Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Hannan / Politics / Presidential Politics In Defense of Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty
Posted by Caleb Hannan on Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:41 AM
I mean, good god damn, where does one even start in on how hilarious this is? 1. I wouldn't call Eminem a Democrat, but he was for sure one of the only mainstream artists to get a protest song out against Bush before the 2004 elections. 2. Young Republicans should turn misogyny into an artform so catchy that even arch-feminists like me sing along? Um, yes, let's not have any more of that, please. 3. Young Republicans should do massive amounts of drugs? 4. Young Republicans should befriend Elton John? 5. Young Republicans should be in on the joke? Does Tim Pawlenty even know anything about Eminem?No, he probably doesn't. Other than what the 23-year-old interns on staff tell him. But that's not the point. Pawlenty may look like a dupe to us because we're not college-aged Republicans. But it's pretty clear, based on reactions from the kids in attendance, that his attempt to play to the crowd went over well. Especially since the Eminem reference was just used as a timely punchline to a joke about the media's infatuation with Obama.
Opening his remarks with a reference to NBC's "Inside the Obama White House" special, Pawlenty told the gathering of about 200 students, "I haven't seen something that staged since that half-naked Austrian fell onto the face of Eminem at the MTV music awards."Rim shot! But in Pawlenty's defense, hitting a young, conservative crowd with an opening 1-2 punch that manages to make fun of Obama, a fawning "liberal" media and name-drops two guys that all the young kids are talking about these days is actually pretty strong stump speechin'. Something we should see a lot more of considering he's likely to run for President in 2012. All the more reason to let him pass on this one. Better to conserve your energy for the real whoppers to come.
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Caleb, I've said it before and I'll say it again. Don't get in a butt-fight with a Swedish woman.
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Does he know that Bruno is a character invented by a Cambridge-educated sexy British Jew? You know, the same guy that did Borat?
What about the fact that Eminem was in on the whole thing? That's what I find hilarious. "Oh, young republicans! Go forth and... um... only act really angry at the Libruls... you know, for the LOLZ."
And isn't Eminem kind of irrelevant nowadays? Ooh, a Jessica Simpson dig! How topical, you iconoclast rapper you!
No kidding! And I thought it was kind of clever how he threw Kim Kardashian into one of the songs on his album, but I swear to god, in every leaked cut I heard, he mentioned her. Did they only get E! in rehab or what? There are other women you can be all misogynistic about, I promise! (you being Eminem, not you, Ashley.)
You know who ain't shit? Bitches, that's who.
I want a giant Looney Tunes-style sign that just says "IRRELEVANT!" in giant letters that I can pull out whenever someone is babbling about crap I don't care about. It's the classy alternative to listening politely.
