Pawlenty supporters claim gov prevents wasteful spending

It's easy to find people in Minnesota who support Governor Tim Pawlenty, despite his many flaws, errors and lies, and stupidly dogmatic adherence to a cockamamie "no new taxes" pledge. They claim he is preventing those darn liberals from raising taxes and wasting money. They claim the state has plenty of money if they would just cut out the waste and unnecessary programs. Maybe they should start "at home" with the Governor himself. As reported in the Minnpost:

The legislative auditor again criticized Pawlenty administration fiscal controls, this time in monitoring federal funds flowing through state coffers. The Strib's Mike Kaszuba says there was a "material weakness" that, among other things, enabled a five-year-long, $1 million theft. Poor instructions to counties made it impossible to monitor some spending.

That's just brilliant. Mr. "I'm trying to save the state money" Pawlenty is allowing theft of money his office controls.

What does that make Pawlenty supporters? Ignoramuses? Or hypocrites?