Huntsman: GOP Is ‘Devoid Of A Soul,’ Needs ‘Strong Dose Of Libertarianism’

[Simfan34]

Beat me to it. See, this is why I like Huntsman so much. He's basically said what I said here

I seriously believe Congress should be paid the medium income of Americans.

How about they start paying us, oh wait, they already do!

You're telling me we're paid by Congress? By what? Their own munificent generosity and benevolent charity? You're joking, right? Now, I'm not much of a democrat and certainly no republican, but at least in this country, these people on the hill are beholden to the people. We could fire them all if we wanted to, and if people in this country had half a brain, they would.

I'm not going to deny that the GOP is to blame here. The amount they've been willing to ignore their beliefs, constituents, and past positions all to spite the President is just disgusting. I really don't know who the Republicans are beholden to. The rich are liberals. The neoconservatives and neoliberals are supportive of the President. It seems they're led by no ones and nobody- Norquist, Limbaugh, Santorum. Who are these people? Why are they leading the party? They're nobodies! These small minded morons aren't conservative, they aren't even reactionary, they're just dumb. The GOP today isn't being led by far right wingnuts, they're being led by just- wingnuts.

See, Huntsman knows what he's talking about. He's one of the few people that do.

[Simfan34]

Let's not all be dense. Huntsman is not talking about adopting objectivism. He is talking about adopting libertarian social attitudes- live and let be. This is something people shouldn't be finding objectionable. Talking about tolerating gay marriage, marijuana legalisation, et cetera. Repealing DOMA. He's talking sense, as usual. There's no need to twist his words.

[Simfan34]

...anyway why on earth isn't Huntsman a Democrat if he isn't a crazy hater?

Perhaps he is merely a money hoarder.

Yeah of course he is but jeez, the Democrats still keep the oppressors' taxes at criminally low levels.. so there's really no bar to switching.

Because he's actually what a conservative is supposed to be.

[Simfan34]

Again our red avatars are missing the point. Phil has got the gist of what Huntsman means.

[Simfan34]

Let's not all be dense. Huntsman is not talking about adopting objectivism. He is talking about adopting libertarian social attitudes- live and let be. This is something people shouldn't be finding objectionable. Talking about tolerating gay marriage, marijuana legalisation, et cetera. Repealing DOMA. He's talking sense, as usual. There's no need to twist his words.

That's not libertarianism. It's liberalism.

In the case of those types of issues, what is the difference?

Let's be honest. Do you think Jon Huntsman would have said the GOP needs a "Strong Dose Of Liberalism"?

Also, you'd best be served by reading the original Torygraph article. Great journalism from them, as usual: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/republicans/9771589/Republican-party-is-devoid-of-a-soul-says-Jon-Huntsman.html