Pawlenty's (Not So) Bold Campaign
Tim Pawlenty has kicked off his presidential campaign with a bold message: he's pro-freedom! On the home page of his Freedom First PAC's new website, we are treated to this image:
2012 campaign themes are expected to include: justice, hope, American values, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Is this some kind of joke? John McCain passed on putting Pawlenty on his ticket because he was seen as being too white-bread, too conventional. He has boldly refuted this narrative by coming out strongly for freedom. He has even endorsed Scott Brown for Massachusetts senator: sounding more like a grade-school civics textbook than the next leader of the free world, Pawlenty declares that Brown will "bring freedom to Massachusetts." Does anyone even know what that means?
We just elected a man who rose to prominence based on tiresome platitudes. If Tim Pawlenty wants to differentiate himself from Sarah Palin or Mitt Romney, he ought to come up with a better theme than "freedom."
