[Prokopton]

His main problem with Romney is that he is not making his former company Bane stop a deal with China.

What kind of logic is that? How can someone "make" his "former" company do anything? My understanding is that Romney left Bane Capital 10 years ago. With this type of thinking I'm glad Hunter is out. Although I really don't believe this is the real reason he doesn't like Romney.

[torchthemummy]

Although I really don't believe this is the real reason he doesn't like Romney.

Ditto.

[Just mythoughts]

What kind of logic is that? How can someone "make" his "former" company do anything? My understanding is that Romney left Bane Capital 10 years ago. With this type of thinking I'm glad Hunter is out. Although I really don't believe this is the real reason he doesn't like Romney.

Given the 'fine' print that Hunter gets access to and he had a son in the military in Iraq and Saddam... who was purchasing armaments from this particular... Chinese company, (I am guessing here, against the supposed rules of the UN sanctions) does not exactly make Romney capitalistic desires above the appearance of ill gotten gains, given his own children are serving him on the campaign trial.....

[mimaw]

I think the reason has more to do with envy than anything else. Romney appears to Hunter and some of the rest of the field to have lived a charmed life. Romney proved his capabilities with his company and the Olympics before he ventured into politics. He managed to win a governorship and had enough personal wealth to maintain his campaign during some rough times. I’d loved to have been a fly on the wall of some of those Motel 6’s and heard the conversations about Romney between the Huckster and Hunter.

[Little_GTO]

See post #49

[txlurker]

I agree....what I got out of his reasoning was that he was ticked that he sent Romney memos about his concerns..even brought it up at the debates and was basically ignored. So now he is “getting him back” by supporting Huckabee. I don’t think the idea of not doing business with China is feasible.

[Edit35]

How can someone "make" his "former" company do anything? My understanding is that Romney left Bane Capital 10 years ago. With this type of thinking I'm glad Hunter is out.

Just posted the exact same logic.

If Hunter REALLY thinks a former owner from 10 years ago can just "make" a company do this or that at the snap of his fingers.... then Hunter obviously doesn't have a clue about the inner workings of business, foreign affairs, or human psychology.

Hunter also claimed Huckabee has superior "personal character" than Romney.... which also blows my mind.

Romney can be criticized for a lot of things, but the man is squeaky Ward-Cleaver clean.

The man doesn't drink alcohol, no caffeine, doesn't cheat on his wife, he was a missionary at 18 years old, and is an exemplary father and grandfather.

All this time I had thought Hunter was a smart conservative who unfairly just wasn't getting traction.

[Sun]

From the last debate, HUCKABEE has a point.

“One of the concerns that I have is that we’ll probably end up borrowing this $150 billion from the Chinese and when we get those rebate checks, most people are going to go out and buy stuff that’s been imported from China. “

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/jan/24/full-transcript-gop-presidential-debate-florida/?partner=yahoo

China is one of the reasons that Hunter endorsed Huckabee.