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dglobe.com - 8/24/2008
Ap |  Worthington Daily Globe  | Worthington, Minnesota
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Pawlenty: Obama picked wrong VP candidate By COLIN FLY Associated Press Writer The Associated Press - Sunday, August 24, 2008 Gov. Tim Pawlenty criticized Barack Obama's selection of Delaware Sen. Joe Biden as his vice presidential running mate, but the Minnesota Republican again deflected questions on Saturday about his own potential vice presidential bid."Joe Biden's statement that ...

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Mark this day
Rising Hegemon — The "brilliance" cannot be understated: Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who is on Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) vice presidential short list, criticized Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) yesterday for his selection of Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) as his running mate. Instead, Pawlenty said that Obama should have picked Gen. David Petraeus, whom he considers “an outstanding leader and somebody who would better represent the mainstream of the country.” I know the right-wing has wet dreams about the Petraeus which are downright fascist, but considering the guy has issued a Shermanesque denial for the position ...

Stupid Republican VP tricks
Daily Kos — Few things are more laughable than Republicans pontificating about vice presidential picks, maybe because their own bench is so weak. On Saturday John McCain strongly praised Barack Obama's selection of Joe Biden, describing it as "wise". Meanwhile McCain was releasing an attack ad demanding to know why Obama hadn't chosen Hillary Clinton instead. Which leads me quickly to my thesis: These Republicans are goofballs. Case in point is Tim Pawlenty. After reciting the threadbare GOP talking points about how disappointed they all are by Obama's selection of Biden, Pawlenty topped the list off with this ornament to stupidity (h/t ...

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