Timothy?

Chris and I took advantage of Saturday's crappy weather to attend an ice cream social and town hall meeting for Tim Pawlenty in Indianola.

The former Minnesota Governor was at least 20 minutes late for the event that was to begin at 1:30 p.m.

Not a bad sized crowd, a long time Warren County Republican Party activist said it was more than she expected. Chris estimated those in attendance at 40 and the Ragister called it about 60.

Pawlenty began with an Ole and Lena joke --

“Ole and Lena were having trouble in their relationship. Ole went to a marriage counselor, who told him to take a two-mile walk each day for the next two weeks, then call him back. At the end of two weeks, Ole called the counselor. “How’s your relationship?” the counselor asked. “I don’t know,” Ole replied, “I’m 28 miles from home.”

Having heard the joke before, I thought it was a pretty weak start until Pawlenty tied it into the problems our country faces today and how many of then are because we're too far away from home and values.

Two talking point of Pawlenty's I liked were...

It's okay to follow Greece into Democracy, but we don't want to follow them into bankruptcy.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Also, we have too many people in the wagon and not enough people pulling.

The Ragister has more on the meeting here.

You can also find out about his Saturday Marshalltown stop and his Friday swing into eastern Iowa, as he touched on many of the same themes in Indianola.

Chris made it onto the video that KCCI HD aired during the Saturday 6.pm. newscast, in this case the HD stands for HOT, DEFINITELY.

WHO HD, unlike TV8, at least sent a reporter, but Minnesota native Emily Carlson came in at the end of the town hall.