk to people about ending the fed when Ron Paul is NOT the only person on the brainless box talking about it?

Keep talking about it! We all know that eventually the Fed Res will bring an end to dollar hegemony and eventually the collapse of the Kenysian economic system. This isn't going to happen quietly, and when mainstream politicians start talking about it, you have to know that the time for that collapse is getting closer! We have already crossed the economic rubicon in this country!

The fact that Sarah Palin is the most visible mainstream politician talking about ending the Fed and in fact speaking directly to the chairman to "cease and desist" should not, and will not alter the course of the dollar one iota. There is absolutely NOTHING negative about what Sarah Palin is doing in regards to the Fed.

Many of us have been waiting for this type of open discussion from the mainstream for decades! Some, like me, have only been waiting since 2007, but I tell you it feels like a lot longer than that since Ron Paul has made it so clearly obvious what has, is, and will happen!

Today, as in each day that we all hold tight to what we have learned from the good doctor, brings us one step closer to freedom!

[Bruno]

She listened to the book on tape.

lol

[hugolp]

do you know how much easier it is for me to talk to people about ending the fed when Ron Paul is NOT the only person on the brainless box talking about it?

Keep talking about it! We all know that eventually the Fed Res will bring an end to dollar hegemony and eventually the collapse of the Kenysian economic system. This isn't going to happen quietly, and when mainstream politicians start talking about it, you have to know that the time for that collapse is getting closer! We have already crossed the economic rubicon in this country!

The fact that Sarah Palin is the most visible mainstream politician talking about ending the Fed and in fact speaking directly to the chairman to "cease and desist" should not, and will not alter the course of the dollar one iota. There is absolutely NOTHING negative about what Sarah Palin is doing in regards to the Fed.

Many of us have been waiting for this type of open discussion from the mainstream for decades! Some, like me, have only been waiting since 2007, but I tell you it feels like a lot longer than that since Ron Paul has made it so clearly obvious what has, is, and will happen!

Today, as in each day that we all hold tight to what we have learned from the good doctor, brings us one step closer to freedom!

Very well said.

Sometimes we forget that it is not about showing the rest how right we are, but about spreading the message.

[Southron]

Sometimes we forget that it is not about showing the rest how right we are, but about spreading the message.

Quoted for posterity's sake.

[Lucille]

do you know how much easier it is for me to talk to people about ending the fed when Ron Paul is NOT the only person on the brainless box talking about it?

Keep talking about it! We all know that eventually the Fed Res will bring an end to dollar hegemony and eventually the collapse of the Kenysian economic system. This isn't going to happen quietly, and when mainstream politicians start talking about it, you have to know that the time for that collapse is getting closer! We have already crossed the economic rubicon in this country!

The fact that Sarah Palin is the most visible mainstream politician talking about ending the Fed and in fact speaking directly to the chairman to "cease and desist" should not, and will not alter the course of the dollar one iota. There is absolutely NOTHING negative about what Sarah Palin is doing in regards to the Fed.

Many of us have been waiting for this type of open discussion from the mainstream for decades! Some, like me, have only been waiting since 2007, but I tell you it feels like a lot longer than that since Ron Paul has made it so clearly obvious what has, is, and will happen!

Today, as in each day that we all hold tight to what we have learned from the good doctor, brings us one step closer to freedom!

Yup. Ron must be ecstatic! Check out Paul Ryan from yesterday:


What the Fed is basically doing is they're trying to bail out the fact that our fiscal policy is so bad. The Fed should focus on keeping our money sound and honest (http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/fox-news-sunday/transcript/key-republican-lawmakers-gop-agenda-new-congress?page=4), not on doing this, which I think is going to give us a big inflation problem down the road.

Did he mean "sound money" in the way I hope he does?

Even the neocons at Ace of Spades are talking about going to back to gold.

[Lucille]

Check out her tweet (http://twitter.com/sarahpalinusa) from this morning:


Today:trade speech;tmrw school event 2 start discussing QuantitativeEasing w kids around US so they prepare 4 Feds experiment w their future

For the record, I can't stand Bush-in-Bra and her warmongering, but if she can get the grassroots thinking about how evil the Fed is, then she's worth her salt.

Denninger's not so sure:

I'm Not Sure I Believe This.... Sarah Palin (http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=171530)

The Disease That Is America (http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=171582)

[Lucille]

HotAir (http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2010/11/08/palin-to-bernanke-cease-and-desist/) has it up also.

More HotAir on the Fed's money printing misadventures here (http://hotair.com/archives/2010/11/04/feds-print-money-to-force-inflation/).

[georgiaboy]

moments like this always make me hearken back to that bright and friendly GOP conventioneer in '08 who welcomed me, smiled, then stared me right in the face and said "your guy is crazy", to which I politely rejoined, "really? I don't think so." Whether that person's true feelings or not, I thought it so coarse to use such talk to a total newcomer and stranger to the process like me.

now my guy's words are being repeated all over the place, becoming mainstream, growing in popularity every day, and being proven correct.

Momma says "crazy is as crazy does".

[cswake]

Sometimes we forget that it is not about showing the rest how right we are, but about spreading the message.

That's true and I relish in the fact that the Republican's are regurgitating Paul's positions, but it still pains me to see comments on HotAir that say stuff like this:

http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2010/11/08/palin-to-bernanke-cease-and-desist/


Once again, Palin is the first GOP presidential hopeful out of the starting gate and running ahead of a major issue. There’s a word for people who go boldly first: Leader.

[MRoCkEd]

This statement is amazing, seriously. If only Palin started questioning our foreign policy, I might vote for her. LOL

[Lucille]

LRC: What Ron Paul Has Wrought (http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/68813.html)


Today, at a speech in Phoenix, Sarah Palin will criticize Bernanke and QE2. Does this mean that the Alaskan Kristolite is reading Austrian economics? No, it means that what Ron has done is to make the central bank unpopular for the first time since the big banksters met to scheme it 100 years ago, and a smart politician, or one with smart advisors, is responding. Go, Ron, go! ...

[sofia]

Cant some of you people see that this ambitious neo-con bitch is just mouthing slogans in order to co-opt rand and the Tea Party?

These taking points are given to her. She thinks the Fed's Discount Window refers to a shipping discount at FedEx.

[Imaginos]

Wow, Sarah is doing great!
What a great paid infiltrator/spoke person for us, Military Industrial Complex and AIPAC!
We can bring many patriots and liberty supporters into our camp thanks to Sarah!
Go team Military Industrial Complex!
Go team AIPAC!
Yes we can!
We can balance our budget without cutting any of foreign spending!
Yes we can!
We can have all the wars without bankrupting our country!
Let's sing along!
We are family!
YouTube - Sister Sledge & Jade - We Are Family (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmJjD33eKDU)

[FrankRep]

Cant some of you people see that this ambitious neo-con bitch is just mouthing slogans in order to co-opt rand and the Tea Party?
I can see Sarah Palin supporters starting ask: Was Ron Paul Right after all?

[sofia]

I can see Sarah Palin supporters starting ask: Was Ron Paul Right after all?

Yes they will.....but then they'll pull the lever for Sarah because "Ron cant win."

The hypocrisy of Palin the "Austrian Economist" is that she slams Bernanke for printing money to finance the aggressive foreign policy and endless wars that she advocates!

Its like a drug user blaming his dealer for giving him drugs.

[AuH20]

I can see Sarah Palin supporters starting ask: Was Ron Paul Right after all?

Ron Paul needs to send her some books.

[Fredom101]

How does Palin propose that the US pays for the war that she loves so dearly if not for the ability to print money from thin air? Steal more from us via taxes?

People, she's a pro-war politician. Saying she's against the federal reserve is nonsense when you look at all the welfare and warfare she wants to pay for!

[Joseph]

It is certainly a good thing when anybody puts the Fed in a negative light however the fact of the matter is that Sarah Palin can not win against Obama. Obama and all the Liberals are hoping she gets the nomination because then they will have an easy victory. That is why Ron Paul must run again in 2012. We all need to write letters to him. Tell Ron Paul how he has inspired you because just as he has inspired all of us, now we need to inspire him to run in 2012. We are running out of time, in February of 2007 he announced his run for 2008 that means we need to convince him to run by February of 2011 in order to be able to vote for him in 2012.

[Bruno]

It is certainly a good thing when anybody puts the Fed in a negative light however the fact of the matter is that Sarah Palin can not win against Obama. Obama and all the Liberals are hoping she gets the nomination because then they will have an easy victory. That is why Ron Paul must run again in 2012. We all need to write letters to him. Tell Ron Paul how he has inspired you because just as he has inspired all of us, now we need to inspire him to run in 2012. We are running out of time, in February of 2007 he announced his run for 2008 that means we need to convince him to run by February of 2011 in order to be able to vote for him in 2012.


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Welcome to Liberty Forest, Joseph!

[surf]

It is certainly a good thing when anybody puts the Fed in a negative light however the fact of the matter is that Sarah Palin can not win against Obama. Obama and all the Liberals are hoping she gets the nomination because then they will have an easy victory. That is why Ron Paul must run again in 2012. We all need to write letters to him. Tell Ron Paul how he has inspired you because just as he has inspired all of us, now we need to inspire him to run in 2012. We are running out of time, in February of 2007 he announced his run for 2008 that means we need to convince him to run by February of 2011 in order to be able to vote for him in 2012.

helluva first post. i can hope Palin can be changed/educated on foreign policy, but more important is that we continue to spread the virtues of peace (tying war to "quantitative easing") within the republican party while we have someone like Palin demonizing Helicopter Ben.

civil liberties should appeal to our R colleagues that have been through (democratic tsa) porno-scanners this time

anyway - time to restart the engines and become involved again with the local republican parties ;)