TPAW is Back. So is The Truth About TPAW. Right Here.
Dear Mitt: I Look Good in a Gun!
Tim Pawlenty was the worst governor Minnesota has had since the days when any moron from a wealthy lumber, mining or milling family could buy the job. In many ways, he was worse: You can’t just be ANY moron to be governor these days. You have to be a special kind of moron. I retired this archive of TPAW Truth-Telling last August, after TPAW’s loony campaign for the GOP presidential nomination fizzled out in Iowa, but, like an infestation of headlice, he is back, being touted now as a potential GOP running mate for Mitt Romney. The idea is tempting: With TPAW at his side, Romney would be out of the race by Labor Day. Still, I feel Minnesota has an obligation to warn the rest of the country about this charlatan, who just won’t go away… So… Here we are again: As a service to the rest of the nation…
My TPAW TROVE is back!
Q: What’s the difference between Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty? A: Lipstick.
The Tim Pawlenty Minnesotans know is NOT the same person who Tim Pawlenty is presenting to the rest of the country as he runs for president in 2012 sucks up to Mitt Romney in the same pathetic manner in which he sucked up to John McCain in 2008. I followed Pawlenty, and documented his increasing rightward slant as his ambitions outgrew Minnesota, for both the Pioneer Press and StarTribune. I will continue to keep an eye on him here, including a look at how he has dog-whistled messages to conservative religious voters that most media have ignored. Below, I also have posted the Pawlenty profile I wrote for Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine in Sept. 2008 — a piece published to coincide with the GOP Convention in St. Paul, when Pawlenty was being considered by John McCain as his running mate (a certain hockey pitbull-Mom aced him out for the job). Read and Enjoy!
Apparently TPaw went out a finally got a the requisite Republican fanatics photo holding an automatic weapon designed to kill other people. That’s a sign of trying to become a serious GOP candidate for office and that he will do Ted Nugents bidding. But it is hard to imagine he will get the pick since neither he or Norm Coleman could deliver the state of Minnesota for Romney in the primary, and worse, have zero effect after primary winner Santorum withdrew on consolidating support for Romney against Ron Paul at the Minnesota GOP State Convention. Seriously, if Romney is still considering Pawlenty as a V.P. running mate, he must be at the bottom of the barrel and nobody else wants to run with Romney in this incumbent year. All of the other elected and current Republican office holders or rising stars from Chris Christie to South Carolina’s Nikki Haley to Marco Rubio in Florida has vigorously turned Willard down. He must be scrapping bottom. Pawlenty is one of the most un-influential political figures in America and if Romney is asking its a sure sign of desperation.
Nick — always nice to have a big fat target come back into view. If you’re interested, here’s a link to the Ground Zero I did in ’06 on T-Paw’s conversion from Catholicism to Evangelical Christianity when he moved out to the ‘burbs and what it says about him and the Christian Right. It’s long but a combination of learned and pointed.
http://varnishbalance.cloudmin.cruiskeenconsulting.com/node/2961
Interesting read, Rich. I attended the prayer service at TPAW’s mega-church on the morning of his first inaugural, in 2003… So much Jesus Talk going on that former Gov. Al Quie, the most Christian man I know, got up and tried to tone it down by telling TPAW to remember that he had to be governor for all Minnesotans, not just the Evangelical ones. Quie is a mensch. By the way, TPAW gave a statement on his faith and took questions during a conference at his church in September, 2001, right after 9-11, and shortly after he announced he was running for governor. A tape-recording of that session was sold on the church website — until I asked for one. Then all mention of it was wiped off, and I was told, despite repeated requests, that, gosh darn-it, no one seemed to have it.
I’d love to know what he said. We might find out his real religion: Not Catholic, not Christian: Opportunist.
ol’ Trouble Pawlenty, you can’t keep the fool down. because he never rode over one of his bridges.
did you know his Indian name is “Tim Tim Tumbling Bridges?” — first thing he saw when he came out of his daze.
but seriously, folks, he’s got everything the G-NO!-P needs. spent the state into the dumpster. decade of fooling himself first. the empty suit that doesn’t need a hanger. reads Kochmail steadily without flinching.
Trub makes it a well-rounded ticket… all zero all the time.
link to the MSP mag article goes to their 404 page, you might have to repost from your PC archive (where hopefully you still have a copy.)