Should we be surprised, frightened, disgusted or simply say "we knew it", that in the informal mixer just after Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry spoke at a Politics and Eggs breakfast in Bedford, New Hampshire, an unknown gentlemen approaches a casual Perry like an Ian Flemming character, and proceeds to dead drop the following: "Bank of America... We will help you out"... and silently moves on. At least we know now who is funding what, and whose interests potential future president Perry will be paid to defend.
Fast forward to precisely 40 minutes into the blow clip (full event can be found here).
And for those who believe the man is a plant, we believe it is James Mahoney, Director of Public Policy for BoA. You can see a photo of him here. He's on the board of directors for the New England Council, the sponsors of yesterday's Politics and Eggs breakfast.
Naturally, we would be delighted for Bank of America to refute this assumption.
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Why worry about a few trees? A single odd incident proves nothing. The preponderance of evidence paints a political picture full of "men behind curtains." For all we know, B of A plans to make a donation to every political candidate. Do they really care who wins or do they simply want to pump up the public volume on the presidential campaign so that other events that are actually much more important will go unnoticed?
Perry does seem like an odd ball. But then so does Paul. Yet these candidates all have real support, along with Palin, though less than the more moderate front-runners.
But what if Obama is the guy who is actually chosen to continue in office? Then I'd fan the flames of every Republican campaign with any amount of popular support and let them destroy each other.
Who knows what B of A and the other big corporate players are really trying to do? Hard to say unless someone on the inside decides to spill the beans. But that's where my interest lies; not on what bizarre thing Perry decides to say next.