Pawlenty: President Obama 'corrosive' to pillars of U.S. society [View All]

President Barack Obama is having a "corrosive" effect on the pillars of U.S. society, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) asserted Monday.

A top GOP contender to face off against Obama in 2012, Pawlenty accused the president of using "bait-and-switch" tactics in the debate to overhaul the nation's healthcare system.

Pawlenty railed against Obama's policies in an interview with the conservative Newsmax magazine, warning the president would spend the U.S. into bankruptcy.

"And what’s behind it is a philosophy that government knows best, a nanny-state mentality on domestic issues that will ultimately be corrosive to the other pillars of our country — to markets, private enterprise, individual responsibility, freedom and liberty," Pawlenty said in an interview with the magazine posted online Monday.

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