Who Is Governor Jon Huntsman?

Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | May 27, 2011 | Rush Limbaugh

[Kaslin]

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RUSH: Let's go to the audio sound bites. I tasked Cookie with getting some audio sound bites of Jon Huntsman Jr. My e-mail is overrun with people who want to know: "Who is this guy, the ambassador to China? Who is he?" because of course the mainstream, the Drive-Bys have thrown him now in the top three Republican presidential candidates. (interruption) I have not played golf with Jon Huntsman Jr., no. Nor have I played golf with Jon Huntsman Sr. I haven't played golf with anybody. No. (interruption) No, I have not smoked cigars with Jon Huntsman Jr., but the Republican intelligentsia put him out there as soon as Mitch Daniels got out. I picked this, too, Mitch Daniels got out, bam! Huntsman's in -- and he had lunch with George H. W. Bush and Barbara, late last week or this week (I forget, the days are running together )in Kennebunkport.

So I told Cookie, "Go out there," 'cause I knew the audio exists. "Go out there and gets. So if you want to know what Huntsman is, we'll go back three years to October 16th, 2008. In Salt Lake City on the radio, during a gubernatorial debate between governor Jon Huntsman (Republican-Utah) and his challenger, Bob Springmeyer, the Democrat. The Moderator said, "Governor, to the dismay of conservatives in the state legislature you recently signed Utah on to the Western Climate Initiative. Now, eventually this will include a carbon emission cap-and-trade program some legislators believe could lead to higher utility costs and stifle business growth. How do you balance protection of the environment with protection of the economy, especially in these hard economic times?"

HUNTSMAN: In order to get to the heart and soul of carbon emission -- which is a problem, because it leads to polluted skies and air quality problems and climate change -- we must put a value on carbon. Until we put a value on carbon, we're never gonna be able to get serious about dealing with climate change longer term. Now, putting a value on carbon either suggests that you go to a carbon tax or you get a cap-and-trade system underway. When I speak of "sustainability," I talk about ultimately a cap-and-trade system.

RUSH: So there's Jon Huntsman Jr., the Governor of Utah, affirming his support for a cap-and-trade system. Now, this is an issue that Tim Pawlenty is abandoning, has abandoned, and is apologizing for having gotten it wrong in the first place. You wanted to know who Huntsman is. Better you can hear him in his own words. October 1st of 2008 on television in Salt Lake City, gubernatorial debate. The moderator Doug Fabrizio said, "Let's talk about health care. I have an e-mail message from Annie, who writes: 'Where do you stand on this argument? I think, Governor, this is a critical question for some: The argument that decent, quality, affordable health care is not a right, but a privilege. Is health care a right?'"

HUNTSMAN: I think health care is a right, and I think we're not doing enough in terms of providing that which our citizens need. We've had problems with the insurance sector. I mean, why is it that the insurance sector will not provide affordable health care policies? I've called them in, I have asked them, I have humiliated them publicly!

RUSH: Okay. ... Jon Huntsman Jr. now said to be in the top three of Republican presidential nominees -- in the top three, the top tier -- now believes health care is a right and is proudly bashing the insurance companies. "Health care is a right." Now, you know what Rand Paul said about this. Rand Paul said (paraphrased), "It's not. If it's a right, that means you have the right to come to my house at midnight and knock on my door and make me treat you! I am your slave, if this is a right. If this is something you can't be denied." You know, a right is something that can't be granted and can't be taken away. That's what a right is. I.e., they come from God-d; they come from Creation.

So Mr. Huntsman, cap and trade and health care. So he's a moderate Republican. (interruption) He's not a Democrat, Snerdley, but he's a moderate Republican. Those are the positions that he took in a gubernatorial campaign in 2008. Obama did choose him to be ambassador to the ChiComs, which he served as for a while. Now, I don't know if Governor Huntsman ever complained to d'ChiComs about building five new coal burning power plants a week. They were. The ChiComs need electricity. The ChiComs, their population is advancing. Their population is demanding a lot of power. The ChiComs need it to support their economic growth. They need electricity. And the ChiComs, they were building five coal-burning power plants a week. That's a lot of carbon out there. That's a lot of carbon pollution that's taking place.

[Kaslin]

Enough said, Huntsman is a No for me

[cripplecreek]

Anyone in any way connected to obammy is a no vote from me.

[Spunky]

I heard about him several weeks ago and knew he wasn’t someone I want as my President.

[C. Edmund Wright]

Some GOP elites (some Bushies) are trying to annoint this guy as top tier. Rush is obviously trying to stop that.

Wonder who will win this?

[Kaslin]

That is exactly how I feel

[Reagan Man]

>>>>>Who Is Governor Jon Huntsman?

Someone who will not get my vote and someone who will never be potus.

[muawiyah]

“They” were pumping for Huntsman since last year. Limbaugh’s fact checkers have let him down on this one.

[Kaslin]

A few weeks ago I read a headline in the Slimes Magazine that said (paraphrasing) Huntsman Candidacy could scare democrats.

I knew right then and there this is someone the lsm wants to bait us with.

[cripplecreek]

One reason I voted against one of the GOP primary candidates in my district congressional race was due to the fact that his uncle was appointed ambassador to Ireland by Obama.

Call it unfair but it was enough for me.

[Kaslin]

I don’t blame you. No one that is connected to this administration for meme either

[Spunky]

"A few weeks ago I read a headline in the Slimes Magazine that said (paraphrasing) Huntsman Candidacy could scare democrats."

Yes I heard that also only I was listening to talk radio and I don't know which one played a clip of two liberal media guys discussing which Republican candidates were the Demoncrats afraid of. They said Mitch Daniels and Huntsman.

[Kaslin]

Who is they? I have only read about him 3 weeks ago

[plain talk]

Cap and Trade is a showstopper for me. sorry - that’s all I read and need to read

[Kaslin]

Jon Huntsman: The Potential Republican Presidential Candidate Democrats Most Fear

[cripplecreek]

Brian Rooney had some conservative cred as a vet and a defending attorney of the Haditha marines but he was carpetbagging in the district. It didn’t help that his brother is also a congressman in Florida and Uncle Dan’s support of Obama was a big negative.

In the end he did himself in by skipping the right to life banquet to go fundraising with the main street republicans. Interestingly enough, his campaign manager had been a Romney campaign manager.

[MWestMom]

Anyone in any way connected to obammy is a no vote from me.

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Amen to that. Also, I’ve looked him over and found him to be a very soft/moderate conservative. Not interested.

[Kaslin]

For me too, plus his laurels for 0bama

[TLI]

Let's see...

"I think health care is a right, and I think we're not doing enough in terms of providing that which our citizens need."

"Now, putting a value on carbon either suggests that you go to a carbon tax or you get a cap-and-trade system underway. When I speak of "sustainability," I talk about ultimately a cap-and-trade system."

"but the Republican intelligentsia put him out there as soon as Mitch Daniels got out. I picked this, too, Mitch Daniels got out, bam! Huntsman's in -- and he had lunch with George H. W. Bush and Barbara, late last week or this week (I forget, the days are running together )in Kennebunkport."

Commie health care, carbon tax, GOP establishment.

Yeah, that's three strikes.

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[scooby321]

One reason I voted against one of the GOP primary candidates in my district congressional race was due to the fact that his uncle was appointed ambassador to Ireland by Obama.

You should have check his family out. The other brothers disowned him supporting Obama and made him buy out the other brothers from the Steelers.

[flat]

'HEALTHCARE IS A RIGHT.....'

HUH?

IM NOT SO SURE..... (HEH HEH YEP IM SURE IT AIN'T A RIGHT)

BUT THERE IS ONE RIGHT IM SURE OF

MY RIGHT NOT TO SUPPORT ANY SILLY WHO BELIEVES IN MAN MADE GLOBAL WARMING

AND OR THE PERCEIVED 'RIGHT' ANYBODY HAS TO TAKE MY MONEY AND SPEND IT ON HIS OWN HEALTH NEED W/OUT MY OKAY'

PSSSSST JOHNNY HUNT THIS.....THAT AINT A RIGHT ......THATS COMMIE CONFISCATION .

....GET YOUR HEAD ON STRAIGHT AND WE'LL TALK....

MEANWHILE THERE'S SARAH WHO ALREADY HAS HER HEAD ON RIGHT.....S0.....BYE BYE..

BEAUTY MEETS BRAINS MEETS BRAVERY MEETS HONESTY MEETS FAITH AND ABILITY....