laska
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Who would you vote for?
I actually love that ticket.Ew, thats a tough one. How about Hillary for president and Huntsman as VP?
And this is why I said "neither".Ew, thats a tough one. How about Hillary for president and Huntsman as VP?
A rightwing zealot nobody.Who the hell is Huntsman?
I'm not American, but if I were... just skimmed Huntsman's Wikipedia entry, and have the impression he's not a hardliner, but a relatively moderate Republican. So I guess he probably deserves a closer look. But I guess the problem is the party in his back. McCain seemed interesting at first too, but then he moved to the right a lot during the campaign and nominated Palin, because he doesn't even need to bother running if he doesn't activate the right-wingers too. Probably that would/will happen to Huntsman too.Who would you vote for?
While Hillary Clinton did better than I expected as a Senator, she clearly was a failure as Secretary of State (admittedly Obama never let her anywhere near anything important, but still). As for her continuing Obama's "respectful" policy towards the European allies? Obama has demonstrated time and again he considers the European allies as pretty worthless and not really worth his time.I'm not American, but if I were... just skimmed Huntsman's Wikipedia entry, and have the impression he's not a hardliner, but a relatively moderate Republican. So I guess he probably deserves a closer look. But I guess the problem is the party in his back. McCain seemed interesting at first too, but then he moved to the right a lot during the campaign and nominated Palin, because he doesn't even need to bother running if he doesn't activate the right-wingers too. Probably that would/will happen to Huntsman too.
Hillary, on the other side, is certainly far from perfect, but at least we know what we'd get, right? She'd probably more or less continue Obama's foreign policy that's respectful of America's European allies. She's a tough leader and certainly very experienced. And she doesn't have a religious right and hawkish neocon wing in her back.
But then, I guess my first choice would be a viable third party candidate ...
Huntsman ran as far to the right as possible - like all the other Republicans. He is no different and it just a concocted myth that he is.I'm not American, but if I were... just skimmed Huntsman's Wikipedia entry, and have the impression he's not a hardliner, but a relatively moderate Republican. So I guess he probably deserves a closer look. But I guess the problem is the party in his back. McCain seemed interesting at first too, but then he moved to the right a lot during the campaign and nominated Palin, because he doesn't even need to bother running if he doesn't activate the right-wingers too. Probably that would/will happen to Huntsman too.
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That is nonsense. Huntsman quite clearly differentiated himself from his peers during the last election cycle. His stance on abortion may be similar, but that doesn't hold true for many other issues.Huntsman ran as far to the right as possible - like all the other Republicans. He is no different and it just a concocted myth that he is.
Ok. I take it from other posts that he is the "religious" right, not the corporatist right.A rightwing zealot nobody.
Doesn't matter, there's no way Huntsman is the GOP candidate. He has too much integrity to tell the TP what they want to hear.Who would you vote for?
That almost bothered me. :lol:Ok. I take it from other posts that he is the "religious" right, not the corporatist right.
Given that choice, I would certainly prefer him over the whore of Satan herself.
1) Driver's licenses should be based on your ability to operate a motor vehicle.Beyond just being completely against a woman's ability to obtain an abortion, do you agree with his immigration policies?
"In June 2007, Huntsman joined other Western governors in urging the Senate to pass comprehensive immigration reform.[102] In 2005, Huntsman signed a bill giving undocumented migrants access to "driving-privilege cards", which allowed them to have driving privileges but unlike driver licenses, cannot be used for identification purposes.[103] As governor, Huntsman threatened to veto a measure repealing in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants."
1. People illegally in the United States should be given driver's license to insure they have full driving privileges.
2. That people illegally in the United States should be allowed in-state tuition, but my daughter in Florida would have to pay radically higher tuition - unless she denied she was an American citizen and instead claimed she was illegally here from another country.
While not the stance on the subject that I would take, I would still take that over unlimited abortions paid for by the public.Huntsman dances for the radical religious right no different than the rest, if not moreso. He advocates a total ban on abortion.
So first you claim Huntsman "ran as far to the right as possible" but then whine about how he gave illegal immigrants drivers licenses? Those are mutually exclusive claims. Then you declare his support of the dream act to be a "shift of positions and loyalties", even though is entirely consistent with his earlier stance on immigration.Huntsman has no chance to be the Republican nominee. After getting nowhere in his run for President, he went all bitter announcing he was boycotting all Republican functions and promptly rushed to the aid of Obama and his staff on Benghazi and on "the Dream Act." In return he has unsuccessfully sought appointment via Harry Reid including wishing to be president of the World Bank. He appears to me the worst of typical politicians willing to shift his position and loyalties on anything to climb the personal success ladder anyway possible. When he fails, he becomes bitter, changes his loyalties and pursues another path to power and fame.