According to Politico Tim Pawlenty (R-Yawn) tried to inject some humor into a speech before Iowa College Republicans on Friday. "Tried" being the operative word.
Pawlenty, a 50 year old man, said some things like:
"Now, we may not in this room have 'tiger blood' like he does," Pawlenty, the keynote speaker at the Iowa College Republicans event, told the chuckling crowd, according to a report by radio host O. Kay Henderson. "But we do have something else in common with him. There's going to be a lot of winning on the Republican side in 2012."
Ok, that wasn't terrible, but let's just say Whitney Cummings doesn't have to worry about this guy coming for her job.
Let's see what he has in store for us next:
Pawlenty also went the Lady Gaga route... "What the younger voters have figured out this is really a broken relationship. He made soaring promises, set grand expectations." He added, "He’s broken those promises. He’s failed to fulfill the expectations. If this was a Lady Gaga song, the relationship between the youth vote and Barack Obama would be ‘Bad Romance.’”
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The crowd didn't immediately react, Henderson reported, but came around when the former Minnesota governor added, "You know what I'm talking about."
Oy vey! If that last Tim Pawlenty joke was a Lady Gaga song it would be, "Speechless", because that's exactly how he is leaving his audience. Even the crickets kept mum.
And finally, hopefully saving his best material for last:
He also reportedly told a joke about Bill Clinton, Al Gore and Obama all showing up at the gates of heaven, which ended with Obama saying to God, "I believe, sir, that you're in my chair."
Who the hell wrote this crap and told him it was funny? Victoria Jackson? I've seen car crashes funnier than that woman. Which is why these Pawlenty jokes have her scent all over them.
If Pawlenty is planning on sticking around for a while he's going to need a serious upgrade in the jokes department. Maybe Kelsey Grammer is available?
Crossposted at Gabbing with Graff