FARK.com: (7065894) From the 'well that didn't take long' department, John Huntsman is already backing down on his comparison between the GOP and Communist China

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		From the 'well that didn't take long' department, John Huntsman is already backing down on his comparison between the GOP and Communist China (latimes.com)		38
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Weaver95		2012-04-23 12:38:49 PM

so...what? 10 whole minutes before he backed down?

CPennypacker		2012-04-23 03:34:21 PM

Did he find Rubio's horse head in his bed or something?

theorellior		2012-04-23 03:36:48 PM

The Politburo kept its talking heads on short leashes, too.

NeverDrunk23		2012-04-23 03:37:31 PM

When did he even make it?

Needlessly Complicated		2012-04-23 03:37:55 PM

Pansy-ass.

Pincy		2012-04-23 03:38:55 PM

Like anything he says makes a difference anyway? Didn't he finish behind a Ficus plant in one of the primaries?

qorkfiend		2012-04-23 03:39:22 PM

CPennypacker: Did he find Rubio's horse head in his bed or something?

Here, this, etc.

NeverDrunk23		2012-04-23 03:40:20 PM

Pincy: Like anything he says makes a difference anyway? Didn't he finish behind a Ficus plant in one of the primaries?

Hey, that was one of Ron Paul's biggest victories.

Alphax		2012-04-23 03:41:05 PM

Did they send him to count trees?

quatchi		2012-04-23 03:43:15 PM

"I said, you know, if you're not on-script and you get knocked out of an event like that, the parties are supposed to be big-tent, you're supposed to bring in all ideas," Huntsman said on the show. "And I said I thought for a moment about what they do in China if you go off-script. The party, they knock you out. We shouldn't be doing that here, we should be accommodating all voices."

Huntsman's right, of course, the RWA mind set that demands that everybody line up is obviously in play with the modern GOP and is legitimately comparable to the Chinese government's affinity for mass obedience and compliance with authority.

The fact that Huntsman was forced to back off these statement five minutes after he made them just underscores the truth of them, ironically enough.

See also: These endless ideological purity tests for new candidates and charges of RINO leveled at life long Republicans.

Philip Francis Queeg		2012-04-23 03:45:54 PM

This is a great leap forward for the Republican Party.

omtc		2012-04-23 03:47:45 PM

Backing down from what? Near as I can tell, he never said "Communist China." He just said China, and all the headlines paraphrased it in a way to maximize flammability. This "stepping back" just appears to reiterate what he said in the first place.

Big whoop.

Masso		2012-04-23 03:48:44 PM

Philip Francis Queeg: This is a great leap forward for the Republican Party.

A total change in political culture. A cultural revolution, if you will.

dehehn		2012-04-23 03:49:25 PM

Way to prove his point comrades.

Bloody William		2012-04-23 03:53:32 PM

Nice to know Republicans only have balls when they throw them at people on the "other" team. farking pathetic.

AntiNerd		2012-04-23 03:54:21 PM

dehehn: Way to prove his point comrades.

He had no idea how right he was.

theorellior		2012-04-23 03:55:04 PM

Masso: Philip Francis Queeg: This is a great leap forward for the Republican Party.

A total change in political culture. A cultural revolution, if you will.

The GOP is well on their long march to victory.

culebra		2012-04-23 03:57:15 PM

Satanic_Hamster		2012-04-23 03:57:21 PM

And of course the "liberal media" didn't have the balls to ask; "Isn't this backpedaling proving your earlier point? So how many of your parties bosses called you last night to give you your orders to back down from your statements?"

Citrate1007		2012-04-23 04:06:01 PM

Sounds like he went off of the script and got reprimanded.

Duke Phillips' Singing Bears		2012-04-23 04:08:35 PM

I guess they promised to show him just how much like the Ruling Communist Party they could be.

Liberal_With_a_Gun		2012-04-23 04:10:01 PM

There's that trademark GUTSY Conservative 'tude! Not like those panty-waist LIBTARDS, these guys STAND BY THEIR BELIEFS no matter what ANYbody says!!

/remind me again who the "conformists" are?

squidgod2000		2012-04-23 04:12:01 PM

He would have made a good President.

HighOnCraic		2012-04-23 04:17:45 PM

You know how it is when you make a statement about the Chinese: ten minutes later, you're hungry enough to make another statement about the Chinese.

EyeballKid		2012-04-23 04:20:04 PM

Has he had to kiss Chairman Limbaugh's hoof on the air yet? Or will a simple pledge of fealty during a commercial break suffice?

quatchi		2012-04-23 04:21:45 PM

squidgod2000: He would have made a good President.

Not even a great man can be a good POTUS with the GOP behind them.

Not. Possible.

turbidum		2012-04-23 04:23:46 PM

omtc: Backing down from what? Near as I can tell, he never said "Communist China." He just said China, and all the headlines paraphrased it in a way to maximize flammability. This "stepping back" just appears to reiterate what he said in the first place.

Big whoop.

THIS.

Cat Food Sandwiches		2012-04-23 04:24:55 PM

Burned bridges can not be un-burned.

HeartBurnKid		2012-04-23 04:36:10 PM

Philip Francis Queeg		2012-04-23 04:40:28 PM

HeartBurnKid: omtc: Backing down from what? Near as I can tell, he never said "Communist China." He just said China, and all the headlines paraphrased it in a way to maximize flammability. This "stepping back" just appears to reiterate what he said in the first place.

Is there another China, of which I'm unaware?

www.lib.utexas.edu

Rich Cream		2012-04-23 04:45:03 PM

Punk.

HeartBurnKid		2012-04-23 05:23:06 PM

Philip Francis Queeg: HeartBurnKid: omtc: Backing down from what? Near as I can tell, he never said "Communist China." He just said China, and all the headlines paraphrased it in a way to maximize flammability. This "stepping back" just appears to reiterate what he said in the first place.

Is there another China, of which I'm unaware?

[www.lib.utexas.edu image 328x353]

Yeah, I don't think Mr. Huntsman was referring to Taiwan.

MFL		2012-04-23 05:34:19 PM

squidgod2000: He would have made a good President.

To be fair, we live in the age of Obama.

If the bar was set any lower he'd have to dig a hole.

ryant123		2012-04-23 06:02:18 PM

MFL: squidgod2000: He would have made a good President.

To be fair, we live in the age of Obama.

If the bar was set any lower he'd have to dig a hole.

...all the way to China?

HighOnCraic		2012-04-23 06:26:38 PM

Parthenogenetic		2012-04-23 07:30:09 PM

Tickle Mittens		2012-04-23 07:36:56 PM

China doesn't poison every single well they come across?

Gulper Eel		2012-04-23 08:06:43 PM

Huntsman needs to take some growing-a-pair lessons from Chris Christie. And then Huntsman can give Christie some weight-loss tips.

Okay, thread over unless we have some fresh Huntsman daughter pics.

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