From the Star Tribune:
Gov. Tim Pawlenty is in Iowa today, stumping across the bellweather state with U.S. Sen. John McCain , whose presidential campaign has recently hit a rough patch.Even before his three public appearances with McCain, Pawlenty was singing the Arizonans praises this morning on a Des Moines talk radio station. He called McCain “a very strong person and leader. The best sermons are lived, not spoken.”He’s a common sense conservative,” Pawlenty said of McCain, while describing himself as a “conservative fiscally and socially.”
Hmm… is somebody looking for a spot on a national ticket? Pawlenty had the following to say on the subject:
Pawlenty deflected speculation that he’s angling for the vice presidential spot on a McCain ticket.
“I’m committed to staying the governor of Minnesota,” he said. “I’m just doing this because I believe in him, not because I want a job or a position.”
How very noble of you Mr. Governor. Come on, are we to actually believe that if he got a VP offer that he’d refuse?
So, that being said, here are my thoughts:
Governor Pawlenty’s desire to be Vice President concerns me only to the extent that it hinders his ability to govern (and I would contend that it presents a rather large barrier to his current effectiveness in the form of ridiculous grabs for Conservative cred like holding up a no-new-taxes-pledge)- If he gets a VP offer and doesn’t take it, he’s loony.
- What does bother me is saying you’re not going to do something if you’re going to do it. But we still don’t know if he actually will, so that’s for a later date…
- Down the road, if a DFLer ever is in the situation that our current Governor is (and monkeys fly), I request that Conservatives hold that person to the standards I have laid out above (again, when monkeys fly).
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What about Wellstone’s travels on behalf of Bill Bradley in 2000?
One can read your remark in three ways, Michael:
1. It is ok for Governor Pawlenty to do it; therefore, it was ok for Senator Wellstone to do it;
2. It was wrong for Senator Wellstone to do it; therefore, it is just as wrong for Governor Pawlenty to do it; or
3. You don’t answer legitimate questions if you think you can deflect criticism by changing the subject.
I chose #4.
Interesting. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/03/15/brownsvalleyday2/?rsssource=1
I think you’ve set up this strawman that Pawlenty can’t govern when he’s on the road for a few days. Besides which, it’s not like anything is happening in St. Paul anyway. No matter who is in control of the legislature, the bills don’t get put together until the last couple of weeks of session. He’s not exactly waiting with baited breath to sign your tax increases anyway.
yeah, nothing happening in St. Paul, not now, not ever, yeah, right, great thinking.
Wait, isn’t Paul Wellstone dead? Yes, I see that he is.
Yup, Wellstoned is indeed dead.
So it is wrong to point out the things he did when he was alive…like stumping for Bradley; this isn’t the time to dredge up his breaking his solemn 2 term pledge.
It is unfair to remind people about his gallumping around the southern states in a pathetic (and futile) attempt to re-create himself as the ghost of Robert Kennedy instead of carrying out his legislative duties.
It’s time to peel off the stickers, and time to park the bus.
Wellstoned is gone.
Got it, Michael: nothing. MDE in a nutshell.
Skyblue, you’ve crossed a line. I’m not going to delete your comment but let it be known that reveling in someone’s death, no matter who the person is, is always disgusting.
Matt,
I could be wrong, but weren’t you defending all the assassination “jokes” about Cheney a couple of weeks ago? It seems like you were, but I will stand for correction if you did not defend Bill Maher and the rest of the lefties on the Huffington Post lamenting that the terrorists missed Cheney.
Matt,
Since you didn’t correct me, I’m assuming that my memory is correct that you defended the assassination “jokes” against Vice President Cheney. It shows that your hypocrisy has no bounds.