Monday, February 28, 2011

Open mouth, disengage brain

Definition of irony: Tim Pawlenty, the third most boring, elitist multi-millionaire politician in the world, trying to gain Tea Party cred. But all he could manage was to alternately lie and contradict himself (admittedly, this is potentially the alchemical formula for Tea Party fame, so maybe he's on to something).

First, he claimed that Obama supported (or, more accurately, “coddled”) the unions, when that is a fight that Obama has been specifically staying out of, as both sides have pointed out.

Now, recall that the unions are fighting to keep their right to have a voice in contract negotiations, against a governor who wants to strip away those rights and keep them silent. So what does Pawlenty follow up with?
“We don’t share President Obama’s worldview. We don’t want a bigger government shoving mandates down our throats. He’s got it completely backwards. They the bureaucrats don’t tell us what to do, we the people tell them what to do.”
OK, Tim, pay attention: teachers, firefighters, cops – they are "the people." They may not be the people who come to your Eagan, Minn. mansion for tea, but they are "the people." Who are fighting against overreaching government.

How is this not clear?

4 comments:

  1. Hardly known for creativity and constantly canvassing the political scene for a slur de jour, Tim Polenta needs lessons in mixing metaphors.

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  2. Take my word for it: I'm from Minnesota, and I can tell you Pawlenty is as phony as a Dan Quale 75 cent piece. He left our state in a world of hurt economically and basically took the last year of his term off, barnstorming around the country to promote his thoroughly bogus agenda of saying no to the poor and middle class while coddling the uberwealthy and urging further tax cuts for them. We have had PAW-LENTY of this completely unoriginal and uninspiring fake. Don't fall for his crap, America!

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  3. But...but...teachers, cops, firefighters are not "one of us," as Scott Walker put it to the fake Koch in that infamous prank call.

    Only demonstrating TPs are "one of them;" all other Americans who are contra to their world view don't count.

    Polenta = Mmmmm good.

    Pawlenty = No so much.

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  4. Correct Jack,

    Pawlenty came into office with a 600 million dollar surplus (left by guess who) and will leave office with a 6-1/2 Billion dollar debt. Reagan would be proud.
    I would think America has had enough evidence of Republican (failed) policies. 12 Trillion in debt with their great(?) policies.

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