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Quip from Congressman Erik Paulsen (R-MN) (Yes, there is another MN Republican besides Bachmann)
grey_whiskers ^ | 2-28-2010 | grey_whiskers

Posted on 02/28/2010 8:45:37 PM PST by grey_whiskers

I recently attended not a Tea Party, but a local GOP meeting in the Minneapolis Metro Area, where local delegates were voted for to go to the state GOP convention, and a few candidates for governor (Seifert, Emmer, and Herwig) appeared.

In addition to a couple of candidates for State Representative and State Senate -- we have some good up-and-comers. Go Norann Dillon and Sarah Anderson!

Anyway, making a cameo appearance was Erik Paulsen, who led off with the following quip:

He just heard from the Olympics, and they have announced that they are going to strip the Gold Medal from Lindsey Vonn (shocked gasps, she is a local Minnesotan) -- and give it to Barack Obama.

(Pause while the audience makes the connection to the undeserved Nobel Prize.)

...and the punchline:

"...because his polls are falling so quick he's going downhill faster than she EVER did."

Way to go Erik, even if you're not Michele Bachmann or Sarah Palin.


TOPICS: Minnesota; Parties; Polls; U.S. Congress
KEYWORDS: obama; olympics; paulsen; polls
Cheers!
1 posted on 02/28/2010 8:45:37 PM PST by grey_whiskers
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To: grey_whiskers

Cheers to you, grey_whiskers! Thanks ever so much for the chuckle!


2 posted on 02/28/2010 8:49:37 PM PST by betty boop (Moral law is not rooted in factual laws of nature; they only tell us what happens, not what ought to)
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To: grey_whiskers

According to a friend of mine from Paulsen’s district....

RINO..in an effort to suck up to actual conservatives just to get re-elected.....


3 posted on 02/28/2010 8:56:30 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Political Correctness Will Get Us All Killed)
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To: grey_whiskers
I wish Olympic statuses were available in politics. Of course, DNS is no not applicable to the current resident of the White House, but we'd be quite content with the DNF or DSQ.
4 posted on 02/28/2010 8:59:37 PM PST by alecqss
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To: grey_whiskers

That was the joke that Romney told at CPAC a week ago.


5 posted on 02/28/2010 9:39:04 PM PST by octex
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To: octex
Clinches it for me. Paulsen's a RINO.

I made a certain suggestion to him as to how to embarrass the Dems, and he blew me off with a smug "oh you cute little...VOTER, you" type of look.

The staffer at Bachmann's office, however, laughed loud and long, then explained to me *why* it wouldn't work, but said they'd pass it along for the laughs...

Cheers!

6 posted on 02/28/2010 9:44:46 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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