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Opinion: Oh, and your mother wears Big Government boots

By Michael McGough
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It’s open to debate whether former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty violated post-Tucson standards of civility when he called President Obama ‘chicken’ for allegedly evading hard issues in his State of the Union address. But Pawlenty’s crack certainly lacks the stateliness of ‘You lie.’ In fact, it suggests the schoolyard, not the campaign trail or the halls of Congress.

Perhaps Obama should take a page from Pee Wee Herman’s script and reply: ‘I know you are, but what am I?’

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Michael McGough

Michael McGough is the Los Angeles Times’ former senior editorial writer, based in Washington, D.C. He wrote editorials for The Times from 2006 to 2021. Before that, McGough worked for 30 years for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as a reporter, editorial writer, editorial page editor and Washington correspondent. He wrote about law, national security, politics, foreign policy and religion. McGough is a graduate of Allegheny College and also attended the University of Kent at Canterbury in England and Yale Law School, where he received a master of studies in law degree.

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