Posted on 11/05/2014 9:36:27 PM PST by Impala64ssa
The Tea Party has "completely captivated and ruined" the Republican Party, and will doom the party's chances of reclaiming the presidency unless it is checked, says Jon Huntsman, Sr.
The billionaire and one-time adviser to President Richard Nixon weighed in on the state of the GOP Tuesday in an interview with Yahoo Finance.
He recommended that the party turn to a candidate such as former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush or his son, Jon Huntsman, Jr., the former governor of Utah and U.S. ambassador to China who ran in the Republican primary for the 2012 nomination and was widely perceived as a moderate.
"Unless a Jeb Bush comes in, or Jon Huntsman Jr., the Republicans don't have a prayer," said Huntsman, Sr.
Huntsman, Jr. has not indicated any plans to run again for the GOP nomination, although his father said "I wish he'd listen to his father and would run. He's just a bright, wonderful, decent individual who brings people together, who's unifying." He also acknowledged, however, that Republican primary voters are not likely to nominate his son, having overlooked him in the last election. "I doubt he'll be embraced too heavily by the Tea Party gang," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
They are both Mormons.
So they have that in common.
Is Huntsman even relevant? Was he campaigning for Republicans? I guess he has a RINO base that likes him but how is this helpful?
Exactly what I was thinking.
Sheesh the Tea Party is working to save America not trying to make any friends. They’re trying to kick the trash to the curb and clean out the gutters.
;-)
Just goes to show, you don’t have to be particularly bright to become a billionaire...
Isn’t he the one who moved to Hong Kong?
John Huntsman = Chamber of Crony Commerce.
And if the Tea Party doesn’t vote for Jeb or Jon, how have they been “checked”?
Well there’s the problem right there, the Tea Party won’t nominate his RINO son. good on the Tea Party!
Well Romney prolly listened to Huntsman and ignored the Tea Party in 2008. That worked out well.
Oops meant 2012.
Huntsman’s clearly an old Pistol Pete who’s been out of touch with reality for decades.
Exactly! They are sure trying hard to bury us..... or rather Ted Cruz maybe?? Can't have someone that's actually conservative as Majority Leader, dontcha know.
Said the billionaire from another planet.
Shut up and go away. Your time is past. You lost and lost and would lose again. The Republican Party will be fine without you.........
Again, the GOPe is getting ready to sell us someone who doesn’t like us or agree with us, but they want us all on board come election day.
No, it’s the “Tea Party gang”.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
At the end of the article he says who he REALLY thinks would be a good president is HILLARY CLINTON.
NOW THAT is a Republican who knows what he is talking about. /sarc
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