You know that I loathe the former ambassador to Red China under the Dear Leader, President Obama, and current Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Mitt Romney made the case about the fundamental problem with Mr. Huntsman on Saturday night in the so-called debate on ABC.
Mr. Romney made the point that while he was working to elect Republicans to blunt the ill-effects of the Dear Leader, President Obama, and his Democrats that controlled congress, Mr. Huntsman, Jr. was working for, well the Dear Leader, President Obama. Mr. Huntsman, Jr. had a weak response that he was putting his country first. He even used his two sons service in the navy to somehow justify his, well stupidity.
First, lets make something clear.
There is a difference when someone joins the armed forces of the United States. They are doing so to protect the United States. From all enemies, foreign and domestic. They are not political appointees.
Mr. Huntsman, Jr. was appointed by the Dear Leader, President Obama to be the ambassador to Red China. He had to be approved by the senate and was.
So there is a huge difference.
But here is something so, so John "F--- You" McCainish.
That Mr. Huntsman, Jr. is so much running against the Republican party that he is recycling the ever so-winning McCain slogan from the 2008 presidential campaign.
"Country First".
Really?
This is the best Team Huntsman can do?
Remember, a slew of McCainistas joined his campaign led by chief tool and dim bulb John Weaver. Mr. Weaver has tried to do two things. Help Democrats and his patron, Sen. "F--- You" McCain. Period.
Again, explain to us on the Republican side how this excites the base and gets people to vote for you? If there is not much difference between someone like Mr. Huntsman, Jr. and the Dear Leader, President Obama, will Republicans come out in masse to vote for a Jon Huntsman, Jr.?
I think not.
And it is true that Mr. Huntsman, Jr. is but one that can not be trusted.
Please, do not test our intelligence, Mr. Huntsman, Jr.
You claim to put "country first" and work for the Dear Leader, President Obama. Then suddenly, you resign and claim it had nothing to do with the worst kept secret. That you were going to run for president.
As noted in this post from Jim Geraghty at National Review's Campaign Spot, Mr. Huntsman, Jr's. official resignation took place on April 30, 2011. On May 3, 2011 Mr. Huntsman, Jr created a political action committee. The first step in declaring his candidacy for president.
What it reeks is that it shows a total lack of loyalty to the Dear Leader, President Obama. When has a presidential appointee from the other political party taken a job in an administration and in roughly two years resigned and decided to run for president?
Why should anyone be loyal to a, gulp, President Huntsman, Jr.?
See the fundamental problem.
I think that tomorrow night at this time, Mr. Huntsman, Jr. will have a disappointment. That will be the voters of New Hampshire saying thanks, but no thanks, to Jon Huntsman, Jr.
It will be great to see this tool slither off in the sunset!
1 comment:
With all due respect, I think you are showing a fundamental misunderstanding of the office of an Ambassadorship. I honestly hope you look into Governor Huntsman's record as an Ambassador to China and record in total.
First, while the office is technically a political one, that does not mean that as an Ambassador, one is supporting the domestic policies of the President. The Ambassador simply deals with the relationship between the U.S. and the given country.
In Huntsman's case, he, as Ambassador to China, was representing the United States and its relationship to China; he was not representing President Obama and his liberal, socialistic domestic policies. As Ambassador, Huntsman largely dealt with free trade and human rights -- again, nothing that speaks to a political party's ideology.
Moreover, the office of the Ambassadorship has historically been a bipartisan one, including many presidents in the past having appointed Ambassadors of the opposite party.
Look at his term as Ambassador to China in a positive light. As someone else pointed out, "he gained bipartisan credentials with the ambassadorship, which will help with centrist voters, WITHOUT conceding anything on policy! Much better than gaining bipartisan credentials by joining Dems on key issues."
There are several places where conservatives such as myself disagree with him (global warming, his spending in Utah, and immigration), but on the issues that matter, he is solidly conservative: Pro-life (having signed three bills in Utah and adopting two daughters), Pro-2nd Amendment (having signed three bills in Utah as well), and Pro-growth (having passed sweeping tax reform in Utah, historically cutting taxes there). Moreover, he passed market-based health care reform without a mandate and largely localized education, having passed voucher programs. He brought his state the rankings of "Best Managed," "Best for Business," and Top Job-Creating state.
Dude, this guy may talk like a centrist -- and there are certainly better conservatives in the GOP (unfortunately not running) -- but as far as his record goes, this guy is a conservative, and he's as conservative as anyone currently in the field (among big-government conservatives Santorum and Gingrich, flip-floppers Romney and Gingrich, extremist Paul). Ideologically speaking, only Perry could probably beat Huntsman out as more conservative.
Again, Huntsman is far from perfect. I have several disagreements with him as I mentioned, and I dislike his negative tone toward the GOP at times. But he's got by far the best credentials for the job, and is consequently most electable against Obama. He's got business experience (two-time CEO of Huntsman Corporation and Huntsman Cancer Foundation), executive experience (effective, popular, and successful two-term Governor of very conservative Utah, reelected with 78% of the vote and leaving office with 80% approval ratings), and foreign policy experience (Ambassador to Singapore, U.S. Trade Ambassador, and Ambassador to China).
I hope you consider these thoughts and reconsider Huntsman as a candidate. God bless, and keep fighting the good fight in liberal CA. (Btw, many of my best friends live in Pasadena, Altadena, and San Marino.)
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