Surprise! Pawlenty misrepresents Obama in pitch for Vegas trip

​So Gov. Tim Pawlenty is making a trip to Las Vegas to help defeat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat. That part's fine. Politicians do this stuff all the time. But in announcing his trip on Facebook, Pawlenty says he's going to "defy President Obama's orders" by making the trip.

Orders? Cute line. Probably aimed at, well, "misinformed" folks who think that a democratically elected president is actually a Marxist dictator.

What he's alluding to, while leaving out the crucial, actual truth, are some impolitic remarks that Obama made just about a year ago in Indiana, when he was asked at a town hall meeting what he thought about the lavish bonuses enjoyed by corporate CEOs bailed out by taxpayers. Thanks to the Reality Based Community we know what Obama actually said:

"You are not going to be able to give out these big bonuses until you pay taxpayers back. You can't get corporate jets. You can't go take a trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayers' dime. There's got to be some accountability and some responsibility."

So, orders? Haven't seen any; just some milquetoast legislation. A call for corporate accountability and respect for the taxpayers who bailed them out? Yes. Marks for making sure your comments can't get edited for accuracy and content by a guy who wants your job? Probably a C-.

Here's the Facebook post:

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