"Political whiplash: Huntsman scrambles to the right"

[Cha]

This is disgusting..

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In an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on “Good Morning America,” the former U.S. ambassador to China maintained a level-headed tone, but nevertheless moved sharply to the right on a range of domestic issues.

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Health care: By some accounts, Huntsman expressed support for the Affordable Care Act. This morning, he said, “If I had a chance to repeal it, I would.”

House Republican budget plan: Asked about Paul Ryan’s radical agenda, Huntsman said, “I would’ve voted for it.”

Medicare: Asked specifically about his party’s plan to end Medicare and replace it with a privatized voucher scheme, Huntsman said he supports that, too, for debt-reduction reasons. (The GOP plan does not apply savings to the debt, but rather, uses them to pay for more tax cuts. Either Huntsman doesn’t know what he’s talking about, or he’s not telling the truth.)

Debt limit: Huntsman endorsed House Speaker John Boehner’s ® line and said the debt ceiling should only be raised after $2 trillion in cuts.

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[Cha]

Political AnimalBlog
May 21, 2011 11:10 AM

Flip-flopping is bad; lying is worse

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Team Huntsman would have voters believe that the former Utah governor, unlike President Obama and Mitt Romney, has no use for individual health care mandates, as reflected by his 2008 reform measure at the state level. But as the Huffington Post reports, there’s reason to believe Huntsman may be playing fast and loose with the facts.

One month before the 2004 election, Huntsman invited [Dr. David Sundwall, who was executive director of Utah’s Department of Health] to his home to ask him to join his administration if he won the gubernatorial race. Sundwall said in an interview this week that he asked Huntsman what he wanted to do.

“He said, ‘I’d like everyone in Utah to have health insurance. It’s something that all of us long for. This business of the uninsured costs us a lot of money,’” Sundwall said. “It made sense to me.”

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[OptimistesMaddie]

They believe in nothing. They are pathetic that they go against their own moral beleifs for power.

[Willinois]

Grist recently had an article about Huntsman doing the same on climate change.

http://www.grist.org/election-2012/2011-...epublicans

[Drunken Irishman]

As a Utahn, it's a farce Huntsman is trying to brand himself a conservative.

Utah is very right-wing, so you know when you're dealing with a conservative elected official. Huntsman was never conservative. He was big on global warming, pushed civil unions and generally oversaw the advancement of a pretty moderate legislative season. He was often the voice of reason when it came to the very conservative state legislature.

[Cha]

(05-21-2011 09:47 PM)Drunken Irishman Wrote:  As a Utahn, it's a farce Huntsman is trying to brand himself a conservative.

Utah is very right-wing, so you know when you're dealing with a conservative elected official. Huntsman was never conservative. He was big on global warming, pushed civil unions and generally oversaw the advancement of a pretty moderate legislative season. He was often the voice of reason when it came to the very conservative state legislature.

Gotta wonder about someone like that..say he wins the gop nom with all his lies(although, I'm sure Mitt and the others will be only too glad to point out his 180 degree turnabout) and then whips back to moderate again for the general..

I thought when I first heard about him running that he would be an upstanding guy and run as a moderate republican like his record in Utah showed him to be. That he had this burning desire to do what he thought is right for this country..but, NOOOOO..he's just another freakin' con man like every other dime a dozen republicon.

[sandnsea]

(05-21-2011 09:47 PM)Drunken Irishman Wrote:  As a Utahn, it's a farce Huntsman is trying to brand himself a conservative.

Utah is very right-wing, so you know when you're dealing with a conservative elected official. Huntsman was never conservative. He was big on global warming, pushed civil unions and generally oversaw the advancement of a pretty moderate legislative season. He was often the voice of reason when it came to the very conservative state legislature.

What he did on abortion looked pretty frightening to me. You can still be very conservative, but sound reasonable when you're up against empty-headed teabaggers. For instance, you can agree that there is climate change but say it's not man made so you don't have to make any changes.

[Dimwitted Fool]

(05-21-2011 09:47 PM)Drunken Irishman Wrote:  As a Utahn, it's a farce Huntsman is trying to brand himself a conservative.

Utah is very right-wing, so you know when you're dealing with a conservative elected official. Huntsman was never conservative. He was big on global warming, pushed civil unions and generally oversaw the advancement of a pretty moderate legislative season. He was often the voice of reason when it came to the very conservative state legislature.

I find that curiously comforting. With Daniels out and the silly season officially over with three realistic candidates, my biggest worry is what would happen if we should lose next year.

I worry less with someone who has a history of rationality even if he does have to hand the teabaggers a line of bullshit. I can accept the slightly larger risk of losing the White House compared to the unacceptable risk of losing it to a nutcase.

(Gasp! A politician acting like a politician! What next?)

[nofurylike]

it is disgusting.
thank you for posting that, Cha.
thanks, all, for the informative comments, too.

[jaxx]

He sounds like a puppet. Pull the string and he spews all the rightwing garbage just like the rest of them. But I heard a tv commentator say Huntsman is good looking (huh?) and could be presidential. OMG don't they want some brains with that menu?

[Cha]

(05-22-2011 03:59 PM)jaxx Wrote:  He sounds like a puppet. Pull the string and he spews all the rightwing garbage just like the rest of them. But I heard a tv commentator say Huntsman is good looking (huh?) and could be presidential. OMG don't they want some brains with that menu?

Brains? They don't need no stinkin' brains to be a republicon!

[atomic]

Allegedly Pres O's team feared Huntsman above all. Well that must be the pre-flip-fllopping moderate who disappeared and what emerged was a candidate more than happy to kowtow to the teabagging loons. When he embraced the Ryan Budget he became just another clown in the GOP Clown Car of Candidates.

[johnaries]

(05-23-2011 12:58 AM)eliz@sf Wrote:  Allegedly Pres O's team feared Huntsman above all. Well that must be the pre-flip-fllopping moderate who disappeared and what emerged was a candidate more than happy to kowtow to the teabagging loons. When he embraced the Ryan Budget he became just another clown in the GOP Clown Car of Candidates.

Yeah, but he may support Ryan's budget (which is very unpopular outside the GOP) just to get the GOP nom, and then flip-flop again to try and win Independents. And he might get away with it.

[Cha]

(05-23-2011 12:58 AM)eliz@sf Wrote:  Allegedly Pres O's team feared Huntsman above all. Well that must be the pre-flip-fllopping moderate who disappeared and what emerged was a candidate more than happy to kowtow to the teabagging loons. When he embraced the Ryan Budget he became just another clown in the GOP Clown Car of Candidates.

Exactly, eliz..imv, "silly season" will never be over for these lying clowns whose noses grow bigger each day.