Comments on: ‘High-profile’ Pawlenty gets wide play for Obama school-speech comment

By: Immelman for Congress » Blog Archive » Pawlenty Compared to Bachmann

Immelman for Congress » Blog Archive » Pawlenty Compared to Bachmann — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:07:08 +0000

[...] statements to McDonnell’s views, citing the Minnesotan’s worries about President Obama’s back-to-school speech and so-called health-reform “death panels.” [...]

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:00:12 +0000

Gov. Pawlenty is just another symptom of what is wrong in this country because of the Republican party (specifically the conservative right wing). We as a society and a citizenship need leaders who understand their first priority is to ensure the protection and prosperity of society as a whole and all the citizen of the United States and not I repeat not their own political agendas.

I feel like even though we elected a Democratic legislature and president, we are all still being held hostage by the right-wing agenda and political games. If the Republicans didn’t get the message that people are sick of it in the last couple of elections then they really are ignorant.

By: Lou Zher

Lou Zher — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:44:50 +0000

Email the governor and express your opinion please. I sent him an email expressing my dismay at his going along with the clearly partisan opposition by giving them any credence whatsoever in their attempt to block the president’s address. It’s disgusting! I also sent an email to my school district administrator, saying that if the partisan opposition can intercede and threaten to keep their kids home, I can insist on his address being shown and threaten to keep my kids home if it is NOT shown! See how silly that is? I know schools want more parental involvement, but not of this kind. What is being demonstrated is bully behavior, we teach our kids about that. Talk about mixed messages. Further, I suspect that those who are so adamant about not letting the president speak either have their kids in a private institiution (for proper indoctrination), or have them home schooled (even worse for them).

By: Karl

Karl — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:20:34 +0000

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=160&topic_id=36933&mesg_id=36934

By: Mike Licht

Mike Licht — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:13:55 +0000

After the President of the United States speaks to school children about the value of education, Republicans will make opposing comments extolling ignorance.

See:

http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/obamas-dangerous-message-to-our-children/

By: Dean

Dean — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:20:25 +0000

Pawlenty is an opportunistic ass. When he did the Al Hunt Bloomberg interview a few weeks ago from the State Capital, it was purely set up as a “meet the candidate” type forum. There were extra security, extra lighting, extra environmental costs, etc. I called their office to ask if the state gets reimbursed for us paying for his campaign activities and I talked to this lady named Cara from the guv’s office and she was the most condescending, arrogant thing I had ever talked to. She claimed that TPaw does so many interviews “for the state of Minnesota” that it would be impossible to separate out these costs. “It is all for the good of the state” … how stupid . Why am I paying for him to move ideologically away from the state and pander to the “right” repubs and ignore his job? He doesn’t represent Minnesota.

By: ducdebrabant

ducdebrabant — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:45:40 +0000

I never thought I’d see the day when parents would demand a President of the United States be barred from addressing their children. Because our current President is of another party (and, in some cases, because he is of African descent), he is now being treated as, immoral, villainous, toxic and alien. It will surely not be lost on African-Americans that a new precedent is being set for our first African-American President. Speaking as a Democrat, I have never in my life dreamed of treating any Republican President like a drug pusher or sex offender simply for offering to speak to schoolchildren. It is the height of impudence that any President’s remarks be “screened” by parent-ideologues of the other party, by tendentious teachers or school administrators. That any teacher, principal, school board, municipality or state should take part in this outrage is nothing less than a scandal. I rarely use this term, but there is no other term for it: is un-American.

By: T-Paw Is A Jerk

T-Paw Is A Jerk — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:36:51 +0000

King Timmy has no right to say anything on this matter. He is the lame duck Governor.

This is the President of the United States and Mr. Obama is in charge of the Dept of Education and what is done in the schools.

King Timmy, go back under your rock & don’t come out again.

By: Anare

Anare — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:03:29 +0000

Pawlenty stoops to a new low. Using a bunch of school kids and a speech about studying hard to push your fringe right-wing agenda? Beyond pathetic.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:19:52 +0000

“At a minimum it’s disruptive, number two, it’s uninvited and number three, if people would like to hear his message they can, on a voluntary basis, go to YouTube or some other source and get it. I don’t think he needs to force it upon the nation’s school children.”

Didn’t heat T-Paw bitchin’ about “MY PET GOAT”

Ah, but the amiable prick would like the same opportunity…