Posted on 01/23/2007 7:01:24 PM PST by WatchingInAmazement
....According to a statement released Tuesday, Hunter will make his announcement at the Marriott Renaissance Park hotel in the South Carolina city of Spartanburg — located in the state’s overwhelmingly Republican northwestern region......
The 58-year-old Hunter, a 14-term incumbent who chaired the Armed Services Committee prior to the Democrats’ House takeover and now is its ranking member, is campaigning both on his hawkish views on defense issues and his equally staunch conservatism on financial and social issues.
Hunter, who has served on the Armed Services Committee since he was elected to Congress in 1980, has a personal background of military service as a member of the Army from 1969 to 1971. He received a Bronze Star for participating in 25 helicopter combat assaults during the war in Vietnam.....
Along with his defense posture, Hunter is a fervent opponent of illegal immigration, and reaffirmed his socially conservative platform Monday on the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
Hunter, according to the Associated Press, told participants of the March for Life anti-abortion rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.: “If we have a judicial applicant, a judicial nominee who can look at a sonogram of an unborn child and not see the value of human life ... if I should become president of the United States, he will not receive a judicial appointment.”
Hunter enters relatively unknown outside defense-related circles......
Last week, though, Hunter took a swipe at McCain by releasing a straw poll taken in Arizona’s Maricopa County , in which Hunter finished first and the homestate senator ran fourth. Though Republicans in the state’s most populous county called the results surprising, McCain’s maverick tendencies have angered members of his party in the past.
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Unphased? Please tell me that is not the actual headline from the NY Times.
click on link
Holy crap, it is.
Wow...
Really epic spelling error by the New York Times in the headline..
It's "Unfazed" not "Unphased."
Yeah I assumed it was mistyped by the poster or was their own headline, but no - it's right there on the NYT site.
That's a small-county weekly paper type spelling error.
Looking around, there IS a gene named "unphased" so the spellcheck may not have been triggered.
That's what happens when you replace editors with spell-checkers.
Another sign the paper is going down the toilet.
Beat me to it! What a bonehead mistake. Jayson Blair must be back.
I don't believe you have any real chance, Duncan Hunter, but Godspeed to ya!
Good luck to a good man!
Maybe their beebers were set on stun.
How did it get by a roomful of editors? Unbelievable!
I like the sound of this guy!
"Unphased"
Beebers set to stune.
They all got laid off. A few months after the fact-checkers were laid off.
Look, the guy is simply not presidential material. He's been in Washington for 28 years - voters prefer an outsider, such as a Governor usually. There's the questionable ties to Cunningham & Abramhoff.
This run is all about him getting his name out there as a conservative alternative. His job is to push Rudy/Romney to the right a little more, so one of them will be more electable to conservatives. Then he's going to hope that he's chosen for one of the aforementioned positions.
I'll have to take a serious look at this guy. I have barely heard his name before.
Oh, please give us a true conservative in this growing sea of liberals and socialists.
I think you have that right, and I hope Duncan Hunter can hang in there. He will need to catch on fire soon with serious money contributors to remain viable.
I note that this NYT article mentioned every potential GOP candidate, well-known and obscure, except no mention of Mitt Romney. I believe that was intentional. The NYT is likely doing its best to keep Romney's name out of sight.
I don't want Romney, I don't want Rudy, but I'd darned sure vote for Duncan Hunter! Conservatives cry about not having a candidate. Well..here he is...now its up to the conservatives to get him into office.
After Rudy McRomney splits the rino vote Hunter will rally the conservatives in SC and go on to win it all.
Everybody likes an underdog.
Go Hunter.
It will be a very difficult task in '08 to keep a far leftist Democrat out of the White House. Depending on the outcome in Iraq, not since the 1964 Johnson vs. Goldwater landslide have Democrats had a better election environment than they will in '08. The GOP must nominate an exceptionally good candidate with a top notch campaign organization.
Well ya know what? If McCain,Rudy,and Mitt are the best that the conservatives can do...I guess there will be a democrat in the white house.
I am sick to death of people saying ..oh man, we need a conservative..then ya get one handed to ya. But no..that's just a teaser..when push comes to shove any ole fart wearing a republican hat will do..well no thank you..been there..done that..never again.
It amazes me that republican know it alls can lose as big as they did and STILL not get it. That ole..hey, its YOUR fault if a democrat gets in because you wouldn't vote for the republican candidate is a worn out and useless guilt trip trick. I ain't buyin' it this time boys. Which one of the three above mentioned wantabe candidates is the conservative? Gonna have to throw alot of white wash on one of em to get that pulled off.
I am voting for a conservative if I have to write him in..and I guess I can "waste" my own danged money on him if I want to.
Then let's not talk but send him some money to get his campaign in full gear!!!
I'm with you!!!! Go Hunter! President Hunter, that sounds good!
I'm game blondee! And I'll say this..I have never ever gone out and been active in trying to get someone elected. But I will try my best to get up a following down here in little ole southeast Iowa for Duncan Hunter. I have never been this enthusiastic about a candidate before.
Maybe his is going to faze in his candidacy gradually.
And he'll set his phaser to stune.
You like the sound of Duncan Hunter as candidate? He's going to need the money and you can donate at http://www.gohunter08.com The site isn't complete yet but there is a link to contribute if you scroll down on the page. He needs to be heard because he has a strong voice.
He's not 'presidential material' because he's not as 'known' according to you. So, on your premise substance doesn't matter. It's because he isn't a 'Governor', nevermind that the Governor isn't even a 'brand name' like McCain or just a Mayor Giuliani. How about the fact a woman or black hasn't been elected? Now we have Hillary being pushed on us. Hunter is the best of the candidates, would make an AWESOME President, is the man we need in this dangerous time, and would run an awesome campaign that would more than make up for not being a 'name'.
Just want to let you know his campaign site is http://www.gohunter08.com You can donate if you scroll down. And you are very lucky to live in Iowa! I'm in the not as important, worthless state of NY but I'm going to contribute and continue to try and pass the word around.
You can donate at http://www.gohunter.com Scroll down on the page.
Sounds good to me. But what will Republicans think?
Donate to Hunter at http://www.gohunter08.com Scroll down on the page as it is not complete yet.
Hunter himself will make a top notch campaign. He's tough, no nonsense, outspoken and I have no doubt he'd bring Demonrat(Hillary, Obama, whomever) BS to the forefront and call them out on it. He'd be an awesome candidate.
I'm sorry but that's http://www.gohunter08.com
No more pretenders in the GOP! Conservative is as conservative does. Talk isn’t just cheap. It’s worthless!Duncan hunter passes all these tests with flying colors. He is THE conservative in this race.If a man won’t risk his own life to secure our national borders, he is NOT a conservative. If he believes more in the power of the federal government than the free people it is to represent, he is NOT a conservative. If he is not a capitalist, he is NOT a conservative. If he believes in some government issued greater communal good instead of individual liberty and freedom, he is NOT a conservative. If he trusts the UN more than the US, he isn’t very smart and he is NOT a conservative. If he thinks France, Russia, Iran, Syria or North Korea is our friend, he is NOT a conservative. If he is an isolationist in this dangerous world that requires strong American leadership, he is NOT a conservative. If he does not hold life as a sacred gift worthy of protection, he is NOT a conservative. If he prefers imaginary constitutional rights over the written constitutional rights, he is NOT a conservative. If he thinks that marriage is anything less than a God sanctioned union between one man and one woman, he is NOT a conservative. If he is willing to confiscate private earnings, property and resources to grow government for the greater communal good, he is NOT a conservative. If he is willing to send our troops into harms way without full unfettered support and a deep commitment to victory, he is NOT a conservative. If he does not know the difference between legal and illegal immigration and care, then he is NOT a conservative. And if he lacks the spine to confront his enemies, he is NOT a conservative. He’s not even a man!
If he is NOT a conservative, he should NOT be a member of the GOP and he sure as hell shouldn’t be a leader of the GOP! No more pretenders! No more faux conservatives compassionate towards the enemy on the left.
If this seems harsh or extreme, GOOD! It had better be or we can kiss this nation goodbye forever! There is no harsher or more extreme enemy facing this nation today than the enemy across the aisle and the sooner real Americans reconcile with that fact, the sooner we properly identify the most dangerous enemy of this nation and treat them accordingly, the sooner we can get on with the task of saving this nation from those who like nothing about it.
Good post. Oh, and BTW, the Dems are already saying that the best part of Bush's SOTU address was his bit on immigration. GOP "realists" don't realize that the other candidates will not enforce our borders - they may even be worse than Bush.
Thanks.
Anyone in the Houston Area interested in hosting a "Go Hunter 08" Party next week ?
Anyone else in Texas or US interested in hosting parallel events?
Duncan Hunter supporters should make sure that the campaign has access to them once they are ready for efforts in that supporter's area.
Go here:
http://peacethroughstrengthpac.com/Contact.aspx
and make sure that you leave your Name, Address, Email and Phone Number.
Make it clear you are looking to support Congressman Hunter's presidential campaign.
Every week or so serious supporters should drop a little jingle in the campaign at
https://secure.yourpatriot.com/services/donate.aspx?g38vPlxkn+k/GhdlUDxluNQXQ==
$10 or $20 bucks a week will add up in a serious way with just a few thousand people helping.
Now here is a big one. Google bomb this site:
http://www.gohunter08.com
Every day at least once a day!
Google bombing works like this:
1) go to google.com
2) type in "President" and hit enter
3) scroll to the bottom and hit the link that says "Dissatisfied? Help us improve"
4) type or paste "http://www.gohunter08.com " into both boxes and hit enter
5) repeat steps 1 - 4 as often as possible, changing step 2 each time by using words like "GOP", "Presidential Candidate", "US President", "Bush", "Hillary", "McCain", "Guilliani", "Romney", "Bill Richardson", "Newt", etc. (Anything that anyone ELSE researching the presidential race might put in.)
Google bombing will mean tremendous increase in exposure for Duncan Hunter.
Make sure you hit some other blogs several times a week and drop a note that you are leaning favorably towards Duncan Hunter and that you have been to his site at "http://www.gohunter08.com " as well as his PAC site at "http://peacethroughstrengthpac.com " . This helps create a tremendous level of cross exposure and target ID for the search engines.
If folks can't do the FREE stuff, what can they do?
Bump for later reading
Holy crap, it is.
Just another example of the numerous layers of editors and fact checkers at the MSM that the bloggers don't have.
That would be the best case. Tancredo and Paul need to drop out before the primaries and Rudy, Mitt and McCain all need to stay in.
I didn't say that; I said he's not presidential material because of his lengthy Congressional career.
Why didn't Hunter run in 2000?
We didn't have 9/11. Circumstances change and we are in extremely dangerous times right now and Hunter is right to run. I think he is the right man for the times.
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