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Anonymous asked: Didn't Huntsman support Obama's stimulus, and even thought it should have been bigger?

Huntsman: Obama Stimulus Last Thing Needed

Saturday, 10 Sep 2011 10:21 AM

The last thing America needs in a time of economic turmoil is the nearly $450 billion stimulus package proposed Thursday by President Barack Obama, Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman reveals in an exclusive Newsmax.tv interview.

http://tinyurl.com/NoObamaStimulus

Jon Huntsman did not Support President Obama’s Stimulus Plan

POSTED ON JUNE 20, 2011 BY MATT CONNELLY

Here’s the Reality:

Jon Huntsman said that he wouldn’t have voted for President Obama’s stimulus plan and warned from the beginning that “much of the spending (in the stimulus) is misdirected and more likely to bloat the government than boost the economy.”

He advocated strongly for more tax cuts, a dedicated focus on vital, long-term infrastructure and less spending for ongoing programs. In February 2009, Gov. Huntsman said of the stimulus: “There probably wasn’t enough stimulus effect. For example, a payroll tax exemption or maybe even a cut in the corporate tax…for small and medium-sized businesses for three years, for example.”

http://tinyurl.com/Jon2012HQStimulus

Now admittedly, Jon Huntsman wasn’t outspoken against Obama’s Stimulus because he was ambassador to China but he never supported it. Huntsman’s economic plan emphasizes tax cuts and reducing regulation, like his fiscal policies in Utah. Thanks for the question.

The first thing anybody mentions about former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman is that he was Barack Obama’s ambassador to China. That has been his biggest problem with conservatives. So I’ll address that first. He served as ambassador to Singapore under George Herbert Walker Bush, he speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese, he was one of the most qualified politicians of either party to be named ambassador to China. Every president tries to find a few members of the opposite party to put in positions, so picking the most qualified major politician for the job made sense. Accepting that position doesn’t mean he agrees with the President on most issues. George W. Bush had liberal Democrats like Norman Mineta serve while he was president, they didn’t stop being liberal because they worked for a conservative president and Jon Huntsman didn’t stop being conservative because he spent a year and a half in Beijing.

In a race where one of the Republican frontrunners disavowed Ronald Reagan, trashed the NRA and supported abortion rights, Huntsman’s conservative credentials are rock solid. Huntsman worked as a White House assistant to Ronald Reagan. http://tinyurl.com/Jon2012Reagan As Utah governor he signed several pro-life bills including one making 2nd-trimester abortions illegal. http://tinyurl.com/Jon2012prolifeRecord The lead lobbyist for NRA thanked Huntsman for defending the 2^nd Amendment as governor. http://tinyurl.com/Jon2012gunrights Huntsman cut taxes as governor and the Club for Growth praised his ‘pro-growth stance’. http://tinyurl.com/Jon2012taxcuts Solid conservatism, it should also be noted that those have been his positions throughout his political career, no flip-flops not every candidate can claim that.

I’ve never claimed he’s perfect, I don’t agree that the science behind climate change is settled but I respect his opinion. I can deal with his position better than somebody that plays kissy face with Nancy Pelosi while endorsing Al Gore’s website only to back away from it when he’s questioned about it. Huntsman has taken a no-pledge, no-pander posture which is very appealing. http://tinyurl.com/Jon2012nopledges , I’m tired of the pandering, flip-flopping folks that will say or sign anything to get elected. Jon Huntsman deserves a first look. A lot of people dismissed him from the start, with him moving up in New Hampshire polls http://tinyurl.com/Jon20123rdNH it’s time to consider him as an alternative to the frontrunners.

Herman Cain was at times more comedian than candidate from his affable gaffes, quoting the Pokemon movie to joking about ‘Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan’, he made playing for laughs part of his campaign strategy, the president should be likeable but the president should maintain a level of seriousness.

Enter the Jon2012girls http://twitter.com/Jon2012girls , they act silly and absurd so their father doesn’t have to. At first the Huntsman Campaign wasn’t sure what to do with his daughters and their unique brand of silliness. Now they have found their place, think of them as the official Jon Huntsman cheerleaders, they aren’t trying to be serious political commentators like the often obtusely ignorant Meghan McCain.

When you don fake mustaches and re-write the lyrics to ‘Sexy back’, you aren’t demanding to be taken seriously by the political class. That’s the point, they’re having fun, getting a few laughs and joking around. That’s fine for three twenty something year-old gals not a person that wants to be president of the United States.

Along with Jon Huntsman’s gorgeous wife Mary Kaye (they’ve been married 28 years) they do a great job showing a personal side of the candidate. There are plenty of candidates running that are a lot worse than Governor Huntsman, I didn’t dismiss him, I decided to give him a good look and I liked his consistent conservative record.

So there’s new Sarah Palin gossip, this propped up scandal unlike the previous frivolous, false, fabricated revelations provides us with a teachable moment. Last summer writer Joe McGinniss briefly moved next door to Sarah Palin to finish his exposé about the former Alaska Governor. At the time Palin wrote about McGinniss on her Facebook page.

“Here he is — about 15 feet away on the neighbor’s rented deck overlooking my children’s play area and my kitchen window. Maybe we’ll welcome him with a homemade blueberry pie tomorrow so he’ll know how friendly Alaskans are”. http://tinyurl.com/PalinNosyNeighbor

After getting up close and personal, McGinniss is back with his finished work a book called ‘The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin’. The NATIONAL ENQUIRER http://tinyurl.com/EnquirerPalinSecrets  revealed some of the book’s bombshells; yes the Enquirer, stop laughing.  Allegedly when Sarah Heath was a young spunky sports reporter for an Anchorage TV station, she had sex with a Michigan Wolverines basketball star named Glen Rice, when his team came to Anchorage for a basketball tournament in 1987. The Enquirer describes it as a “steamy interracial hookup”, which honestly says more about their attitudes about race than anything else. Joe McGinniss writes Sarah had a “fetish” for black men at the time and he quotes a friend as saying Sarah had “hauled (Rice’s) ass down”, scandalous, right? For what it’s worth Rice who was arrested on a felony battery charge in 2008 http://tinyurl.com/RiceArrested , confirms that the encounter occurred.  

Obviously the alleged tryst exploded on Social media and Sarah Palin was roundly derided by her usual critics. This allegation is probably false, given its not so credible sources. The whole hook up hubbub made me think, what if it’s true? She wasn’t married at the time, both parties were consenting adults, is this even an issue? We certainly aren’t subjected to these types of stories about male politicians of either party.   

I was offended by the concept of the smear. The fact that Sarah Palin’s enlightened political adversaries think you can smear a woman with her consensual sex life; demonstrations how little attitudes about women and sex have changed. Enter the teachable moment, Governor Palin should declare that her pre-marital sex life with consenting adults is her business and leave it at that. The truthfulness of the tawdry allegation is secondary; these kinds of questions should not be legitimized. There are thousands of smart women all over America that might want to run for office. Yet, they might decide not to run because they don’t want to answer questions about every guy they had an encounter with in their 20s. Male politicians don’t have their sex lives examined in this way, so why should female politicians be treated any differently?

I couldn’t help but think about the movie “The Contender” from 2000; the movie centers around a sex scandal involving a female senator nominated to be Vice President. The great thing is that she reveals that there wasn’t any sex but she refuses to set the record straight because it would legitimize the allegations.

Here is the scene were Senator Laine Hanson played by Joan Allen reveals the truth and explains her principle.  

sagacitythatisshannon asked: I know you crunch the numbers for a living, but if you had the opportunity to instantly change careers what would you select as the next adventure?

BLONDE AMERICAN: Every narcissistic teenager wants to act, model or star on some reality show. When you get older your idea of an adventure takes on milder tones.

With my passion for baseball, I’d definitely enjoy being a Major League Baseball official scorer. http://tinyurl.com/official-scorer MLB official scorers are assigned to a ballpark for the season & they are responsible for the official record of each game. Generally the scorer just chronicles the results but occasionally they are responsible for making judgment calls. The official scorer might decide which reliever is credited with a win if multiple relievers are used.  

I’m a sports fan but I’m a baseball fanatic. Growing up, I would sit with my daddy and read the box scores every morning in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Obviously we would start with the St. Louis Cardinals. To the average person, box scores don’t have sex appeal but they are beautiful to me.

Tabulating the wins, losses, strikes, balls, hits, runs, errors and walks occupies most of my lazy summer days. For reasons of objectivity, I’d never be an official scorer at Busch Stadium but I’d love to work at some of the historic old ballparks like Fenway Park. Official scorers don’t make big bucks but honestly I’d do it for free.