Local GOP cancel speech by Utah’s Republican governor because he’s too moderate.
Local GOP cancel speech by Utah’s Republican governor because he’s too moderate.
Joanne Voorhees, the chairwoman of the Kent County Republican party in Michigan, has “abruptly canceled” an upcoming fundraiser with Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr. (R). Voorhees “said that hosting the moderate Utah governor would mean abandoning the party’s conservative principles.” The cancellation comes as Republicans are pushing for a more narrow party focused on hard-right principles. In a new interview with ABC News, Huntsman sharply criticizes the national GOP leadership, giving them an “incomplete” grade on their first 100 days as an opposition party to President Obama. “Instead of just kind of grousing and complaining, it would do us all a whole lot of good if we actually started engaging directly in finding compromises and common ground and shared solutions,” said Hunstman.
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How “moderate” could a Repubuke from Utah be?
April 29th, 2009 at 5:01 pmWow, they ar really running full speed for the edge of the cliff!
April 29th, 2009 at 5:02 pmThis man should switch to Democrat.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:04 pmMy God, these people are crazy.
There hasn’t been a great Republican since Teddy Roosevelt.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:05 pmI read a comment somewhere yesterday from a wingnut wanting to run Sam Brownback out of the GOP. Too far left. Bwaaahhaaahaha
April 29th, 2009 at 5:06 pmHuge tent. Huge I’m saying.
Pretty soon the only person under the tent will be Becky, under the tent in Rush’s pants.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:07 pmLocal GOP cancel speech by Utah’s Republican governor because he’s too moderate.
– - My brother lives in Utah and confirms that this is a good guy who he could some day vote for for President. He’s a true conservative more than a Republican, which today means you’re a radical nutjob on the right.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:07 pmYessss, the scum sucking repukes are alienating all their moderates….
…follow Rush or be crushed.
Fcuk the Republicans
April 29th, 2009 at 5:07 pmWow — the governor of the reddest of red states is “too moderate” for the Republicans in Kent County, Michigan?
What did he do? Endorse universal health care? Fight to keep abortion legal? Declare gay marriage legal in Utah? Buy a hybrid car?
Ah — the problem you seem to have with him is that he actually said something sensible and reasonable, specifically, “Instead of just kind of grousing and complaining, it would do us all a whole lot of good if we actually started engaging directly in finding compromises and common ground and shared solutions.”
Apparently favoring working with the opposition party to solve mutual problems is the worst possible sort of heresy.
Well, have fun wallowing in your hatred. I’m sure if you look hard enough, you will find somebody who will spew the venom you so desperately want. Why don’t you see if Michael Savage is doing anything that day?
April 29th, 2009 at 5:11 pmSUPPORT THE GOP PRESERVATION SOCIETY
Committed to keeping a small, surviving faction of the GOP on a remote island for future study, but encouraging it’s ongoing efforts to self-marginalize.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:12 pmIt’s clear the RePugniScums are the party of the anti-democracy militias, racists, and reichwing Christianistas around the country.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:12 pmHoly cripes, the republic party is quickly becoming the Timothy McVeigh Bandwagon, but yet, they think kicking all of the sane & rational members out from under their tiny umbrella is going to be good for them and the party? Bah hahahahahahaaaaaaaa hahahahaha!
The right wing is bat sh*t crazy insane. They’ve lost the ability to think things through at this point.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:14 pmAnd, they even forced him out of the party because he wasn’t a corporate whore.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:19 pmFollow rush . . . but don’t trip him, he may never stop rolling !!!
April 29th, 2009 at 5:23 pmI live in Utah, and Huntsman is extremely popular. I’m pretty far to the left, and I would still vote for him. He is a conservative, but he has done a lot of wonderful things for the state. He has helped to tone down all of the religious rhetoric here and he has openly supported gay rights. If the republican party wants to marginalize someone like Huntsman, they might as well hang it up now.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:25 pmWhat!? Governor Palin wasn’t available? Nor Toddster, nor Rush? SteelyMike?
Rats.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:25 pmlet the purging of the Republican Party begin…
April 29th, 2009 at 5:25 pmOff Topic:
April 29th, 2009 at 5:26 pm“Guido the Loving OBGYN” … great name– keep “practicing your love”!
“The group Campaign for Michigan Families praised the cancellation, attributing it to Huntsman’s support of civil unions…”
These people are the spokespeople to the republican party in Michigan??? If the republicans had any intelligence left they would drop them quick because they probably would not constitute a majority by any means.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:27 pmIt’s a good thing that there’s a Democrat in office right now, because pretty soon the Republicans will be protected under the Endangered Species Act.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:29 pmThis is getting hilarious! How low do the GNOP registration and congressional seat numbers need to go before someone out there sees a “problem” with pushing moderates away?
Not that I’m complaining, mind you.
PEACE
April 29th, 2009 at 5:29 pm….
at what point in time did the
john birch society take over
the republican party?
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April 29th, 2009 at 5:31 pmI don’t care how forward thinking the guy is. The day the governor of Utah is too liberal to speak to a county Republican gathering anywhere outside perhaps the deepest south is the day the Republicans have to seriously consider whether they even want to be a national party. Maybe it’s time for all of them to “go Gault” and deprive us of their valuable service.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:32 pmIt was discovered he belonged to a book club.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:36 pmWhat the hell are the rights priciples? What are they? Besides giving money to those who already have it, and limiting our childrens right to an education, what does the right believe in? If it is small government, why don’t the Repub just resign? That would immediately reduce the size of government. What the hell do they want from us?
April 29th, 2009 at 5:37 pmKeith H. Says:
Follow rush . . . but don’t trip him, he may never stop rolling !!!
Don’t be ridiculous. Gravity would stop him eventually :) Unless, of course, Ms. Bachmann spoke to him. In that case the hot air coming out of her mouth would move the moon out of it’s orbit. Hey maybe she can be a new energy source. I wonder how many lies per gallon she gets?
April 29th, 2009 at 5:40 pmSo this republican wasnt moderate when he was elected..and who were the real republicans that elected this moderate?
April 29th, 2009 at 5:44 pmSoon owning more than 10 guns will be considered moderate.
I guess Rush thinks the Pied Piper has a flute and an unlimited supply to custard filling as well.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:45 pmLock-step and do what I say, if not, your are un-American, traitor and a treasonous dog, hmmmmmmmmm, sounds like the right wingnuts to me – LOL
April 29th, 2009 at 5:46 pmXisithrus Says:
So this republican wasnt moderate when he was elected..and who were the real republicans that elected this moderate?
I guess it was a bait and switch.
Or what is better known in Republican circles, the Pat Buchanan.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:50 pmI see, this is finger pointing gone awry.
Like musical chairs there will soon be only a few finger pointers left vying for the throne of blame.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:54 pmAnd so, the Republican strategy of kicking out all the Republicans proceeds. Good luck with that!
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texasrick Says:
There hasn’t been a great Republican since Teddy Roosevelt.
I like Ike.
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DNFP Says:
SUPPORT THE GOP PRESERVATION SOCIETY
Committed to keeping a small, surviving faction of the GOP on a remote island for future study, but encouraging it’s ongoing efforts to self-marginalize..
I could see having a zoo for them in the future. But they might have a problem with it having to be publicly funded.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:55 pmIs this Utah guy a mormon?, that would explain alot.
April 29th, 2009 at 5:57 pmGrand Rapids is Fundyland. Lots of Fundamentalist Christians down the road over there.
This is the fruit coming ripe from the Moral Majority-types having infiltrated the GOP over the past two decades.
April 29th, 2009 at 6:00 pmGeez, they’re putting yet another one of their own on the chopping block for not being “conservative enough.” I’m not at all surprised.
April 29th, 2009 at 6:02 pmI knew it.
April 29th, 2009 at 6:04 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
Any reich-wingers care to explain how the GOPigs are a ‘big tent party’?
Please do….I need a laugh.
I guess Ringling Bros. or Barnum & Bailey added a monkey with a gun act to get the people to come back. Either that or they’re feeding the clowns to the lions.
April 29th, 2009 at 6:07 pmBeware of massive implosion of wingnuts! They are going off the deep end, in a hurry!
April 29th, 2009 at 6:14 pmI used to cut his dads lawn when I was young. They were nice people.
I wonder if these guys have any clue how much money he is worth. Extraordinary business man his dad.
Huntsman may not be perfect but he’s a pretty smart man and a reasonable one.
Which is why this new right wingnut party doesn’t like him.
April 29th, 2009 at 6:19 pmFirst they go to the Taliban for ideas and now they are using Stalin’s play book.
They would never work in a zoo…no one would feed them so they would just eat each other.
April 29th, 2009 at 6:23 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
Any reich-wingers care to explain how the GOPigs are a ‘big tent party’?
Please do….I need a laugh.
More like a bunch of little tents. And the clown cars are getting smaller, fewer clowns with bladders.
April 29th, 2009 at 6:26 pmBrain Bleach Por Favor!!
April 29th, 2009 at 6:36 pmBasically from what I can tell, the new motto of the right wing is “you’re either with us, or against us”.
Reasonable people need not apply.
April 29th, 2009 at 6:44 pmspring heeled jack Says:
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It was discovered he belonged to a book club.
LOL
April 29th, 2009 at 6:47 pmThese people are really amazing. They are becoming irrelevant because of their right wing tilt and they think the answer is to double-down and become even more right wing. Why they think they can win elections with 21% of the electorate is beyond me.
April 29th, 2009 at 7:02 pmWhy would anyone want to be part of a party that punishes independent thought? When even an occasional agreement with the other party is considered treason. Why belong to a party that says no to everything? No as a knee jerk reaction to everything. Why belong to a party that demands their ideology, no matter how flawed be your first priority?
When your party and it’s actions come first and not loyalty to what is best for the country. The lock step of anti-everything. It is impossible to feel sorry for this governor.
April 29th, 2009 at 7:08 pmCurious:
Because they are the U.S. version of he taliban..
April 29th, 2009 at 7:22 pmThe Repubs continue to destroy their own & send them to the Democrats. Repubs are just plain stupid.
April 29th, 2009 at 7:29 pmI haven’t laughed this hard in YEARS! Dang, now they’re dissing the Governor of Utah because he’s too moderate!? Isn’t Utah a Mormon state? Very conservative? Help me understand. They’ve got to stop this! I can’t take more than 2 stupid things a day from these GOPers! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
April 29th, 2009 at 7:36 pmAs long as moderate Republicans are treated like this, the Democratic run will continue.
Governor Huntsmann, if you are listening, you would make an extremely sexy Democrat!
I’m just saying.
April 29th, 2009 at 7:39 pmcurious Says:
Why would anyone want to be part of a party that punishes independent thought?
This is something any Republican with an IQ over 80 should be asking themselves. At this point, they’d have both more freedom and more impact on legislation as a blue-dog Democrat than as a Republican.
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ElBruce Says:
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curious Says:
Why would anyone want to be part of a party that punishes independent thought?
This is something any Republican with an IQ over 80 should be asking themselves. At this point, they’d have both more freedom and more impact on legislation as a blue-dog Democrat than as a Republican.
April 29th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
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Yeah, if a few more moderate Republicans switch parties, maybe they can bring the Democratic party closer to the middle like it used to be. ;)
April 29th, 2009 at 11:47 pmupright left Says:
Yeah, if a few more moderate Republicans switch parties, maybe they can bring the Democratic party closer to the middle like it used to be. ;)
Well, with every major bill the Dems are going to bypass the R’s and/or the R caucus is going to force them to refuse to deal, the upshot is that the R’s don’t get into the meeting where the bill is actually drafted. If you want to get into that meeting, your best shot is as a Dem, even if you’re a Blue dog (or Yellow dog, whatever they’re calling themselves these days).
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April 30th, 2009 at 8:53 am______
ElBruce Says:
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upright left Says:
Yeah, if a few more moderate Republicans switch parties, maybe they can bring the Democratic party closer to the middle like it used to be. ;)
Well, with every major bill the Dems are going to bypass the R’s and/or the R caucus is going to force them to refuse to deal, the upshot is that the R’s don’t get into the meeting where the bill is actually drafted. If you want to get into that meeting, your best shot is as a Dem, even if you’re a Blue dog (or Yellow dog, whatever they’re calling themselves these days).
April 30th, 2009 at 2:28 am
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Exactly. And the old boy’s network means they’ll still have some influence.
April 30th, 2009 at 8:56 am“more narrow party focused on hard-right principles’,I wish these Reich wing hate filled bigoted racist Christians would focus them selves right out of Washington so we wouldn`t have to listen or see their hate filled bigoted racist and very unchristian like behavior.Keep focusing on the “audacity of nope”, because unlike the Reich the rest of us want this country to succeed and prosper.
April 30th, 2009 at 10:30 amThe GOP is so pathetic & elitist it’s astounding. How they can call anyone, anywhere, “elitist” is remarkable, given the exclusive little club they cling to.
April 30th, 2009 at 2:30 pm