Oh Come On, Tim Pawlenty Isn't THAT Dull!

Starting with such an unpromising premise, Pawlenty's joke is better than most people could come up with.

Do you want to talk dull? I mean, real dull? In 1975, my friend Walter said "Quick, we're going to the airport to see Scoop Jackson!"

Henry "Scoop" Jackson had just started campaigning for the 1976 Democratic Presidential nomination, and since Walt's father was a newspaperman, we had the inside scoop about his airport press briefing. So, we went to see someone who just might be a true American statesman!

Scoop Jackson made Tim Pawlenty look like Don Rickles and Joan Rivers, combined.