Duncan Hunter on the Issues

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[Antoninus]

Duncan Hunter on Abortion
Voted NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)
Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
Voted YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)
Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
Voted YES on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
Voted YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info. (Sep 2002)
Voted YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)
Voted YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)
Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)
Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)

Duncan Hunter on Budget & Economy
Supports balanced budget amendment & line item veto. (Sep 1994)

Duncan Hunter on Civil Rights
Voted YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)
Voted YES on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance. (Sep 2004)
Voted YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration. (Jun 2003)
Voted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC. (Jul 1999)
Voted YES on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions. (May 1998)
Supports anti-flag desecration amendment. (Mar 2001)
Rated 7% by the ACLU, indicating an anti-civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)

Duncan Hunter on Corporations
Voted YES on replacing illegal export tax breaks with $140B in new breaks. (Jun 2004)
Voted YES on Bankruptcy Overhaul requiring partial debt repayment. (Mar 2001)
Rated 83% by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record. (Dec 2003)

Duncan Hunter on Crime
Voted NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons. (Jun 2000)
Voted YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime. (Jun 1999)
Voted NO on maintaining right of habeus corpus in Death Penalty Appeals. (Mar 1996)
Voted YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder. (Feb 1995)
Voted NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment. (Apr 1994)
Rated 30% by CURE, indicating anti-rehabilitation crime votes. (Dec 2000)
More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty. (Sep 1994)

Duncan Hunter on Drugs
Voted YES on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)
Voted YES on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC. (Oct 1999)
Voted YES on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests. (Sep 1998)

Duncan Hunter on Education
Voted NO on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges. (Mar 2006)
Voted YES on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror. (Nov 2001)
Voted YES on requiring states to test students. (May 2001)
Voted YES on allowing vouchers in DC schools. (Aug 1998)
Voted YES on vouchers for private & parochial schools. (Nov 1997)
Voted YES on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer. (Mar 1994)
Rated 17% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes. (Dec 2003)
Supports a Constitutional Amendment for school prayer. (May 1997)

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[cpforlife.org]

Rudy's positions on abortion, gays and RKBA fully contradict what praise you say that he heaped.

I watch a politician's actions, and if they contradict his words then he's not trustworthy.

That is the fact of the matter.

[napscoordinator]

Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan were certainly not "pretty" nor really "central casting types" for POTUS.


Could be true, but that was different times. We lost to Clinton because Dole and Bush 1 were boring compared to Clinton and we won with George W. because Gore and Kerry were boring. Sorry that it is that way, but with 24 hour news you need someone with a pretty good personality. I am not saying that Duncan Hunter doesn't have a good personality. I am just speaking generally.

[Just A Nobody]

I demand to know all your secrets!

If I told you then I'd have to ........

;*)

[Gene Eric]

>> I'm posting this to get Cong. Hunter some visibility.

Do you plan on holding his hand indefinitely?

[johnthebaptistmoore]

What would truly be the best ways for Hunter to get as many votes as he could get from both the present "blue states" and from more of the non-conservative voters? Hunter will need to successfully get much more than just the majority of conservative voters to truly have a chance.

[Rumple4]

He sounds like somebody who could keep this party together. Who knows, if he put a dress on he could even sway a few of the Rudy backers to get behind him.

[Preachin']

Even if Hunter doesn't win the nomination, he sways the debate to the right.

This is a good thing.

So far he is (by far) my favorite.

[Gideon Reader]

Think back.
G.H.W.Bush. "Read my lips". Broken Pledge on taxes.
Repeated looking at watch during a THREE WAY debate.
ROSS PEROT.

An attentive and faithful to his pledges POTUS and a mini Billionaire one issue candidate less, not siphoning off between 13 and 19% of the vote and you STILL would not have had to suffer the Clintons.

Perot made a gift of the Presidency to the Clinton's at the expense of an elitist and bored President Bush.
Perot had ZERO chance. Clinton was a Governor with A chance.

I know you are supportive of Duncan Hunter. And with reason. He is a good legislator and fine person, with an excellent reputation (as far as I have read)
but cool your engines. I am NOT your enemy, and I am not impeding Hunter's chances by presentation of MY opinion.
I am still entitled to it, I think, even if if may not exactly mesh with yours.

I personally would like a Haley Barbour/Tom Coburn ticket.
But I do not think that will happen either.
A Gingrich/Watts ticket would not upset me either,
nor would a Gingrich/Steele or Barbour/Diaz-Balart combination.
It is not the credentials of a job performed by a Governor, but the fact that that person now matter how reprehensible he/she may be PREFORMED that function and it is a microcosm of the USA at large. Executive experience, trumps no executive experience almost every time. (unless your Dad buys the election with organized crime's assistance.:~))
Congressmen jumping to President are a rarus avis indeed, as are Generals. It happens but not often, and not when they are not a household word without a national organization, and the time being short as the list of Hillary Clinton's good points.
Relax. It is a long political season. There will be things we agree on and things we do not agree on during this time. Enjoy what you may today.
G.Reader

[Gideon Reader]

"You talken' ta me? You talken' ta ME??"

:~) Grow up kid. I have had bullshit thrown at me by adults with a serious mein in serious places you would never dream of.

Play nice.
G.Reader

[Antoninus]

Do you plan on holding his hand indefinitely?

Huh? No te comprende, señor.

[Antoninus]

So there are two problems, (1) Hunters' bio has a discrepancy and (2) his law school is an inconsistent choice for someone with ambition and intelligence sufficient to eventually become President.

Thanks for this. Better this information comes out now. That said, I think this criticism is weak and those who attempt to tar Hunter with it will appear to be elitist snobs by the general public.

[Antoninus]

I know a woman who has a nursing degree and is considering the Air Force. She told me she will either enlist on the Wednesday after the 2008 election or forget about it completely, depending on who is elected.

That's exactly how I felt as a senior in college in 1992. I was getting set to join the navy. However, after November 1992, the idea of serving under Clinton drained any enthusiasm out of it for me.

[Antoninus]

However, if the posts on this thread made almost 10 hours ago is an indication of Hunter's ability to unite conservatives (in a primarily conservative forum,) just imagine how he will be viewed by the general voting public.

Are you kidding? Criticisms of Hunter on this thread have been few and far between--just a couple of the usual suspects trashing him for not having the proper pedigree. If you want discord, check out any of the Rudy McRomney threads...

[Antoninus]

:~) Grow up kid. I have had bullshit thrown at me by adults with a serious mein in serious places you would never dream of.

Appeal to authority is a fallacy. Use of potty-language is so DU. Unless that's what you call a "serious place."

[JRochelle]

Obsure law school?

That is only a plus.

Hunter will be on C-Span -Road to the White House- on Sunday eve.
Be sure to watch!:)

[Antoninus]

Hunter will be on C-Span -Road to the White House- on Sunday eve. Be sure to watch!:)

Oooh. Thanks for the heads up.

So far, I see nothing but upside with this guy, but I'd like to see how he presents himself...

[JRochelle]

I shall bug you about it until you spill the beans.

I have freepmail.
:)

[Mr. Silverback]

I am NOT your enemy, and I am not impeding Hunter's chances by presentation of MY opinion.

I think you're mistaking me for some other posters who were mocking you. I see your point and have no derision to offer, I just think we're going to lose our collective ass if we run Rudy McRomney.

[afnamvet]

I would vote for and support Congressman Duncan Hunter for President. To Hell with the handpicked candidates of the MSM and liberals.

[Antoninus]

I just think we're going to lose our collective ass if we run Rudy McRomney.

That about says it all...