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Thursday, June 16, 2011

2012 On Second Thought, Tim Pawlenty Wishes He Had Backed Up His Initial Attack on Mitt Romney

Posted by Paul Constant on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 1:04 PM

Tim Pawlenty just posted this on Twitter:

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Translation: "About a week ago, our focus groups told us to attack Mitt Romney. So we did. But just before the debate, another focus group told us that attacking Mitt Romney made us look petty. So we decided to act friendly toward Mitt Romney. But we just had another focus group that told us that going back on our attack of Mitt Romney makes us look wishy-washy, and that we should go back to attacking Mitt Romney. And so we are. Because we are leaders."

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tim pawlenty's "health care reform" as governor of MN consisted of declining stimulus funds to expand medicaid, and entirely eliminating a health care program for the most vulnerable adults.

Posted by AmyC on June 16, 2011 at 1:16 PM

You know he's never gonna make it out of single digits.

Posted by Reverse Polarity on June 16, 2011 at 1:35 PM

He could be host to Reagan's recently thawed brain and he wouldn't get the Republican nomination with that face. Sorry, but looking the part has been the price of entry for a long time now.

Posted by Dougsf on June 16, 2011 at 1:47 PM

But what focus group told him to shave every hair off of his body? That is the real question.

Posted by Josh Bis

on June 16, 2011 at 2:05 PM

Tim Pawlenty: Internet tough guy!

"I'll... I'll show you! ...on Twitter..."

Posted by sirkowski

on June 16, 2011 at 2:24 PM

@3 - And not just because reanimating the brain of Reagan would force modern Republicans to reconcile Reagan with How They Remember Reagan.

Posted by MacCrocodile on June 16, 2011 at 3:26 PM

As Dave Weigel put it, Pawlenty to Romney: "The jerk store called, and they're all out of you!"

Posted by picaroon on June 16, 2011 at 3:49 PM

@1: Thanks. I was wondering what his "reform" was, but suspected that it included inflicting a shitpile of misery on the disadvantaged. After all, he's a Republican in a well-to-do state. (I'm sure he regrets that he isn't a Republican in a poor state, so that he could have inflicted even more misery.)

Side thought: Do any of these nominally Christian politicians have a real belief in Christ? Because they all seem to be willing to blow off his teachings in exchange for evanescent riches here on earth (and after that, eternal damnation).

Posted by the idiot formerly known as kk on June 17, 2011 at 1:46 AM