re: #72 Lidane
Same goes for Jon Huntsman. He was a reliable wingnut and considered a rising GOP star and possible nominee for President in 2012. Then he accepted Obama’s appointment to be Ambassador to China and suddenly he couldn’t pay people to notice him.
I don’t think I’d call Huntsman a wingnut. If he was a wingnut, he wouldn’t have taken that ambassadorship. Plus he’s said some things which would not sit well with right-wing Christians (e.g., about creationism). And he like s Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica. He can’t be all bad.
PS He was also a halfway decent governor of Utah and loosened up the liquor laws a bit to the point where the wingnutty legislature tightened them up again after he left.