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Late Returns: Pawlenty's Fundraising Slapshot

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First Posted: 08/09/11 07:49 PM ET Updated: 10/09/11 06:12 AM ET

Hey, everyone! Do you enjoy hockey? Probably lots of you do! Now, do you enjoy Tim Pawlenty? Okay, well, for the two of three of you who find yourselves at the intersection of that particular Venn diagram, we have exciting news, from Pawlenty 2012:

Back by popular demand, we are giving you another opportunity to show your support for Gov. Pawlenty with a $100 donation to get your own personalized hockey jersey! The hockey jerseys will be available for a limited time - until midnight on August 12.

Your support goes a long way to make sure the governor does well at the Ames straw poll and beyond. Thank you.

Yes, ahead of the Ames Straw Poll, the Pawlenty campaign is doing everything it can to raise money, and so they are making red, white and blue "T-Paw 12" hockey jersey available for a limited time. Will it ever be available again? Nobody knows! (Also, no one seems to know if we can "short" the value of these jerseys over time, because we would do that, given the chance.)

The added value of wearing a Tim Pawlenty hockey jersey is that your friends and neighbors will know at a glance that you are the type of person who'll blow $100 on just about anything.

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The National Organization for Women has risen to the defense of Michele Bachmann, deeming Newsweek's Bachmann cover to be sexist. We say that Newsweek is in clear violation of the third part of the "Catbus Three Point Plan On How to Deal With Michele Bachmann Without Being a Sexist Asshole." [Daily Caller]

Bill Kristol has grown so despondent about the fact that Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie, and Jeb Bush aren't running for president that he's writing emo poetry about it. It's not a particularly good poem, but it's actually refreshing to read some verse written by a poet who's not nakedly campaigning to win the PEN/Voelcker prize. [The Weekly Standard]

Tim Pawlenty is now polling behind Thad McCotter in one state. Yes, it's McCotter's home state of Michigan. But still. [TPMDC]

Mike Huckabee will be at the Ames Straw Poll, slappin' the bass in support of Herman Cain. (While his daughter, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, stumps for Pawlenty.) [TPMDC]

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Hey, everyone! Do you enjoy hockey? Probably lots of you do! Now, do you enjoy Tim Pawlenty? Okay, well, for the two of three of you who find yourselves at the intersection of that particular Venn dia...
Hey, everyone! Do you enjoy hockey? Probably lots of you do! Now, do you enjoy Tim Pawlenty? Okay, well, for the two of three of you who find yourselves at the intersection of that particular Venn dia...
 
 
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pecosdog
this sht writes itself
12:01 PM on 08/11/2011
The campaign fail hall of fame. "Pawlenty in hockey jersey with mask and stick" still doesn't top "Dukakis in tank", but it is worthy of a few laughs.
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BillWoodinville
Eternity is a long time, especially toward the end
07:41 PM on 08/10/2011
New Pawlenty Slogan: Coolidge without all the charisma.
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ray christl
HEMP can save us from ourselves.
06:31 PM on 08/10/2011
We know we need a new President,yet if we choose other than Gov Gary Johnson & Ron Paul we get a dysfunctional RIPS candidate. The DIMS & WarBama will win. Gary & Ron can fix this country and save us from a possible collapse. Neocons like the present administration will just use Keynesian slide to finish off the exceptional nature of USA.
layman
Live and Let Live !
02:21 PM on 08/10/2011
Promoting bloody hockey violence ?
layman
Live and Let Live !
02:19 PM on 08/10/2011
$100 for a stupid shirt. That's very conservative spending.
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kiksadi50
01:20 PM on 08/10/2011
it's not sexist, it's just bad photography.
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ChillyWilly1955
We have too many clowns for only one car!
12:50 PM on 08/10/2011
I have enjoyed and played hockey my whole life. However, I NEVER saw it as a means to pick a President. Nice try T-Paw.
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bluerednot
micro-bio remains empty
09:45 AM on 08/10/2011
Reminds me of that "too big of a helmet - and riding in a tank" picture!
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ThankGodhesgone
Always Progressive
01:12 PM on 08/10/2011
Me too.
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pecosdog
this sht writes itself
12:03 PM on 08/11/2011
I honestly did not see this before I posted my idea of the "Campaign Fail Hall of Shame".
09:27 AM on 08/10/2011
MUST HAVE THAT JERSEY!
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Ed C Atlanta
Justice for all,,It's an Entitlement
09:10 AM on 08/10/2011
Tpaw, you look ridiculous,,give it up already.
07:39 AM on 08/10/2011
I'm buying one.
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Danny Wier
Cogito, ergo doleo.
07:01 AM on 08/10/2011
America, meet your new "Hockey Mom"!
06:30 AM on 08/10/2011
snooze fest
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dennis1943
whatever the voices in my head say.......
06:16 AM on 08/10/2011
I knew there was a reason i never cared for hocky..................
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dennis1943
whatever the voices in my head say.......
07:07 AM on 08/10/2011
er, hockey..........