10
Jan
2012
“Don’t Count Out Jon Huntsman”
I heard him rallying the troops on an NPR clip. I kid you not, Huntsman actually said with passion, “The people of New Hampshire don’t like to be told for whom they should vote!”
I don’t know whether to laugh or salute. People want a politician who says what he thinks is right, not what he thinks the crowd wants to hear. I don’t know much about his positions, but corrupt backroom deals are not things up with which President Huntsman would put.
Just go ahead and end a sentence with a preposition. Whose benefit is that for?
He couldn’t even get on the ballot in 3 states. Regardless of what happens in New Hampshire, he’s out!
Really we have a grammer nazi coming in here. Bob’s english is fine, his typing is clearly off. ” but corrupt backroom deals are not things up with which President Huntsman would put.” I assume Bob means ” but corrupt backroom deals are not things which President Huntsman would put up with.”
I think he was channeling his inner Yoda
You assume wrong – it’s an ironic backhannded compliment. His grammer was correct, it just sounds strange in our dumbed down version of English.
I’m voting for vermin supreme.
http://www.libertariannews.org/2012/01/08/vermin-supreme-for-president/
My healthy gums are a dead giveaway to my chosen candidate….
He’s channeling Churchill … or not:
http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/churchill.html
Bob,
I don’t comment much but I visit your site daily. I have much admiration and respect for your work. But I must say there good buddy this post has taken me back just a little. Let’s see, very rich (not that there is anything wrong with that), was appointed by Pres Obama to a Diplomatic Post (China), former Republican Governor, and a member of the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations). Hmmmmm.
To attribute a virtue of honesty to this man based on a impassioned speech (“I don’t know much about his positions, but corrupt backroom deals are not things up with which President Huntsman would put.”) might just be a bit of a stretch.
thanks for all you do Bob, this isn’t a slam btw, just a reality check as I see it…I truly mean no offense.
Mike this post is a total joke. Obviousy I hope Ron Paul wins. I thought that went without saying.
Never underestimate the skill which sarcasm over the Internet can be detected with.
Great one…
Whatever Huntsman lover. Get on Fox News a few times and suddenly you’re pumping up the elite. Sellout! What’s next, you give up pacifism and throw support behind John Bolton?
Oops!!!! Feeling rather silly……I sit corrected
I agree with Bob on both of these issues (the Huntsman campaign and the creative use of sentences).
I can say right now that I won’t vote for Huntsman, and I don’t think he goes far enough in rallying back the Republican Party to sensibility, but he’s made important contributions in some areas (i.e., not being the party of anti-science, for one).
And why not laugh and salute one after the other? There’s more than two schools of thought about ending a sentence with a preposition, after all 🙂
Who is Jon Huntsman?
Just kidding.
“I don’t know much about his positions, but corrupt backroom deals are not things up with which President Huntsman would put.”
By the way, even if one follows the “don’t end a sentence with a preposition” rule, Churchill was wrong to move the word “up” from the end of the sentence: the word “up” in “put up” in not functioning as a preposition.