Jesse vs. Pawlenty

[ButterflyBlood]

who was the worse governor?

I'm going with Pawlenty. The difference was that Jesse was just an idiot who didn't know what he was doing. Pawlenty is just evil.

[bluestateguy]

1. Jesse wasn't all bad

A bit abrasive, and yes, I'd rather have a Democrat in there, but I think he did a satisfactory job.

[MnFats]

2. no, Jesse was pretty much all bad.

Came into office bragging about screwing whores and smoking dope; left complaining that he was 'offended' by the Wellstone memorial.
a loudmouth thug in between.

wait, ventura (Janos, actually) was right about abortion rights and light rail. everything else, he sucked ass.


Pawlenty, on the other hand, is showing himself to to be a far right-wing moron and may leave a worse taste than 'ventura'

[no name no slogan]

3. Jesse sucked, but Pawlenty both sucks AND blows

Pawlenty makes me nostalgic for the days of Arne Carlson, I hate to say.

[indigo32]

6. Yup

that about sums it up.

[truthspeaker]

9. so what if he bragged about smoking dope?

He advocated legalization, and he was right.

I am sympathetic to legalizing prostitution as well.

Also, he lowered the insidious car tax. Unfortunately he didn't come up with anything to replace it. His property tax policies were also a big part of why our school districts are starved for cash.

[Van Helsing]

4. Jesse and Tim both suck ass.

But Pawlenty is a bigger whacko than Jesse could ever dream of being.

[Wickerman]

5. Have to agree, Jesse = misguided - Timmie = Evil

[Morning Dew]

7. .

When Jesse was elected, I figured "well, no one could wreck the state in 4 years.", and that was true for Jesse - only because he needed concensus to get things done...

With Pawl-enemy... oh man, he's Minnesota's worst nightmare.

[mzmolly]

8. Oh *worse* Governor. EEK, I voted for JV, meant to vote for Pawlenty...

Sorry bout that. Nix the one vote for JV...

Pawlenty is the *worst* ;)

[no name no slogan]

11. Yea, I never thought I'd long for the Jesse Ventura days! (nt)

[mzmolly]

13. LOL... Or the "Reagan Years?"

OMG what IZ this world coming too!

[Lizz612]

10. Said it once

and I'll say it again; at least Jesse vetoed the "24 hour waiting period."

[Deja Q]

12. Jesse = Jesse. Timmy = Pro-wealthy anti-people

5 years of tax cuts he voted for. Those LED to the $4 billion shortfall.

Pawlenty did not raise a single tax on the folks he'd cut those 5 times over, kept telling us how ALL Minnesotans would have to suffer and be creative, and raise a ton of "fees" (which the middle class uses the most, hmmm...)

If you ask me, "every Minnesotan" had an exclusion of the wealthy.

And Pawlenty's assault continues... oh, it hasn't stopped.

I only pray that the poor he's sticking knives into wake up and stop attacking each other...

[Jackpine Radical]

14. I remember the morning after Jesse won.

I had a doctoral student from the MN School of Professional Psych doing a practicum with me at the time (in Eau Claire). He seemed to be having trouble focusing his eyes, and then he said, "My God. I went to sleep in Minnesota and woke up in a cartoon."

I guess he's now out of the cartoon and into a nightmare.