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Pawlenty a few minutes later pulled a prop out of his pocket.
"Barack Obama stood up at a speech recently and said that one of the things that is really important from energy policy from his standpoint is to check the pressure in our tires, so here’s a tire gauge and you can go out in the parking lot here and check your tires. Now, that’s an interesting thing – - we want you to have good pressure in your tires, you know, it will very mildly add to your fuel efficiency — but checking the air pressure in your tires is not an energy policy for the United States of America," Pawlenty said. The crowd applauded.
Maybe with over-inflated tires people would have something to hang on to when your bridges are collapsing because you’re cutting taxes instead on maintaining your infrastructure.
Pawlenty was criticized by House Transportation Committee Chairman James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.) and other members of the state’s congressional delegation last year for being slow to apply for disaster funding relief after the tragedy and for vetoing state legislation that would have invested millions in the state’s infrastructure.
The state of Minnesota was recently highlighted in House legislation for spending only 51 percent of its federal bridge funding on bridges over the past five years. Just last weekend, a 1,200-pound slab of concrete fell from the bottom of a St. Paul bridge, damaging two vehicles. No one was injured.
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They plan to pass out gauges to the people in line to see Obama give his speech on energy. An astute reporter might point out that Obama doesn’t have that option since McCain couldn’t draw a crowd giving away money.
Good plan, Timbo. Make fun of that part of ur base that regularly checks tire pressure, fluid levels, tinkers with the car – you know, most of your fucking base, come to that. The farmers probably think it’s fucking hilarious, too.
Actually, I think the amount of gasoline that properly inflated tires could save is more than the amount of extra gasoline we’d get from drilling offshore. But leave it to the Repugs to ridicule instead of helping.
“Now, that’s an interesting thing — we want America to have an infrastructure we can proud of, you know, it will very mildly add to your sense of patriotism and quality of life — but funding public works appropriately so they don’t kill you is just not a priority for the Republican Party in today’s America,” Pawlenty said. The crowd of tax cut lobbyists and other braindead zombies applauded.
Hey, if they moved Pawlenty’s official residence under a bridge, d’ya think maybe infrastructure funding would increase?
(Of course, they’d have to move it to a different bridge every few months, just to make sure they were all safe…)
And as we used to say in the seminary, so does shit.
It’s the Republican faith based infrastructure policy. Much cheaper than actual maintenance.
“faith based infrastructure” — love it. Unfortunately, Pat Robertson beat you to it.
Thanks for this post. Pawlenty is an incredibly dedicated Grover Nordquist disciple, and his tenure as house majority leader and then governor have seriously wrecked a state that WAS known for it’s progressive values and educational systems.
http://minnesotaindependent.co…..m-pawlenty
I wish he’d get picked just to get him out of here.
There… fixed it
The sad thing is, I bet this tactic works. The press have all seized on it and decided Obama’s energy policy is a laughingstock. And remember, last election they managed to use this technique to get Americans to laugh at a decorated war hero’s wounds. People will be happy to jump on the ridicule train to show how cool they are, even if they’re ridiculing themselves and their own sacred cows.
Tbogg, I haven’t piped in for awhile but I’m wondering how the pups are? I was going to say babies and I guess I am but from experience I know that well paid specialists come well paid opinions. Pawlenty is an ass by the way>
Why are the repubs so much better at mocking than the dems. And I’m including myself in that category. They turn everything upside down in a way that is unbelievable. And, let’s face it, McCain is very mockable. Why aren’t we doing it?
Oh, and btw, I’m not a troll, as some said the other night (after my misguided attempt at humor).
Duh. Republicans have neither souls nor consciences.
This has been another edition of simple answers to simple questions (copyright Dr. Duncan Black).
I wonder if the mockathon over tire pressure will have that much effect. Most of us reg’lr folk have to check our own tire pressure (or have grease monkey, etc do it) and then pay to adjust it; the press just lets the little people take care of that for them. After all, it would be unseemly to have a fellow in a $1,000 suit crawling around the wheel wells of the limo, would it not?