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Jon Huntsman
Jun. 22nd, 2011 09:36 amExcept for his views on abortion, Jon Huntsman may be the perfect presidential candidate. While he was Utah's governor, he cut taxes by $400 million and the state still ended up with a surplus. Also problematic: he's for civil unions not gay marriage -- but I don't know that anypresidential candidate is going to come out in favor of gay marriage and that includes Obama.
I'm shallow -- so I like that he dropped out of high school to play in a rock band. I like that his father became a billionaire by inventing the egg carton. I like that he speaks fluent Mandarin. I like that two of his seven children are adopted, one from China, one from India, and that he is raising the Indian daughter as a Hindi. Huntsman's own religion? Jack Mormon. But really the best of what the Mormon pioneer tradition can yield up: practical, not offensively wholesome, skilled in the faith of community and incentive. And damn -- if America isn't a political desert hungry to blossom like a rose, what is?
I'm not sure Huntsman can win a Republican primary. But if he could, I am sure he'd beat Obama.
I'm shallow -- so I like that he dropped out of high school to play in a rock band. I like that his father became a billionaire by inventing the egg carton. I like that he speaks fluent Mandarin. I like that two of his seven children are adopted, one from China, one from India, and that he is raising the Indian daughter as a Hindi. Huntsman's own religion? Jack Mormon. But really the best of what the Mormon pioneer tradition can yield up: practical, not offensively wholesome, skilled in the faith of community and incentive. And damn -- if America isn't a political desert hungry to blossom like a rose, what is?
I'm not sure Huntsman can win a Republican primary. But if he could, I am sure he'd beat Obama.
