Ambinder: Pawlenty canceling interviews

[Jobama Biden]

Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) is canceling print and broadcast interviews for the day...

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/


Sorry if this is a dupe

[Waya]

1. On his way to Ohio?????????????????

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

2. Excellent news if it means a Pawlenty pick

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Is Pawlenty going to be a millstone on the albatross around McSame;s neck?

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

8. No, the anchor tied to that millstone

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. You mean the one that got snagged by the sub? :^P

[SuperTrouper]

9. Oh oh...Anne Boleyn Pawlenty will do just great at McCain's

London Tower awaiting the Executioner Biden d'Calais at the Debates...

[LisaM]

17. Please don't say bad things about Anne Boleyn!

Pick on Marie Antoinette if you must, but not Anne!

[SuperTrouper]

20. What about Juana La Loca (Mad Joanne) from Spain? Oh I forgot, it is McCain El Loco

my mistake. So we'll change it to Marie Antoinette Pawlenty and the Biden Guillotine at the debates

[LisaM]

26. Perfect!

I don't think it was Juana's fault that she was mad.

I certainly hope they do pick Pawlenty, so that the ads can superimpose images of Katrina and the collapsed bridge.

[TheDebbieDee]

35. Last night, Tweety speculated that McCain picking

Pawlenty as his VP would cause as much of a sensation as two puddles coming together! Hahahaha.

[LisaM]

40. Well let's hope that he doesn't need to cross those puddles with a bridge

'cause Pawlenty would cut the funding for it.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Hmmm.. he's either in or out

Pawlenty / Polenta
Equally white bland mushy and tasteless

[calimary]

24. Hey, I had a polenta dish a couple of weeks ago that was YUMYUMYUM!

Tim who?

He's what we would have had with Evan Bayh. Evan Who? Yawn.... Some nice milquetoast, maybe, for the GOP. But then again, john's probably old enough to need a bland diet these days.

[TwilightGardener]

4. How will the nation go forth today without his words of wisdom?

Wait... WHO? :rofl:

[Dr. Death]

6. I'd like to see Pawlenty as the pick

if for no other reason than the fact that I've never heard of him till this week, and I'm fairly sure I'm not alone in that.

Of course my favorite choice would be whinin' Joe Liebermann.

[Cosmocat]

21. Do NOT jinx it ...

It is going to be Mittens, it is going to be Mittens, it is going to be Mittens ..

[ErinBerin84]

7. heh

I loved the Chris Matthews disussion last night on what a bland pick Pawlenty would be,.

Also loved the crowd booing Pat when he said that state infrastructure is not a national issue, or something like that.

[VolcanoJen]

10. Pawlenty!!!! Ha! There goes the "He's not ready to lead" line.

And think about it... when you're considering voting for a 72 year-old man with a history of cancer, you're looking pretty closely at his VP pick.

[TwilightGardener]

15. That, and Timmy publicly whined that his wife won't have sex with him--

that's just icing on my cake.

[VolcanoJen]

16. Seriously!???!!??

Oh, I need more details on that one. :rofl:

[TwilightGardener]

18. OK, here it is:

Pawlenty Jokes About Lack Of Sex Life
Listen To The Governor's Joke
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) ― Gov. Tim Pawlenty spent the fishing opener with his wife, Mary Pawlenty, on Big Pelican Lake in Breezy Point, Minn.

If an aside uttered by Pawlenty on Mike Max's radio show on WCCO-AM is any indication, they may very well have spent their every waking moment fishing.

"I have a wife who genuinely loves to fish. I mean, she will take the lead and ask me to go out fishing, and joyfully comes here," the governor said before adding, "She loves football, she'll go to hockey games and, I jokingly say, 'Now, if I could only get her to have sex with me.'"

The governor quickly clarified, "It's a joke, it's a joke."
http://wcco.com/local/pawlenty.sex.joke.2.721251.html

[Spiffarino]

29. That was mildly amusing

Don't think it's going to make good ammo against him.

Being a Republican is bad enough, though.

[dflprincess]

23. And who can blame her?

I knew bookmarking this 2007 thread from the Minnesota forum would come in handy:

(Originally posted by DUer Antfarm)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=160&topic_id=26168

Caught a creepy segment on the FM 107 morning show (Ian and Margery--A Balanced Breakfast). Mary Pawlenty has been guest hosting with Ian.

Yesterday Mary Pawlenty told a long anecdote about when she got appendicitis and Tim Pawlenty was an insensitive lout. It was supposed to be a rib-slapping funny commentary about silly husbands but instead came off as creepy and disturbing. It was a long story, starting out when she doubled over in pain at home when appendicitis struck. Everyone laughed as she described how she was curled on the bedroom floor in a fetal position begging to be taken to the emergency room, but that rascal Tim Pawlenty told her to wait until morning to go to the regular clinic instead.

After she kept moaning and begging, and the pain got more and more excruciating, he finally agreed, reluctantly, to take her to the hospital. Despite her protestations, he decided he wanted to take a shower first. Ha ha ha!!! She described lying on the floor afraid she was dying, and begging her children to bang on the shower door to ask their father to call 911. She said he was unmoved (Ha ha ha! Those crazy Republican husbands!) and took a nice, long shower before leisurely driving her to the hospital.

Once at the hospital, he decided he really didn't feel like hanging around in the ER waiting room. While she was moaning in agony and waiting for the doctor, he told her he was leaving and put his car keys into her shoe so that she could drive herself home later! What a card! What a funny husband he is!

Then you should have heard the guffaws as she described being wheeled into surgery, alone and in despair, thinking, "I thought I had a family, but I have NO ONE!" Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!! Then, after the surgery, Tim finally showed up in the post-op room in his suit. However, he immediately asked her if she really needed him to stay, and he left as soon as he could. Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!! You know how MEN are!!!! Ha!

The story went on and on like this for about 10 minutes, and everyone was howling at that rascal husband Tim Pawlenty, who has no empathy.

Today (surprise, surprise) they had Tim Pawlenty on to do damage control. The lovebirds traded affectionate barbs, and he told HIS side of the story, which was that he had to leave quickly to take care of the children and make sure they made it to school.

This is the caring governor we need. This is clearly the man who will bring healthcare to Minnesota's children.

[TwilightGardener]

25. Bwah! I remember reading that now--thanks!

[dflprincess]

28. I almost feel sorry for Timmy the Tool when I think what Biden

would do to him in a debate. I don't think Tim's ability to be snippy will be much of a defense. The only choice the MSM and the Republicans will have will be to whine that Biden was mean to Timmy.

Probably, Pawlenty has been informed he's not the pick and he's going off to sulk somewhere.

[VolcanoJen]

11. Wait a sec... there is no such post on Marc Ambinder's site.

Looks like the newbie tried to punk us. :-) Welcome to DU! Check this out...

There's a great post on there about McCain's big VP Reveal set for tomorrow morning in Dayton... they can't get rid of the tickets!!!

:rofl:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6786056

[Muttocracy]

22. this one?

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/08/pawlenty_canceling_interviews.php

[VolcanoJen]

30. Ambinder post showed up

Thanks!!!

[thunder rising]

12. Well if the SS isn't on the way, it ain't him.

[Thrill]

14. I would love the Pawlenty pick. I hear he's not even popular in Minnesota

[racaulk]

34. I think you're right.

According to his Wikipedia entry, he won election in 2006 by a margin of only 1%, and he was the incumbent!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Pawlenty#Electoral_history

[Morning Dew]

36. The night before the 2006 election

I saw teflon Tim at a rally in Rochester, MN. There were 20 -30 people there until he arrived with a busload of "supporters" - the assclown brought his own crowd!

[Bjorn Against]

37. He barely won reelection here, and that was before the bridge collapsed...

It was also before a massive chunk of concrete fell of yet another bridge and landed on top of a vehicle speeding down the highway. And you know who would be governor if he did become VP? The very woman who was in charge of the state's transportation system when the bridge did collapse, she was later fired for her incompetence. Pawlenty is not very popular, but Molneau is far more unpopular and if Minnesotans know that a vote for Pawlenty as VP would be a vote for Molneau for governor there is no way that Minnesotans will allow a McCain/Pawlenty ticket to win this state.

[Bjorn Against]

38. How the hell did this same message show up three times? Oh well, dupe.

[Bjorn Against]

39. Another dupe

It was also before a massive chunk of concrete fell of yet another bridge and landed on top of a vehicle speeding down the highway. And you know who would be governor if he did become VP? The very woman who was in charge of the state's transportation system when the bridge did collapse, she was later fired for her incompetence. Pawlenty is not very popular, but Molneau is far more unpopular and if Minnesotans know that a vote for Pawlenty as VP would be a vote for Molneau for governor there is no way that Minnesotans will allow a McCain/Pawlenty ticket to win this state.

[Unsane]

19. Could it be? Could Hyper-Mullet be the pick?

yes

[Alter Ego]

27. Romney's house is being swept by the Secret Service and now this.

Did McCain choose both of them by accident?

[monmouth]

32. Probably forgot.....n/t

[Born_A_Truman]

31. Will they be the NOT Good & Pawlenty ticket?

[livetohike]

33. Please pick Pawlenty . I can't wait to see him blubbering in a

debate against Biden. :-)