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Ed Schultz Is Very Excited That Huntsman Is ‘Challenging The Craziness’ Of The GOP

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Jon Huntsman has taken the reins on the news cycle this Monday by going on the offense to the media as the “moderate” in the party, attacking those seeking the Republican nomination for being “irresponsible” and, in some cases, “insane.” On tonight’s program, Ed Schultz praised him for this position, but speculated as to his future should he not win the nomination: if Rick Perry “waltzes” to the nomination, will someone like Huntsman be able to endorse him publicly with a straight face?

Schultz noted that, before this weekend, Huntsman was like “that Sports Illustrated “faces in the crowd”– nobody really knows who he is,” but since taking on “the craziness in the Republican field,” he is gaining traction. While making a point to disagree with Huntsman that America is a “center-right” country, Schultz still gave him credit because “these criticism aren’t coming from a liberal Democrat– they’re coming from a man who describes himself as a center-right candidate.”

Schultz discussed the matter with author Jim Moore, who argued that Huntsman was “doing the Republican Party a very big favor” by “trying to see if there are any sane and sober people out there.” He also thought the tactic was smart because “he doesn’t have a chance trying to out-Perry Rick Perry… he’s not going to be the anti-science guy.”

On that note, Schultz replied with a question: “How does a Jon Huntsman come out, who is respected in the Republican Party, and say ‘yeah, Rick Perry is our guy!’?” The answer, according to Moore, is that he doesn’t. “I really don’t see Jon Huntsman holding his nose and saying ‘yee-haw, Rick Perry all the way to the White House!’” which he predicted would be a problem for the party in the future, as they would be inevitably torn apart in a general election with Perry– a sworn enemy of the Bush family, Karl Rove, and a number of other big-name Republican players. This, of course, in addition to alienating on political grounds moderates like Huntsman.

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  • Anonymous

    A Jon Huntsman interview would be the best TV Ed has ever done. Make it so, Big Fella.

  • Anonymous

    A CBS straight news reporter characterized John Huntsmen yesterday on their evening newscast as the only “moderate” is field of “extreme” candidates.  Must be an Ed Schulz fan.

    Keep trying to goose that 1%, lefties.  But don’t bother telling us he’s only being used by you as a medium through whom you seek to drive up negatives of the eventual winner.  We know that already.

  • Lamontagnem88

    Why is Special Ed’s opinion given credibility and posted on here?

  • SNAPTIE

    This Huntsman is an Obama plant. He has no chance after working in the Obama administration. Send this 1%ter back to China where he belongs.

  • Anonymous

    It drives pagehits.

  • Anonymous

    He’s a breath of fresh air. It just shows the righties are too extreme for their own good.  

  • Anonymous

    The fact that MSLSD has a lunatic on air proves that the right is too extreme? Alrighty then.

    /backs away slowly

  • http://twitter.com/Rushlimbang Brian Skinner

    Ed had better be careful about what he wishes for.   Huntsman is more conservative than he thinks.

  • Anonymous

    There is one simple rule to follow with situations like this.

    If the women beating,dog shooting drunk Ed “please don’t hit me, i’m your wife” Schultz thinks Jon Huntsman is the sane  Republican choice, than every rational mind everywhere knows for a fact that Huntsman is the wrong choice for America.

  • Texan

    When proggies like yodler come here and call huntsman a “breath of fresh air,” that gives me more than enough reason to NOT consider him.

  • B W

    YOU FOOL!!! 
    Huntsman is one of the only real Conservatives in the GOP field, aside from Mr. Constitution, himself, Ron Paul. Huntsman signed into law some of the most anti-abortion policies in America during his tenure as Utah Governor. He’s supports repeal of the healthcare reform bill and wants to replace it with a market-based solution, instead. He’ was one of the biggest tax-cutting Governors in modern-American history. He’s very religious, so his believe in Evolution is only science-based, not a rejection of Jesus. He signed into law many de-regulating economic policies as Governor, and legislation protecting firearms. He understands the threat of China more than anyone other than Donald Trump. Huntsman is one of the few in the GOP field with enough balls to actually question America’s goals (or, lack thereof) in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the rest of the middle east. This guy takes no crap from the neocons, and doesn’t mince words by telling Americans Obama’s a failure as a President.

    Jeez, wake up, moron… 

  • B W

    Thank you… Huntsman actually has a record of strong Conservatism under his belt, unlike the phony Mitt Romney who everyone loves to call the Frontrunner… 

  • B W

    The media has labelled Rick Perry a “breath of fresh air” to the GOP field, as well… Are you gonna pass on Perry? Probably not, since he’s a neocon…

  • Anonymous

    Who cares what Ed says on anything. I cant believe there are still people that watch a show of a man who completely lies to them… I dont care left or right when people like him that have no morals and degrades woman and lies he should be canceled!

  • Anonymous

    You’re right, Rush should be cancelled!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1431811538 Josh Kim

    “MSLSD”

    Keep on drinking Mark Levin’s Kool-Aid.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1431811538 Josh Kim

    Only a paranoid freak would think Huntsman, a Republican who served Reagan, George Bush, and George W. Bush, would be Obama’s plant.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1431811538 Josh Kim

    Because Mediaite gets to pick and choose what it wants to show. If you don’t like it, don’t click on the link.

  • Darkchocolate70

    Who?
    .
    “SPECIAL Ed”
    .
    If Special Ed says it, it is a fabrication.

  • Anonymous

    Since the Dems seem to like Huntsman so much, maybe he should switch sides and run as a centrist Democrat and give Obama a run for his money.

  • Lemonlimey

    DEMOCRAT STRATEGIST Kirsten Powers: Ed Schultz is the racisthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdLaZlG4HqY

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LDO6LIQBI2JQ4Q5MWLWBKGKSJY bensanity

    Yeah Mediaite sure does love ol 2%. He’s literally a poor man’s Romney. Did anyone ever play Super Smash Brothers Melee and notice how some of the characters were duplicates of others? That’s Huntsman. He’s like Young Link or Falco.

  • struck gold

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdLaZlG4HqY
    DEMOCRAT STRATEGIST Kirsten Powers:”Ed Schultz is the racist”

  • B W

    The Establishment GOP like him, too… Besides, Huntsman’s more conservative than Romney, Santorum and Gingrich… I guess they should challenge Obama, as well?

  • Anonymous

    Hey Look!

    These two Clowns below got their talking points and there out posting them!

    I wonder how much these fools get paid to do this?

  • Darladoon

    just so you know:
     
    not believing in evolution is, by definition, “extreme”

  • Darladoon

    because dan abrams, who used to work for msnbc, is the owner of the site

  • Darladoon

    you know this country’s insane when huntsman is considered a “moderate”

  • Darladoon

    are you aware of his other policy positions?

  • Darladoon

    democrats don’t like huntsman

    they just think he’s slightly less crazy than the rest of the field

  • Anonymous

    It’s amusing that Huntsman is a non-starter for the Republicans while the left is raising him up. What do you suppose would happen if Huntsman suddenly switched parties? After all, Huntsman wouldn’t have to change his stand on anything to win the Democratic primary and the MSM has already said he’d be a good candidate.
    It would make great material for the conspiracy theorists. If it turned out to be true, it would demonstrate just how low the Dem/MSM machine would go to manipulate the public.

  • B W

    I always loved playing SSB, so thank you for the reference, but, how is Huntsman a poor man’s Romney? Romney has no record on abortion, and his economic policies led MA to be 47th in job creation among the 50 States. Huntsman was one of America’s most pro-life Governors, the best tax-cutter, job creator, and he doesn’t deny something so obvious as Evolution, something even the Pokemon franchise acknowledges…

  • Gomez

    Ed is that you?  Hey is you kid Dave Schultz still a “PROFESSIONAL GOLFER”?  Just a minor problem with that eh?  YOU NEED TO WIN MONEY TO BE  A PROFESSIONAL GOLFER!!!!

    hahahahahha

  • Struckgld

    I favored you because it was so funny.  You DO KNOW that Huntsman is almost more of a Conservative than Perry is don’t you?  He is trying to run as a Centrist but the real Huntsman record is to the right of Romney and almost near Ron Paul.  

    You and Ed need to do a little research so you don’t look like fools.  Huntsman is the opposite of Obama telling America in 2008 he was a centrist but was really a far left kook.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SI5NXALBPMGH5A7BLRV6GWW3BM Jim

    Oh, God, what a jerk… and so sad.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SI5NXALBPMGH5A7BLRV6GWW3BM Jim

    Oh, God, what a jerk… and so sad.

  • B W

    Dude, Huntsman’s pro-life, pro-gun, has a strong record of tax-cutting, de-regulation, ambassadorship, protecting the second amendment, opposes amnesty, opposes the War in Afghanistan, opposes same-sex marriage, supports the Fair Tax, supports Israel, supports securing America’s borders, etc. 

    Just because he…suggested the Tea Party take the Boehner Deal and focus on their goals after Obama gets thrown out…suggested that supporting Evolution doesn’t mean you deny God–but that some science is pretty solid…suggested that supporting same-sex civil unions (which Rush Limbaugh supports) is a better step towards equality…and suggested that Republicans focus on policy instead of saying “treason” “bus-tour” DOESN’T MAKE HIM A DEMOCRAT, YOU PUTZ!!!

  • B W

    I love you! (You’re a woman, right?)

    Huntsman’s record is basically more Conservative than anyone other than Ron Paul!!! And everyone portrays this guy as a Liberal! Even people on our side! WTF!!!???

  • Darladoon

    thank for you saying this…..

    suddenly, huntsmann is “too moderate” just because he:

    1.  agrees with 98% of scientists

    2.  believes in evolution

  • B W

    He’s not; he’s just as Conservative as any other GOP candidate besides Ron Paul. How many goddamn times do I have to say it? 

  • Obama – The – Destroyer

    Sorry, MEDIAite. I’m not gonna watch Ed no matter HOW much you puff him.

  • B W

    And Americans couldn’t care less about evolution or global warming, anyway, they want jobs!

    HUNTSMAN 2012

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1431811538 Josh Kim

    You don’t seem to mind that a chickenshit like Donald Trump gets all the attention he wants on Foxnews.com. What’s the deal?

  • B W

    Apparently, people on my side don’t understand that believing in evolution doesn’t mean you’re an atheist; it doesn’t even mean that God had no role in shaping life, just that life evolved over millions of years, not in the last 5,000 years.

  • Anonymous

    Well, it seems like all the Dems have high praise for Huntsman. As far as the “establishment GOP”, I haven’t seen anyone put him at the top of their list.

  • NeverWrong

    The overfed redhead gets excited over Jon Huntsman???

    I knew Edith Schultz was weird but, this is too much.

    Ain’t nobody on planet Earth gets excited about Jon Huntsman, NOBODY! Well except for old fat Ed. ROTFFLMFAO…!

  • B W

    http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/06/20/huntsman_rounds_up_establishment_support.html
    The only people who don’t like Huntsman are the ones who should: THE CONSERVATIVES!!!

  • NeverWrong

    I have never in my life seen so many Dummycraps so afraid of an opponent as they all are over Rick Perry. They know Obummer is finished and the libs are hitting the panic button over a year out from the 2012 Election. Just too damn funny. This is better than a sleeping pill. Nitey nite you crazy dumbs. Don’t worry, in 9 years you will get another chance of giving the world another Carter or Obumbler. ROTFLMAO

  • B W

    Idiot, every Democrat want Perry as the nominee, ’cause he’s George W. Bush all over again. Huntsman may be a Mormon, but at least he speaks Chinese. Let’s see the stupid media label Huntsman a moron.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LDO6LIQBI2JQ4Q5MWLWBKGKSJY bensanity

    Huntsman is a poor man’s Romney because he’s a Mormon and from Utah. Mormons are great people and I have never known one to promote the killing of children. I figured Romney’s stance on that was understood but if not it just solidifies that he’ll sell his values (and soul) for a few NE Yankee (liberal) votes. Huntsman is the exact same. I don’t know where his donation money is coming from (probably the Chinese) but hopefully he won’t be in the race after South Carolina

  • Darladoon

    billions of years

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LDO6LIQBI2JQ4Q5MWLWBKGKSJY bensanity

    Fox News lost my trust after their complete ignorance of Ron Paul post-Ames debate. I’ll still watch The Five for the sexy Kimberly Guilfoyle and Andrea Tantaros but I don’t trust Brett Bair or Chris Wallace’s smug selves.

  • Darladoon

    i’m sure you noticed i put “moderate” in quotes…….

    lol

  • Darladoon

    it’s just “refreshing” to hear at least ONE gop candidate say he believes in:

    evolution and climate change

    (two completely uncontroversial topics among scientists)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LDO6LIQBI2JQ4Q5MWLWBKGKSJY bensanity

    Jon Huntsman proves that the two party system does not work properly win the contest is rigged. He is a progressive Republican. It’s nice that he’s in the race to prove they exist but he is Mr. 2%. That’s about how many progressive Republicans there are left.

  • Anonymous

    I was just musing that he seems so popular with the MSM that they would have a very difficult time not supporting him as a Democrat regardless of his policies. There was no serious statement intended.
    I was making fun of conspiracy theorists and the way the MSM is lockstep with the Democrats.

  • Anonymous

    Agreed! Fat Ed gets “Very Excited” over a glazed donut!

  • B W

    Whatever…you know what I mean…

  • B W

    Because they have the same religion, they’re the same? Bachmann, Gingrich and Santorum are all Catholics. Which of them is the “poor man’s…”?

  • B W

    Dude, FOX News completely excluded Ron Paul from an entire debate almost 4 years ago… You’re just now figuring out that FOX can’t be trusted?

  • B W

    I didn’t; now I did… If anyone’s the moderate, btw, it’s Romney and/or Gingrich. The rest besides Ron Paul are Neocons. That includes Cain, Santorum, Bachmann, Perry and FOX News.

  • B W

    He’s not Progressive, he’s a Conservative! Pro-life, pro-gun, pro-tax-cut, pro-securing-border, anti-same-sex marriage, anti-amnesty, anti-healthcare reform bill, anti-cap-and-trade, pro-Fair Tax, pro-God, etc.

    What? He believes in evolution, that makes him a progressive? WTF?!

  • B W

    Oh, sorry, then… I got a little too agitated at all the people labelling Huntsman a Liberal, when he’s not.

  • B W

    It’s not as if Huntsman’s been calling for a whole cap-and-trade system to fight climate change… His views on climate are harmless, unlike Al Gore, who wants to re-wire major industries over global warming. Now, that’s scary…

  • Anonymous

    It’s all cool.

  • Anonymous

    Well, the way Obama’s going, the country may be more than willing to go with “George Bush all over again”. But then again, isn’t Obama actually GWB the third? Iraq war? Yep. Afganistan war? Yep. Gitmo? Yep. Bush tax cuts for the rich? Yep. So do we want 4 more years of Bush III, or should we give someone else a shot?

  • Anonymous

    You mean like you MSM chimps do with Obama? 

  • Anonymous

    Since when is it “crazy” to question anthropogenic global warming and evolution? Both theories have holes so big, you could drive a Mack truck through them.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_C3EEOBZLW66J6T5DJXCW672DKQ Aeeafg Aeea

    very good go——-wwwjordanforworldcom

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  • Anonymous

    …a “crazy” RINO being yacked about by an unwatchable fat LIB still equals zero.

  • cdnhawk

    Replace “evolution” with “God” and you have a theory with holes so big that you could drive a million Mack trucks through them.

  • Octopusgarden10

    You have it backward, he painted himself as a Progressive and turned out to be Eisenhower.  Even Eisenhower was less of a war monger though.   You need to step away from the Faux and pay attention to who to real news. 

  • Anonymous

    Schultz is such an uniformed clueless pseudo-liberal. Typical. The DC Republican Establishment has been widely rejected, by many former Republican supporters, as they (Repub Estab), are now viewed as RINOs and too liberal.
     The truth is, Obama lost millions of former supporters from 2008, when he aligned himself with the fringes of the Dem Party. Most members of the TP, are closer to what our founding fathers intended, than the fringes of the left and the RINOs of the right. Schultz is just a big fat ball of hot air, who works hard at keeping his program on the air, with all his hate speech.

  • Anonymous

    OK ‘Fat Ed’ Schultz…you go right ahead lambasting GOP candidates who may or may not become the nominee and we’ll go right ahead ceaselessly and happily–dare I say ‘excitedly’–bludgeoning Your Boy Obamo right up to the moment he ceases to politically exist.

    I’m up for that.

  • Fenngibbon

    Wow.  A pat on the head from Ed Schultz.  THAT will win over Republican voters.

    I was just watching Morning Joe and one of the guests expressed amazement that a guy as low in the polls as Huntsman was getting so much media attention, and no one, not even Michael Steele (former RNC chair), thought to argue that it was because Huntsman is bashing Republicans.

  • Anonymous

    What gives you the impression that I’m unfamiliar with Huntsman’s record?

  • Valkyrie101

    Well yea, we know that. Very patriotic of you.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JUT2TATEV3OHGQ7HZRYN472XVM Felix

    With such great concern for the well-being of the GOP political landscape, I’m sure all you Libs will now vote for Huntsman, right? GTFOH!!

    If the GOP field is so bad without Hunsman, why would Libs care? Surely, that would just make it easier for the Democratic Party (MSNBC Division) to win. Right?

  • Valkyrie101

    Its because Huntsman is more moderate than the other candidates. And he is certainly not bashing anyone.

  • Anonymous

    Two problems with Huntsman, both deal breakers. He’s pro cap and trade and he’s fine with a healthcare mandate.

    He does have an excellent record governing Utah. But Washington is not Salt Lake City.

  • Anonymous

    Hey Schultzie . Do you have a hut-dwelling sibling ?

    King Obama does .

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Actually, Schultz’s very good work in the popular uprisings in Wisconsin topped that.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Those are very good points. I agree with your assessment of Hunstmann’s ideology and his policy record. In my view, the key is there is a fundamental decency about Huntsmann lacking in Mad Michelle, the Newt, Tollbooth Perry, the Godfather of Krappy Pizza, Sanitarium and even Representative Paul and Willard.

  • Exgoper

    Let’s say what everyone knows: Huntsman isn’t playing for 2012, but 2016. He’s rightly calculated that the GOP is going over the cliff next year with an insane electoral platform that panders to every teanut hobbit: protecting Paris Hilton’s tax break, cutting grandpa’s VA meds, hating on the Kenyan Socialist and talking about Jeebus 24/7.  Once the party goes down to its massive electoral defeat, the party will be looking for a new direction and Huntsman — with his scandalous talk about believing scientists and sane approach to the economy — will look pretty fresh after the goobers who took the GOP down in 2012.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    In fairness, you can’t expect the T-Partee lot to understand evolution or any other processes in which they have never participated.

  • Anonymous

    I’m agnostic on religion, but to entirely dismiss it as “crazy” is well….crazy.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    One seldom encounters such paranoia outside of a mental ward.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    That’s encouraging for Huntsmann, I am sure.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    What a very odd thing to say. Every night in my prayers and each Sunday in my Mass Intentions, I ask that the Republican nominee be, in order:

    Tollbooth Perry
    or
    the Half-Baked Alaskan
    or
    Mad Michelle.

    Could I ask, where do you get your information?

  • TruDat

    If the communists from MSNBC think Huntsman is a “moderate” then he’s actually a left-wing zealot and hasn’t a chance in Hades of being the Republican nominee.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    “Your boy”? Get a group of T-Partee sorts together and racism soon joins the gathering.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Thanks, LOT. Pan Thread Racism. A new T-Partee twist.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dronetek-Bulk-Vanderhuge/100000918732763 Dronetek Bulk Vanderhuge

    Yeah, like MSNBC. That’s REAL News! 

    *shoots self in head

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dronetek-Bulk-Vanderhuge/100000918732763 Dronetek Bulk Vanderhuge

    Duude, the whole “right wingers dont believe in evolution or science” is bullshit. I’m a pretty right wing guy and I’m not religious and believe in evolution. What you’re seeing done here is no different than racial stereotypes or fear mongering done to Muslims by Fox News. 

  • TruDat

    The liberals love of Huntsman is his kiss of death.  I love it when the goofy liberals try to decide who will be the Republican nominee.

  • TruDat

    Either that or you get a bunch of panty waist liberals tossing around the race card.

  • http://twitter.com/Good_Lt Good Lt.

    Because “patriotism” is defined as worshiping the President that you voted for.

  • CrazyLikeAFoxViewer

    So believing that the earth rotates around the sun now makes you a left-wing zealot. Let’s ponder that for a moment. 

  • TruDat

    Clever response.  It would be even more clever if it made a bit of sense.

  • http://twitter.com/Good_Lt Good Lt.

    I think it’s so cute when Obamabots try to convince conservatives and independents who the “real conservative” candidate is.

    I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that the candidate acting most like a Democrat is the “real conservative” to these people.

    You’re a hoot, Obamakidz. Carry on.

  • Anonymous

    Exactly what is the racist part , Royal Honk ?

    While King Obama is doing the conga around M.V. with Moochy and 100 employees , George is in a hut trying to keep the bugs off his meager crust of bread .

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    The race card could only be tossed around if it were playing to suit.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Right. As we all know, the Sun moves over the stationary, flat Earth.

  • TruDat

    Ah yes, the wonders of the science community that gave us thalidomide babies.

  • TruDat

    And it is played to suit you liberals, like your pal Sgt Schultz. Everyone is on to the lefty race card play; get something new.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Yet, Drone On-and-On, science denial is a pretty fundamental flaw in the composition of a rational human being. Since you don’t worship God, but worship the Ideological Icons who make political careers out of science denial, your protest seems a bit tinny.

  • CrazyLikeAFoxViewer

    You’re right — let’s outlaw science. 

    Gravity? Libtard nonsense. 

    Stem cell research? Socialist tripe.

    The earth is older than 6,000 years? Elitist propaganda.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    And, gravity. What about gravity? Talk about holes.

  • Pablow

    Because you display total ignorance about everything else in your hundreds of posts every day. (I guess living in your parents basement gives you a lot of free time.)

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    You are 100% correct. And, if he is correct, as I suspect he is, about the fall off the cliff, he is going to be very well-positioned. This has to be Willard’s last hurrah, and no one is going to be interested in the radical right.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    I don’t think anyone is trying to convince conservatives of anything. I’m not sure anyone cares.

  • NyQuill

    Of course he’s conservative. There isn’t anything wrong with being a conservative. However, there is something wrong with pandering to the flat earthers and the fundamentalists in order to get past a primary. The only two options are that Rick Perry either truly believes that science is crazy satan talk, or he is merely pretending to believe that science is crazy satan talk to get elected, and neither of those options are acceptable to me. Honestly, this is the first conservative politician I’ve heard in I don’t know how long who admitted to believing in evolution without preceding that statement of belief with a series of dullard-placating disclaimers. It’s refreshing.

  • http://twitter.com/Good_Lt Good Lt.

    Ed cares.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Really? I don’t think he was playing to a conservative audience. I think he was just looking for a bridge over our terrible ideological divide. Kudos to him for that.

  • Valkyrie101

    I don’t think Ed is trying to convince anyone that Huntsman is a true conservative, but that he is more moderate than the rest on some issues. That’s all. If Pataki enters the race he will also go for the moderate votes.

  • Valkyrie101

    I don’t think Ed is trying to convince anyone that Huntsman is a true conservative, but that he is more moderate than the rest on some issues. That’s all. If Pataki enters the race he will also go for the moderate votes.

  • Valkyrie101

    If he cared he would be backing Perry.

  • Anonymous

    Don’t forget Hilly Clinton, who made a big female to-do with her shrieks about being simultaneously ‘patriotic’ while HATING Bush.

    Now, she and those ‘Of Her Ilk’ are declaring that rationalization is only valid for ‘Their Side.’

    reason #389 why DIM LIBS are hypocrites.

  • Anonymous

    You truly know your campaign is over when Ed praises you.

    Game over , Huntsman!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NK5INRFELITZ3TS337HINC3VMM Adam

    Jon who?

  • http://twitter.com/keyboardjockey1 keyboard jockey

    Jon Huntsman is supposed to  Siphon votes off the strongest Republican nominee in the primary? How exactly, when he can’t get any traction or name recognition. I mean, I know he was Obama’s ambassador to China. So he’s a sellout, what else does anyone need to know about Huntsman? 

  • Anonymous

    Oh, look! A fan.

    SECURITY!!!

  • Anonymous
  • Exgoper

    Not at all. Huntsman is going after the non-goober vote, which is tiny this year. But after the GOP’s electoral drubbing in 2012 with their anti-science, pro-billionaire tax breaks platform, he’s hoping that thinking people might return to the party and he’ll be well-positioned for 2016. But that seems like a slim hope. The Republican party is probably going to need several election cycles before it flushes out the stupid huggers. I don’t see a sane Republican on the ticket till at least 2024.

  • The Pit

    Ed will probably just edit in some of his own racism and blame it on Huntsman or edit the tape to make Huntsman a racist in some form or fashion.  Ed Schultz is irrelevant to news and life in general.

  • Anonymous

    No, really. Barack Obama’s brother lives in a hut and survives on less than a dollar a month. There’s nothing racist about that. It’s just a fact, Kook.

  • CalvinReagan

    Completely agree BW. If Huntsman makes it to the NY primaries, I will definitely vote for him.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IJ4I7WFS6DP3BSEF5DGRCTWFRQ Karl Magnus

    Huntsman Jr. is a Republican? Who knew?
    He and Mittens make a great couple. Romney’s home of Massachusetts would welcome them.
    Buh bye, boys.

    ~(Ä)~

  • Pablow

    Maybe you should call your mom and dad and have them bring you your blanket. 

  • http://twitter.com/Good_Lt Good Lt.

    I think it’s interesting that the only Republican Ed seems to “like” is a Republican who acts and talks like a Democrat.

  • Valkyrie101

    Certainly did not stop FOX from (cynically) going all out for Hillary.

  • Mikecampbelly2k

    Ever wonder why you get abou8t as many “likes” to your comments as Rachel Madcow has viewers?

  • Texan

    Thanks Patsy!

  • JCRocks

    Huntsman’s appearance of ‘decency’ is similar to the aloofness we see in Obama and the almost robotic personality of Romney.  I think the American people would rather see someone with at least a little passion and a little fire when they speak and when they push for positions they support.  A cool cucumber is fine at the White House dinner table but it’s not fine when we’re dealing with the economic security of our nation as well as fighting against terrorists (foreign & domestic) who wish to harm our people.  I’ve seen too many liberals pushing Huntsman.  If he’s their man, then there must be something wrong with him.  We let the media and the liberals choose McCain for us in 2008.  They’re not going to pick our candidate for us in 2012. 

  • JCRocks

    I worship God; I believe in evolution too.  They don’t have to be incompatible with each other.  I do not worship at the feet of those who use cooked-up science, like AGW-climate change, to push their global socialist agendas.  Politicians are not scientists.  For all the talk of separating church from state by the lefties, they sure like to bring up religion in their questions to the politicians.  Let’s see where the politicians stand on issues; let scientists give us the real facts about nature; and let our religious leaders worry about our faith and our souls.   

  • Anonymous

    who the hell is this huntsman putz

    i think since ed’s days are numbered at mess -bc
    huntsman should apply

  • Anonymous

    The joke is on ED. Huntsman needs votes. he sure as hell won’t get them this way. He’s toast.

  • Anonymous

    Nice talking points. Can’t you think for yourself?

  • Anonymous

    Royal has no clue. He needs to throw out “racist” every 5minutes so he doesn’t forget.

  • JCRocks

    I would like to hear Huntsman defend his own policies rather than hear him tear down others.  I want to know his plans for the economy, EPA, energy, jobs, taxes, etc.  Just because he calls everyone else ‘extreme’ doesn’t mean that he’s really any different or any better.  Thank goodness we live in America and can actually have different candidates to choose from.  I would hate to live in a country where all the candidates were basically the same (i.e. moderate) with little differentiation between them.  We’ve seen the Obama approach to reviving and growing the economy. In 2012 it will be time to put the conservative approach to work to see if that ends up with better results.  Elections do have consequences and sometimes we lose and sometimes we win.  Thank goodness it’s not just a 0-0 tie.

  • Anonymous

    Yea, it scares me that the leftwing progressives are drooling all over themselves for this obvious Obama shill.  I don’t trust him and I don’t trust Romney either.

  • Anonymous

    Sorry, Special Ed, but listening to an addled prick such as yourself read off the White House talking points is no big deal.

    Now, if you were to set your fat blob of a body on fire, say with 10 gallons of kerosene, and jump out of the 30th floor of 30 Rock, that would be entertaining. Laughable, but definitely far more entertaining than watching you say “Huntsman” over and over again while pushing this RINO to become the GOP nominee (after which you would call him “a right wing extremist”).

  • Anonymous

    “I got a little too agitated at all the people labelling Huntsman a Liberal, when he’s not.”

    He’s a believer in the faux science of “climate change” (which is the latest liberal fraud), he is in support of gay marriage, and is pro-choice on abortion. Oh, and he worked for Obama, the Emperor’s New Clothes.

    Paint Huntsman’s face black and he fits right in at a meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus alongside Maxine “Lordy, I am a Goin’ to Prison” Waters.

  • Holistic

    A death blow to Huntsman.

  • B W

    Actually, I remember many of my fellow “conservatives” wanted to pick McCain because of the Surge strategy which was being debated at the time. Also, McCain played up his foreign policy credentials and told voters we might stay in Iraq for another 100 years. Liberals didn’t pick McCain, the Neocons did.

  • B W

    I didn’t stereotype anyone on the right; I’m a right-winger, myself, but something pretty solid as evolution shouldn’t be attacked by a major candidate for the GOP Nomination, in this case, Rick Perry. As for the climate change thing, I don’t necessarily believe man is the direct cause, but man does have some contribution to it. And at least Huntsman isn’t going around calling for a new Government program to fight climate change like Al Gore and the others have done. Huntsman’s views on climate change and evolution shouldn’t matter ’cause they’re harmless.

  • Anonymous

    Science is what dragged us out of the swamps of the Christian Dark Ages. Scientists are trained 7 years in seeking the truth. Teabaggers want to drag us back to the Dark Ages.

  • B W

    Know your facts, fool: http://www.lifenews.com/2009/03/24/state-3979/

    Huntsman ain’t no pro-choicer, he’s probably the most pro-life candidate in the race! As for same-sex marriage, Huntsman opposes it, but supports civil unions for gay couples, something even Rush Limbaugh supports!!! 

    Where do you get your information from, you fool?!?!

  • B W

    He opposes both cap-and-trade and the healthcare mandate, the latter of which he’s labelled unconstitutional. 

  • B W

    Yes, Huntsman’s a Republican; he’s more of a true Republican than anyone other than Ron Paul.

  • Valkyrie101

    Yes, I’m pretty sure that someone despising the ground the POTUS walks on is the true patriot. Why would I imagine otherwise?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FSPIVAFYI672OH5NOKVRTEZA4U MadCharles

    Huntsman is done.
    Fat Ed’s mouth seems to have been neutered by Comcast. I’ve heard his type go from rough and tumble to pussies overnight over the past ten years.. He plays both sides for a paycheck. I heard him on radio when he wasn’t a nutcase lefty. Now he’s heading soft to protect his paycheck.  I guess he see’s his number is almost up.

  • TruDat

    speaking of teabaggers, what’s that lying on your chin?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Gregory-Smith/100001741334953 Gregory Smith

    See? Jon Huntsman is a liberal RINO. Pro-gun? Sure, just wait until he becomes president, Bill Clinton had a 100% rating from the NRA until he became president, then that rating dropped way fast. Look, as much as I can’t stand Obama, a RINO cracker is not the solution. What America needs is a real Republican, a real patriot, and friend of the Tea Party. I say Perry, Romney, Cain, anyone but Huntsman!
    http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/

  • Bear1909

    Ed is a drunkard with wet brain syndrome.  He was Al Franken’s crony at Air America, part of the defrauding of the Boys and Girls Club of America to help that network of windbags try to meet their payroll.

    Does anyone listen to Ed?  I mean, a broken clock is right twice a day, but, seriously, Ed is more like a clock atached to a democratic time bomb that is set to go off during the presidential elections to distract the public from the issues that will be decimating their economic futures.

    Ed is a lost human.  May he find the cork to put back in the bottle while his liver is still salvageable. 

  • B W

    He’s not a liberal RINO, he just acknowledges the obvious truth that life has been evolving for billions of years. That makes him a RINO? You say Romney, Perry and Cain are real patriots and friends of the Tea Party? You must be joking! Romney signed into law tax hikes and a government-managed healthcare reform bill. Perry has the softest record on immigration among any of the GOP candidates. Cain has no foreign policy experience, whatsoever… Huntsman’s record of tax-cutting, job-creating, and business-attracting policies make him more aligned with the Tea Party than anyone besides Ron Paul.

    Keep listening to what Rush and Levin tell you, though.

  • B W

    HUNTSMAN 2012

  • http://www.thefriendcenter.com/ SoThere

    Obama had no experience in anything.  Why did you vote for him BW.

    I’m sorry but another John McCain is not acceptable. I will vote for anyone who gets the GOP nomination even if it’s Micky Mouse, who will most certainly be registered to vote by ACORN activists.

    We’re gong to get a real Conservative candidate for 2012 and it’s very early in the game.

    “TMP”

  • http://www.thefriendcenter.com/ SoThere

    Ed Schultz, MSNBC’s resident hate-monger.

    “TMP”

  • http://www.thefriendcenter.com/ SoThere

    You posted that on the other thread little vulgar man.  It’s typical of you to post crap like that in an unrelated thread.  Don’t you have any kind of original thought do you?

    “TMP”

  • NeverWrong

    Pipsqueak, da Pope gonna be mad wit u ya silly litte sissified girlieboy!

  • NeverWrong

    Yes BJ, I agree, you really are an Idiot. Now work on becoming a moron. Should be fairly easy for you.

    My prophecy for the coming year…Obumbler going down and it will NOT be the backstabbing traitor, Jonnie Huntsman. But, he and Obummer can ride into the Chinese sunset. Maybe take the Donald with them!

  • B W

    I didn’t vote for Barry; I held my nose and voted for McLoser.

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