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politicalwire.com - 20 days ago
Bonus Quote of the Day
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"Thank you, Lord, for my red-hot, smokin' wife." -- Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R), quoted by the Des Moines Register , channeling Will Ferrell when introducing his wife, Mary, at an Iowa Republican fundraising dinner.
blogs.desmoinesregister.com - 20 days ago
Pawlenty thanks Lord for ’smokin’ wife’
— blogs.desmoinesregister.com — Pawlenty thanks Lord for ’smokin’ wife’ (more) Pawlenty thanks Lord for ’smokin’ wife’

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politicalwire.com - 12 days ago
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— politicalwire.com — "By the way, I don't know if we call him Levi -- I hear he goes by... the name Ricky Hollywood now, so, if that's the case, we don't want to mess up this gig he's got going... Kind of this aspiring, aspiring porn -- the things that he's doing. It's kind of heartbreaking." -- Sarah Palin, in an ... (more) Quote of the Day

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politicalwire.com - 23 days ago
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— politicalwire.com — "We'll come after you." -- RNC Chairman Michael Steele, in an interview on Top Line, warning Republicans... who support President Obama on economic stimulus or health care. (more) Bonus Quote of the Day

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Ben Smith's Blog:  Sunday reading: 34,000

The Political Carnival:  Tim Pawlenty: "Thank you, Lord, for my red-hot, smokin' wife."

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Sunday reading: 34,000
Ben Smith's Blog — O'Connor and Bresnahan have a behind-the-scenes picture of the emotions in the House. Rahm will stand in for Obama before a Jewish group. Obama will likely send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Gorby thinks we should be leaving Afghanistan. TPAW takes Des Moines. He continues to say slightly edgy stuff about his wife. And a commenter here distinguishes him or herself in the field of idiotic anti-Semitism.

Tim Pawlenty: "Thank you, Lord, for my red-hot, smokin' wife."
The Political Carnival — ... Here's Gov. Tim trying to be Not Mark Sanford and Not John Ensign: "Thank you, Lord, for my red-hot, smokin' wife." -- Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R), quoted by the Des Moines Register, channeling Will Ferrell when introducing his wife, Mary, at an Iowa Republican fundraising dinnYou bet he's thanking the lord... that he's not those other guys. Yet. ...

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