Posted on 01/29/2007 12:22:07 PM PST by GulfBreeze
NEWINGTON, N.H. --Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter criticized Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry on Monday for calling the United States "a sort of international pariah."
... blamed Kerry for making anti-American remarks while addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, over the weekend. Kerry said the Bush administration had isolated the United States by failing to cooperate with international efforts on global warming, AIDS, and other issues.
"It was terrible for him to say that," said Hunter, noting that while the United States has come to the aid of many of the countries represented by the 2,400 business and political leaders at the forum, few had responded in kind after Hurricane Katrina.
"They had earthquakes -- we helped. They had floods -- we helped. They had disease -- we helped. They were threatened -- we left the safety of our homes to defend them. I didn't see any of them in New Orleans," he told workers at Wilcox Industries, which makes night-vision equipment and laser targeting devices for the U.S. military.
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"He's a straight shooter and he believes in what we do to help our armed forces," said Janet Desrosiers, who works in the assembly department.
Desrosiers, who said Hunter has her vote, also was impressed with the candidate's strong stance against illegal immigration.
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"I think people in New Hampshire and Iowa and the interior of the country are in some ways more sensitive to border security," he said. "Border security is national security."
Hunter won applause with his promise to renegotiate trade deals to give American workers more of an edge, particularly when it comes to competing with China.
"China is clearly on its way to becoming a military superpower," he said. "It is not in our national interest to have a one-way trade stream with China."
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We need this guy as the 2008 GOP noominee.
Red hot Ping
No, Kerry is not a pariah, he's a flea on the ass of a tick on a pariah.
I would love to see Duncan Hunter backhand that puke from Massachusetts. He'd be the immediate frontrunner.
Hot Ping
About time someone stand up to that jerk Kerry
Mainly a pariah because the Dems and the media have popularized the notion that we are a pariah.
Okay - I am starting to like this guy. Stand up to the 'girly-men'.
Merriam-Webster online: pariah
literally, drummer
Southern India: low-caste person
Outcast
Funny how a pariah himself uses that term so loosely ...finger pointed back at you, jon carry?
Good on Duncan Hunter ... he is a good man.
Direct hit!
I am really liking this guy. Can you add me to your ping list?
I have a feeling we'll be seeing more of this from Hunter in the months to come.
HUGE BUMP!
Ping
Good for Duncan!
There wasn't much said about Kerry being at the "Piece Rally" Yesterday by the Press, Wutts up wit dat?
Sems like Hunter is able to be conservative without being seen as a whacko. So far so good.
If he is to be someones #2 (I saw someone mention Rudy/Hunter 2008), does he help put California in play?
"We need this guy as the 2008 GOP nominee."
Indeed, we do!
Hunter bump
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