On Fox News a few minutes ago, Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) tried to downplay speculation that he’s preparing for a presidential run in 2012 — while also managing to imply that poor Obama supporters were the main recipients of the Cash for Clunkers program. Oh, and comparing the President’s health care reform plan to manure.The Minnesota Governor called Cash for Clunkers “misguided” and “ludicrous” before saying, “There’s a joke out now that says the main value of the Cash for Clunkers program may be that we’ll get a lot of cars with Obama stickers off the road.” The implication of that “joke” seems to be that it’s poor Obama supporters who own old clunkers that were the beneficiaries of this government program.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=137433