New York: In presidential elections, family matters, and the 2012 Republican contest is getting weirdly twisted about dark horse presidential candidate Jon Huntsman’s harmless adopted daughters. There is a big fight going on about who posted an obnoxious web video called “Jon Huntsman’s Values” mocking first Huntsman’s service as US ambassador to China, then the fact that he adopted a child in China and India.
Naturally, Huntsman was furious when a group that claims to support Ron Paul, called “NHLiberty4Paul” posted a provocative video involving Huntsman’s adopted daughters on YouTube.
“Share our values? A man of faith?” the ad asks, as a photograph appears of Huntsman carrying an infant, Asha Bharati. A beaming father and daughter are seen with red tikkas on their foreheads. The picture was taken shortly after the Huntsmans adopted Asha, now 6, from Gujarat in 2006.