The Boston Globe, not exactly a bastion of conservative dreamweaving, endorsed Jon Huntsman in an editorial appearing in Friday’s paper. The craziest thing about this is not that the Globe chose the ur-underdog, because who doesn’t love an underdog whose name is not Rick Santorum, but that the Globe described 2012 as “an historic opportunity for the Republican Party.” SO SOON?
The editorial board did make the questionable decision of actually mentioning Romney by name, and giving a nod to the fact that he is acknowledged neutrally by great swaths of shrugging humans nationwide:
Among the candidates, only two stand out as truly presidential, Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman. Both have track records of success, and both, through their policies and demeanors, have shown the breadth of spirit to lead the nation. But while Romney proceeds cautiously, strategically, trying to appease enough constituencies to get himself the nomination, Huntsman has been bold. Rather than merely sketch out policies, he articulates goals and ideals.
Globe editorial page editor Peter Canellos added Friday morning on CNN that he liked the fact that Huntsman didn’t, well, evoke any kind of facial expression in anyone during the Republican debates of 2011. “He wasn’t harsh, he wasn’t out of line in any way,” he says, “and a lot of the others have been.”
So big whoop: a newspaper with non-Republican leanings likes Jon Huntsman. Get in line! But the difference here is that arguably the Globe has known/endured Romney in a deeper way than a lot of the other newspapers given his governorship of the state in which the rag is printed. Canellos said part of the reason the Globe dissed Romney again (it endorsed John McCain for the Republican nomination in 2008) is because Romney is now, how to put this, running away from the burning house that is his “progressive” reputation as Massachusetts governor.
Is the Globe’s artistry totally pointless? Not exactly, they say. There are a lot of disaffected Democrats and independents in New Hampshire saying flattering things like that they can “stomach” Huntsman, which is, of course, the main reason Huntsman has taken to the state like Gingrich to gummy bears.
Also, the goat vote. [Boston Globe]
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This has all the makings of another Boston epic fail.
Well, at least they didn't endorse Bill Buckner.
Is Bill allowed to walk along the streets in Boston?
He lives in Boise, Idaho.
I'm surprised that was far enough away.
Who is this Huntsman guy again?
He's the Chinese guy.
The Chinese Mormon guy.
Huntsman also proves that it's possible to be even more boring than the Mittbot 3.1
What book of the bible is that, Mittbot 3.1? Oh, he's Mormon, my bad. They follow that guy, whats-his-name, Bring'em Young.
Mitt's sons appeal to a lot of the closeted, fapping base. But Jon's daughters appeal to more moderate, hetero(ish) 'Murkans.
Wait, where can I see these daughters of whom you speak?
I'm too ignorant to know how to embed the link — this is messy: http://www.google.com/search?q=huntsman+daughters...
My best friend, Bill and I got into a twitter war with Mitt's son, Matt the night he said that his dad would show his tax returns when Obama showed his birth certificate and grades. We were quite horrible. Ah, good times.
Huntsman — the other blah Mitt.
He certainly doesn't have the charisma of Pawlenty.
“an historic opportunity for the Republican Party.”
I think they've had enough chances.
Now now, the chance to self-destruct is ALWAYS historic.
Just like the Babe Ruth trade was an historic opportunity for the Red Sox.
Historic fail!
Great, now we all have to learn Chinese and I was still working on my English. Oh well, they could have endorsed Santorum and we would have to speak Ballchinian.
The Globe just digs his hot daughters. So do I, for that matter. I'm still voting for Blarah Oblamah, though.
Dems and independents saying … they can “stomach” Huntsman
While others are saying they can "knee" or "elbow" him.
And a small segment are referring to him as "assable".
I could knee-cap him for sure.
Boston Globe, the paper of Blands and Blahs all over Boston
Did they use the phase "least worse" with this endorsement?
Or a favorite of mine: usually always.
There are a lot of disaffected Democrats and independents in New Hampshire saying flattering things like that they can “stomach” Huntsman
BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANESSS!
I think doughy pantload Erick the Erickson lurrves him some Huntsman, something, something about "true conservative" or some such horseshit. I only think this because I will not go to Redstate to verify.
I'm not clear on how this shit works, but could one Mormon guy marry all three of Huntsman's Mormon daughters? I'd be dead within a fortnight.
Romney can court the Southie vote by calling the Globe editorial staff "wicked pissahs."
Fucking librul Massholes… Really, the Manchurian Candidate? Do they not even watch the Paultard channel?
Hmmm….is this akin to deciding to date the sister of the crazy chick who left you and stole your XBox games, beer and keyed your car on the way out?
Among the candidates, only two stand out as truly presidential, Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman.
OH SNAP. In your face, Fecalfroth.
And as for Newt, he doesn't even sound like a man on the telephone, let alone presidential.
yeah i just snorted malbec out thru my nose elvis.
So wait, was it Perry or Santorum they endorsed?
Oh sorry, I read that wrong; I thought it said the Globe endorsed the candidate who hunts men.
TURN BACK! GET OFF THE SPACE SHIP! "To Follow Huntsman" is a Wilderness Sportsman's Manual!
Maybe the Globe endorsed him because of his campaign promise to get Bob Kraft to cut Chad Ochocinco. What a bust.
That, plus all the carefully guarded acupuncture secrets he learned from the inscrutable Orientals, to heal Brady's shoulder.
"acknowledged neutrally by great swaths of shrugging humans nationwide"…
You set out to write a little snark and then, poof!, art happens.
And, of course, Republicans in New Hampshire were just waiting on the edge of their seats with anticipation wondering who the godless, libruhl Boston Globe would endorse!
Angel Moroni wept.
Moronic: Of, or pertaining to, the Angel Moroni.
It looks like the Boston Globe is a voice for the Robot Vote.
"Vote Huntsman: HE'S A ROBOT!!!!"
Huntsman has been bold enough to NOT evoke any kind of facial expression in anyone, which the Globe editors declare admirable and Presidential.
Did I read that correctly?
Does this mean Huntsy is going after the Blah vote, too?
Also in Huntsman's favor, he never posed for pictures with a 20-week deceased fetus and call it his "little guy." Presumably.
And his daughters appear to be the kinds of wholesome teenagers who, if asked to kiss and cuddle and sing to such a fetus, could be counted on to say "Ok, Daddy, this is getting weird. You're really creeping us out, here."
Well given the slate of Rethuglican candidates totally qualifies as a goat fuck, then polling the goat vote in NH does make sense. As an aside, in addition to Huntsman's flavorful coat, what does the goat think of magic undies?
Year of the Ram?
the Globe described 2012 as “an historic opportunity for the Republican Party.”
That's just way retaahhded.
Although, Hunstman when he found out was heard to say, "Wicked pissah!"
Not votin' for some guy who speaks furren languages, especially Chinaman talk.
Next thing you know he'll be making Ramadan a national holiday.
I stayed at a Ramadan Inn once. I didn't make me smart like the Holiday Inn Expresses do.
Huntsman is the T-1000 to Mitt's T-500.
Someone with class, intelligence and leadership skills would seem to have a slim chance as a Republican.
Dan Quayle libel!!!
Someone on MSNBC was going on last night about how Huntsman is actually quite conservative if you look at his political positions, and only appears to be moderate because he does not foam at the mouth.
Ten months to go…
Mc Cain 2000.
Wait, is that wrong? Huntsman is crazy conservative, but with a smile. That's it. There isn't anything else to him. Most of the other ones just play conservatives on TV.
In other news, nobody gives a FUCK about the Boston Herald. I remember stocking Heralds in a gas station and they were the only paper the distributor wouldn't take back.
I took the T into Boston with my hyper-libby Rhode Island girlfriend one day back in 2004, and there were some guys giving away complimentary copies of the Herald on the platform as we de-trained. She said to one of the guys that tried to give her one, "Get away from me with that VULGAR PIECE OF TRASH!"
After "The Evening Transcript" folded, The Boston Herald was the paper of choice for the Back Bay society blue bloods at one time.
Now it's just another low-life example of that old Murdoch touch of the sewer.
What the Globe fails to realise is that Huntsman has yet to bring the crazy. Without some batshit crazy ideas, how can you rise above 10% in the Republican field? Hell, Bachman brought all kinds of crazy, and she couldn't break 10%. What chance does Huntsman have?
She should have flashed some tit. All that yacking just made the men think they were at home so, of course, they tuned out.
There's still time!
I would pay good money to see the presidential election matchup between the Islamo-fascist-socialist Democrat and the watching-paint-dry-boring-Mormon-Chinese Republitard, just to count how many religious-righters' heads explode.
From the "Goat Vote" link:
Somewhere in San Diego, a GOP chairman feels his salivary glands kick into gear.
"Roommates" who live with a goat. Kinky!
I'm betting the Globe endorsed Huntsman because he's the last non-Mitt Republican that they don't know anything about. They'll change their minds once he rockets to prominence and people start looking at his record.
"but that the Globe described 2012 as “an historic opportunity for the Republican Party.”"
It would be historic in that they'd be nominating someone who, while conservative, is not crazy or dumb as a box of hair.
That goat looks happy to be standing in front of Huntsman, and not Cain.
Meh, It's a well-known fact that Boston has always been unAmerican and never even had a tea party.
Who did the goat endorse?
Mickey Kaus, in return for certain… favors.
None of them, Katie? Goat is smarter than CON primary voter.
You'd think that after the Aqua Teen Hunger Force terrorism debacle Boston would be a little bit more circumspect about making crazy moves like this one.
How's Rick Perry,doing?
Who?
he's doing it from behind
the Globe described 2012 as “an historic opportunity for the Republican Party.”
I think you people might be misreading this. What the Globe meant was that the Republicans have an opportunity to make themselves history.
Does your goat bite?
No.
Chomp!
Hey, I thought you said your goat does not bite!
That is not my goat…
Way back when I was doing interesting things on behalf of the United States, we said that the optimists were learning Russian and the pessimists were learning Chinese. Apparently, the Boston paper's editorial board thinks the glass is half-assed.
The Globe made its decision on the indisputable fact that Jon Huntsman wears magic boxers, while Mitt Romney prefers magic tighty whities.
Nope. Mitt can't ever commit to one side of anything, so he wears magic boxer-briefs.
2012 is “an historic opportunity for the Republican Party to be revealed as a front for the Koch Bros and similar money-barons and be wiped out in the election".
Willard claims to be a Red Sox fan in 3…2…1…
It's funny you bring up sports loyalties. This guy comes to Michigan in 2007 and refuses to say which college he supports. In May of last year he comes down firmly as a Michigan fan. When asked in December about the in-state rivalry while in New Hampshire he said this:
This guy is a fucking joke.
The Globe is being so crazily passive-aggressive it's not even funny. If damning with faint praise was a sport, the Globe would win the (Ron Paul) gold.
Well, this answers the question: "How can we throw a perfectly good endorsement in the trash bin and accomplish absolutely nothing?".
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