Who is John Huntsman?

cretinbob: Who is John Huntsman?

I believe he's that Republican candidate nobody knows about because you're not allowed to Google him.

cretinbob: Who is John Huntsman?

The sane person seeking the Republican nomination.

He wishes he had a snowball's chance in Hell.

Hobodeluxe: cretinbob: Who is John Huntsman?

the one the media ignores because he doesn't say crazy shiat.

Ron Paul supporters told me the media is ignoring Ron Paul. Ron Paul.

Lionel Mandrake: cretinbob: Who is John Huntsman?

The sane person seeking the Republican nomination.

He wishes he had a snowball's chance in Hell.

Last poll I saw in our local rag, Utards go for Mitt about 85%-15%. And although saner sounding, most of Jon's policy positions are straight right-wing (of course, he's a trust-fund baby).

John Hunstman is the new Bob Dole.

robmilmel: Lionel Mandrake: cretinbob: Who is John Huntsman?

The sane person seeking the Republican nomination.

He wishes he had a snowball's chance in Hell.

Last poll I saw in our local rag, Utards go for Mitt about 85%-15%. And although saner sounding, most of Jon's policy positions are straight right-wing (of course, he's a trust-fund baby).

Oh yeah, I don't agree with him on much. But at least he's sane.

Any Republican who believes in science - and admits it - has put himself ahead of the insane 95% of the party in my book.

Yes, Mitt. I'm sure a politician with a past career built on laying people off is going to do real well in a country where joblessness is the #1 issue. Unemployment and socialized healthcare are the two major things the GOP has against our current president, and a Romney nomination would take both of them off of the table.

/can't wait for him to explain why he wanted to let the US auto industry and the entire State of Michigan go to hell

Lionel Mandrake: I don't agree with him on much. But at least he's sane.


Don't agree with him on what? Hell, Mitt doesn't agree with himself on most of his platform depending on what year it is and who's in the room. That's why he's just as scary as any of the lunatics currently running. If he thinks that running the White House like a far right whackjob is what he needs to do to get re-elected, then that's exactly what he'll do.

And let's face it - if Romney wins it'll because the American voters have taken a hard turn to the right. I believe Romney would be the most far right president we've ever had, and his past record means nothing.

Huntsman huffs from the same can of free market derp the rest of the field does; he just wipes his mouth afterwards.

I won't be voting for Romney in the Primary.

I won't because I had do deal with him when he was involved with the UMaine system, before he headed to Utah for the Olympics. Then I had to deal with him as Governor.

I won't vote for Romney, because I've already lived with Romney's brand of kleptocracy. Not for himself. No, he hands out other folks' cash, and that does make him popular. Mind you, his spending tends to favor solutions that require further investment. Continued investment. The kind of investment that keeps other folks' money flowing to his supporters' pockets. In Maine. In Utah. In Mass.

No thank you. He will say anything to get elected, and once he gets there, it is a gravy train for the folks who help him get there. Mass' Health Care plan? A LOT of taxpayer cash flowing, and not to actual heath care professionals. Not to hospitals. Not to manufacturers. But to pad out insurance company ledgers. That is his MO. Continued payouts to folks. He likes to spend cash, and keep that cash flowing. It is not just inefficient, it is ultimately wasteful, and if you care at all about where your tax dollars go, then Romney is maybe one of the worst choices you can make. He is an executive who steers cash as much as possible, and that is the only reason that folks support his candidacy, because they stand to make a helluva lot of cash once he gets to office. His brand of "leadership" is to line as many supporters pockets as he can. I've seen it happen too many times already, and I'd rather my grandkids not have to continue to pay off the projects that he'll spearhead, because that is what a Romney Presidency will be: a looting of the now and future taxpayers the likes of which that GW couldn't even imagine.

If the TEA Party is smart, they'll look closely at his record. Not on abortion. Not on marriage equality. Look at his record on spending, and how he steers it. He is the antithesis of everything that they claim to stand for. Oppose him, not because he's Mormon, but because he will shackle your grandkids to plans that they'll be paying for when they're old and grey.

Deftoons: Uh, Ron Paul is also standing right here, HotAir.

no one votes for Ron Paul in polls that actually matter.

shower_in_my_socks: Yes, Mitt. I'm sure a politician with a past career built on laying people off is going to do real well in a country where joblessness is the #1 issue.

I look forward to the ads of: "Mitt Romney's investment firm bought x different companies that employed over y workers. After his investment firm purchased those companies, z employees were fired in an effort to maximize profits. And now Mitt Romney says he has a plan for American jobs? We've already seen that plan. No thanks."

Huntsman is planning ahead for 2016 so that he can step into the spologht as the responsible adult after Obama gets reelected. The problem is that the GOP is going to nominate Romney and he's going to lose. So the Republican base is going to think the reason they lost is that their candidate wasn't right-wing enough and there's no room for Huntsman in that world.

Deftoons: Uh, Ron Paul is also standing right here, HotAir.

Yes, and?

oblah de: SilentStrider: Deftoons: Uh, Ron Paul is also standing right here, HotAir.

Yes, and?

and Ron Paul has also been shown to beat Obama. (new window)

On a Harris Poll. In September. It's two months later, and how's he doing now?

Shaggy_C: shower_in_my_socks: And let's face it - if Romney wins it'll because the American voters have taken a hard turn to the right. I believe Romney would be the most far right president we've ever had, and his past record means nothing.

Most conservative candidate EVER, eh? I disagree whole-heartedly.


I didn't say "candidate" -- I said PRESIDENT. Big farking difference.