Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), in his second public appearance following his exit from the presidential race, struck a somewhat surprising populist tone Thursday - 2/9/2012, railing against the housing bubble burst and subsequent financial meltdown."Success on Wall Street shouldn't come at the expense of Main Street," said Perry.
"No one was watching the ratings agencies, the triple 'A' ratings to complex securities, and the market crashed," he said. "Folks on Wall Street who saw it coming, they made millions; folks who didn't see it coming, they got bailed out."
"It's wrong, it's unfair and it's weakening America," said Perry. "We need to clean up the corruption from K Street to Wall Street so they can't gamble with our children's future again."
Rick Perry told his audience at CPAC 2012 that "we can't tinker our way to victory, we have to be bold."
He briefly discussed his failed presidential campaign at the start of his speech, referring to his alma mater, Texas A&M. "Aggies never lose, we just run out of time -- you could say my presidential campaign just ran out of time." Earlier, talking with reporters, he said, "I haven't left the fight. I went home, I reloaded my mag, and I am fighting on different front."
"I'm fearful of what the score's gonna be if we let the president [Barack Obama] start the second half as a quarterback," he said.
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