Posted on 03/29/2011 9:57:32 AM PDT by nhwingut
On Morning Joe today, Mika Brzezinski asked Tim Pawlenty to assess the strength of one of his potential rivals, Donald Trump, and the former Minnesota governor tried at first to remain positive, calling Trump “talented” and “interesting.” When it came time to assess Trump’s apparent platform of birth certificates, Pawlenty was decidedly less positive:
Tim Pawlenty says Donald Trump needs to get off the birther circuit.
In an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, the former Minnesota governor said there are more serious concerns to weigh.
“I, for one, do not believe we should be raising that issue,” Pawlenty said. “I think President Obama was born in the United States.”
Whatever momentary interest there was in this subject should have been abandoned long ago, preferably when Obama released the certification of his birth from Hawaii, or when the contemporaneous birth announcements were discovered by Hillary Clinton’s oppo researchers, or when the state of Hawaii twice declared the certification accurate. The same is true for the cottage industry that has surfaced over whether Obama had a ghost writer for his memoirs. Those kind of questions might arguably have resonated when Obama was an unknown, but clearly they didn’t. Voters chose Obama anyway in 2008, and those “strategies” are far less likely to succeed four years later.
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What this country needs is an Opposition party — you know: a party which is not full of Obama cheerleaders, putting in long hours trying to convince the public that he’s really a good guy.
HA had gone down the toilet since Michelle sold it. I can’t stand Allahpundit. I think he’s a homo.
Many of the people who used to post there have left and formed another ‘hangout’.
The rest of the guy’s past remains shrouded in mystery, with ghost-writers, conflicting stories in “autobiographies” and inconvenient stories about homosexual sex and drug orgies.
Did Timmy say how he knows? Good grief. Armys of lawyers can’t seem to get to the bottom of the issue.
I want proof that Pawlenty is not lying. ASAP
You can be damn sure that we will insist that he be vetted this time. Whomever runs against him will have standing with the courts.
Secondly, he should release any and all school documents, and answer question regarding social security numbers, if this indeed is an issue.
Memo to Tim: Bud, save yourself a ton of money and withdraw from running for POTUS...you don’t stand a shadow of a chance...
“Pawlenty: Obama was born in the USA”
Prove it.
To be honest if Hillary had the birther info about Obama she would have used it. Besides this whole stupid movement was started by a 9/11 truther..
“Obama’s two-plus years in office provide plenty of reasons to oppose a second term. Serious candidates should be focused on serious issues”
Don’t you love it!!! I can’t think of a single issue that Obummer hasn’t beaten the brains out of every Republican...He still is !!! (i.e. see Libya).
Despite that, these fools think they have a strategy....Sad that this is what passes for Republicans or Conservatives nowdays....Enablers and traitors all....
The Big Boo
It is not pro-Obama to accept the Hawaii birth report as fact. Its pointless to argue this, the dems will use birtherism to make fools of us at the polls yet again.
Pawlenty for President. ** snicker **
Hewitt said that he won't touch the issue for the same reason.
“Pawlenty: Obama was born in the USA”
Prove it.
Yup, Pawlenty has no shot.
I personally think he’s not showing his certificate because Obama Sr. is not really his dad, so his big identity he’s played up is based on a lie.
Is it foolish to ask for his college information, like who paid for it? Perhaps his thesis as well?
Pawlenty was on Hugh Hewitt the other day, and he admitted that he avoids any mention of the birther issue for purely public relations reasons: he wants to appear “reasonable” to the MSM, and any talk of Obama’s eligibility automatically labels one as a “nut.”
Hewitt said that he won’t touch the issue for the same reason.
And these guys call themselves “men”???
Exactly. Pawlenty is finished!!!
I believe that Trump said the same thing, but is wondering about the lack of information about Mr. Obama. Why is not Pawlenty also wondering about the lack of information?
Such a dearth of knowledge about a sitting president is unprecedented!
There are lack of information and access to his writings, his kindergarten records, Punahou school records, Occidental College records, Columbia University records, Columbia thesis, Harvard Law School records, Harvard Law Review articles, scholarly articles from the University of Chicago, passport, medical records, selective service registration records, social security number irregularities, files from his years as an Illinois state senator, his Illinois State Bar Association records, any baptism records and adoption records.
This information lockout continues in his "transparent" presidency, with organization after organization having to sue under the FOI act to get basic information about meetings, attendees, motives of people elected and appointed to govern us.
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