HUNTSMAN POUNDS PERRY ON GLOBAL WARMING & FED SLAMS (Huntsman is a DEMOCRAT in Sheep's Clothing)

TheBlaze ^ | 08/21/2011 | Scott Baker

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is pounding away at rival Rick Perry‘s skepticism of manmade global warming and criticism of the nation’s central banker, saying those stands hurt the GOP and make the Texas governor come off as a not so serious national figure.

Huntsman, a former Utah governor who was President Barack Obama’s first ambassador to China, has trailed in early polls nationally and in early voting states, leading his campaign to pledge more aggressive attacks on the top candidates.

Perry, who entered the race last weekend and has surged to a prominent role, has provided Huntsman with an ample opening to take shots.

Perry said in New Hampshire this past week that he didn’t believe in manmade global warming, branding it an unproven scientific theory. He also defended the teaching of creationism in schools because evolution “has some gaps to it.”

“When we take a position that isn’t willing to embrace evolution, when we take a position that basically runs counter to what 98 of 100 climate scientists have said, what the National Academy of Science has said about what is causing climate change and man’s contribution to it, I think we find ourselves on the wrong side of science, and, therefore, in a losing position,” Huntsman told ABC’s “This Week.”

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“Ant Nibbles on Elephant’s Paw”

[DManA]

Romney would not trigger a third party exodus. At least not with principled conservatives (extremists in your self revelatory vernacular). RINOS might bolt. What would you do?

[television is just wrong]

we cannot let the libs dictate our candidate for us. we cannot pay attention to the lib news or fox for that matter who leans sometimes ? to the left.

[erlayman]

Whatever. The bulk of Huntsman’s record in Utah is conservative to the core. Anyone who bolts should be able to say the same of Romney.

[DManA]

I cannot reconcile someone being "conservative to the core" with this:

Huntsman is pounding away at rival Rick Perry‘s skepticism of manmade global warming

All proposed "solutions" to this non problem involve ratcheting up state power to preposterous heights. I will never vote for someone who supports this.

[erlayman]

I must have missed that part about massive government intervention. Cap and trade or other climate policies are a non-issue for Huntsman (or anyone) since the bottom fell out of the economy. He opposes them because a) any solution will have to be international and b) the time isn’t right for a fiscally manageable intervention, and hasn’t been for either party since the 2008 downturn.

[Russ]

"Anybody can beat Obama..."

You just keep on believing that...

[TADSLOS]

The problem here is that Perry is NOT A CONSERVATIVE. He may look that way compared to Huntsman and Romney but check his record on things such as immigration, vaccines, federal dollars, etc. etc. etc. He has fooled a lot of people here on FR and he is no Bachmann, Palin or West.

Not to mention that Huntsman and Perry have big money ties via Perry's Texas Enterprise Fund and Hunstman Corp, which is controlled by the Huntsman family. $2.75 M in Texas taxpayers dollars were used to subsidize Huntsman Corp in return for jobs in Texas. Most of the jobs promised never materialized but the Huntsman's still have the people's money Perry put in their coffers.

So, it's all smoke and mirrors and GOP politispeak B.S. Neither candidate are conservative but play off each other to make it appear that Perry is otherwise. The GOP is playing the Tea Party for fools. Spin, baby, spin.