Jon Huntsman Daughters On 'Hannity': GOP Candidate's Daughters Discuss Twitter, Herman Cain Ad Spoof (VIDEO)

GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, along with his daughters Liddy, Abby and Mary Anne, appeared Thursday night on Fox News' "Hannity." Huntsman's daughters have become celebrities in their own right, notably through the tweets sent out through their Twitter account @Jon2012girls and a video the three made spoofing Herman Cain's now-famous smoking ad.

During the interview, Sean Hannity brought up the Twitter account run by the GOP contender's daughters. The former Utah governor explained that initially he was concerned when he found out his daughters were tweeting. "The only thing that comes out of Twitter are typically things that embarrass the old man," said Huntsman.

The New Yorker is out with a new profile on Huntsman's daughters which gives some background on the @Jon2012girls Twitter account:

Last Wednesday, the sisters met for drinks (Pinot Gris for Abby and Mary Anne, iced tea for Liddy) at the Tabard Inn, in Washington, to discuss their online adventures. It all started earlier this year, when Liddy's Twitter account was discovered by a blogger, and then, suddenly, by hundreds of political reporters. She recalled, "I'm, like, 'Whoa, Dad, I must have said something funny, because I have all these new followers.' He said, 'You better get off this right now.' " Liddy, who had just graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, added, a little sheepishly, "I did not have campaign-appropriate stuff up." With that account deactivated, she and her sisters launched a more politically correct venture.

Hannity brought up the Twitter account and the fact that Liddy would someday like to be on "Saturday Night Live." Liddy explained, "I live in just a humorous world as you can see from our tweets and some of our videos."

A dig at Huntsman's rival Mitt Romney was probably the daughters' most well-known tweet. They tweeted: "How does Romney know anything about China? He's only been there once and that was for the Olympics. Panda express doesn't count."

Hannity also asked Liddy, Abby and Mary Anne about a video they made spoofing Herman Cain's much-ridiculed ad in which his Chief of Staff Mark Block awkwardly smokes a cigarette. In the spoof version, Huntsman's daughters discuss the virtues of their father while wearing fake mustaches. At the end of the ad, the girls can be seen blowing bubbles instead of smoking cigarettes.

Abby told Hannity how the video was conceived. She explains that Liddy, "woke me up, I was in bed, it was I think 7:30 in the morning, she said I have this crazy idea but we're gonna do it, and we're gonna spoof the Cain ad. And I said absolutely not, that will be horrible, it'll hurt dad, no way. And just somehow, we said we're gonna blow bubbles, it'll be age appropriate, we gotta do it."

One of Huntman's daughters explained to Hannity that she "ran into him [Block] last night at the debate and we took a photo together." When Hannity asked if Block had seen the girls' spoof, they responded, "Oh yeah."

Mary Anne even teased that more videos might be on the way from the three daughters, saying, "Hopefully there's more to come."

Daughter Liddy was described during the interview as the "trouble-maker" of the three. Hannity asked Abby and Mary Anne, "What do you guys think of your sister?" Abby joked, "I think the fact that my dad is still alive raising her is one reason he'll be the best president of this country."

Jumping off Abby's comment, candidate Huntsman playfully explained, "What is the best training for the presidency? You've lived overseas 4 times, you've been ambassador 3 times, you've been twice elected governor. Raising 7 kids, I mean you're seeing just a fraction of all of them here, Sean."

Hannity observed of the three sisters, "you seem like best friends." Mary Anne responded, "We are. We're very close."

WATCH VIDEO OF THE INTERVIEW ABOVE (via Fox News)

WATCH VIDEO OF THE HUNTSMAN DAUGHTERS' SPOOF CAMPAIGN AD BELOW

 

 

Comments

[ZMP]

07:15 PM on 11/20/2011

He says:
"It's a new thing for someone who hasn't done this before..." You can't write this stuff any better!

[Twrexx]

05:57 PM on 11/20/2011

I can see the bumper sticker now: "Vote for Huntsman. His daughters are the hottest."

Seriously, how can anyone under forty not have known what "flavor saver" meant? I guess Utah really has been sheltered.

[nbk4real]

01:52 AM on 11/12/2011

I choked when Huntsman said the debates are becoming more substantive...really, really disingenous comment, he is smarter than that...

[JohnnyRivers]

01:40 AM on 11/12/2011

Is it wrong for me to want to kiss them... Repeatedly.

[john rajah]

08:52 PM on 11/11/2011

Why does America now hate Wholeness?

[WhatWhat1]

06:10 PM on 11/11/2011

I will forever remember the moment in Denver in 2008 when, after her speech, Michelle Obama welcomed their two daughters on stage to talk with daddy, who was in St. Louis, via teleconference.
At the most momentous moment of their professional lives, in front of a national and international audience of tens of millions of people, Michelle Obama handed a live microphone to a 7 year old. It wasn't gutsy. It was a reflection of how comfortable she (and presumably her husband) felt presenting their family to our country and the world. It was a statement that they are loving, capable and good parents who have confidence in how they are raising their two young daughters.
Do you remember George Bush's daughters being caught underage drinking right after he took office, or Jeb Bush's daughter (?) sneaking drugs into the rehab center she was attending?
Candidates want us to see that they are like us, or like what we WANT to be. Sometimes it's effective, sometimes it's not. Sometimes it's sincere, and sometimes it's not.
In the case of Jon Huntsman, I believe it's sincere and confirms what we already think of him, namely that he is a good father and husband, and a good man. It's an indictment of the Republican party that he is doing so poorly in the polls.

[Meldy1]

02:01 AM on 11/12/2011

Republicans wants only mean,sleazy,cruel,selfish,arrogant type especially a 'BRAINLESS"candidates to run for President.For me,..... Huntsman should have finished serving American interest first in China before running,you can't run against your BOSS.......that was a mistake!.

[sharmaine73]

02:15 AM on 11/21/2011

I think he might have better luck in 2016. Now is not his time. It's too much of a circus and I would think he'd want to be the President, not because he had to run against circus clowns and there was no one else, but because he actually appealed to people.

[DrDkon2008]

05:33 PM on 11/11/2011

I hope Huntsman is the GOP candidate. He is the only GOP candidate for whom I could vote. Only Huntsman could do a better job than Obama, who has had to work against an adversarial congress.

[Left of Right]

05:12 PM on 11/11/2011

Huntsman seems to be the only one of the candidates that is not trying to out-loon the loons.

[BBQribsNOnapkin]

04:41 PM on 11/11/2011

Love the Big Oil ad at the beginning informing me of just how hard they're working to save the world and protect the environment.

It's very apropos...a line of trash to lead into the garbage that is "Hannity"...

[john rajah]

08:51 PM on 11/11/2011

BigOil is everywhere.They also preceed The Rachel Maddow Show on the web

[BBQribsNOnapkin]

12:22 PM on 11/14/2011

Hey I totally agree with you. I just really love the new more aggressive “We are saving the world by extracting it’s finite resources” PR campaign. That with the fact that Sean Hannity is this most vitriolic “patriot” I’ve ever seen in my life, they’re very fitting.

Rachel Maddow has her shortcomings too, but you’d be a liar to say that her and Hannity are on the same level in the garbage they promulgate or in the way they frame their enemies. I mean Sean Hannity aligns the President with “Unrepentant Terrorists.” Whether or not you like the guy (Obama) that’s pretty pathetic attack. Just like Big Oil lying to your face, straight up and down.

[343Guiltyspark]

10:46 AM on 11/20/2011

I've commented on this before. You'll hear about all the great and wonderful things big oil and gas are doing, or about clean coal (I saw it on TV, it has to be true). But, you never see counter ads against big oil, or debunking clean coal. It just shows how intrusive corporate money is in this country, and that no one really has the power (money) to compete against them.

[weho45]

04:23 PM on 11/11/2011

Barf!!! All this home spun sweetness is ridiculous....

[Bompa]

04:21 PM on 11/11/2011

OMG! Actual real Republicans that are rational and have a sense of humor! How long will it be before Lord Plushballs calls for their ouster from the party of crazy?

[Elrancho2]

04:14 PM on 11/11/2011

The fact that Huntsman would take his daughters onto a Fox News set with, of all horrors, Hannity is enough proof to me that he is unfit, even to run for the Presidency.

[alma parker]

05:15 PM on 11/11/2011

What did they (or he) do wrong? Or are your views predetermined? Seems like a pretty classy group of folks to me...

[Elrancho2]

06:07 PM on 11/11/2011

Using Hannity to promote yourself is not classy. Appearing on Fox News to promote yourself is not classy. Being a Republican in today's Republican party is not classy. It's the bottom of the barrel amongst the scum of the earth.

[Elrancho2]

06:22 PM on 11/11/2011

I can't think of anything less classy than to drag your daughters onto Hannity / Fox News. Obviously it appeals to those without any class.

[Meldy1]

02:05 AM on 11/12/2011

I couldn't agree more..Foxy gutter? as the basis for introduction?what was huntsman thinking?He lacks one decorum,you just can't run against your BOSS.he should have not leave his job in China serving American interest first but he thoughjt he could just beat his BOSS.He won't.....

[CaptMike65]

04:06 PM on 11/11/2011

Woah. Those young ladies are good looking..and classy. You did a good job Jon. But..You already had my vote.

[amaboss52]

04:03 PM on 11/11/2011

If they really care about their dad winning the Presidency, they should tell him to wait till 2016, he'll stand a better chance of getting the nom.

[latterdaywhacko]

04:26 PM on 11/11/2011

not if the american people have anything to do with it.

[nbk4real]

02:03 AM on 11/12/2011

? not sure what planet your from but the republican candidates are considered the weakest, worst group ever put forth for a presidential run...further more if you havent noticed, the nation is waking up and tired of the right wing lies spin and misinformation...were also sick and tired of hearing the lie that a millionaire or billionaire needs a tax cut for us to have a job, its a lie, built on a lie and how much proof do we need to see it doesnt work? ten years of it?

[alma parker]

05:17 PM on 11/11/2011

pretty sure that's the plan all along, no? it is rare for somebody to make it all in one leap... obama came at just the moment when nobody cared what he knew or knew how to do... we've seen how that works out.. and a slower build of confidence will likely be required for the next winner (whether romney, clinton, or somebody else)

[DixieMay]

04:01 PM on 11/11/2011

I'm kind of sad for them that they don't understand that their Dad has no chance at all of being the GOP candidate. What's he polling at these days?

[Meldy1]

02:09 AM on 11/12/2011

beyond zero!