Tom Tomorrow says: "Welcome to the Never-Ending Conservative Carnival of Crazy"
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And just imagine, this was before the news of Jon Huntsman's entry into the fray! (Jon Huntsman? Do any U.S. voters outside Utah even recognize the name?)
Jon Huntsman to seek Republican nomination for White House race
Former US ambassador to China served under Obama and had praised the president in the leaked diplomatic cables
Ewen MacAskill in Washington
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 21 June 2011 20.30 BSTJon Huntsman announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination and intention to take on former boss Barack Obama.
There are only a few positive remarks about Barack Obama dotted about in the embassy cables sent by former American ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, and subsequently leaked to WikiLeaks.
But they will be enough to cause problems for the latest Republican president candidate in the months ahead.
Huntsman, from a podium in New Jersey, with the Statue of Liberty in the background, announced on Tuesday that he would join the race to take on his old boss for the White House next year.
Confirming his intention to seek the nomination, he criticised the president's record and, in contrast with his time as ambassador when he projected American strength, portrayed the US as vulnerable.
"For the first time in our history, we are passing down to the next generation a country that is less powerful, less compassionate, less competitive and less confident than the one we got. This, ladies and gentlemen, is totally unacceptable and totally un-American," he said.
Huntsman, 51, could be a formidable presidential candidate, given his experience in foreign affairs and as a former governor of Utah. But many Republicans cannot forgive the fact that he served in the Obama administration.
The president approached Huntsman in 2009 and asked him to be the ambassador to Beijing, and Huntsman accepted, serving until this April. In that time, he worked alongside the Obama on issues ranging from climate change to human rights, and stood side by side with him when the president visited China.
It is rare in US politics for someone who worked for one president to turn around and challenge him. Huntsman's work in the Obama administration is almost certain to be raised by Republican rivals. It could also undercut his attacks on the president. . . .
COMMENTERS, PLEASE KEEP YOUR
FINGER OFF THE "CAPS LOCK" KEY
As I indicated in my reply, I had a tough call on a comment that didn't seem to me really on topic -- but that seemed heartfelt and not definitively off topic. I gave the commenter the benefit of the doubt, but with this proviso:
"What will be a deal-breaker next time is the use of all caps. That's an unforgivable imposition on readers, and please don't you or anyone else do that again. I didn't know till now that I have a rule against it. Now I know, and you do too."
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Labels: 2012 presidential race, Barack Obama, Jon Huntsman, Republican presidential race, Tom Tomorrow
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He and little Bobby Jindle could run as the Smugs from Smugsville
50 STATES CAN MAKE A SINGLE NATION BUT 50 SEPARATE AND DISTINCT SOVEREIGNTIES EACH GOING ITS OWN WAY ON IMPORTANT ISSUES LIKE HEALTH CARE, PENSIONS, RIGHT TO UNIONIZE, RIGHT TO WORK AND RIGHT TO CLOSE SHOP, ON THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS OR TO CURB THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS, ON RACIAL ISSUES, ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS, THE RIGHT OF THE STATE TO KILL OR NOT KILL... ETC. CANNOT MAKE US A SINGLE UNIFIED COUNTRY, ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!
STATES CANNOT HAVE A SINGLE MIND ONLY WHEN IT COMES TO WAR! THEY MUST HAVE A SINGLE MIND WHEN IT COMES TO COMMON SOCIAL OBJECTIVES OF JUSTICE, PROSPERITY, GOOD WAGES, GOOD HEALTH COVERAGE FOR ALL AT REASONABLE COSTS FOR ALL REGARDLESS OF PREVIOUS HEALTH HISTORY, OF ATTENTION TO THE NEEDY AND THOSE WHO CANNOT MAKE IT ON THEIR OWN, REASONABLE COMMON OBJECTIVES TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT WHICH IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT...
TOGETHER ONLY IN WAR... IS NOT ENOUGH!
A SINGLE COUNTRY NEEDS ALL OF ITS REGIONS AND CORNERS OF THE STATES TO CONCENTRATE ON COMMON GOALS! STEALING FROM ONE ANOTHER, PUSHING LABOR COSTS DOWN BY COMPETING ON CHEAP LABOR IS NOT THE WAY TO GO! COMPETING ON WHO CAN SPEND LESS ON EDUCATION AND THE NEEDY... THAT'S NOT GOING TO DO IT EITHER!
GOVERNORS WAKE UP AND SMELL THE PUTRID STATE OF THINGS YOU ARE CONTRIBUTING TO IF YOU CONTINUE TO GO SEPARATE WAYS... WE NEED TO IMITATE THE GOOD, VIRTUOUS STATES NOT THE RENEGADE STATES, NOT THE STATES WHOSE MAJOR OBJECTIVE IS TO SELL OUT TO THE NRA AND OTHER SIMILAR CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS!
A REAL COUNTRY IS ONE THAT SHARES COMMON ENLIGHTENED OBJECTIVES AND NOT ONE IN WHICH THE STATES COMPETE ON WHICH CAN PROMOTE THE MOST REACTIONARY GOALS TO TURN US BACK INTO THE DARK AGES! VOTING AT THE NATIONAL CONGRESS ONE WAY AND THEN TAKING BACK MAKES STATES LOOK DUMB AND RIDICULOUS! RACIST OBJECTIVES ARE NOT PART OF A SINGLE NATION!
I AM SHOCKED AND DISMAYED THAT I HAVE TO WRITE THIS... IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN UNNECESSARY... WE MUST CONCENTRATE ON OUR COMMON INTERESTS NOT ON GOING SEPARATE WAYS!
HOW MUCH DO WE WASTE BY NOT BEING A SINGLE COUNTRY BUT A CONGLOMERATE OF DISPARATE, CONTRADICTORY, OFTEN BELLIGERENT STATES OUT TO STEAL JOBS FROM ONE ANOTHER WITH THE EXCUSE OF OFFERING A COMPANY BETTER CONDITIONS... THESE ARE POLITICAL OBJECTIVES THAT ARE NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY! GOVERNORS TAKE HEED... THAT SHOULD BE THE ONLY REASON TO HAVE A GOVERNORS' ASSOCIATION! COMPETE WITH THE BEST AND INSIST THAT THE WORST START TO GET ON THE ROAD TO SANITY AND TO PROSPERITY ACHIEVED BY THE RIGHT PRINCIPLES AND NOT BY SUBTERFUGES AND SHENANIGANS!
Translator: I went back and forth about deleting your comment but in the end was hard put to say for sure that it's off topic -- or that it's ON topic, but I'm inclined to give you the benefit of the doubt on this one. And you're not trying to sell anything, and it helps that you didn't post anonymously, exactly.
But what will be a deal-breaker next time is the use of all caps. That's an unforgivable imposition on readers, and please don't you or anyone else do that again. I didn't know till now that I have a rule against it. Now I know, and you do too.
Ken
I think he's translating zeta waves from the planet Urdgz.
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