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pangaia

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16. I always had a very distasteful feeling about Ron Paul.

Thu Nov 22, 2012, 10:22 PM

Nov 2012

I actually agreed with a few of his positions, very few. However, he just painted everything with this one huge single color brush without any nuance of color whatsoever, without any thought to the consequences. But even aside from some of his extremist, too simplistic positions, there was just something...I don't know..just something...dirty, about the man. Something repulsive to me about him. And this ad shows it perfectly, whether or not it came directly from his campaign.

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"Obama’s campaign manager: Huntsman was biggest threat" [View all] applegrove Nov 2012 OP

people like him have no chance in the Repubican Primary JI7 Nov 2012 #1

Please don't throw me into that briar patch. Please! rzemanfl Nov 2012 #2

+ struggle4progress Nov 2012 #20

Agreed. They could call him that and Still Sensible Nov 2012 #3

I could see this mzteaze Nov 2012 #4

They had nothing to worry about. Sane people don't win GOP Primaries. aaaaaa5a Nov 2012 #5

I really, really, like Huntsman JanetLovesObama Nov 2012 #6

I knew this as soon as I started paying attention to the GOP primaries. Curmudgeoness Nov 2012 #7

+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #33

Wow, that's a not-so-subtle putdown along with the content. JohnnyLib2 Nov 2012 #8

And his Mormon religion would not have mattered. Republicans with class...a vanishing breed. libdem4life Nov 2012 #9

Well, why do you think that one of the first things Obama did after he won in '08 rocktivity Nov 2012 #10

Now, that is some racist bullshit. nt cecilfirefox Nov 2012 #11

I agree. Smart, charming, and he appeared reasonable. He also had knockout daughters. MADem Nov 2012 #12

That's what I thought also. The only sane one of the bunch. northoftheborder Nov 2012 #13

i knew he would have been the biggest threat but madrchsod Nov 2012 #14

Huntsman would have been DOA in Ohio - an unapologetic free trader who saw nothing wrong with our Midwestern Democrat Nov 2012 #15

I always had a very distasteful feeling about Ron Paul. pangaia Nov 2012 #16

Great minds think alike. I said the same thing repeatedly on DU coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #17

Huntsman was far too moderate to appeal to the GOP's nutty base. Third Doctor Nov 2012 #18

Guys he had no shot. No charisma, legacy baby, very conservative track record smorkingapple Nov 2012 #19

He seemed the most reasonable out of Lex Nov 2012 #22

Just heard him speak a month ago and Sherman A1 Nov 2012 #29

Messina said he was the biggest threat, not that he would've won Hippo_Tron Nov 2012 #23

Messina is just playing mind games with the Republicans. grantcart Nov 2012 #24

He served as Ambassador to China, not Treasury Secretary Hippo_Tron Nov 2012 #25

Unfortunately Huntsman had to go through the Primary first. grantcart Nov 2012 #31

Not for nothing Cosmocat Nov 2012 #32

The teabaggers will be the end of the Republican Party with their purity tests and extreme ideas Lex Nov 2012 #21

Not even Reagan would pass their conservative litmus test today davidn3600 Nov 2012 #30

I think Obama would've defeated Huntsman by a wider margin than Romney... Drunken Irishman Nov 2012 #26

I also saw Huntsman as the biggest threat... FarPoint Nov 2012 #27

As an OP in at least one other DU thread points out, BlueMTexpat Nov 2012 #28