Pawlenty is not Blammo's clown

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Pawlenty on Being 'Vanilla': If You Want the Clown-in-Chief, Vote for Somebody Else

Published June 12, 2011

FoxNews.com

Tim Pawlenty may be nice, but he's not willing to be anybody's fool. So says the former Minnesota governor and 2012 presidential candidate, who blasted claims by Fox News' Bill O'Reilly that he is too "vanilla" to be president. 

"Is he playing the race card on me?" Pawlenty jokingly asked on "Fox News Sunday" before getting serious.

"I'm not running for comedian- in-chief, or entertainer-in-chief. If people want that, they should go to the ball park or Broadway play or a Las Vegas show. ... Being strong is not the same as being loud. ... So, if you want the clown-in-chief, vote for somebody else. That's not me."

In an interview heavy on policy specifics, Pawlenty also proved false charges that he won't take the fight to President Obama in a 2012 presidential race. Targeting a few jabs at the president, Pawlenty also tossed out a couple proverbial body slams at frontrunner GOP candidate Mitt Romney over the former Massachusetts governor's health care policies.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/12/pawlenty-on-being-vanilla-if-want-clown-in-chief-vote-for-somebody-else/#ixzz1PAJXD7NE

Debates tonight could be interesting.

I am not your clown