Tim Pawlenty kills it on Good Morning America
Did you happen to catch Tim Pawlenty, the other VP finalist everyone is talking about, on Good Morning America this morning?
He was very, very impressive. He asked about Obama, “what have you done and what have you run?” He answered that Obama’s accomplishments are essentially nonexistent and he hasn’t run anything. He went on to say McCain actually has a record of working across the aisle, while Obama does not.
“He has good oratory but when you shut the teleprompter off, there’s not much else there.” He went on to make the point that the Greek theater facade at the big speech tonight is a perfect metaphor for Obama himself. It looks good, but there is nothing behind it.
He also schooled Diane Sawyer when she questioned his own experience, saying he only had two years as governor. Pawlenty corrected her and reminder her he has served for six years and was also the majority leader in the MN legislature. Diane Sawyer responded by thanking Pawlenty for “the truth squad on your own”, and she went on to say, “I meant to say six years”. Um, no you didn’t Diane. The point you were trying to make was that Pawlenty was inexperienced too, like Barack. If you knew it was six years, you wouldn’t have tried to make the point in the first place.
A great appearance, as an advocate for McCain, as an attacker against Obama, and the distortion and assumptions of the media itself.
GMA has posted the video, you can find it here. When it makes its way to You Tube, I’ll embed it.
Meanwhile, US News & World Report is reporting Romney is out. Does that mean Pawlenty is in? After this morning’s performance, I wonder.
August 28, 2008 7:01 am 
I agree with you completely. He hit the ball out of the park this morning!
oh, please. He didn’t kill anything but his own credibility. What a one-trick pony, being sent out by the party to try to trash talk his way into being named the VP nominee.
I sometimes wonder if everyone is looking at the same thing. It is amazing. For those who want to continue the way the country is going…whatever you get (or loose) will be well deserved.
8:54PM Pacific Time on Thursday 8/27/08: I have just watched the interview with Gov. Tim Pawlenty, and was very impressed with him. In fact, I am going out on the limb to predict that he will be the one chosen by Sen. McCain tomorrow. As Reagan has shown us, the ability to communicate and stay cool under the spot light is very critical to lead, and Tim has shown that he had it. I am hopeful and let’s see if this will be true in about 12 hours.
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