On Fox News a few minutes ago, Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) tried to downplay speculation that he’s preparing for a presidential run in 2012 — while also managing to imply that poor Obama supporters were the main recipients of the Cash for Clunkers program. Oh, and comparing the President’s health care reform plan to manure.
The Minnesota Governor called Cash for Clunkers “misguided” and “ludicrous” before saying, “There’s a joke out now that says the main value of the Cash for Clunkers program may be that we’ll get a lot of cars with Obama stickers off the road.” The implication of that “joke” seems to be that it’s poor Obama supporters who own old clunkers that were the beneficiaries of this government program.
And the President’s plan for health care reform?
It’s like a manure spreader in a wind storm. It’s just throwing out of more bad ideas, it’s hard to even keep track of them in this bill.
Pawlenty also insisted that he’s not running for President in 2012. His new committee is “not geared toward a presidential run,” he said.
“I don’t know what I’m going to be doing a few years from now,” he said, adding later that “it could be really likely that I’m in the private sector in 2012.”
Late Update: Here’s the video.
