From the Daily Caller:
Tim Pawlenty boasted Thursday that despite his nice-guy image, he’s probably been in more hockey fights than anyone else running for president.[emphasis mine]
I would sell all my worldly possession, quit my job, and spend every waking moment campaigning for Tim Pawlenty if he would just promise me that his first act upon being elected President would be to pull Obama’s shirt up over his head and start punching him until he lapsed into a coma.
I’d rather see Obama checked into the glass as Pawlenty races to claim the Oval Office. Maybe that same glass window that Bucket-Head mistook for a door. That would be awesome.
WWE style fight would be more appropriate. It would be just as real as his concern for the American people and American values.
Technically true – but only because Sarah hasn’t announced yet.
“I would sell all my worldly possession, quit my job, and spend every waking moment campaigning for Tim Pawlenty if…”
Then you would be an “activist.”
“upon being elected President would be to pull Obama’s shirt up over his head and start punching him until he lapsed into a coma.”
I hope the next president does this regardless of who it is. I will buy a special bag of popcorn to watch that. Mind you if Michele Bachmann or Sarah Palin is elected, osama could really be hurt.
@ plentyobailouts: Now you’re veering into porn.
It happened again! The most unbelievably unbelieveable thing I ever unbelieved! Why, just this morning I heard that the 90,000 jobs expected on the jobs report was considered low, and economists were expecting more than that– and they were fooled AGAIN! It’s unbelieveable! Just 18,000 jobs added! The economists were off by at least 72,000 jobs! The difference alone is almost the entire population of Santa Fe!
How can we be wrong every single month? How can this be? How how how how how? It just doesn’t make sense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where’s my green job?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
The guy who claims he’s been in a lot of fights is not the guy who is going to take anyone down.
“hey. I’m tough. I really mean it. I’ve been in lots of fights. Just watch out boy. I’m really dangerous.”
Hey, don’t be so violent! I think just popping a few teeth out would be enough for me to donate time and money.
@Mxymaster: I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
Burma is absolutely right. A real fighter, a combat veteran, the sort of chap you want beside you as a brother in a scrap, is not the guy to brag about it. He’s the guy who rolls his eyes and quietly sips his beer when a drunken fool boasts about the action he saw.
Hocky fights? Although entertaining they are rarely what is concidered a real fight. A real fight stops when the victor decides to stop. Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
@Marko: Special Forces SSgt Barry Sadler would call Pawlenty a Garet Trooper.
You’re my kinda Pastor, Ed!
Burmashave –
No doubt Sgt Sadler would, but the term “garritrooper” appears in Up Front, a book written by Bill Mauldin, published in 1945. I have a copy. It may not have been original then, but it goes back at least two decades before Sgt Sadler started his performance career.
I think hockey fights would be a great way to liven up the political debates. Although they rarely draw any blood.
On second thought dueling with low caliber weapons might be more effective. It would help weed the doves out from amongst the hawks.
“Tim Pawlenty boasted Thursday that despite his nice-guy image, he’s probably been in more hockey fights than anyone else running for president.”
Umm…since none of the other candidates running have probably ever played hockey, that doesn’t set the bar very high.
Wow. I had no idea Sadley did other songs. Thanks, Burma.
Hockey Fights. Yea, Ok! With helmets and full padding on! Real tough guys, eh? Remember it came from Canada! You pad up like the Micheline Man and then start punching the padding and the idiot Canadian Fans think someone’s getting hurt!!!!
Now, facing down a rampaging Moose, shooting it in the face and field dressing it is tough! Real tough! With like a gazillion black flies desending on you! I’ll take Moose face shooting to Hockey fake fighting any day! (Ohhhhh, look eh, he dropped his gloves, eh! There’s goin’ to be some rumble now eh?)
So, Pawlenty doesn’t think much of Michelle Bachman’s accomplishments during her 4+ years in office. In fairness to Bachman, name a Republican that has accomplished much during those four years of the Democrat Congress elected in 2006.
I think it would be funny as all get out just seeing Obama on ice skates! I doubt anybody would have to beat him up. When your idea of real sports is basketball and golf, you’re a spaz.
Elle – Mr. Hawaiian/Indonesian/Kenyan on skates? It’d be the funniest damn thing since the Jamaican bobsled team.