http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/14/tim-pawlenty-quits_n_926405.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%7C86262
I might also add "liar" since immediately after the poll Pawlenty called the result a victory and said he would continue the campaign....knowing, of course, that he intended to quit after getting his ass kicked so badly.
Some great Iowa Straw Poll factoids:
1) Michele Bachmann barely eked out a plurality of voters in an 18,000 person event, in her home state, when Mitt Romney and Rick Perry either did not appear or barely appeared. This was viewed by the media as an enormous "win."
Imagine if Rick Perry won a Texas non-binding poll by 150 out of 18,000 votes when Bachmann and Romney did not participate. Would that be hailed as a great "win" for him....or evidence that he should withdraw from the race?
2) Ron Paul almost won -- he got 27% of the vote, losing to Bachmann by 150 votes and absolutely killing Pawlenty who had outspent him by millions. The media's response? Complete and utter silence. Ron Paul has some of the most loyal hard-core libertarian followers in the world, yet because he has no appeal to the rich wing of the party (no wars and a return to the Gold Standard please) the media completely writes him off. But Bachmann? Oh, she is on her way to winning it all!
Yeah, right.
3) Rick Santorum finishes a very mediocre 4th as basically a "I am not completely insane and I sure ain't going to vote for Bachmann or crazy uncle Ronny" vote. His response? To basically declare victory.
"We are the little engine that could.....no one gave us a chance...." No one gave you a chance, Rick, because.....you had no chance. You finished a mediocre 4th.
HM, "No one ever gave me a chance when I was 25 of banging a super model. And there was a time once when a good looking girl spoke to me for no reason. She wasn't a super model, and maybe she was just being nice, but let me tell you -- no one ever gave me a chance of banging a super model, but I sure showed them!"
Huh!?!?
4) I saw the media crawl say the following, "Cain downplays talk of a Bachmann-Cain dream ticket." Uh, whose Dream Ticket is THAT!?!? This is the GOP primary folks -- do you think their completely white-male party leadership wants a 50+ year old woman and a black guy as their ticket? Their Dream Ticket is a non-Mormon Mitt Romey and an even more pliant Tim Pawlenty.
5) Will anyone ever mention that some people believe Rick Perry is gay?? http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/06/would_rumors_about_his_marriag.html
I might also add "liar" since immediately after the poll Pawlenty called the result a victory and said he would continue the campaign....knowing, of course, that he intended to quit after getting his ass kicked so badly.
Some great Iowa Straw Poll factoids:
1) Michele Bachmann barely eked out a plurality of voters in an 18,000 person event, in her home state, when Mitt Romney and Rick Perry either did not appear or barely appeared. This was viewed by the media as an enormous "win."
Imagine if Rick Perry won a Texas non-binding poll by 150 out of 18,000 votes when Bachmann and Romney did not participate. Would that be hailed as a great "win" for him....or evidence that he should withdraw from the race?
2) Ron Paul almost won -- he got 27% of the vote, losing to Bachmann by 150 votes and absolutely killing Pawlenty who had outspent him by millions. The media's response? Complete and utter silence. Ron Paul has some of the most loyal hard-core libertarian followers in the world, yet because he has no appeal to the rich wing of the party (no wars and a return to the Gold Standard please) the media completely writes him off. But Bachmann? Oh, she is on her way to winning it all!
Yeah, right.
3) Rick Santorum finishes a very mediocre 4th as basically a "I am not completely insane and I sure ain't going to vote for Bachmann or crazy uncle Ronny" vote. His response? To basically declare victory.
"We are the little engine that could.....no one gave us a chance...." No one gave you a chance, Rick, because.....you had no chance. You finished a mediocre 4th.
HM, "No one ever gave me a chance when I was 25 of banging a super model. And there was a time once when a good looking girl spoke to me for no reason. She wasn't a super model, and maybe she was just being nice, but let me tell you -- no one ever gave me a chance of banging a super model, but I sure showed them!"
Huh!?!?
4) I saw the media crawl say the following, "Cain downplays talk of a Bachmann-Cain dream ticket." Uh, whose Dream Ticket is THAT!?!? This is the GOP primary folks -- do you think their completely white-male party leadership wants a 50+ year old woman and a black guy as their ticket? Their Dream Ticket is a non-Mormon Mitt Romey and an even more pliant Tim Pawlenty.
5) Will anyone ever mention that some people believe Rick Perry is gay?? http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/06/would_rumors_about_his_marriag.html
Why did he used to be in favor of states rights on gay marriage?????
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Tim Pawlenty respectfully requests that you describe him as an "Everyman" instead of "pliant."
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