Mitt flier: Perry 'wants to kill Social Security'

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By ALEXANDER BURNS | 9/10/11 4:26 PM EDT

The Tampa Tribune posts a flier that the Mitt Romney campaign is distributing in Florida, attacking Rick Perry as "reckless and wrong on social security."

The top of the flier has pictures of a smiling Romney and a surly-looking Perry, and reads: "Two candidates. Only one will protect what's important to you."
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"Rick Perry believes social security is a 'failure,'" the flier says, quoting the Texas governor's book. "Rick Perry believes Social Security is unconstitutional ... Rick Perry does not believe Social Security should exist ... How can we trust anyone who wants to kill Social Security?"

Notably not mentioned in the flier: the term "Ponzi scheme," which Perry used to describe Social Security in his book and again in the POLITICO/NBC debate Wednesday. While some Perry critics have fixated on that language, the Romney campaign apparently believes it's not the worst of Perry's problems when it comes to the popular entitlement program.

Except for the photo of Romney, the flier is also almost exactly the kind of attack the Obama campaign could use against Perry in a general election.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/63158.html#ixzz1XaopgA8K

[MannyGoldstein]

1. "Make no mistake: I only deeply slashed your benefits, while

Rick Perry wants to end them. Given that choice, who the @#$% ya gonna vote for, chumps?"