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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Over the past month, Tim Pawlenty's response to questions gauging his interest in being chosen as vice president have ranged from "take my name off the list" to "anybody would be honored to serve if asked."
But speaking to reporters on Saturday after an impassioned address at the North Carolina Republican Convention, the former presidential candidate maintained he is not sending mixed messages.
"I think I can help [Romney] in other ways like this, being a volunteer for his campaign. But obviously anybody would be honored if asked," Pawlenty said. "But, beyond that, I don't think those two things are inconsistent. I'm trying to signal that I could best serve him in a different way, but anybody would be honored to serve if asked."
Speaking to more than 1,000 Republicans here in an important swing state, the former Minnesota governor and national co-chair of the Romney campaign showed why he has established himself as one of the GOP nominee's top surrogates. He drew high praise for his speech urging conservatives to unite in opposition to President Barack Obama. Many in the crowd said he they found Pawlenty to be an even more impressive speaker than Donald Trump, who took the stage the night before.
Pawlenty acknowledged that he has been able to find a level of comfort now that he had not been able to as a candidate. Asked what accounted for the change, he said, "I don't know the answer to that, other than that I speak from the heart now, I don't particularly use a script now other than a few notes. I don't have a bunch of handlers telling me what to do and I just let it fly."
He fired up the North Carolina crowd talking about their importance as a swing state, throwing in much of the same speech he used while a candidate, but mixing it with praise for Romney's vision for America. His message was that it was time for conservatives to come together.
"If we're going to win as a conservative movement, we got to recognize that we're a team," Pawlenty said. "And so when the Vikings or the Hurricanes and other teams go out and practice with each other as teammates, they don't go out and smash each other in the boards or knock each other out when they're practicing as teammates, do they?"
He added, "It's important that we recognize the coalition of conservatives consists of economic conservatives, and social conservatives and tea party conservatives and libertarian conservatives and security and defense conservatives and more. And no one group can win the swing states or most states by themselves."
One of those team members includes Trump, who in his address the night before again brought up questions about the president's place of birth. It's the reason some feel the business mogul overshadowed Romney last Tuesday when they held a fundraiser together -- the same day the former Massachusetts governor secured the 1,144 delegates to earn the Republican nomination.
"Donald Trump is trying to do what he can to advance the cause to try to get Mitt Romney elected president. ... So he's a somebody who can get attention, who can bring perspective to issues. But also, he's part of team and a team needs to work together. And that doesn't mean that everybody agrees on every issue," Pawlenty said.
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Well, if anyone can spice up the ticket, it would have to be, T-Paw! lol
Dull/Duller 2012 - Zzzzzzzzzz!
It takes guts to mix a signal.
Pawlenty would hug Hitler, if Adolf were a Republican donor. What a scummy politician. No ethics, no morals, nothing to slow him down in the pursuit of a "victory" for his political party. These Modern day Republicans stand for nothing, apparently, except the beauty of greed.
Yep, and obama is the epitomy of greed. Why ol george raised $15 million for obama in just 24 hours recently in california. Then all those wall st fundraisers for obama at $35,000/ plate and the raffles. All that talk about the wealthy and corporations last year must of had obama giving out secret deals at these events.
Even the donald may have a challenge in outraising obamas contributions from hollywood and wall st. Wonder how that vegas junket worked out for romney?
Oh holy hell my fine libbie friends - I was just taking a look at the early voting totals in Wisc.
HUGE turnouts in the red counties. Far in excess of the 2010 numbers.
As you all know I have been calling for a 7 point Walker win. Looks like I was wrong.
Gild yer knickers ladies, it's looking like we might get to a 10 point margin.
Shoot, if that happens you all don't think Obama will just up and quite, do you?
Oh and Amy dear, you have been around the block enough around here to know what it means when you invoke Hitler.
But yes, let us talk about 'scummy' politicians, cause after all YOU voted for Edwards.
How pathetic is that?
Hitler Amy?
You have officially lost it.
Man, it's going to be a long summer for you.
Lets talk about scummy politicians. . .
Jon Corzine is still walking around free, not charged with a crime, despite testimony before congress, and written verification of that testimony, that $1.6 billion in client funds were raided on HIS orders.
Think that has something to do with his bundling half a million for Obama AFTER his firm went belly up?
I do. I think ol'Jonny bought himself a get out of jail free card. You'd think the media would be interested in that- but, Obama is, after all, a democrat.
Funny thing- the statute of limitations will not run out on Corzine's crimes for another couple of years.
I'm betting CorIne skips the country once Romney gets elected. But, that's beside the point-
The list of "scummy" politicians with whom Obama associates himself is too long to list- but Corzine is right at the top of it. Seems anybody at all can buy Obama's dubious "friendship". It's called the Dollars to Donors program.
It's as scummy as it gets.
So sorry - I would rather talk about scummy bloggers like you & your notoriety as being the #1 serial liar on FR!
The day you post something honest Donna, will be the day the earth falls off it's axis!
In the meantime, none of the regulars are holding their collective breathe... ;o)
First you supported Rick Perry (go figure) and now you've hitched your broken wagon to a pathological liar, much like yourself...
Let's talk scummy politicians, since that it what turns rights crank-case (they do love their corruption).
Vitter - Prostitute loving family values man.
Craig - Toilet tapping in the mens room family values man.
Cain - Family values man who has yet to turn down a woman.
DeLay - Corruption loving family values man. Loves screwing Indians in casinos from what I hear.
Walker - Governor once called 'unfit to run for president' who employs so many corrupt aides, they have begun to investigate them as John Does.
Shall we go on, and on, and on, and on, and on down that ridiculous path?
Sarah Palin says - pick me!
She says, - 'I promise it won't disappoint.'
Timmy: we are still trying to clean up the mess you made here. And we will be too pleased to let America know how you decimated Minnesota.
timmy,
He does need to stay out of MN. He did not show up for the MN GOP state convention. Guess he had nothing to say to the Paul delegates and the one delegate that will back Bachmann.
Romney came away fro MN with no elected delegates for Tampa.
All of Maine's delegates to the Republican convention are Ron Paul supporters, not Romney's. Funny how the msm choose not to mention this much. Can you imagine if an entire delgation from a state did not support President Obama's nomination? We'd never hear the end of the "divided party" scenerio. But many Republicans do not support Romney and the media shrugs.
Is this the guy who dropped out of the Teapublican race because Michelle slapped him down in the first primary? I kinda remember him, seemed like a typical Minnesotan, polite and not inclined to make waves.
Hey Mittens! Oh Mittens!
How about Konarka, a company similar to Solyndra going belly up? You know, the one you gave a million plus to when you were Govenor of MA? Remember that Mittens? You ARE going to talk about that, right, since you have a moral objection to government money handed to green energy companies that fail.
Wait, what's that you say? Time to change the subject? I thought so.
How about that little bridge thingy under T-Paw's watch?
Nothing like reminding America about our crumbling infrastructure...
Happy to NDD. Let's compare $1.5 million to $535 Million and that's just one of Obama's failures.
Konarka got nearly $20 million in additonal Federal money.
$170 million in Private Investment.
It stayed in Business 11 years after the $1.5 million Subsidy. Thats a lot of work for the employees that were there.
How many years of work did the Trillion dollar stimulus cover?
Do the math NDD. I'm sure this will be the lead strategy for the Tree House Gang on Monday.
Bring it on.
Feisty: I was going to present poor WCA with a moral choice. You may laugh at me.
Nah, let's see how he squirms out of it:
Two companies providing the same service. Both received government funds. If you blame one head of government for the failure of one company, rationality would dictate that you blame the other.
Wait, there's that word, RATIONAL.
Not possible for WCA to do.
Solyndra received $535 million in March of 2009 went bankrupt in September 2011. 2 years 6 months.
Konarka received $1.5 million dollars in January 2003 and went Bankrupt in June 2012 9 years 6 months.
Tell me NDD, who's investment left the taxpayers less exposed?
Try to be rational and see if you and Feisty can stop hiding behind each other's skirts.
Aren't you the same folks who complain that CEO's make 300% more than line workers?
If giving 500% more to a company is apples and apples, what difference does it make how much a CEO makes.
Squirm, now NDD.
My dear friend, you have the patience of a Saint! ;o)
There are a whole bunch of adjectives which can describe the Blue-Collar "boot-licker" but moral would not be one of them! lol
Nice to see he is in his comfort zone this evening cowering behind Spank-Me's skirt!
Remind me again NDD - what they say about imitation? laughing me ass off!
Shame some people are incapable of forming a thought of their own & rely on imitating others...
Poor thing...
Guess we have to chalk it up our little troll living in a double-wide with a backed up septic-tank!
Feisty: Timmy made a right wing mess of that bridge disaster. His Lt. Govenor Molnau was in China at the time, and refused to come back, she had a paper to read don't you know. She acted as head of MNDOT and had direct responsibility. Her Director of Transportation was at Harvard at a seminar, and refused to come back too. Doggone it, those disasters, where people died in a horrible way, can simply wait til the jaunts are over.
My daughter used to live near that bridge and went over it all the time. Thank God she was living in Italy, or it could have been her.
cowering behind Spank-Me's skirt!
HA!
She said as she cowered behind NDD's skirt.
Man, you are either the biggest hypocrite ever or you're just plain dumb.
I'm going with the latter.
Still stalking Feisty, hmmm, WCA?
Sorry NDD, you must be dumb too, She can't seem to get enough of me.
She has backed off since I reported her. But sometimes she just can't seem to help herself.
Seems all her buddies at Newsvine did was tell her to back off.
Funny thing is if anyone else here declared that they were going to Keep stalking someone, as she did to me, they probably would have been banned.
But not your girl. Seems she is untouchable. Good for her.
But that's agreat deflection NDD. Feisty and a 5 year old bridge story. Can't respond to my post and it's numbers can you?
Seriously you impotent excuse for a man?
Let's set the record straight, you running around reporting people, makes me laugh more then anything!
If nothing else, your weak attempts at a rebuttal are comparable to water running of a ducks back as far as I'm concerned!
Someday, you may earn your stripes out of rookie status, but given you past performance, it will not be happening anytime soon! ;o)
Run along now and waste YOUR time reporting this comment - at least we know you'll be able to sleep at night, unlike in the past! lol
PS: CHOKE on it little buddy!
PS: CHOKE on it little buddy
Wow, Red. Did I ever get under your skin or what?
You are so easy, it's not even fun anymore.
Predictable, Hypocritical and easy.
WCA: I think you may have just made one of the more delusional posts I have seen on FR in recent times. That is quite a conspiracy that you have cooked up. That somehow, Feisty has "special" protection that you don't get? Really? That the powers on Newsvine allow her to do anything?
Here's the truth of the matter. If an accusation of stalking were going to get someone banned on FR, Spanky and possibly YOU would have been banned for your behavior toward Amy. FR is not moderated like Newsvine is, and what wouldn't fly on Newsvine, doesn't get you banned on FR. The staff at FR has said more than once that if you post, you had better be prepared to take the heat. No one gets heat like Feisty, the difference between you and her is that she doesn't whine about it.
No. Not money: respond to the issue: if one head of government is held responsible for the failure of a company that got funds from TWO administrations, the other should be held responsible too.
Or be honest and admit that it is purely more invective against Obama, and no fact.
Man, are two married or just lovers?
Good Lord NDD. That was pathetic.
Nice to see I could get under your skin, too.
For a couple of "Politics is a contact sport" broads, you 2 seem to bruise pretty easy.
As I said Below, NDD, welcome aboard.
Glad to see you finally admit that $535 million for Solyndra was an utter disaster for Obama.
To bad it wasn't the only one.
Best laugh I have had all day, WCA. You are funnier than you know. Get under my skin? Can't be done. I love watching people like you spin conspiracy theories:
So, you capitulate on the question: if the right wing nut jobs are going to attack their President over Solyndra, you agree that Romney should be held equally responsible for the MA mess.
All of our President’s “Green Energy” failures were less
than 5% of his/our total investment in that industry.
That is far better than Bain’s 20% failure rate.
Some days I feel like a nut - then some days I don't - any guesses which catagory today falls into? lol
It's not even fun anymore to bitch slap the poor little guy!
And as is the usual with him, when he spins himself into a knot, WCA runs away!
With his little tail tucked between his cheeks... if he doesn't have SpankMe as a wing man, poor guy folds like a cheap suit! lol
Amazing how he copies Spanky now. You'd think he would be embarrassed that he can't post his own schtick.
WCA and Spanky are out cleaning carburetors with pipe cleaners and bubble gum .. talking about the good old days when that was a right of passage, along with date rappin and beatin their women folk, and draggin blacks and homos tied to their bumpers. Ah, the sweet ole days of the whitey boy club.
Don't you people have lives?
Saturday night and you folks continue to beat your tired drums on this site?
You should try going out once in a while. You're all pathetic.
You have all gotten boring to deal with.
But Red DevPS, I have to tell you, with that last comment you have proven yourself to easily be the most misguided idiot on this site. Trust me when I tell you, that is saying a lot.
I have grown tired of trying to have a battle of wits with unarmed people.
..says WCA, who apparently has nothing else to do but post on FR, while criticizing others for posting on FR:
To recap: WCA cannot answer a simple question: to wit: if rwnj's want to lie and denigrate their President for alleged special favors to Solyndra: they must be equally outraged by Romney's involvement in Konarka. Or stand branded as racists and hypocrites, which, of course they are!
WCA has treated George Zimmerman as a hero for murdering a 17 year old kid, whose crime was to go to the store for iced tea and Skittles, but has no comment on Zimmerman being remanded to jail for LYING.
WCA has supported a known misogynist, Rush Limbaugh and said that he is doing just fine after calling a college student a slut. Completely ignoring the fact that Limbaugh's ratings have taken a nose dive in key demographics and markets.
And WCA accuses another poster of "stalking" when HE initiates the conversation.
But the best part of all? When he is called out for the fool that he is...he insults others and then RUNS like a bunny.
You, WCA, may be the most inane person to post on FR:
Now, for those of you who are new, here are the only tricks that WCA has in his bag:
He will claim that he has manipulated this poster into reacting with anger.
He will claim that he is being harassed.
He will scream out to Spanky for help.
He will put words in this posters mouth.
What he will not do is answer the challenges posed herein.
Have a good Sunday, folks.
YIKES!
Nice job covering all the bases... NDD!
You summed up our little FR troll in a nutshell!
PS: Don't forget his penchant for playing the victim when called out on his nonsense!
I did forget that, Feisty! And he does "victim" well!
Hey NDD, do me a favor, I haven't hid my comments like most of you libs here so why don't you go through them and find an example of your claims?
My guess would be that I could find examples of all of those things within yours and your buddies comments, if they were available. But of course you folks are embarrased by your comments so you hide them.
But to get so far under your skin that you and Feisty had to get together this morning in tandem to spew more garbage is simply great.
As your protector Feisty says Prove it or STFU! HA!
Are you two joined at the hip or what?
WHOOPS! There it is... full blown martyr mode! lmao
Post 5.7, WCA:
I am going to offer you the best advice you will ever get...
You don't like the feedback you get here, don't post. If you post, understand that you will get feedback, and quit whinging about it. You are far too sensitive to be posting on a public blog.
But you are nothing if you are not predictable: my post at 5.22:
" He will claim that he manipulated this poster into reacting with anger."
Can I call them or what?
Feisty, don't you love how poor WCA cannot make a moral choice?
I don't know WCA, you think the MA taxpayers might find a million plus to be a ton of money?
Which is it: Using government funds for green energy start ups. Right or wrong? Or in the right wing nutjob world: is it just wrong when a Dem is involved, but fine and dandy when two Republicans, Bush and Mittens do it?
I am sorry you are so jealous of our treehouse, WCA. We just don't allow people like you in it, though thoughtful conservatives are welcome.
His jealousy is palpable!
Too bad... so sad to go through life as one of the biggest losers (and I'm not talking about weight loss)! ☺
Any regular reader of this board knows the Blue-Collar boot licker is SpankMe's bitch! *gulp*
Rapid animals do have the tendency to rove in packs... it's what drives them...
Actually NDD, I am glad to see that you have finally come around to the fact that Obama giving Solyndra $535 million was a complete and utter disaster.
Welcome aboard.
Now who has the moral dilemma?
So cute, WCA: putting words in my mouth again? Nope, sorry, won't work:
Let's try this again: if the rwnj are going to take issue with their President over Solyndra, the rwnj's must take issue with Romney.
Pretty simple question, WCA: don't you think?
Because too many white collar workers are amoral simpletons, they will never understand the difference between Romney using government funds to support a corporate venture vs. Obama doing the same thing. You see, it boils down to how much money. Romney losing 1.5M ok, Obama losing $500M, not ok. At least we know it is only about money, nothing else.
Always is that way with the rwnj's RedDev!
WhiteCollar
Re: Your Post 5.4
You post that Solyndra got $535 million in March 2009. That means O'bama signed the check during his second full month in office. Lets try to be objective. You got the world economy hanging by a thread with a raging fire below. Leadership means prioritizing and choosing between conflicting alternatives. Do you really think this is the time for Obama to prioritize revisiting his Financial Analysis 101 textbook while the world was in the greatest crisis since 1929? Ya going to sign it because it is an attempt to revive economic activity (banking was totally shut down), or are you going to take the time to look under the hood to make sure it isn't a Bush jr. stink bomb? This project was 1/2 of one percent of the financial rescue projects he was dealing with.
Admittedly, there isn't much objectivity in this forum, but we can only learn if we candidly understand the past
Two former governors with records of failure do not a positive combination make. Romney needs to choose a running mate who is competent to step into the Oval Office and tell him how to manage the job.
TPaw should stay out of it for now. Maybe enough people will forget how crappy his job as Minn. Gov was by then.
It will be interesting to see whose career will end by being selected as Willard's running mate.