Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty Jokes His Wife Won't Have Sex With Him

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is most likely in a lot of hot water today for a comment he made during a radio show. Pawlenty joked that he wished his wife's desire for him (in the carnal sense) was as intense as her love of fishing.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty spent the fishing opener with his wife, Mary Pawlenty, on Big Pelican Lake in Breezy Point, Minn.

If an aside uttered by Pawlenty on Mike Max's radio show on WCCO-AM is any indication, they may very well have spent their every waking moment fishing.

"I have a wife who genuinely loves to fish. I mean, she will take the lead and ask me to go out fishing, and joyfully comes here," the governor said before adding, "She loves football, she'll go to hockey games and, I jokingly say, 'Now, if I could only get her to have sex with me.'"

Read Mary Pawlenty's bio.

Comments

[stringer]

Give them a break. He thought he was going to be V.P. and then McCain went and started talking about how the bridge collapse in St. Paul was the state's fault.

When they went to a McCain fundraiser in D.C. Mary Pawlenty referred to her husband as "45" as in the forty-fifth president (i.e. what I guess he thought he'd be after McCain.)

So for their family this really is a big blow. Young, Republican governor from what they thought was a swing state they were sure they had it. You have to understand how they could be havin' a few problems.

[dadw5boys]

What kind of boat does she have?

What size motor ?

Lets go fishing enjoying the lakes.

[thisoldbroad]

At that point a wise man would ask himself, "why would my wife rather do anything else than have sex with me?" The wise man would have that conversation with his wife - in private. Not in the media. Sadly his attempt at humor shows us much more than we want to know about this man.

[CAPTAINSKIPPY]

Just don't take it out on the poor in your state, Governor Tim P.

[DrJimmy]

Can you say Spitzer????

[TitanicExplorer]

what are women little more than sexual tools?????

She'll have sex when she is ready, till then he should zip it!

[95flhtcu]

when SHE'S ready? That would make him her sexual tool. But that must be ok in your world. well, she can't complain when he looks somewhere else. *shrug* That in fact IS one of her roles in the marriage.

[shockmagog]

You are both incorrect. It's a two way street. They should get a divorce before he looks somewhere else.

"That in fact IS one of her roles in the marriage."

It's not for you to decide what her "role" is. It's the marriage partners' business.

[drzoon]

yes.... that is what they are.

give me a break! there is a middle ground... and if either one of them can't find it.. then the other gets to hand in their marriage lic.

[CarlyCorday]

Titanic, I can't believe you said this, lol. There is no way I will believe you live that way yourself. If you do, your man's either really ugly, or you two have the D/s thing going on, and he's the s. And is the nicest thing I can think of to say to you.

Unless you were (I hope) just kidding. But I don't think so. I haven't seen a drop of humor yet, and I'm reading these comments as fast as I can...

[dm92]

Yeah, but if she never gets ready, don't get mad if he 'strays' a bit - life is about GIVE and take.

[DatelessNerd]

Don't worry, Governor Pawlenty.

If John McCain picks you to be Vice President, he's got plenty of female lobbyist "friends" to help you out!

[queensboro]

lmao

[richardgordon]

He must be a Republican.

[Mekarri]

What is wrong with our media? Our country is in shambles.Our soldiers and innocent people are dying and the media focus on this BS. I would like to say to the huff post and all the media, thanks for doing your part in helping Bush to destroy America. Couldn't have been possible without your help.

[jdmccl]

I couldn't agree more, a fishing joke is the next Spitzer? Where is Brttney, this isn't TMZ?

[alguien]

pawlenty o'toole indeed.

[amazigh]

Nonsense bs...I'd rather see an empty space on your page than to waste my precious time with stupid idiotic news...

[unclesmedley]

deep breath, Mr. Puritan... sure, it's insipid, but where's the harm? (unless. of course, your wife ain't givin' you none either...) Seriously, bear in mind... it's the HuffPo.

[queensboro]

sounds like someone needs to HuffPuff & blow that sh*t out

[Kally]

With Phewlenty and Bachman both showing what little brains they have most people will start to say all people from Minnesota are as dumb as those two..BUT you have to remember they come from the REPUBLICAN AREA OF MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL....The rest of Minnesota think they suck.

[slobone]

And yet you read it anyway...

[hypnotoad72]

You mean, she refuses to build a bridge with him? :eek:

Why did she marry him?

Granted, their personal lives are their business, but we all know the media yums these topics up like whipped cream.

Nor do I understand why sex must be the sole motivating factor in a relationship, but oh well...

[queensboro]

married him because she's ambitious. looks like he was always the head of something, growing up. she hitched her wagon. ain't that usually the case?

[whitewaterwillie]

This must be an error since we are always told conservatives have better sex than liberals.

[Bluebloodsbastardson]

He screwed up and married a woman instead of having some young boy pages like they do in Florida..........

[mx711]

This isn't news.

[FastMovingCloud]

Nope. It's a joke.

And, this isn't a newspaper; it's a blog.

Not that this won't be in the newspapers, too.

[KoolBreez]

Try it at the airport. Works for other politicians..