Tim Pawlenty's Massive Whopper: Obama "Hasn't Accomplished Anything"

[jefferson_dem]

T-Paw echos some of my DU friends...

Tim Pawlenty's Massive Whopper: Obama "Hasn't Accomplished Anything"
— By Andy Kroll

At a town hall meeting on Thursday, GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty claimed that President Obama "hasn't accomplished anything" since moving into the White House in 2009. Pawlenty also lauded Minnesota's government shutdown, and defended his "good guy" image at the event, saying it's possible for a president to be "nice and strong."

Pawlenty's town hall was held at his Iowa campaign headquarters in suburban Des Moines, with roughly 150 people in attendance, according to the Iowa Independent. The former Minnesota governor also took questions from Facebook users, who were watching the town hall streaming online.

Pawlenty attack on President Obama's record, of course, flies in the face of the president's long list of accomplishments. Obama signed a massive health-care reform law, the Affordable Care Act; passed a $900-billion economic stimulus bill that created or saved between 2.4 and 3.6 million jobs and helped avoid a second Great Depression; signed the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory reform bill; boosted funding for veterans' services by $1.4 billion; and signed the Children's Health Reauthorization Act, providing health care to 11 million children, to name just a few. It's not political gamesmanship to say Obama "hasn't accomplished anything"; it's just plain wrong.

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[tanyev]

1. And he also hasn't twice vetoed legislation that would pay for transportation needs,

only to be followed by a tragic interstate bridge collapse. No sir, Obama has not done that.

[Bosso 63]

2. Pawlenty is the reason Minnesota is in the mess it's in now.

What a jerk.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. Maybe somebody needs to send him "the list"

Not that it would matter much to HIM

[tularetom]

4. He's managed to piss off his most loyal supporters

So there is that.

Actually, the President has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments. But the Obama presidency is SO different from how I imagined it would be when I voted for him in 2008 that I wonder every day

*Was he just bullshitting?

*Did I assume facts not in evidence?

*Did I read things into what he said because that's what I wanted to hear?

I still support the man and I have every intention of voting for him again next year. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed and even more cynical about US politics as a result of his presidency.

[vaberella]

6. And he's managed to piss off ALL Republicans.

So there is that, too.

[vaberella]

5. Many Dems feel the same, hence the regular update posting on DU. Moving on with this. n/t

[polmaven]

8. And heaven forbid

that anyone should post the dreaded......LIST...of his accomplishments! How can effective bashing be done with the LIST constantly in evidence???

[Bodhi BloodWave]

7. Not really that big a whopper i think, we see it regulary enough here on DU in various forms :p n/t

[and-justice-for-all]

9. what a moron...nt