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WATERFORD, Mich. -- Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty laughed off "lame" questions Thursday about whether he'd be interested in a cabinet position in a Mitt Romney administration if he isn't selected as the GOP's vice presidential candidate.
"It would be presumptuous and premature for people to be talking about positions down the road," he told reporters at a cabinetry store outside of Detroit, poking at the press for the pun on "cabinets."
"And for me I'm just happy to help [Gov. Romney] as a volunteer. I'm happy to be working in the private sector and on other projects, so beyond that I don't have any plans," he added.
Pawlenty, who is widely discussed as being a possible partner for Romney on the GOP ticket, appeared in eastern Michigan as part of a fundraising tour on the GOP nominee's behalf. As a former governor who no longer serves in elected office or has a professional post other than his membership on a bevy of business boards, he would be a prime candidate for a job in Romney's administration should he be passed over for the No. 2 slot.
In addition to a peppering of questions from reporters eager to match his schedule with a possible secret veep rollout, he fielded inquiries about the Romney campaign's new television advertisements.
Asked about a new ad that links President Obama's contraception coverage policy with a "war on religion," Pawlenty pointed to Romney's past comment that available contraceptives are "working just fine."
"I think Gov. Romney said it best in one of the televised debates when he said contraceptives are working fine and we should leave them alone," he said, referencing January debate in New Hampshire. "And to his point on religious liberties he was referring to the fact that the Obama administration has imposed new limitations on the exercise of religion and has offended the many leaders of the Catholic church and other faith leaders in that regard."
Touring the cabinetry facility with owners Rik and Mike Kowall, the former Minnesota governor munched on donuts and chatted about the impact of economic uncertainty on small businesses.
"Who decides what music you play?" he joked with one employee as Dire Straits' hit "Money for Nothing" blared in the workroom.
Pawlenty is expected to travel to New Hampshire for a busy slate of public events on Saturday.
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you republicans are funny.the more i read your complete nonsense,i thank god miity the clown won't get anywhere near the white house except maybe on a tour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Obama is the illegitimate son of jospeh stalin, mass murderer of millions..this post makes about as much sense as most of the ones i've read today.
To the American Working Man and Woman!!!
Any Union man (or woman) who votes for a president that just single handedly authorized 1,800,000 work permits to be issued to illegal aliens that compete directly with Union labor, in a time where 23,000,000 Americans are out of work ,needs to turn in his Union card!!!
A Republican is a Democrat that's been mugged... Wake up Union Brothers, we've just been mugged!!!!
Romney 2012!!!
Romney/Pawlenty
Plain baloney on white bread with a tiny bit of bland mayo!!!
Pawlenty laughs off Obama too....
TIMMY only LAUGHS when he reads it on the Teleprompter, which he HAS TO HAVE as you would have noticed if you lived in Minnesota & saw all of his press "readings".
Timmy does not possess the ability to read the wrapper & chew the gum at the same time & his shoes have no toes, from kicking EVERY CAN he encountered, down the road .
A pick of Pawlenty wil sink Bishop Willard faster than if he'd have picked the Quiting Hooker Palin or Dan Quayle .
Bishop Willard is sinking like a rock, FOX reports that BHO pulled out in front FURTHER in THEIR OWN TELEPHONE POLL...even FOX has shrugged on Willard .
Once the Ron Paul people get finished with the GOP'ers in Tampa & the Tea Party has robbed them of more time and effort ROMNEY will be an AFTER THOUGHT .
Are you ready for TOTAL CHAOS in TAMPA ?
I'll bet Mitt isn't either....
and once again he will blame the paintbrush from cornering himself .
The way you describe Pawlenty is exactly how everyone sees Joe (Bite Me) Biden. I guess they would be evenly matched...
Of course he laughed considering he was told 6 weeks ago he was the VP choice and accepted. Mark it as done. Remember who told you!
I got pawlenty of nothin' and nothin's plenty for Willard?
NEW Romney Song!!!
(Mitt Romney's Supporter's Song)
(Sung to the tune of "Cecilia" written by Paul Simon)
Whichever supporter has the most bank cash, gets the VP position. So whoever the biggest raiser, or cash pockets gets to be VP. It's not about, whose the best person for the job. It's whose going to bring the most cash to his election fund.
Still that was @!$%#ing belong PRESUMPTION to ask of what Cabinet position that he would be given if one was even offered, since Romney hasn't even been elected as president. So whoever was the idiot running the PRESUMPTION question needs to seriously rethink their methodology of finding answers.
Romney is not president, and he's not going to be, especially with people running around asking presumptious questions. I'm republican and i'm not even going to vote for the sucker.
Hahaha Feisty are you driving all the widdle Fuxed News koolaid boyz CRAZY again?!? lololol
He is probably thinking about offers from Palin for her next Blow the Elk and Moose Away reality shows that he would rather do than work a real job.
have to admit, he'd make a pretty funny door knob!
Tim Pawlenty laught it off ? Yes ! He also thinks it is funny to pull the pants of another man down on a baseball field in front of a crowd ...... Tim has a weird perverted sense of humor. The stupid GOP wanted Romney and the Romney might pick someone like Pawlenty ? Looks like Comrade Obama and more liberal wins ? God thats sick.
After 8 years of your Texas drunk talking to God, I'll take the Comrade.
What do people see in this guy? Why is he out there wasting time and money? Why would anyone listen to him. He's BOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRING.
An excerpt from:
Conservatives And Climate Change: The Devastating Irony
By Scott Stenholm
Mitt Romney has flipped-flopped on climate change numerous times. While Governor of Massachusetts he enacted restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions on power plants in his state. But while running for President, he has said the "idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try to reduce CO2 emissions is not the right course for us." He recently acknowledged that the globe is warming, but added, "we don't know what's causing climate change on this planet." This stance is equal to a man who has been diagnosed with cancer by 98% of the world's doctors but can't bring himself to accept such a diagnosis nor to take steps to heal his illness. And this is where the true irony enters, much of the states bearing the brunt of the global warming-induced droughts are deep red states such as Texas and Oklahoma. More rural, conservative areas of the country are expected to see the most immediate effects of climate change in the near future in the form of continued drought and other forms of extreme weather like heightened flooding and tornado outbreaks with increased viciousness.
Regardless, the Obama Administration has overseen policies that have helped create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the clean energy industry. And the President enacted the largest expansion of land and water conservation and protected wilderness in a generation while nearly doubling America's generation of electricity from solar power since he took office. It is safe to say that a second term for President Obama would be a much more Earth-friendly, and in turn long-term economic-friendly, environment in comparison to that of a Romney administration.
Obama/Biden 2012
This cat must be ANOTHER exlax ETCH-A-SKETCH, otherwise he'd be too SMART to even associate his name with Mr. FLIP/FLOP, TRUTH TWISTER!