Newsweek on Huntsman

[YOhio]

This was an excellent article and it seems that Huntsman is doing a great job so far.

I loved this little anecdote:

But Huntsman couldn't resist the offer: China had fascinated him since childhood. One day in 1971, when he was 11 and his father (plastics magnate Jon Huntsman Sr.) was serving as special assistant to President Richard Nixon, the boy accompanied Jon Sr. to the White House. Henry Kissinger was there, preparing to embark on a hush-hush mission, and Jon Jr. was allowed to carry the national-security adviser's briefcase to a waiting car. The boy asked Kissinger where he was going, and Huntsman recalls the reply: "Please don't tell anyone. I'm going to China."

[SeattleUte]

That's a great anecdote.

I'm not surprised this thread got an air ball. Huntsman is pro gay marriage and in the Obama administration so I assume he's persona non grata among his fellow LDS. Like Harry Reid.

[JohnnyLingo]

That's a great anecdote.

I'm not surprised this thread got an air ball. Huntsman is pro gay marriage and in the Obama administration so I assume he's persona non grata among his fellow LDS. Like Harry Reid.

It's been three hours. It was posted at 9:30 p.m. That qualifies for an air ball?

[myboynoah]

That's a great anecdote.

I'm not surprised this thread got an air ball. Huntsman is pro gay marriage and in the Obama administration so I assume he's persona non grata among his fellow LDS. Like Harry Reid.

I don't think you get enough credit for what you bring to this board.

Anyway, I was appalled that after having Henry Kissinger tell him not to "tell anyone," Huntsman thinks it's okay to blab to Newsweek.

[BoylenOver]

I don't think you get enough credit for what you bring to this board.

Anyway, I was appalled that after having Henry Kissinger tell him not to "tell anyone," Huntsman thinks it's okay to blab to Newsweek.

The man can't be trusted.

[Guest]

I don't think you get enough credit for what you bring to this board.

Anyway, I was appalled that after having Henry Kissinger tell him not to "tell anyone," Huntsman thinks it's okay to blab to Newsweek.

Why does Kissinger still have an accent? I don't get it; he left Germany in 1938.

[myboynoah]

Why does Kissinger still have an accent? I don't get it; he left Germany in 1938.

Realpolitik goes down better when coming from someone with a German accent.

For what other reason do you think Nixon is "nodding" to Mao?

[wuapinmon]

Why does Kissinger still have an accent? I don't get it; he left Germany in 1938.

If you're being serious, please let me know, and I'll give you a linguistic response after my morning classes. If you're not...funny.

[Hallelujah]

That's a great anecdote.

I'm not surprised this thread got an air ball. Huntsman is pro gay marriage and in the Obama administration so I assume he's persona non grata among his fellow LDS. Like Harry Reid.

Huntsman is NOT pro gay marriage. And neither is Obama (at least that's why he said). But nice try.

[YOhio]

Anyway, I was appalled that after having Henry Kissinger tell him not to "tell anyone," Huntsman thinks it's okay to blab to Newsweek.

That was funny.

[Katy Lied]

If you're being serious, please let me know, and I'll give you a linguistic response after my morning classes. If you're not...funny.

Please do. I'm fascinated with linguistics and almost majored in it. Something to do with his age at the time he learned english?

[falafel]

Please do. I'm fascinated with linguistics and almost majored in it. Something to do with his age at the time he learned english?

then why don't you participate in my etymology threads!?

[SeattleUte]

Anyway, I was appalled that after having Henry Kissinger tell him not to "tell anyone," Huntsman thinks it's okay to blab to Newsweek.

Is the information still classified? If you were appalled why not at Henry Kissinger blabbing to a child about something at that time extremely sensitive? But I think HK knew he had a trustworthy young man and future China diplomat.

[Tim]

"The days of patronizing, the days of table pounding, the days of America wins every negotiation—those days are over," says Huntsman, "Today we approach the negotiating table with mutual respect and, maybe more than ever, a defined sense of our shared interests."

What? How DARE he suggest to another country that our nations are peers?! The US is peers with no one. NO ONE!

[myboynoah]

Is the information still classified? If you were appalled why not at Henry Kissinger blabbing to a child about something at that time extremely sensitive? But I think HK knew he had a trustworthy young man and future China diplomat.

That was next, but then that whole RMN/remarriage/Mormon sex/gibbon thing came up in the religion forum. That took a good 3-4 hours of being appalled right out of me. It appears I’ve hit my quota.

I may revisit this in a few days.