I'd just cross out the "Former" and remind him he's still on the clock.

Make him Bizarro Superman.

Brian, the book actually comes out after he leaves office.

"Courage to Stand By and Let Minnesota Drop Further Into Debt, Cut Financing For Education and Support an Unnecessary War For Oil" by Tim Pawlenty 

Or is that title too long?

With all due respect to our neighbors to the south, I gotta say the Gov. has been confused for years. He clearly thought he was Gov. of Mississippi not Minnesota. How else could you explain what he has (not) done for education in this state.

If Pawlenty does run for president,  I personally hope that as Minnesotans, we help the rest of the nation realize that he vetoed the transportation bill (which was over ridden by his own party) in the year prior to the 35W bridge collapse.   I know critics would say that this specific money would not have prevented the collapse, but the "big picture" is that Minnesota was (and is) in critical need of funding a deteriorating and outdated transportation system and Pawlenty simply didn't "get it" until being over ridden by his own party (and the occurrence of a disaster that attracted national attention).   I depended on that bridge to get to and from work every day, drove across the bridge 20 min. ahead of the collapse,  and living in an inner city neighborhood, went to the river myself to see what had happened when everything was still in chaos.  It will be burned in my mind forever - I never literally understood that the word "disbelief" meant there was something so overwhelming that your brain could not process it until that day.  I don't want us as Minnesotans to loose sight of, or forget the lesson that should have been learned that day.

Our transportation system was outdated, over stressed, and under funded.  This is not even a "left" issue as Pawlenty's own party over rode his veto to pass the transportation funding.   This funding was probably "too little too late" to prevent the bridge collapse, but the collapse highlights that the need for increased transportation funding was a real issue - not just "leftist" ideology.  Pawlenty was so short sighted that he can not see past his ideology to see the real need.  He chose ideology over reality even when the real data was staring him right in the face.

Still not clear on this.  So that funding would have been too little, too late to save the 35W bridge, or it would have saved it from the collapse.  If not, what does that disaster have to do with the context of the topic at-hand which seems to be "who has a funnier photoshop idea for T-Paw's dopey book cover"?

@ Danny - I agree.  Stick to the funniness.  This photo has a lot of parody potential.

Gawd, he's icky. The very worst sort of politician.

Even Better!

Brian wins. Nice job on the Adam Ant cover.

Book is being published Jan. 2011 by Tyndale House, a Christian publisher in Illinois.

SPIT TAKE!

When I think of Tim, I think of:

I hope those two go for the 2012 Presidential race and Obama wouldn't have to campaign. He would just hold out the books and shake his head.

Or better yet, this:

Well, never thought I'd say this, but Danny has a point. They are definitely taking a leaf from Obama. Except Pawlenty does look a little more like someone stuck a poker up his... well, you know.

It's hard to tell from Timmy's book cover, but I do not think he is ready to work for us, the American people.  Look at Barry's DFMF cover shot.  His SLEEVES ARE ROLLED UP!  He's ready to work for US!

The Audacity of Hope cover doesn't look like it is "patriotic-tough-n-cheesie" like the others.  Obama just looks like a nerdy schoolteacher there (he was a prof at the U of Chicago for years).

Doesn't this make you want to run out and read Tim Pawlenty's new book?

Presidential Primary Book Club

Oh, how presidential. I can just feel the presidentiality oozing ... hey wouldn't that guy make great presidential material? Presidential-ness, isn't that something like truthiness?  How 'bout replacing the audio with some ridiculous music from a snow kite-boarding trip?

If you say "the sky is blue" with enough conviction, and a movie soundtrack, doggone it, people are going to start believing you. (Notice the lack of "in" between those last two words.)

Finding funny movies on the internet is pretty easy.

It shows their Communist roots.

"Tim Pawlenty endorsing Mitt Romney for president is akin to Miracle Whip endorsing mayonnaise." ~Paul Constant (The Stranger, Seattle, WA)

Why can't I see Pawlenty as Superman anymore?