Tim Pawlenty: The Epitome Of Compassion

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty announced last week that he would veto a bill aimed at giving same-sex partners the same end-of-life rights as married couples. Pawlenty says the bill is unnecessary and would "stoke up a political controversy on a hot-button issue."
Um, Tim, honey? Equal rights are controversial? Really?

Supporters of the bill balked at the governor's rationale, saying his suggestion that same-sex couples could achieve the same rights through a will still leaves gays on unequal footing with their heterosexual counterparts; married couples have those rights without a will.

The new bill would give same-sex partners the right to make decisions about how to dispose of a deceased partner's body--something gay couples say is needed because some gays and lesbians are estranged from their immediate families; the bill also gives surviving partners the right to sue those responsible should their partner be killed.

Senate sponsor Yvonne Prettner said wills not only cost money to draw up, but can be problematic because of errors or omissions. She said, "I think he's missing the point, though, that this is really an issue of fairness and equality. "I would hope that we could appeal to the governor's sense of compassion and fairness."

Good luck with that. Tim Pawlenty, Compassion and Fairness, rarely mix.

The thing about this that galls me, is that we can have those same rights and privileges and benefits, but we needs lawyers and lawyer's fees, documentation and paperwork, yet, if we're straight, we just get these rights.

UPDATE: He vetoed it. Asshat. He said he did it because he believes in "traditional marriage."

Whatever that is.

Pawlenty Sinks In to The Mire That Is Asshattery

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty needs a time machine and he needs it now! Dammit!

He has told Newsweek that he regrets his voting in favor of a 1993 anti-discrimination law because he now realizes it protects “things like cross-dressing” and Tim Pawlenty has a thing for, I mean, he doesn't like cross-dressers.

He was a Minnesota state representative when he cast that vote sixteen years ago, and now that he is considering a run against Obama, he wants to flip-flip so he can kiss the big fat conservative ass of the republican Party. Tim Pawlenty is politics as usual. Stand your ground unless it keeps you out of office, and then change your mind.

Fucktard asshat.

Tim Pawlenty: "In 1993 I voted for a bill prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation in public accommodation, housing, and employment. That was 16 years ago....That statute is not worded the way it should be. I said I regretted the vote later because it included things like cross-dressing, and a variety of other people involved in behaviors that weren’t based on sexual orientation, just a preference for the way they dressed and behaved. So it was overly broad. So if you are a third-grade teacher and you are a man and you show up on Monday as Mr. Johnson and you show up on Tuesday as Mrs. Johnson, that is a little confusing to the kids. So I don’t like that."

So, an anti-discrimination law includes protecting people who have certain "preferences" like cross-dressing is bad because you don't want to protect people from discrimination based on their preferences?

What about people who prefer Catholicism? Or being a Baptists? Or not believing in god at all? Are their preferences protected?

You're a pandering-low-life-scum, Tim Pawlenty. You're a do anything to get elected, say anything to get elected.

You're..........

You're..................................

You're Joe Lieberman!

And an asshat.