I really start to like Huntsman. Maybe it's only because of the contrast, but he looks like the kind of guy I'd vote for over Obama (Of course, since I hail from Belgium I cannot vote for your prez, but he's supposed to be "Leader of the Free World" and shit so I must pay attention to the guy.
Does he have his dark side as well?
Well, he's Mormon. Yeah, I know that shouldn't matter and I'm a horrible bigot for thinking it does. Tough shit, it does. As I've said before, IMHO Mormonism is 19th-century Scientology: a con game that went a little too far and outlived its creator.
Beyond that, not much that I can find. These are some negatives according to RonPaulForums.com:
- comfortable with individual health mandates
- pro cap and trade
- supported instate tuition for illegal immigrants
- said stimuls not big enough [sic...I assume they meant stimulus]
- avoids his Mormon heritage
- says China not a threat
Oh wait, he avoids his Mormon heritage? Ok, screw it. I'm in for Huntsman. I'm sure I would find areas of policy disagreement if I really dug, but they'd be just that--disagreements. It'd be "Y'know, I can see your point but I think this would be a better alternative" rather than "Seriously? WTFBBQ are you doing?"
EDIT: Another con, courtesy of the same source:
Con: The mainstream media has been pushing him hard. Huge red flag.
Paulian logic at its finest.
Mainstream media: "More and more people are asking themselves, 'Hey this Jon Huntsman guy sounds halfway sane! Why haven't we heard more about him?'"
Ron Paul followers: "IT'S A TRAP!"
Seriously....if occasionally remembering to mention "oh, and Jon Huntsman was also there" constitutes pushing him hard, I'd hate to see what they'd call Santorum's exposure now.
DOUBLE-EDIT: I don't mean to be piling onto Paul here, but
checking out that forum just confirms my worst fears about his camp. Their initial reaction to this story is to blame Huntsman of running a false-flag operation in what must obviously be a conspiracy against Dr. Paul. Interspersed with this are banner ads reading:
"Support Ron Paul By Buying Ammo!"
"The Top 10 Things You Need To Know About Precious Metals"
"The Ron Paul Chocolate Bar Is Here!" (is every bar as chock full of nuts?)
So the base message is conspiracy, ammo and buy up gold? Is this Ron Paul or just Glenn Beck with a tasty treat?