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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:57 PM

harmonicon (12,008 posts)

85. I don't know...

"Hi there. Sorry about all the killing I did of your people. Lets have breakfast." just doesn't seem to work. I don't think ex-military is really right for the job.

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102 replies	Author	Time	Post
AP story points to Huntsman Jr. as Secretary of State candidate [View all]	Freddie Stubbs	Nov 2012	OP
I think it would be very unwise to put a Republican in charge of the State Department	yardwork	Nov 2012	#1
Remember , Bill Clinton's last Secretary of Defense	cyclezealot	Nov 2012	#11
Defense is different from the State Department.	yardwork	Nov 2012	#20
My question about Huntsman	cyclezealot	Nov 2012	#37
Uhmmm ...	1StrongBlackMan	Nov 2012	#49
Sorry you think I'm overreacting. I would be very disappointed to see a Republican made SoS.	yardwork	Nov 2012	#52
Okay ...	1StrongBlackMan	Nov 2012	#57
There are many Democratic candidates more competent than Huntsman.	yardwork	Nov 2012	#62
By what measure?	1StrongBlackMan	Nov 2012	#63
So much for that whole "unity" thing eh?	ChillZilla	Nov 2012	#98
LOL!	yardwork	Nov 2012	#101
Doesn't mean Obama should do it	BigDemVoter	Nov 2012	#69
Agree with you one million %	BigDemVoter	Nov 2012	#67
why?	Enrique	Nov 2012	#79
I say no.....	FarPoint	Nov 2012	#2
Republicans distrusted him because he was Ambassador to China under Obama	Freddie Stubbs	Nov 2012	#4
Huntsman is DOA as a Republican Presidential Candidate	TomCADem	Nov 2012	#9
Exactly. It's bizzaro world over there.	harmonicon	Nov 2012	#73
The right-wingers are supposedly doing some inner soul-searching	Cal33	Nov 2012	#96
His goose is cooked with the GOP.	cyclezealot	Nov 2012	#13
The Republicans had an aneurysm over Chris Christie	Spider Jerusalem	Nov 2012	#71
No...	liberalmuse	Nov 2012	#3
Exactly...	FarPoint	Nov 2012	#5
I'll ditto that!	SoapBox	Nov 2012	#41
Wouldn't it be smart ...	1StrongBlackMan	Nov 2012	#50
Not sure I agree	kurt_cagle	Nov 2012	#6
This Sounds Like The Worst Team Gets The First/Best Draft Choice....	global1	Nov 2012	#8
Having an opposition that is sane and rational is good for the country	iandhr	Nov 2012	#12
When and if the Republicans started to nominate people like Huntsman we all win.	Exultant Democracy	Nov 2012	#43
Because it creates a contingency against a powerful extremist right-wing	demwing	Nov 2012	#16
keep your friends close and your enemies closer, isn't that the adage? n/t	Ed Suspicious	Nov 2012	#22
Absolutely, and while I don't see Huntsman as an "enemy"	demwing	Nov 2012	#34
I'm with you	SemperEadem	Nov 2012	#15
+1	JustAnotherGen	Nov 2012	#18
I was scared of Huntsman but knew he could not make it out of the primaries. Huckabee	coalition_unwilling	Nov 2012	#38
IMHO..	sendero	Nov 2012	#32
Why? (nt)	enough	Nov 2012	#7
So	John2	Nov 2012	#10
Hilary, now Huntsman, Is Obama trying to engineer the future?	AnnaLee	Nov 2012	#14
well this guy is a republican	madrchsod	Nov 2012	#17
I think clearly John Kerry deserves this job.	MessiahRp	Nov 2012	#19
If he picks Kerry Scott Brown comes back. After we worked our asses off to boot him.	iandhr	Nov 2012	#21
exactly. that would stink.	Ed Suspicious	Nov 2012	#23
Ditto. Brown Becomes The Frontrunner for Kerry's Job	TomCADem	Nov 2012	#24
Why? He lost by a large margin.	wisteria	Nov 2012	#70
In an off year election, his chances go back up	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Nov 2012	#95
This really ignores the good Democrats that MA has	karynnj	Nov 2012	#47
Nicely put.	wisteria	Nov 2012	#72
53 Democrats plus 2 independents	karynnj	Nov 2012	#80
I think Brown will have a difficult time getting re-elected for anything in MA	graywarrior	Nov 2012	#58
What makes you so sure that the Dems couldn't beat Brown again?	MessiahRp	Nov 2012	#64
Not really, This is only speculation.	wisteria	Nov 2012	#68
I am with you, but I wouldn't be surprised if he gets pushed aside.	wisteria	Nov 2012	#66
...	politicasista	Nov 2012	#82
I find this topic fascinating on a number of levels.	zonkers	Nov 2012	#25
NO! NO! NO!	GeorgeGist	Nov 2012	#26
FUCK NO don't reward a Repug, dammit!	MotherPetrie	Nov 2012	#27
What a horrible possibility. DON'T DO IT!!	byeya	Nov 2012	#28
I don't like Huntsman. He is disloyal.	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#29
No! No more "bi-partisan" appointments	Kelvin Mace	Nov 2012	#30
Personally I would not have an objection to this...	Swede Atlanta	Nov 2012	#31
When he left the administration to run with the republicans, he made his bed.	Paulie	Nov 2012	#33
Completely selfish of me, but I'd want Howard Dean	Blue_Tires	Nov 2012	#35
... but, as you say, this isn't the job for him.	harmonicon	Nov 2012	#75
I saw a DUer throw Wesley Clark's name in the discussion	Blue_Tires	Nov 2012	#78
I don't know...	harmonicon	Nov 2012	#85
Clinton would be saying	Firebirds01	Nov 2012	#90
No to Huntsman. He passed on becoming a DEM before the	SDjack	Nov 2012	#36
I wouldn't pad the resume of a Republican who has White House aspirations. Is there a deal going?	nolabear	Nov 2012	#39
Replacing Hillary?	Ashened	Nov 2012	#40
Yes, she intends to "retire." nt	justiceischeap	Nov 2012	#45
She said long before the election that she'd only be on for one term - maybe even years before. (nt)	harmonicon	Nov 2012	#76
Shows how closely I follow the news...	Ashened	Nov 2012	#86
blarg. n/t	iamthebandfanman	Nov 2012	#42
NO MORE FREAKIN' REPUBLICANS!!!!!! nt	valerief	Nov 2012	#44
+1	forestpath	Nov 2012	#53
Huntsman? Never. Obama forgives, but he is not Jesus	appacom	Nov 2012	#46
No. Sec of State is a plum and while it is traditional to have	The Second Stone	Nov 2012	#48
Not just no but HELL NO!!	KamaAina	Nov 2012	#51
"Unnamed officials" said list of "possible" contenders "possibly" contains Huntsman's name.	NYC Liberal	Nov 2012	#54
I think maybe Huntsman is the unnamed official	TwilightGardener	Nov 2012	#60
They're just floating this to appear bipartisan,	NYC Liberal	Nov 2012	#74
No thanks. We need a liberal running our foreign policy.	Daniel537	Nov 2012	#55
The President will be "running our foreign policy"	Freddie Stubbs	Nov 2012	#94
Tarred with same brush	matt819	Nov 2012	#56
No. Huntsman already proved what kind of person he was with that ill-fated	Arkana	Nov 2012	#59
How do you figure?	harmonicon	Nov 2012	#77
I like him	maq-az	Nov 2012	#61
He walked out on President Obama before to run for President,	wisteria	Nov 2012	#65
Huntsman resigned his ambassadorship to run against Obama didn't he?	Cass	Nov 2012	#81
Susan Rice or John Kerry	JI7	Nov 2012	#83
Give it to Susan Rice	cire41	Nov 2012	#88
Susan Rice is a class act..	goclark	Nov 2012	#97
If Kerry gets the nod, do we need another election to fill his seat?	Myrina	Nov 2012	#102
Please, NOOOOO! We already had repugs as SOS for 8 yrs, now give Dems the chance to fix what	wordpix	Nov 2012	#84
Fuck no. We have hundreds of more qualified Democrats. Nt	TheDonkey	Nov 2012	#87
General Clark would make a great SOS or SOD for that matter	KewlKat	Nov 2012	#89
Do not put ANY rethug on a pedestal. There are NO good rethugs.	Hugabear	Nov 2012	#91
The Petraeus Scandal	kurt_cagle	Nov 2012	#92
Poor Kerry, always a bridesmaid and never a bride.	Beacool	Nov 2012	#93
Oh no....Kerry should get it	SayitAintSo	Nov 2012	#99
Hope this is not true. Hard to believe he couldn't find a qualified liberal who wants the job.	AzDar	Nov 2012	#100

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