Tim Pawlenty Recycles Birther Joke At Arizona Tea Party Summit

Former Minnesota Governor and potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty appeared at a Tea Party summit in Arizona Saturday and repeated, word for word, a birther joke that he used just a few weeks ago.

"Now, I'm not one who questions the existence of the president's birth certificate," he said, according to the New York Times. "But when you listen to his policies, don't you at least wonder what planet he's from?"

During this year's annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington D.C. earlier this month, Pawlenty rolled out the joke for the first time, drawing some laughs from the crowd.

Despite the comedic faux-pas, Pawlenty's material wasn't entirely stale in Arizona. In an effort to channel folk hero and aspiring national politician Jimmy McMillan of New York's "The Rent Is Too Damn High Party," Pawlenty pushed his smaller government message, telling the crowd, "The government's too damn big."

Comments

[the vandergrafts]

01:25 AM on 03/31/2011

You can sing this one. It's a familiar old tune:
Tim's got Pawlenty of nothin' and Pawlenty's got nothin' for me.

[CLASSWARWELOST]

01:54 AM on 03/02/2011

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[ProfessorMacphisto]

12:31 AM on 03/01/2011

If this guy wants to be a politcal activist then he needs to get off the court first. What an embarrassment.

[msblynne]

12:47 AM on 03/01/2011

what???

[builderman55]

07:48 PM on 02/28/2011

Actually Pawlenty, no...I do not wonder what planet Obama comes from. I do, however wonder what planet the GOP comes from...

[Bobotronix]

11:19 PM on 02/28/2011

Oooo good one man. So clever.

[blukazoo]

07:44 PM on 02/28/2011

I read the article and couldn't find the joke. Usually after a joke, someone laughs. YAAWWWN.

[bubbepenny]

07:41 PM on 02/28/2011

he's SUCH a joker. we should set him up with a late night tv show. whatta guy! whatta laugh!

[ltague]

07:41 PM on 02/28/2011

First of all, it's not even funny, so he is too dim to know what humor is. Second - oh, I already said he was dim.

[BMVB]

07:22 PM on 02/28/2011

Can any politician be more boring than this guy. I will rather watch sound of music than listen to give him a speech. www.sportbloggers.com

[bubbepenny]

07:42 PM on 02/28/2011

aint nuttin wrong with the sound of music. pawlenty on the other hand...............

[Leah Watts]

07:15 PM on 02/28/2011

Since when did P eewee H erman become a politician?

[Shewolf68]

06:03 PM on 02/28/2011

with that level of comedic humor....I'll be sure to pull the lever for any other guy!

[ANIMUL ILLUMINATI]

06:30 PM on 02/28/2011

His campaign song, "I've got Pawlenty of nothin."

[southernman]

06:00 PM on 02/28/2011

I wonder what elephant dung pile he crawled out from under. Pawlenty is the joke.

[smilingasa]

05:57 PM on 02/28/2011

With a last name like Pawlenty, you will have to show your birth certificate Tim!

[jwmellott]

05:54 PM on 02/28/2011

Being a Muslim doesn't make a person a foreigner.

[Dunelm]

06:33 PM on 02/28/2011

And George W. with his arms around the Saudi King doesn't mean he is , , .

[whispurr]

06:40 PM on 02/28/2011

But being antagonistic makes one an antagonist.

[Mac48]

05:52 PM on 02/28/2011

Why do so many of the GOP candidates confuse humor with meanness?

[WolfWytch]

06:53 PM on 02/28/2011

Because bullies tend to lack the "humour gene" and think their meanness is funny. (Rather reminds me of the girls in my daughter's 5th grade classroom)

[Tuscarora9]

05:50 PM on 02/28/2011

Good God it was just a few years ago that our good Governor was making the case for curbing emissions that contribute to global warming and encouraging us good Minnesotans to do our part in this effort. Now he's relegated to dishing out red meat to the Conservatives. He's simply not convincing and this fact is backed up by recent polling that shows him even with Rep Michelle Bachmann. MICHELLE BACHMANN for petes sake. O brother TPaw, where for art thou.

[greenskeeper]

06:39 PM on 02/28/2011

I'm simply embarrassed for our former governor. "O brother TPaw, where for art thou." is right!