Posted on 12/20/2006 3:25:36 AM PST by hos11
Hunter airs first GOP ads of 2008 presidential race
TV spots say China is stealing U.S. jobs By Finlay Lewis COPLEY NEWS SERVICE December 20, 2006
WASHINGTON – Rep. Duncan Hunter appears to have scooped other presidential hopefuls in both parties by becoming the first potential candidate to air television commercials aimed at smoothing a path to the White House.
Hunter, an Alpine Republican, started airing two 30-second ads over the weekend in South Carolina, North Carolina and South Dakota. Both ads focus on Hunter's assertion that China is stealing U.S. jobs and threatening its security by “cheating” at trade. The ads will air for two weeks.
Joel Rivlin, deputy director of the Wisconsin Advertising Project, said Hunter's commercials appear to be the first of the 2008 presidential campaign with the possible exception of ads aired recently in New Hampshire urging that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama be drafted as the Democratic nominee. The commercials were prepared and financed independently of Obama.
The Wisconsin project studies how candidates, political parties and special interest groups communicate with voters.
Hunter's congressional and political aides weren't available yesterday to say how much the ads cost to produce and broadcast. The costs are being picked up by Hunter's leadership political action committee – Peace Through Strength – which offers links to the ads on its Web site.
Hunter, who will lose his position as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee when Democrats take over Congress next month, established the PAC as a vehicle for promoting his views on national security and for supporting GOP candidates with a similar philosophy.
The committee can air the ads because they focus on issues, such as trade and national defense, and do not overtly seek support for Hunter as a candidate.
Hunter, who has said he is likely to become a formal candidate, has yet to establish an exploratory committee that would allow him to raise money to assess his chances against other possible candidates.
After avowing an interest in seeking the presidency, Hunter made his first foray to a key battleground more than two weeks ago when he spent two days in South Carolina. A politically crucial state, it will hold the nation's second presidential primary after the traditional first-in-the-nation primary balloting in New Hampshire. During the trip, he discussed issues relating to national defense, trade and border security and did not overtly solicit votes.
He also paid a visit Saturday to Iowa, which will cast the first presidential votes of the campaign when its two state parties hold caucuses to begin the process of choosing national convention delegates.
Hunter's decision to air the ads in South Dakota's Rapid City media market puzzled political experts, including GOP officials in that state. They pointed out that South Dakota's sparse population and early June primary date guarantee it will likely have no effect on the choice of the presidential nominees of either party.
Hunter's ads are great aren't they?
Yepppp!
Makes sense.
Imagine that. A politician "making sense"... Gotta be the end of the world any day now...
Got me. I'm not from California.
Thank yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww!!!
Right.
He's got my help ANYTIME.
One word.Conservative.
That's right! We be in on the ground floor!! We been huntin for somebody like Hunter!!!
I may have to go down to the US Post Office and re-register Republican from my current "Decline to State!" Think I'll wait though to see how Republican actually act toward Duncan...
All the more reason to like the guy.The rino(liberal light)crowd hates him.
A hell of alot better than you know who.
You got that right.You also get that bunch of nonsense right here on FR.
Fr is just like the republican party.Infiltrated by rinos.
See site
http://www.house.gov/hunter/
You can check out the bills he has sponsored and cosponsored
He appears to be anti-illegal invaders, pro-gun and pro-life.
He did sponsor a bill in 2005 to block troop deployment in Iraq, but he also seems to be pro-military. Not sure what the meaning of that bill was.
You can call up each site for each year he was in office, use the "Edit" function at the top of your screen, type in a key word like "firearms" or "abortion" or "illegal" and it will pull out all the bills he sponsored or cosponsored on those subjects.
By their friends (and enemies) yea shall know them.
Well said
Now you are really getting carried away into the exosphere. Reaching escape velocity from the planet is near at hand. :)
seekthetruth should be added to the Duncan Hunter ping list.
That is precisely why I like him... epecially since we have this new pro-homo Rosie O'Donnell wing of the party that equates the Christian base with the Taliban...
"It is by their fruit(s) you shall know them." (pun intended)
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