Ron Paul talks to Wolf Blitzer about Rick Perry
GOP presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul talks about Gov. Rick Perry and his controversial remarks about Ben Bernanke on CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. A highlight and video from the interview are below. A full transcript will be posted on CNN.Com.
VIDEO: Paul on Perry: ‘I haven’t met him’
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WOLF BLITZER, HOST, CNN’S “THE SITUATION ROOM”: So you — did Rick Perry cross the line in talking about treason, talking about getting ugly?
I mean you know your governor. Tell me, is he temperamentally qualified to be president of the United States?
REP. RON PAUL (R-TX), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Well, it may surprise you I don’t know the governor. I don’t recall ever having met him.
BLITZER: Really?
PAUL: No, I haven’t met him. I didn’t know he had an interest, and I don’t know exactly what — what he’s up to.
So I — I just don’t use that language. I — I would think that he wasn’t being literal. You know, I just don’t believe that, you know, he believes that. But those words did come out of his mouth, as you — as you just revealed. But no, I think — I think it’s different.
In politics, it’s very easy to target somebody by name and target your opponents and talk about them specifically. In many ways, I try not to do that.
BLITZER: It’s hard for me to believe. He’s been governor for 10 years and he doesn’t know one of the most distinguished members of the Congressional delegation. But let me move on, because we’re almost out of time.
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