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Ignorance is one of the leading problems in the world of politics. It has been for a long and most likely will continue. To many, this sounds harsh, dismissive and arguably ignorant. But, let me explain.

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Tim Pawlenty is slated to be on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Thursday, June 10th. One can only guess what will ensue…

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This was too good to pass up, I read this and just thought I had to share. The Governor of Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty, has a radio show and apparently things got a little out of control. Most of this backlash is due to Pawlenty’s attempts to block funding for education, unemployment benefits and a number of other worthwhile and necessary programs.  Why Minnesotans voted for this guy I will never know, but he has done a lot of damage to this great state. Just look at our national rankings.

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This news just came across the wire not more then 30 minutes ago. It is official, Ron Paul has won a straw poll that was conducted by the notorious CPAC.  You can see one of the speaker’s remarks here. Although this remark is one of less-professional of the bunch. But, calling your president a cocaine abuser seems to be popular.

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Tim Pawlenty took a major swing at the GOP leadership today by endorsing Conservative Party member Doug Hoffman over GOP rival Dede Scozzafava in an election for the U.S. House. Pawlenty has joined other prominent members of the GOP including Sarah Palin, Fred Thompson and the always fair and balanced New York Post.

Pawlenty explained his maneuver, “we cannot send more politicians to Washington who wear the Republican jersey on the campaign trail, but then vote like Democrats in Congress.”

So, why would the some of the Repubs jump ship to support the more conservative candidate? Well, I believe Doug Hoffman says it best:

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Can you feel it getting hotter? Not literally of course. But, we are warming up quickly to the Election season of 2010 and the big one in 2012. One of the candidates that has been on fire recently is none other than Minnesota’s own fiscal conservative, Gov. Tim Pawlenty. In a recent speech given to the Minnesota Business Partnership dinner Pawlenty compared the failure of General Motors to the governments of Minnesota and the United States. This was not a glowing and positive comparison.  In fact, it was quite negative and he used a government study on GM to highlight the similarities.

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In a recent poll of 1,000 adults conducted by Star Tribune only 30% of Minnesotans supported a White House run for Republican governor Tim Pawlenty. The question that garnered a whopping 30% of support was, “Would you like to see Tim Pawlenty run for president in 2012, or not?”

In response to that question, 30% of all respondents said “yes,” 55% said “no,” and 15% either didn’t have an opinion or refused to answer.

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