Minnesotans continue to confound me with whom they elect. For a supposedly “liberal” state, we come across looking like the rednecks of the North. It’s been apparent from the beginning that Li’l Timmy Pawlenty was more interested in his own ambition than in actually governing, but he has sunk to new lows in recent months.
Pawlenty is the newer incarnation of Norm “The Chameleon” Coleman. He is apt to change his stance daily depending on the political winds. He would trade parties, gender, sexual orientation (just not publicly), countries, or sex-for-favors to get elected. He has no principles, other than his infamous (and idiotic) “I will not raise taxes” stance. Evidently the idea that taxes are necessary for things like education, bridge repair, and the health and well-being of our citizenry is just too complicated a concept for him (and the wool-pulled-over-eyes constituency that flabbergastingly put him in office).
Pawlenty hasn’t even been seen in MN for the past several months, as he works on the not-so-secret Timmy in 2012 campaign instead of trying to solve the:
- public education crisis
- budget crisis
- health care crisis
- various and sundry other crises
in the state that he supposedly governs. He exemplifies the “Party of No,” as the only time he shows up is to veto any meaningful legislation. It is hard to imagine a worse governor. Oh, wait: I forgot about Mark Sanford. And Sarah Palin. I guess I can imagine a worse one…but not much.