Pawlenty bloviates; media whores
So Pawlenty is trying to kick up some dust by saying that Mike Hatch can't represent the state in court to determine which state employees are essential. That's some good thinking, there, governor. Not everybody is trying to turn constitutional offices into blatantly partisan ones.
The same story has a bit of media stupidity too. The Star Tribune, a firm believer in the "he said/she said" philosophy of reporting, had this line: "Pawlenty came forward two weeks ago with a proposal for a 75-cent-per-pack charge on cigarettes, which he says is a fee but others are calling a tax." If Pawlenty called it a chocolate cake, would they put that in too? If the gas tax is a tax, then the cigarette tax is a tax. Would it kill them to admit it?
posted by MN Politics Guru @ 18:36
2 Comments:
How's this for a conflict of interest: anything in the MN budget that creates a new tax or raises existing ones, even though it may be in MN's best interests, will result in Grover Norquist and other DC Repubs pulling their support for any of Gov. Pawlenty's national political ambitions. Let's see, MN's interestes vs. Pawlenty's political ambitions, that's a conflict of interest.
Last time I voted (which was the last election), I did not see Grover Norquist's name on the ballot.
TPaw needs to focus on the current job he has and worry more about getting the work done. Same goes for the Legislature.
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