Rick Perry’s book a treasure trove for foes

From POLITICO:

Rick Perry describes Social Security as a “violent” attack on core American values. He says Sarah Palin may have been right that the Affordable Care Act created death panels. He says it was “unprincipled” to establish the Department of Homeland Security.

That’s not the provocative, distorted language of a 2012 attack ad – at least, not yet. Rather, those are words right out of the Texas governor’s 2010 book, “Fed Up!”, a slim volume that may be one of the biggest gifts ever given to the opponents of a presidential candidate…

“I wouldn’t have written that book if I was going to run for the presidency of the United States,” he said in one national interview…

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