tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post1198484067225675620..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: Tim Pawlenty, President of the United States of GurgaonAndrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-50074404967410553812011-06-10T02:24:56.252-04:002011-06-10T02:24:56.252-04:00It is too bad that Tim Pawlenty could plan that 5%...It is too bad that Tim Pawlenty could plan that 5% growth rate for his budget years while he was Governor of Minnesota... then we wouldn't be in the mess we are in now here.<br /><br />As for his tax "cutting"? They were simply accounting parlor games and sleight of hand. Residents across the great state of Minnesota endured yearly exorbitant property tax increases and "user fees".<br /><br />What truly surprises me is why the national media continue to see him as a "serious candidate".<br />I suppose standing next to Sarah Palin, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, & Michelle Bachmann would make Groucho Marx look like Albert Einstein.<br /><br />But were he running in 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, or 1996 irrespective of party, he would be seen for what he is: a cynical political "nice" guy that's not ready for prime time. A charlatan.MinneapolisPipenoreply@blogger.com