I really want to like Tim Pawlenty, but so far he’s making all the same mistakes that soured me on Mitt Romney when he ran for President the first time. T-Paw is a blue-state Republican Governor who has a successful record to run on, is conservative without needing to be a dick aboot it, and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘tim pawlenty’
Tim Pawlenty: He’s Really a Real Conservative (this week)
Posted: December 15, 2009 by John Brodigan in 2012 Watch, Tim PawlentyTags: 2012, tim pawlenty
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Romney: “Don’t Hate the Player”
Posted: September 20, 2009 by John Brodigan in 2012 Watch, Mitt Romney, Politics, Politics, PoliticsTags: 2012, mitt romney, tim pawlenty
Class warfare rhetoric is the epitome of shameless pandering. You convince voters that anyone who has more than them is corrupt and evil, and are free to demagogue whatever the private sector boogey man du joir is. On the streets, we call this “player hatin’.” Surprisingly enough, the Democrats are the worst offenders of this, [...]
Pawlenty to Obama: “Don’t sing it, Bring it!”
Posted: September 20, 2009 by John Brodigan in 2012 Watch, Politics, Politics, Politics, Tim PawlentyTags: 2012, obama, tim pawlenty
2008 wasn’t the best year for Tim Pawlenty. He was passed over for Vice-President for by Sarah Palin. Then after the election, when they held the Republican Governors Association conference and many consider that to be his first step on the national stage, he was over shadowed by…Sarah Palin. And to think, he cut his [...]
What About Me? What About Pawlenty? (No. 2 in a Series)
Posted: August 24, 2009 by John Brodigan in 2012 Watch, Tim PawlentyTags: education, tim pawlenty
I mentioned last week on how Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty seems to be speaking to any audience willing to listen to him, most likely in an attempt to raise his profile for a 2012 run. He does interviews where he takes subtle shots at Massachusetts universal health care system (signed into law by the former [...]
What About Me? What About Pawlenty? (No. 1 in a Series)
Posted: August 17, 2009 by John Brodigan in 2012 Watch, Politics, Politics, Politics, Tim PawlentyTags: 2012, mitt romney, tim pawlenty
During my time away from blogging, the 2012 Republican Primary started. It didn’t start with presumptive frontrunner Mitt Romney (disclosure: JBdotC is Romney Country). It started when Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, while criticizing ObamaCare, made it a point to make a few digs at the government run health care system in Massachusetts. BTW, did you [...]
Tim Pawlenty Needs a Hug
Posted: February 23, 2009 by John Brodigan in 2012 Watch, Politics, Politics, Politics, Tim PawlentyTags: 2012, stimulus, tim pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty is an interesting cat to follow. His name is regularly thrown around as a potential candidate in 2012, but it’s hard to see where he fits in. He doesn’t create the excitement of a Sarah Palin or have the near impeccable fiscal conservative credentials like a Bobby Jindal or a Mark Sanford. He’s [...]
Tim Pawlenty Announces his Candidacy for President
Posted: December 20, 2008 by John Brodigan in 2012 Watch, Politics, Politics, Politics, Tim PawlentyTags: 2012, tim pawlenty
Well, not really. It just amuses me to use that as a headline whenever I have something to say aboot one of the 217 R’s rumoured to be running in 2012. My blog, my rules. I believe at last count it was forty-one out of fifty states that were experiencing budget shortfalls. While some Governors [...]
Sucks to be Tim Pawlenty
Posted: December 2, 2008 by John Brodigan in Politics, Politics, Politics, Tim PawlentyTags: 2010, 2012, tim pawlenty
First he gets passed over as Vice President for Sarah Palin. Then every time he goes to the different governors meetings, all anyone wants to ask him aboot is Sarah Palin. Finally, his state is less then two hundred stolen votes away from electing Al Franken to the U.S. Senate. Sometimes it sucks to be [...]
Keep an eye on Bobby Jindal
Posted: November 17, 2008 by John Brodigan in Politics, Politics, PoliticsTags: bobby jindal, newt gingrich, sarah palin, tim pawlenty
Last week the Republican Governor’s Association held their audition for 2012 annual conference, reviewed by both Byron York and Stephen Hayes. While every other aspect of the government is in transition, now is a good time for the Republican Party to be as well. That’s why the RGA conference came at a good time, and [...]
The Future of the GOP
Posted: November 12, 2008 by John Brodigan in Politics, Politics, PoliticsTags: bobby jindal, fred thompson, michael steele, sarah palin, tim pawlenty
“If we’re going to be the majority, we’re going to have to see we need to grow the party. We cannot compete in the Northeast, the West; we’re losing seats in the Great Lakes region. We have a large deficit with women, Hispanics, African Americans — people with modest financial circumstances. That is not a [...]
A secret plan to fight inflation…
Posted: June 28, 2008 by John Brodigan in Politics, Politics, Politics, RandomTags: biden, mccain, obama, the west wing, tim pawlenty
If John McCain picks Gov. Tim Pawlenty (young, evangelical) and Barack Obama picks Sen. Joe Biden (old, national security) as their respective running mates, this whole thing really is turning into the last season of “The West Wing.”
Tim Pawlenty, Sex Jokes, and the Vice Presidency
Posted: May 13, 2008 by John Brodigan in Politics, Politics, PoliticsTags: 2008, mccain, tim pawlenty, veepstakes
I’ve criticized Minnestor Gov. Tim Pawelnty (who the kids apparently call T-Paw) for not doing enough to raise his public profile so that, if he is chosen as John McCain’s Vice President, people have heard of him. Well, this joke he made recently is certainly one way of doing it… “I have a wife who [...]
