Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:04 AM
TroyD (4,468 posts)
NBCNews: Tim Pawlenty to step down as national co-chair of Romney's Presidential campaignBREAKING: Tim Pawlenty to step down as national co-chair of Romney's Presidential campaign.
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30 replies, 1775 views
| Author | Time | Post | |
| TroyD | Sep 2012 | OP | |
| deutsey | Sep 2012 | #1 | |
| johnlucas | Sep 2012 | #16 | |
| deutsey | Sep 2012 | #28 | |
| johnlucas | Sep 2012 | #29 | |
| deutsey | Sep 2012 | #30 | |
| Humphrey2 | Sep 2012 | #2 | |
| Jennicut | Sep 2012 | #3 | |
| TroyD | Sep 2012 | #4 | |
| rurallib | Sep 2012 | #8 | |
| PoliticalBiker | Sep 2012 | #25 | |
| Jennicut | Sep 2012 | #9 | |
| CTyankee | Sep 2012 | #20 | |
| BeyondGeography | Sep 2012 | #5 | |
| CoffeeCat | Sep 2012 | #6 | |
| TroyD | Sep 2012 | #7 | |
| CTyankee | Sep 2012 | #21 | |
| Zoeisright | Sep 2012 | #24 | |
| PoliticalBiker | Sep 2012 | #10 | |
| mojo2012 | Sep 2012 | #11 | |
| TroyD | Sep 2012 | #14 | |
| mojo2012 | Sep 2012 | #15 | |
| Blue Owl | Sep 2012 | #12 | |
| skip fox | Sep 2012 | #13 | |
| WeekendWarrior | Sep 2012 | #17 | |
| greenymac | Sep 2012 | #18 | |
| flamingdem | Sep 2012 | #19 | |
| cash__whatiwant | Sep 2012 | #22 | |
| TroyD | Sep 2012 | #26 | |
| Zoeisright | Sep 2012 | #23 | |
| progressivebydesign | Sep 2012 | #27 |
Response to TroyD (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:06 AM
deutsey (16,810 posts)
1. I'm sure it's only because he wanted to spend more time with his family.
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Response to deutsey (Reply #1)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 11:42 AM
johnlucas (799 posts)
16. Must have heard that order from Guile: "Go Home And Be a Family Man!"
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A little Street Fighter II humor there.
A gamer's joke. Ask your kids. John Lucas |
Response to johnlucas (Reply #16)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:56 PM
deutsey (16,810 posts)
28. What's this "gamer" that you speak of.
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Does it involve the ether frolics?
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Response to deutsey (Reply #28)
Fri Sep 21, 2012, 09:38 AM
johnlucas (799 posts)
29. Gamer...for Videogamer, deutsey
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Last edited Fri Sep 21, 2012, 09:41 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1) Videogame joke.
Street Fighter II by Capcom (1991). A character on the game named Guile, a U.S. Special Forces dude with a tall flattop. When you won with him, he would say the line "Go home and be a family man!" Like this see?
No ether involved. Just a lot of Sonic Booms & Flash Kicks! John Lucas |
Response to johnlucas (Reply #29)
Fri Sep 21, 2012, 10:54 AM
deutsey (16,810 posts)
30. I see symbols here, apparently organized in such a way intended to convey meaning
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but does not compute.
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Response to TroyD (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:07 AM
Humphrey2 (12 posts)
2. sinking ships
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time to re-arrange the deck chairs
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Response to TroyD (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:09 AM
Jennicut (25,347 posts)
3. He is going to take a lobbying job.
Response to Jennicut (Reply #3)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:14 AM
TroyD (4,468 posts)
4. LOL. Couldn't he have waited to announce that?
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Last edited Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:15 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1) It's bad enough for a Campaign Co-Chair to pack it in 6 weeks before the election, but to take a lobbying job right away on top of that?
Makes the outgoing head of the Romney campaign look incompetent AND corrupt in one announcement. |
Response to TroyD (Reply #4)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:34 AM
rurallib (31,152 posts)
8. and surely that job didn't need to be fill Nov. 1
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they surely would have held it open for a while for Pawlenty.
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Response to rurallib (Reply #8)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 01:48 PM
PoliticalBiker (328 posts)
25. Me thinks
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TPaw wanted to bail on a fail campaign
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Response to TroyD (Reply #4)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:50 AM
Jennicut (25,347 posts)
9. He is jumping ship like a rat.
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I don't blame him though. Who wants to be stuck working for Rombot?
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Response to TroyD (Reply #4)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 12:55 PM
CTyankee (35,070 posts)
20. You said it, Troy! Those two were made for each other, weren't they?
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Serves them both right...
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Response to TroyD (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:14 AM
BeyondGeography (21,318 posts)
5. From getting bounced out of the primaries by Michelle Bachmann to this
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Does it suck to be TPaw, or what? Guy just gets rag dolled over and over again.
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Response to TroyD (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:14 AM
CoffeeCat (19,419 posts)
6. So that's who has been repeatedly backing the ship...
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...into the iceberg.
Seriously. I wondered who was running this thing. Tim Pawlenty. Really? He doesn't seem like the kind of guy who could run a campaign. Has he ever had any experience in doing so? |
Response to CoffeeCat (Reply #6)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:17 AM
TroyD (4,468 posts)
7. He's a loser even in his own state
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I couldn't believe it when people thought he was being considered for V.P.
As Nate Silver said at the time, Pawlenty has terrible approval ratings in his OWN STATE of Minnesota. He is disliked there and Nate said Obama's numbers would have even gone up in MN if Pawlenty had been chosen. And I believe the Minnesota Supreme Court recently struck down one of his former budget cuts as unconstitutional or something. |
Response to TroyD (Reply #7)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 01:03 PM
CTyankee (35,070 posts)
21. Maybe having that bridge fall down had something to do with the bad
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feelings that MN folks feel for the guy...
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Response to CTyankee (Reply #21)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 01:44 PM
Zoeisright (7,845 posts)
24. Oh yeah. And his smirking announcements of MNDOT cuts before the collapse.
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And how he cut funding for protection of abused children. And how he cut funding for healthcare for the poor. The guy is a complete horse's ass.
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Response to TroyD (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 10:48 AM
PoliticalBiker (328 posts)
10. Pffftt!
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Re-Make in progress
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Response to TroyD (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 10:52 AM
mojo2012 (290 posts)
11. Debates
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Wasn't Pawlenty helping Romney with the debates playing Obama?
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Response to mojo2012 (Reply #11)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 11:01 AM
TroyD (4,468 posts)
14. I think that's Rob Portman's role
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From what I remember reading.
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Response to TroyD (Reply #14)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 11:23 AM
mojo2012 (290 posts)
15. ahhhh.....
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Thanks!
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Response to TroyD (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 10:57 AM
Blue Owl (8,512 posts)
12. I didn't think it was possible to step down to a lower level...
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n/t
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Response to TroyD (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 10:58 AM
skip fox (11,954 posts)
13. I think we know who lost a power struggle.
Response to TroyD (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 11:56 AM
WeekendWarrior (1,275 posts)
17. This is rather telling. nt
Response to TroyD (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 12:30 PM
greenymac (32 posts)
18. When the ship starts sinking...
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the rats start running...
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Response to TroyD (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 12:47 PM
flamingdem (22,712 posts)
19. Thank you Tim Pawlenty for the Rmoney campaign FAIL!
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If that is the power struggle, sure we'll know soon enough maybe from a tell all book.
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Response to TroyD (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 01:05 PM
cash__whatiwant (370 posts)
22. he's becoming a bank lobbyist...
Response to cash__whatiwant (Reply #22)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 02:28 PM
TroyD (4,468 posts)
26. Doesn't he realize how bad that looks?
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You step down as Chairman of a Presidential campaign to become a Wall Street lobbyist?!
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Response to TroyD (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 01:43 PM
Zoeisright (7,845 posts)
23. The weasel abandoned the sinking ship!
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I hate that prick.
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Response to TroyD (Original post)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 02:51 PM
progressivebydesign (19,363 posts)

