Posted on 11/12/2011 2:40:16 PM PST by Kaslin
My only surprise is that this tripe wasn’t written by Ed Morissey.
In fairness to Huntsman, he might have created a better first impression if his candidacy had not been trumpeted so favorably by the MSM. He makes some of the right noises, but he has not generated trust in his bona fides, and being “the other moderate” doesn’t do him much good.
Yep, that and the milquetoast speech he gave when he announced he was entering the primary.
No thanks.
I think I prefer Huntsman to Romney. At least he admits he is a mod. On a few issues he is sort of conservative. with Romney, who knows?
I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there is something off about Huntsman’s persona - at least to me and DH.
We worked for a few minutes to try to define exactly what it is, and the best words we could come up with are:
unctuous, supercilious, very impressed with himself, but modest about it, glib, hypocritical, perhaps “Pecksniffian” (O’Reilly taught me that word).
At any rate, he carries his career in diplomacy as if it were a badge of superior comprehension, above us mere mortals. I hate diplomatic double-speak, and would always feel a great need to parce his words even more carefully than dear ol’ Bill Clinton’s.
sorry, misspelled “parce”. I think it is properly spelled “parse”.
Huntsman ‘Love Letter’ to Obama Speaks Volumes
http://bobmccarty.com/2011/06/23/huntsman-love-letter-to-obama-speaks-volumes/
Huntsman’s family gave nearly $25,000 to Reid last cycle
“...And if they had a choice – and they did – many members of the newly minted presidential candidate’s family, including his parents, chose Reid in the most important U.S. Senate race in the country last cycle. Indeed, the Huntsmans have long been Reid supporters, although the former governor, who is scheduled to be be in Nevada on Friday, has never given directly to Reid's Senate campaigns.
But his parents and a couple of his brothers (Peter, James) and some in-laws have. And his Dad even helped the Nevada Democratic Party ($5,000) in 2008. I’m told Reid has known the senior Huntsman since the 1990s and is friendly with the son, too...”
Why the hell is this tool in any of the debates. Gary Johnson polls more than this DS.
Right. It doesn't matter a whit to most FReepers the he served in cabinet positions under Ronald Reagan and George H.W. and George W. Bush, in addition to being the Ambassador to China under the present administration, or that he comes from a family that runs a successful enterprise.
Clearly, he's not qualified.
He said something in the first debate that makes him a no to the H degree. Personally, he creeps me out.
Huntsman is a RINO.
Yes.
He is also full of BS.
I thought PJM was one of us, until I heard on Rush that they were carrying water for one of the Cain accusers.
I am now taking what they report with a “grain of salt”.
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