GOP Governor: Congressional Leadership 'Inconsequential' (VIDEO)

In an interview with the Washington Times, the Republican governor of Utah on Monday said his party's leaders in Congress' lack of new ideas renders them so "inconsequential" that he doesn't even bother to talk to them.

Watch:

"I don't even know the congressional leadership," Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. told the paper's editors and reporters. "I have not met them. I don't listen or read whatever it is they say because it is inconsequential -- completely." Huntsman added that he would not reject any money from President Obama's stimulus. While he criticized what he saw as misdirected spending in bill, he said Republicans had no credibility on fiscal responsibility.

"Our moral soapbox was completely taken away from us because of our behavior in the last few years," he said. "For us to now criticize analogous behavior is hypocrisy. We've got to come at it a different way. We've got to prove the point. It can't be as the Chinese would say, 'fei hua,' [or] empty words."

Huntsman recently made waves when a spokeman announced that the governor supported civil unions for gay couples. Utah has a constitutional ban on gay marriage and domestic unions.

Comments

[ChangeIsUponUs]

Yes, I did enjoy that honesty but I am of the belief that what George Bush has done to this country and what those Repbulicans allowed and supported that we should not have a Republican elected to the office of President for like 50 years!

[Margary]

Steele will go after him for telling the trueth or voteing your own mind! He's threatening those who don't vote his way.

[HHarvey]

Wow! This from Utah? I'm amazed!

[tinarm]

Now, I want to know why the Gop is putting up Bobby Jindal when they could have an intellegent human speaking tonight. I watched Huntsman the other day on CNN and I was impressed. Not rude, intellegent, artful, a great politician. You know, the guy could actually run if I what I saw and heard is the true Huntsman. Instead they pick Steale and Jindal? Give me a break.

[GoodwithWood]

The former 2 term Mayor of Salt Lake shows that there is a strong Liberal majority in the city.

I miss Rocky

[endeavor]

Finally a Republican who can recognize and tell the truth. I am in shock!!

[senseandnonsense]

Funny! But I always knew they were out there. Only they are usually reclusive, like that woodpecker they found in a swamp a few years ago, the wp they believed extinct since about 1928.

[wpiv926]

GOP Leadership?? Who????

[danusgram]

hey this guy may be their only hope they better recognize

[Tom Joad]

Let's list all the 'in' words that describe The Republiban in Congress:

inconsequential
incompetent
incongruous
incomplete
intransigent
ineffective
inferior
inflated
indefinable
insipid
intolerable
intimidated
infantile
insufferab­le...

your turn...

[Moabkid]

insincere

[cbat]

ignorant, oops not going with the "in" flow,, but hey it still applies.

[Tom Joad]

inveterate
inept
interminable
incontinent
infirm
insidious
intoxicated
inane
inviscid
inflamed

[bastalready]

Your list is spot on. I'll just add insulting instigators.

[LeftofCentaur 08]

inhibitor
insidious
inebriated
inconvenient
iniquity
inane
inconsistent

Thats all I've got for now.

[LeftofCentaur 08]

I just thought of another obvious one, Insane LOL!

[AbstractImp]

New thread -

Irrelevant; irreparable damage; ignorant . . .

[ExxonMcBushCo]

If he thinks they're inconsequential now, just wait till 2010.

[kitojo]

I will vote for you (pres)after 2012 after obama is done.Wheee­eew

[nini516]

There are a few good GOP party members. His honesty is very refreshing.

[Moabkid]

Bravo Governor Huntsman! You make me proud to have been born in Utah. Though Utah has a reputation for being a rabid right wing community, there are always a handful of elected officials there that transcend the mindless, lock-step GOP'ers and show that they have not lost their powers of rational thought or compassion for all people. The GOP will definitely have you on their Black-list now. Watch your back, good luck and God bless you.

[UtahLady]

I also live in Utah (Davis County). Governor Huntsman makes me proud about my state, unlike id!ots like Senators Buttars, Waddoups, et al . . .

[LooktotheLeft]

Inconsequential? And how is this new news? They've been inconsequential for more than 35 years

[Bluebear2]

They've been inconsequential for more than 35 years

Well not exactly - we are currently living with the disastrous consequences of their actions over the last 35 years.

[LooktotheLeft]

Inconsequential in terms of influencing our country in a good and positive way. But you're right. Thanks for the catch

[vgirl1]

AMEN, Gov. Huntsman. You've definitely called this one right.

Your party's Congressional delegates (House of Representatives and Senate), including those from Utah, have all proven themselves to be irrelevant and without any concept of what the American people want. These Republicans remain tone deaf to the will of the people as express through not only the election but also the current polls.

Therefore, they are, however, the Party that keeps on giving. They will ensure that the Democrats stay in power long enough to bring real change to this country. Change out from the abyss into which the Republicans brought us.

[UtahLady]

We have one Representative worth something -- Jim Matheson (a blue-dog Democrat). The rest are just empty baggage.