Posted on 07/27/2010 11:15:26 AM PDT by GOPGuide
"The era of small government is over . . . government has to be more proactive, more aggressive."
-- Tim Pawlenty, 2006.
Minnesota's 47-year-old governor is now one of a handful of names being bandied about as a possible running mate for John McCain. But if the Arizona senator wants to unite conservative Republicans behind him, there are better choices.
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Mr. Pawlenty is using his influence through the National Governor's Association to export his ideas across state lines. The NGA meets in Washington, D.C. next week. Look for Mr. Pawlenty to be on hand and stumping for renewable mandates.
In April, Mr. Pawlenty delivered the remarks that probably best reveal his views on the environment. "It looks like we should have listened to President Carter," he told the Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group. "He called us to action, and we should have listened. . . . Climate change is real. Human behavior is partly and may be a lot responsible. Those who don't think so are simply not right. We should not spend time on voices that say it's not real."
At times it seems that Mr. Pawlenty's first political instinct is to placate liberal critics, as he did following the collapse of the I-35 bridge in Minneapolis last August. When Rep. James Oberstar, a Democrat, tried to exploit the tragedy that killed 13 people and injured 100 others -- by blaming it on a lack of federal gas tax revenue -- Mr. Pawlenty responded by calling for a state gas tax increase. Thankfully, the governor started backpedaling on that idea almost immediately after proposing it. He now promises to veto any tax increase to come out of the legislature this year (handing down one such veto yesterday).
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Wow,
Hes not going anywhere if he runs.
The sick thing, he was on the same page with what the Democrats were plotting, and before we had to live this reality.
Tim is as responsible for Minnesota’s goofy senator as any felon who cast a vote.
“The era of small government is over . . . government has to be more proactive, more aggressive.”
Pawlenty is now dead meat politically. If he is pandering to liberals and saying that the current growth of government is right...we don’t need him.
Good find!!
National Review is talking him up. He's another compassionate GHWB wimp RINO in the making, I can tell it just by looking at his face.
Mayonnaise sandwich on white bread...(gag, puke).
Where’s the testosterone in the GOP?
So if he comes down to Texas and starts goin', "Aww, shucks, twas only six years ago, I changed my opinion 'bout small government on the road to Iowa" you will not believe him? ;)
Sarah Palin would eat his breakfast, lunch, supper and then make him bite her dust.
He is going nowhere.
The quote comes from a 2006 a Star Tribune interview with Pawlenty, but I couldn’t find the original article online.
If I had found one I would have just posted the original article.
He’s another ethanol pimping Gorebull warming true believer.
But, but, it was SIX whole years ago, like ancient times, T-Paw didn’t mean it!
PLUS he sat on his a$$ while Franken stole the Senate seat.
If "they" put McPain out as candidate again, or even an almost candidate, then I'll know that the fix is on and it's time for serious countermeasures.
T-Paw has a nice smile, isn’t that enough for you Tea Party Kooks, bwhahaha!
This article was written in 2006
He’s cute, but so is Blago. :)
The WSJ article by Jason Lewis is from 2008, the quote about “small government is over” is from a 2006 interview with Pawlenty by the Star Tribune.
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