John Huntsman Looks Good Compared To The Bat-Shit Crazy People Running For The GOP Nomination

John Huntsman is still fairly conservative, but at least he avoid some of the really off the wall beliefs held by current Republican leaders. Here are some excerpts from an interview to air on ABC’s This Week. Huntsman will never win the Republican nomination if he keeps saying things like this:

In response to Rick Perry’s denial of climate change:

 I think there’s a serious problem.  The minute that the Republican Party becomes the party – the anti-science party, we have a huge problem.  We lose a whole lot of people who would otherwise allow us to win the election in 2012.  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 – Sciences 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.

The Republican Party has to remember that we’re drawing from traditions that go back as far as Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, President Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan and Bush.  And we’ve got a lot of traditions to draw upon.  But I can’t remember a time in our history where we actually were willing to shun science and become a – a party that – that was antithetical to science. I’m not sure that’s good for our future and it’s not a winning formula.

On Michele Bachmann’s belief that the United States should have defaulted on our debts:

Well, I wouldn’t necessarily trust any of my opponents right now, who were on a recent debate stage with me, when every single one of them would have allowed this country to default.  You can imagine, even given the uncertainty of the marketplace the last several days and even the last couple of weeks, if we had defaulted the first time in the history of the greatest country that ever was, being 25 percent of the world’s GDP and having the largest financial services sector in this world by a long shot, if we had defaulted, Jake, this marketplace would be in absolute turmoil.  And people who are already losing enough as it is on their 401(k)s and retirement programs and home valuations, it would have been catastrophic.

On Rick Perry calling Ben Bernanke treasonous:

Well, I don’t know if that’s pre-secession Texas or post-secession Texas.  But in any event, I’m not sure that the average voter out there is going to hear that treasonous remark and say that sounds like a presidential candidate, that sounds like someone who is serious on the issues.

 

6 Comments

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    david freeman says:

    Before you get too excited, remember that he also raised his hand to agree with the rest about saying no to a deal that would cut spending by $10 for every $1 revenue increase. He’s not as crazy as the rest but he’s still a nut!

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    Ron Chusid says:

    David, there are lots of areas where I disagree with Huntsman, but having a conservative point out how many totally off the wall views are held by other Republicans remains of value.

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    david freeman says:

    Good point Ron, I was a bit harsh calling Huntsman a nut. He’s probably just moving as far to the right as he can stomach. As for conservatives who truly deserve respect, I vote for Bruce Bartlett.

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    Ron Chusid says:

    Yes, Bartlett has written a lot to debunk the conservative craziness.

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    krysilove says:

    John Huntsman Looks Good Compared To The Bat-Shit Crazy People Running For The GOP Nomination #p2 #p21 #topprog http://t.co/LnM1pGe

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    John Sonntag says:

    RT @ronchusid: John Huntsman Looks Good Compared To The Bat-Shit Crazy People Running For The GOP Nomination #p2 #p21 http://t.co/qYjHYQd

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