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BarackMyWorld's avatar

I like how candidates have to call their early campaigns "exploratory committees" as they were some sort of bureaucratic Lewis and Clark.

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jqheywood's avatar

That's an image that won't soon leave my brain. Thanks.

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jqheywood's avatar

Adding Joe-mentum to the momen-Tim

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chascates's avatar

T.Paw - the Super Dog!

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chascates's avatar

<i>Tim has been married for over 20 years to his wife, Mary, a former district judge. The Pawlentys have two teenage daughters, Anna and Mara (neither of whom are currently pregnant), and attend Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

Tim has run the Twin Cities Marathon and is a fervent hockey fan. He plays in a regular pick up hockey game. Tim’s ipod includes Bruce Springsteen and Kenny Chesney.</i>

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fuflans's avatar

Hey! there's one of those obese bullied kids! sucking down a giant drink under a 'long dog, corn' sign!

this is an awesome picture.

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BarackMyWorld's avatar

<i>When Tim Pawlenty was a child, a bunch of mouth breathers forced him to will their obsolete manufacturing jobs back into existence.</i>

I still love¹ how people² can scream "Free markets!" one minute and "Where's our jobs?" the next.

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¹sarcasm

²more sarcasm

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Monsieur_Grumpe's avatar

Too bad for him she's not interested. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.c..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/12/minnesot...">http://www.huffingtonpost.c...

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Monsieur_Grumpe's avatar

The only good thing about this is that it keeps him out of Minnesota. Run Bachmann run!

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