https://redstate.com/erick/2011/06/21/jon-huntsman-calls-obama-remarkable-before-plotting-his-treachery/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 03:06:55 -0400<![CDATA[As Jon Huntsman headed out the door to China in August of 2009, he sent Barack Obama a handwritten note. Included is the statement &#8220;You are a remarkable leader — and it has been a great honor getting to know you.&#8221;The rest of the story is that Huntsman went to China to serve as Barack Obama&#8217;s Ambassador to the Chicoms and, concurrent to that, decided to challenge Obama for his job.It speaks volumes about the man&#8217;s lack of character and naked ambition that he would choose to serve the President, cast that choice as the patriotic thing to do, then pooh-pooh any notion of disloyalty to the President of the United States when he began plotting against him.In Huntsman&#8217;s own words, he considered Obama a &#8220;remarkable leader&#8221;. What changed? And did Huntsman violate the Hatch Act? You can bet the media is going to give him a digital rectal exam trying to find out.]]>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:30:54 -0400<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2011/06/21/jon-huntsman-calls-obama-remarkable-before-plotting-his-treachery-n39431