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Huntsman Injects Excitement into 2012 GOP Presidential Race (Say What??)
US News and World Report ^ | 2/2/11 | Lavin Felzinberg

Posted on 02/02/2011 7:40:08 PM PST by pissant

Through the simple act of resigning as the United States Ambassador to China, John Huntsman, Jr., has injected considerable excitement into the 2012 Republican presidential sweepstakes. The sheer attention the mere possibility of the businessman-turned governor-turned diplomat is attracting says much about the current state of the race and even more about what the party’s primary voters may be seeking in their next presidential nominee.

The first thing a possible Huntsman candidacy would bring to the 2012 campaign is a “new face.” Republicans often say that they want such a thing, but seldom get around to nominating it. This is, after all, the party that put a man named “Nixon,” on five of its national tickets, another named “Dole” on two, and two named “Bush” on six. Of the dozen or so Republicans likely to pursue the nomination, several sought the presidency or the vice presidency before, others were considered as possibilities, while the rest are all known to party circles for their work in past administrations, party affairs, and Congress.

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To: pissant; All

Huntsman is the one who said the Porkulus “wasn’t big enough”, and responded to states who complained about the Porkulus by scolding “well...they don’t have to take the money if they don’t like it.” WHAT A DREAM “CONSERVATIVE”!!!


41 posted on 02/02/2011 8:29:13 PM PST by montag813 (http://www.facebook.com/StandWithArizona)
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To: pissant

Terry McAwful’s twin.


42 posted on 02/02/2011 8:36:35 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (In 2012: The Rookie and The Wookie get booted from the White House.)
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To: pissant

I haven’t felt this much excitement since John Kerry tried to explain how he could park his yacht in Rhode Island to skip out on paying state taxes.


43 posted on 02/02/2011 8:38:48 PM PST by OrangeHoof (Washington, we Texans want a divorce!)
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To: pissant

I like the cut of his jib.
And as a bonus, water runs off of his back like a duck’s.


44 posted on 02/02/2011 8:58:58 PM PST by Carl LaFong (Experts say experts should be ignored.)
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To: pissant; All

Huntsman is Pro-Illegal/Anti-American and will never get my vote.


45 posted on 02/02/2011 9:13:46 PM PST by UCFRoadWarrior (Michelle Bachmann would make an excellent President)
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To: UCFRoadWarrior

Pro-illegal? He’ll fit right in with 90% of the others pining to run


46 posted on 02/02/2011 9:19:08 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: pissant

looks gay


47 posted on 02/02/2011 9:33:10 PM PST by truthfreedom
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To: pissant

who is left? Bachmann, DeMint, Cain ...


48 posted on 02/02/2011 9:36:23 PM PST by truthfreedom
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To: matthew fuller

I watch Beck and I recall seeing a guest named HUntsman but he was much older. Could he be the father of this Huntsman?


49 posted on 02/02/2011 9:43:30 PM PST by Bridge_toofar (Islam grows silently like cancer and when large enough it kills the host)
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To: truthfreedom

Yep. All three are rocked ribbed conservatives. That’s how I like ‘em.


50 posted on 02/02/2011 10:02:06 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: pissant
The Huntsman theme song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Wb14NZ01E

51 posted on 02/02/2011 11:35:07 PM PST by conservativeimage ("Uh, let me be clear. Uh." - President Barack Obama)
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To: pissant
BTW, this is a teachable moment to those of you who repeat ad naseum that I want “anyone but Palin”. No, I sure as hell don’t. Not Huntsman, or Newt, or Mitt, or Tpaw, or Barbour, or Trump, or Johnson, or Huck, or Jeb, or Paul, or Mitch, or Santorum, or Roemer, or Pataki, or Gregg, or Dobbs, or Thune, or Bloomberg...
Nice try but your fraud is showing.

If you put as much effort into searching out and posting as many negative articles about any one of those like you do Palin you could almost prove you aren't a fraud or a liar...even a troll.

52 posted on 02/02/2011 11:47:31 PM PST by lewislynn ( What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in commom? Misinformation)
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To: lewislynn

Trust me, when the day comes that there is a Huntsman or Newt cult taking root, I’ll be there so fast it will make your head spin. Do you remember Rudy and his gang of sycophants? No one, and I mean no one, came down as hard or as often as I did. And Mitt as well, though I had stiff competition on exposing him. And Fred? No one came close.


53 posted on 02/02/2011 11:51:25 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: pissant
Huntsman is a RINO who worked with,
supported, and created things used by, pRes_ _ent Obama.

And THAT is why he NOT is in the real picture...
except as GOP spoiler for Obama and Reid.

Click here for HARRY info

54 posted on 02/03/2011 2:26:09 AM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Slings and Arrows; freedumb2003; glide625

Glide and I were talking just the other day about Lee L. Mercer Jr. and how much we missed him! All three.

We want him to run again. He is epic.


55 posted on 02/03/2011 5:24:00 AM PST by Xenalyte (Pablo is very wily.)
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To: pissant
The title is absolutely ludicrous.

Excitement?

Say.... whaT????

'Sounds' to me like this headline was created by that Harvard MBA pair, Meg Whitman & Mitt Romney.

Doesn't that sound like something they'd come up ... in order to do some 'stealth' BRANDING by assigning FALSE adjectives to a NON-event?

How utterly embarrassing for Jon Huntsman, presumably anyone other than the mittities would see that there is something entirely wrong with this article - which so brings to mind that money can buy everything.

56 posted on 02/03/2011 5:34:37 AM PST by hennie pennie
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To: Xenalyte; freedumb2003; glide625

Plus, he could split Kucinich’s core voters.


57 posted on 02/03/2011 5:39:33 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Bridge_toofar; Georgia Girl 2; matthew fuller; greyfoxx39
What's the story on Jon Huntsman, SENIOR - when did he first start appearing on Glenn Beck's show, and what is his backstory? What topic(s) does Beck interview him about, or discuss with him?

Have they ever discovered his son??

Thanks.

58 posted on 02/03/2011 5:41:46 AM PST by hennie pennie
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Ooooooooooops....

I meant, "Have they ever discussed his son?"

lol

59 posted on 02/03/2011 5:45:06 AM PST by hennie pennie
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WHO is Alvin Felzenberg????

Just who is he trying to kid???

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Alvin%20Felzenberg%20%22&spell=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&source=hp

60 posted on 02/03/2011 5:48:18 AM PST by hennie pennie
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