AS THE PRESIDENT PREPARES TO RALLY MINNESOTANS ON HEALTH REFORM TODAY, DNC RELEASES NEW WEB VIDEO TARGETING MINNESOTA GOVERNOR ENTITLED: “TIM PAWLENTY: IN THE EXTREME”
For Immediate Release
September 12, 2009
Contact: DNC Press (202) 863-8148
AS THE PRESIDENT PREPARES TO RALLY MINNESOTANS ON HEALTH REFORM TODAY, DNC RELEASES NEW WEB VIDEO TARGETING MINNESOTA GOVERNOR ENTITLED: “TIM PAWLENTY: IN THE EXTREME”
With His Eyes Set on Run for Higher Office, Tim Pawlenty has Gone off the Deep End With his Extreme Opposition to the President, Lies On Health Care
WATCH “TIM PAWLENTY: IN THE EXTREME”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK8A_MazM2o
Washington, D.C. – With the President set to rally tens of thousands of Minnesotans on health reform today, the Democratic National Committee has taken aim at Minnesota's Governor Tim Pawlenty, releasing a new web video slamming him for his extremist and false rhetoric on health insurance reform, his public support for far-right Virginia gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell who has called working women a detriment to society and his attacks on the President’s speech on personal responsibility to school children. Taken together, Pawlenty’s positions reveal a politician who is way out of the mainstream and desperate in his attempts to garner attention from the farthest right fringe of his Party. DNC Communications Director Brad Woodhouse released the following statement:
“The harder Tim Pawlenty tries to appeal to the far-right wing of the Republican Party, the more ludicrous his arguments get. In the past week alone, he has strengthened his already vocal support for the absurd and debunked claim that health insurance reform could lead to death panels. He’s campaigned in Virginia for a Republican gubernatorial candidate who believes working women are a detriment to society. And, he was one of a handful of those on the extreme right wing who criticized the President’s address to school children – a speech wherein the President urged students to stay in school and work hard.
“The more the voters learn about Tim Pawlenty, the more they will see that he is solely motivated by his desire to win over far right wing extremists and appeal to Republican Party leaders like Rush Limbaugh . His actions as of late beg the question – what won’t Tim Pawlenty say or do to appeal to the Sarah Palin wing of the Republican Party.?”
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