Posted on 09/12/2011 5:42:23 AM PDT by markomalley
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) endorsed former Massachussetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) on Monday.
Pawlenty, who dropped out of the presidential race after a disappointing showing in the influential Iowa Straw Poll, called Romney "the complete package" and said that Romney's economic experience was a deciding factor in winning his endorsement.
"I believe he is going to be our party's nominee," Pawlenty said on Fox News's "Fox and Friends."
"I think he's going to be a transformational and great president for this country," Pawlenty added.
Pawlenty also said he would not consider being the Republican vice presidential nominee.
In the same interview Pawlenty also jabbed Romney opponent Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) for writing in his book "Fed Up!" that Social Security was a failed program. Pawlenty said Romney wanted to fix Social Security which was also the former Minnesota governor's stance. In the last few weeks Romney and Perry have repeatedly hit each other on their stances on Social Security.
"Governor Perry has said in the past that he thought it was failed," Pawlenty said.
In a followup email Pawlenty doubled down on Romney's economic qualifications for winning his endorsement.
"Mitt Romney is running for president, and I am proud to endorse him," Pawlenty said in a email blasted out by the Romney campaign shortly after he appeared on Fox and Friends. "Romney is running for president because he is deeply committed to our country, troubled by its current condition, and I believe he can turn it around."
You mean Palin might be the "stalking horse" and not Bachmann?
[I’m only refudiating your ignorance for the benefit of the lurkers and the sane.]
Thank you.
Yes, and Huntsman in for Biden is another one.
They are very smart, they are relentless, and they play for the long term.
This makes great sense. I can't think of any other reason for TPaw to do this NOW. Otherwise, he would have played 'hard to get' more.
I respect that Perry has some committed supporters here, but he doesn't pass my litmus test due to Gardasil and amnesty, among others.
Regarding his instincts, those two issues especially lead me to believe that you can take the boy out of the (demonrat) party, but you can't take the party out of the boy.
I wonder about these politicians sometimes. I guess maybe a few people might be swayed by an endorsement by someone dropping out of a race. If they are swayed, they probably shouldn’t be voting anyway.
“You mean Palin might be the “stalking horse” and not Bachmann?”
The Bachmann as stalking horse stuff was always silly and uninformed.
I see quite a bit of entirely unrelated ranting on both sides of the Perry debate in this thread. But this story is no story really. TPaw’s main man, Vin Weber, was Romney’s policy guy in 2008. Tim and Mitt are of a like mind. This announcement is of the “Dog bites man” variety.
Nothing more.
It looks like you swallowed the left-wing media agitprop hook, line and sinker.
Once hints about Sarah Palin’s speech on September 3 began to leak out, the Left-wing media latched on to a new line of attack against the GOP front-runner: The media claimed that Sarah Palin is specifically targeting Rick Perry by the use of the phrase “Crony Capitalism”
The truth is that “Crony Capitalism”, where the Federal Government in general and the Democrats in particular pick winners and losers by interfering with the marketplace and “decide “which firms to rescue or close, and which creditors to reward and how” has been a long-standing Sarah Palin theme.
What Sarah Palin means by “Crony Capitalism” is explained by Sarah Palin herself in the article written by Sarah a year and a half ago, back in April, 2010, before Rick Perry was even reelected Governor of Texas and before Perry was even on the Presidential radar screen.
Institutionalizing Crony Capitalism, by Sarah Palin on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 7:28pm
What was Sarah Palin doing in February, 2010, two months before she wrote her “Crony Capitalism” article?
Sarah was endorsing Rick Perry for reelection at a joint Houston rally.
08 February 2010 ... Palin brings out crowd for Perry rally near Houston
That's a lot of money for Romney to pay for a 1% candidate who wasn't really anybody's "darling".
Calling someone a lying scumbag isn’t very Christian either. Well, I’ll give you a pass if it’s a liberal politician, and no, Rick Perry is not a liberal politician.
You misunderstood me. In the end, either of these guys as president will give us more of the same. Both would rule with establishment in mind. Neither of these guys are a step above previous presidents. For the nation to survive we need a leader that is ready to actually lead and stop listening to whacko liberals and big corporations.
Yeah whatever.
And he’s still a lying liberal scumbag who talks a good enough game for the weak minded to buy it.
Don’t like it, don’t talk to me because I’m not going to be bullied into silence by Perrytards.
How about “Not enough of a difference to make a difference.”
Sure they all have different stories but I have not heard from them how and when they will reduce the deficit.
For any of them, can you tell me how high a deficit is too much? At what point do they veto and tell congress to go back and try again, especially if the government shuts down for a significant period? I know they have all criticized Obama Obama’s deficit. That’s not what I’m asking.
:)
Reminds me of the “His Indian died” joke.
Take your Southern Fried Romney and stick him in whatever orifice you choose.
I agree, my comment was sarcastic.
And wasn’t there something about Romney helping pay off campaign debts for Pawlenty also?
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