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Subscribe to RSSAs Mitt Romney sharpens his attacks on President Barack Obama's foreign policy, the Romney campaign faces its own backlash on the same front, with some in his own party accusing him of a neoconservative agenda. Former U.S. Ambassador and GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman discusses.
Former GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman re-affirmed his support for Mitt Romney on Friday, saying he plans to vote in November for the Republican presidential nominee.
"I support Mitt Romney," Huntsman, a former Utah governor and ambassador to China for President Barack Obama, told NBC's Andrea Mitchell in an interview this afternoon.
Romney and Huntsman hail from two of the most prominent Mormon political and business families in the country, and have long been considered rivals.
Perhaps underscoring that rivalry, when asked whether he's talked recently with Romney, Huntsman responded: "I don't ever talk to him."
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Hahahaha!
Smart man to keep his distance from the sinking SS Willard!
Jon may claim he will be voting for Willard, but, I have a sneaking suspicion, he like the few remaining sane members of the party will be punching that ballot for President Obama!
Even Nicole Wallace recognized a disaster when she saw one in 2008! lol
Maybe like smoking, without in-hailing.
That "endorsement" doesn't sound forced or anything.
In the privacy of the polling booth, you just know Jon Huntsman will be voting for President Obama.
Haha... I was shocked when I heard that on Andrea Mitchell's show... he even had a nasty smirked on his face when he said "I don't ever talk to him".. his look was like 'me? talk to that idiot?'... and his message was completely anti Romney and 100% pro Obama's view with regards to foreign policy.
Andrea Mitchell asked him straight, will you be voting for Romney?...and he didn't say yes; he said "I support Romney"....u can support someone and not vote for them, especially if they become desperate and erratic, like Romney seems to have become.
Feisty - notice he said support him, but said nothing about voting for him. Remember, Sarah had support but no vote from her aide.
several on the left have used ship analogies in the last week. i can only imagine that you take your inspiration from the photo of the russian fleet that barry selected and the rest of the democrats viewed at the convention - yes the same disjointed convention where tony villar looked like a deer in the headlights just before ramming through the platform change following all of the bad publicity democrats received for removing God and Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
tell mr. putin that this is just an example of the flexibility i will have when i again fool people into thinking i know what i am doing. attributed to barack obama to dmitry medvedev.
billybob - sometimes selecting a stock photo for a background shot can be embarrassing. But, see, you're entire Republican convention, candidates and party as a whole is embarrassing. We'll admit the photo mishap and still be up over the Republicans any day of the week!
Obama/Biden 2012
Leaving the door open for the Secretary of State job.
Hey, Mitt, where are your tax returns??
Many people saying that President Obama is just like President Carter, and I for one agree! President Carter was a true leader, much like President Obama!
To those who say President Obama is a carbon copy of Dubya, same tax cuts, same "no child left behind" policy, Gitmo still open, foriegn policy disater, etc.... I will say that I like him compared to Carter, but I don't like him compared to Dubya!
seeking the independent -- are you worried about the flexibility obama wants to enjoy with putin?
no doubt you think everything republican or conservative is bad which is why pretending to be an independent is so very disingenuous of you
come to the conservative side and find the sanity the liberal side has been unable to provide you.
Huntsman: 'I support Mitt Romney'
wink wink.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that apply to his entire constituency and most of his campaign staff?
Come on, John. It's time to do the right thing.
You mean like you? LoL
yes am -- like me! you are welcome as well.
we do not put people into categories over here; you are free to be an individual with original thought.
billybob - as I often say - seeking sanity in the GOP but people like you, Bob in VA, Concern, Harley, etc., show daily - there is absolutely none. Nor is there any intelligence or integrity.
I've voted for both Republicans and Democrats in the past - depending on the person running. However the Republican party has gone so far over the cliff that there is no way I'll vote for any Repubicans until they regain some common sense and integrity. The party has been taken over by people whose allegience is definitely not with this country but with a group of radicals who are lead by the likes of Grover Norquist and idiotic Ryan. You really need to check Norquist out since so much of his money comes from foreigners.
I have no desire to join people like you who are selling the country out to the highest bidder.
Obama/Biden 2012
LoL Over where? Your "side"?
What makes your ideologue land more free for thought than mine? Don't be silly.
The last time a conservative had an original thought, his name was Goldwater.
And the thought wasn't a particularly good one.
I believe it was along the lines of "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice."
Emphasis on extremism.
De-emphasis on liberty for anyone who thinks differently and for women, minorities, the elderly, the disabled, and the poor.
No thanks. "I'll go into the West and remain Galadriel" before I come over to your side.
Just another hatchet job by this website. If you read the headline, it gives the appearance Huntsman REFUSES to speak to Romney. If you read this brief, insipid article ... it simply reveals that he has not talked to him.
And this lousy website calls this "news" ?????????????????? ROTFLMAO at "jounalism" in the toilet.
Romney needs every bit of support he can get as his campaign is sinking.
First he chooses a VP candidate who can't tell the truth if his life depended on it.
Next Romney tells his own batch of whoppers. Lately, its just Romney jumping the gun and shooting himself in the mouth.
At this rate, Romney will need to have his horse pull him out of the hole he'll find himself in.
If you want to piss off a liberal, tell him a lie.
If you want to piss off BillyBob, tell him the truth.
Allow me to make a prediction. Mr. Huntsman will be the next Secretary of State.
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"I don't ever talk to him." Translation........."Am not for that lying chump"
Jon Huntsman has officially been adopted as the progressives' pet Republican. Every 4 years, the least conservative Republican gets the NY Times syrupy profiles and such.
So listen, moonbats, Jon Huntsman, your idol, supports Mitt Romney for Presdient. So fall in line, lemmings.
Hey VP Bob,
Has does it feel to know that President Obama has a very good chance to take Virginia?
Ok Bob - I support Romney's failing campaign and am committed to making sure I follow Romney to do everything in my power to ensure it becomes a massive failure. By the way, in spite of my support for the failed Romney campaign, I will be voting for Obama.
Happy, Bob?
RedDevPS - That almost sounds like something Concern would say! LOL!
I'm just glad I could say it in 3 words or less.
Bob in VA - I'd place bets that, when Huntsman goes to vote, he like Bush, will be voting Obama. Huntsman is way to smart to destroy the country by voting Romney!
Obama/Biden 2012
the all-knowing seeking strikes again.
the word you wanted to use was "too" not "to" with the word smart. how ironic someone using the word smart and using improper grammar.
seeking a lefty lib of the first order. you shouldn't be embarrassed about your position; don't hide behind the independent label; be proud
dear billybob - at times we all make a mistake. You however keep making them right and left. You're such a total loser you'll stick with the group trying to bring this country down.
Obama/Biden 2012
at least you are honest with your hate. sorry you cannot be happy with your life.
i am immensely happy.
i will do us both a favor and put you back on ignore
good luck with finding some sanity one day but as for now i believe the word should begin with in
billybob - I'm very happy with my life. You on the other hand appear miserable every day. I'll happily be on ignore from the likes of you. Pathetic little billybob!
Obama/Biden 2012
"I'm very happy with my life" .... says the unmarried libbie whose life is spent here on the this website trying to see just what her next nasty comment will be for billybob. She calls others with different opinions "pathetic", "miserable", "gutter trash" at times. "loser" and other creative names at times such as moron, idiot, liar, etc, etc ad nauseam ... or whatever other crap she cares to pour out.
Yes, we can all believe what a happy, positive, delightful person you must be ....
Huntsman has no reason to not support Mitt Romney. Remember, if he had won the Republican nomination, he would be going up against the Incompetent One ... Barack Hussein Obama !
jim...for someone who seems to complain about this site alot...here you are, on this site alot.
With that strong, ringing full throated endorsement, Willard has the State of Utah in the bag!
mr huntsman, i had great respect for you, but now you too are taking orders?
come on, we all know you cant stand mitt romney!
There are so many moderate Republicans that are scared to death of the Tea Party and Romney's inability to stand up to them. The problem with Romney isn't necessarily what he believes. The big problem is that he will do what the GOP pros tell him to do. He is not an honorable man with convictions. He is simply a man that seeks power. He has been that type of man his whole life. He believes in money and success and power. Watching him the past few months, I really believe he has a sociopathic approach to politics. He not only has no core, he doesn't care what damage he does to others in climbing the ladder. And he will look into the camera and tell bald faced lies.
Saw this on the CNN Ticker:
That is Willard telegraphing his own intentions to lie his @$$ off in the debates.
Al in Visalia CA:
Aren't you simply amazed at Romney's gaul? I mean for a person with such a reputation as a liar to preemptively call his opponent a liar is a boldly cynical move. I think the quote you posted will only draw attention to the weather vane's problems with facts. Obama better be on guard. He must have the history of the economy over that last twelve years memorized. And then he should scorch Romney's ass with it. And Obama should also remember all of the polar opposite positions Romney had when he was governor of Massachusetts.
I can't wait for Romney to challenge the President on anything he says. Seems to me he has underestimated the President's intellect. I can hear the exchange when Romney calls out the President and then the President answers and refutes him point by point, as he did with the Republicans on health care. Mitt will be stuttering.
If you remember the republican primary debates (yes, I forced myself to watch all of them), Mitt did not do well. The only one anyone thought he won was the final one when it was between him, Santorum, Gingrich and Paul. A monkey could have won that debate. He does not think quickly on his feet, he has no political acumen, and his sense of humor perplexes most people--he was the one who told everybody about Seamus the dog being strapped to the top of the car because he thought it was a funny, heartwarming story....remember "I'll bet you $10000, right here, right now"? And let's face it, the man wouldn't recognize the truth if it bit him you know where!!!
Who knows what Huntsman will do in the privacy of the voting booth.
i can see Mr. Huntsman supporting Romney during the election season, and punching the hole for Gary Johnson on his presidential ballot. Mr. Huntsman will not vote for Obama simply because the vast majority of his own platform is far too similar to the libertarian candidate's platform when compared to the President's platform. Mr. Huntsman has also publicly stated many times that the President's platform isn't the direction this country should go. Thinking that he will vote for President Obama instead of Mr. Romney is pure fantasy.
Ummm, Gary Johnson is not going to win. So, I hope that Huntsman and a lot of libertarian, ultra conservatives, whatever else they call themselves vote for Mr. Perot, oops I mean Johnson.
When you look at Jon Huntsman and you compare him to Mitt Romney. Where Romney is is unsteady, shape-shifting and insincere, Huntsman is knowledgeable, thoughtful, introspective and well reasoned. Huntsman is a leader. Romney is a deceiver.
And to think you Dems could have had Hillary ... who, at least, would have had some advice abilities from her hubby.
Instead you bought into the vagueness of "Hope and Change" electing a Community Organizer who had little experience and no practicality. Obama is an ideologue whose focus is to redistribute the wealth. Everything he does is based on GROWING government which feeds like a cancer off the tax revenues that come from the private sector. That's why the national debt has increased over $5 trillion in less than 4 years.
Jim, I am sure Hillary would have done a great job just like President Obama is doing. Unfortunately the Republicans really don't have anyone as good as either of them. Perhaps in 2016 the Republicans will have wised up and gotten rid of the extremists and will run someone more toward the center like Huntsman. He's a good man and I would vote for him if the Democrat isn't to my liking. Until then I refuse to vote for any of the right wing extremist nut job Fascist wannabes dominating the Republican party today.
Yes, I have voted for Republicans in the past and may in the future depending on whose running.
Christopher,
I couldn't agree more, they had their chance to nominate someone who might of given the President a run for his money... instead they went with a bat @!$%# crazy pathological serial LIAR!
You reap what you sow...
With the middle east approach of lead from behind it is time to change the resident in the White House.
Name the last president who didn't have to deal with riots in the middle east? GW started 2 wars and he was "a leader"; Obama sends Egypt a serious, succinct and effective message:"Are you an ally or an enemy" and he's leading from behind....that's not leading from behind, it's not being a war monger.
Bush stated either "you are with us or against us".......That is how he decided if you were an enemy or not..
Quit lying ... the "Bush wars" were voted upon and approved by Congress.
jim--voted on and approved by Congress--Afghanistan, a response to 9/11 and Iraq which congress did not then know was based on lies. Bush exacerbated his Iraq "mistake" by then taking personnel and arms from the legitimate war in Afghanistan and putting them into the illegal Iraq war...thus escalating the war in Iraq and prolonging the war in Afghanistan....quit watching Fox.
The lies the Bush Administration told were very convincing. They got away with it but I believe we've learned our lesson and won't believe such lies just because they come from authority.
Sorry Jim...that quote does belong Bush when he was standing with his mega phone and an arem around the the fireman...Yep...look it up.. It has been so long sice you saw Leadership..isnt it?
Hey .. I think that is Ironic.Bush got votes for his wars ..Obama just bypasses Congress and Leads from behind...Libya...Syria...oh thats right not enough balls to do anything about Syria....
As I believe that two strong, vibrant parties are good for this country, I post the following as a public service announcement:
Republicans, call a do over! Huntsman was the only guy you had running with half a brain who was actually still sane! You can't win with Romney and the way you're trying to run the country back to the beginning of the last century, it is almost inevitable that you will cease to exist if you don't make a drastic change! Recall Romney and go with the sane guy who actually speaks his mind and sticks to it.
Obama/Biden 2012
First Huntsman said, "No America Wants An Irridicrt President" went on to critize Mit, then ended by saying I plan to vote for Mit Romney" That one line is very telling!
Congrats Jon......I now confirmed, you were the smartest in the GOP Presidential line-up..........
...........................................Now you need to vote with your heart.................................................
...................................................OBAMA/BIDEN 2012..........................................................................
You're welcome to join Senator Arlen Specter & Gov. Charlie Crist and continue to serve your country as a True Patriotic American. God Bless.
So a Republican Mormon supports a Republican Mormon who'd a thunk it?
Maybe it is lip service. Get in line or pay the price to the Koch Brothers, Adelson and Grover Norquist to get future support.
Huntsman is a very rich Mormon like Mitt, so we know a couple reasons why he would vote for him no mater how much he hated him.
Huntsman and Romney love the Koch Brothers....and the Koch Brothers are real suckers when it comes to helping support them.
Hey, that makes them Koch suckers.....
Huntsman who???????... He's a NEVER WAS HAS BEEN. Go fishing or something, dude. You're nothing but a footnote.
You might be a republican if you believe that the rich are in more need of tax cuts
than the poor are of food.
Isn't it amazing how the Republicans function? Not ONE positive word about Romney, just sheer rejoicing in the problems of the country.
Repubs love unemployment, no healthcare, no education, no rights for women and children. But NEVER have a single positive word about their own candidate!
I guess it is more fun to bash than to support their own guy.
Romney has expressed concerns that "President Obama will not be honest during the debates".
Romney is to integrity and honesty as trichinosis is to pork.
On the morning of Sept. 12, the world learned of the death of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, the first U.S. ambassador killed in the line of duty since 1979. Stevens died when terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. At the same time, angry mobs breached the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.
The obvious and proper posture for a serious presidential candidate at that moment of shock and sadness would have been to show the country he could inhabit the role of mourner-in-chief, an important part of being president. Vows of justice are also welcome. Even if Romney couldn’t compete with President Barack Obama on this terrain, he needed to at least appear to be above partisan politics for a day or two.
Instead, Romney doubled down on a scorching statement issued the night before by his campaign that said: “It’s disgraceful that the Obama administration’s first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.”
In Jacksonville, Romney compounded his campaign’s slur with one of his own. “I also believe the administration was wrong to stand by a statement sympathizing with those who had breached our embassy in Egypt instead of condemning their actions,” he said.
Accusations that the Obama administration is somehow “sympathizing” with terrorists are false and, well, pathetic.
Here’s what the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, run by the Bush-era Ambassador Anne Patterson, wrote after mobs gathered outside in protest against a virulently anti-Muslim film associated with Koran-burning pastor Terry Jones:
The embassy “condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims — as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions,” it said. “We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.”
It is almost identical to what the Bush administration said in 2006 after cartoons denigrating the Prophet Mohammad appeared in European newspapers: “We find them offensive, and we certainly understand why Muslims would find these images offensive.”
Was that also “akin to apology,” as Romney deemed the statement from the embassy in Cairo?
It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that the nominee is trying to pander to the Republican base, almost one-third of which still believes — against all evidence — that Obama is a Muslim.
In a fast-moving international crisis, facts can be confusing, which is why prudent leaders exercise caution. Not Romney, who was proud to shoot from the hip. “I don’t think we ever hesitate when we see something that is a violation of our principles,” he said at the news conference.
A little hesitation might have helped. Romney made it sound as if the statement by the U.S. Embassy in Cairo criticizing the anti-Muslim film was issued after the compound was under attack. It was issued before. A Twitter post reiterating the message, which the White House later said didn’t represent U.S. policy, was posted during the attack. But this, too, was nothing more than an effort to calm the “Arab street” and save lives.
House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and McCain (though he assailed Obama on Libya the next day) all issued statements about Stevens’s death and the violence in Libya and Egypt. None included criticism of the Obama administration.
They understand that it’s not smart to use a tragic occasion to score political points even before the next of kin have been notified.
This fiasco may have originated with Romney, not his staff. In 2010, he wrote a book titled “No Apology” that charged Obama with issuing apologies for America in seven speeches at home and abroad in 2009. But Romney included not a single quote from any of those Obama speeches showing that the president actually apologized.
Is this what we want in a president? Imagine what would happen in the Arab world if a President Romney, pursuing his “No Apology” policy, expressed no regret when Korans were mistakenly destroyed by U.S. forces at a prison in Afghanistan, as they were earlier this year. The region would be ablaze for his entire time in office.
Americans recognize that judgment, prudence, instinct and a sense of what the moment demands are all job requirements for the presidency. Romney met none of them this week.
http: //www.nationalmemo.com/to-be-presidential-romney-must-first-be-truthful/
I could be wrong, but to me that smirk seemed more a reflection of the irony of Huntsman's situation (his political relationship with Romney) in reaction to the question Andrea Mitchell poised to him--I'm not going to extrapolate or read into anything further than that.
Also, it desperately needs to be pointed out that rash statements/extrapolations like the ones expressed above and found throughout news media is what's driving an increasing polarization of politics in this country. By most means I'm liberal by beliefs but what I really admire about Huntsman is his willingness and ability to spell out his thoughts wholly and considerately in all his public appearances (many of which can be found on youtube) including this interview above.
The thing is--politics is complicated and sometimes things aren't so black and white or red or blue--and Huntsman seems to understand this, and it seems very much reflected in his thoughts and in his words. When people diminish a platform into something as simple as 'pro' or 'anti' it really diminishes our capacity to see and draw the best from all sides for the betterment of the whole.
CNN Election Board: Obama 53 Romney 46
Michigan Obama 47 Romney 37
New Hampshire Obama 45 Romney 40
Ohio Obama 50 Romney 43
Virginia Obama 49 Romney 44
Florida Obama 49 Romney 44
CNN Question: Who would have the economy in better shape one year from now?
Obama 67% Romney 33%
538blog:
Electoral Votes: Obama 308.4 Romney 229.6
Chance of Winning Obama 76.2 Romney 23.8
Popular Vote: Obama 51.1 Romney 47.8
For more details:
http: //fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/
538blog does include Gallup and Rasmussen polls, plus others
Michigan Obama 47 Romney 37
New Hampshire Obama 45 Romney 40
Ohio Obama 50 Romney 43
Virginia Obama 49 Romney 44
Florida Obama 49 Romney 44
Colorado Obama 49 Romney 46
Those Polls are unbelievable... but what is really amazing Real Clear Politics ..(The Liberal biased leaning Media) only has them 3 percent apart...Go figure....