Posted on 08/13/2007 1:24:44 PM PDT by pissant
To members of Free Republic and friends, I would like to introduce a candidate for President of the United States and the current congressman from the 52nd district of California, Duncan Hunter!! To Americans who value the patriotism and missions of our Armed Forces, to those who want to put fear into the hearts of our adversaries from Beijing to Tehran, to those who value the rule of law when it comes to illegal immigration, to those who realize that the unborn deserve full legal protection beginning at conception, to those who believe Peace through Strength is far more than a motto, to those who do not like giving communist China unfettered access to our markets while they cheat at every turn, to those who want to halt and reverse losses of US sovereignty to global entities, and to those who want the GOP to return to Reaganism, Mr. Hunter is the Best choice.
Congressman Hunter currently is the ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee, after spending the previous 4 years as its chair. He is an original co-sponsor of the Fair Tax bill and he is the author of the Secure Borders bill, signed by President Bush in 2006, which mandates 800+ miles of double fence across the smuggling corridors of the SW. He also is the man who has led the fight against NAFTA’s Mexican truckers having free reign on our roads, has forced congressional oversight of the executive branch’s ‘Security and Prosperity Partnership’ with Canada and Mexico, and was instrumental in saving our military intelligence officers from having to jump through bureaucratic hoops unrelated to combat.
A Vietnam combat Veteran himself, he currently has a son in the Marine Corps, Capt. Duncan Duane Hunter who is busy hunting jihadis in Afghanistan after two tours in Iraq. Congressman Hunter has been the anti-dote to the liberals in Congress doing their damndest to cut and run from the battlefield. Mr. Hunter knows that this war is our generation’s calling, and “the only way we can leave is to WIN”.
Below are 15 questions we compiled last month on Free Republic, which we sent to Congressman Hunter a few weeks ago. They are followed by his answers. This is the springboard we will use to kick off Mr. Hunter’s live “virtual press conference” on FR today.
Please stop by and say hello and you may post additional questions. HOWEVER, Please realize that time limitations will prevent him from answering all the questions you may have. Though he may get time later to forward answers to many left unaddressed during this session.
Please drop Jim Robinson a note of thanks as well. For not only hosting this event, but for having the best conservative website in the country!
Also, no disruptors allowed. Your posts will be removed.
The following is our Kickoff Q&A session:
Since Duncan has been recalled to active duty in the marines and is serving in Afghanistan, while remaining an official candidate for congress, he is not allowed to solicit political support in any way. However, those of us who believe in Duncan can raise money and volunteers as we wait for him to return to the U.S. in November.
Don’t put me down as undecided! Send any help to his website at www.hunterforcongress.com. Many thanks!
Thank you for being here!
Thanks for being on FR. Another question: I heard Tony Snow last week say that only about 350 miles of the border fence could reasonably be finished by the end of President Bush’s term. What realistic proposals do you have to tighten border security, and why is it that Congress, in general, is so reticent to limit the number of illegal aliens entering the country?
Duncan Hunter, what truly needs to be done to successfully get conservative politicians at every level to be elected in the majority, and how will Duncan Hunter successfully create some very decent “political coattails” for all of the other conservative candidates at every political level? I truly don’t want long-term socialism to take over the entire U.S. very soon with the Democrats in total control of everything important starting in January of ‘09!
It is we who thank YOU Congressman. I see that you have a multitude of questions already, so I will be here, supporting and reading and basking in the glow we all feel having you here! It is SUCH and Honor!
Wow, I’m so proud to be posting to you today.
When are you coming to Pennsylvania? :-)
I think it would be a great campaign line to hear you say that you will pardon these men on your first day in office.
Duncan Hunter in 2008!
I know how I'd answer, but in this case I'll defer to the Congressman ;o)
Good luck to you, oh and please, don't hesitate to speak up in any future debates if there are any, as your opponents have demonstrated, they will run over the clock routinely. You must continue to make an impact and be heard.
Thank you, Sir.
What in particular would you have us pray for you and your family? We have things covered in terms of safety for your son, winning the election, that kind of stuff. Anything else we should pray for? The spiritual warfare surrounding your run is kind of intense.
Strangely enough they found a way to make Nixon spend money that congress allocated. Different times I guess.
God bless you
WalterSkinner
Yes, this PA girl would like to see you as well!
Congressman Hunter’s answers to the questions in your first post could not be any clearer to those of us who are eager for this country to get on with the real work of confronting the current challenges. I will vote for Mr. Hunter in my state’s primary and, God willing, in Nov. 2008.
Dear Congressman Hunter,
Will you make an unalterable, clear, binding commitment that we will win the war on terrorism and the campaign in Iraq, so that the blood shed in this war will not have been shed in vain? Will you make that commitment to those troops who have given life and limb and to their families and loved ones?
Yes, I am an original co-sponsor of the Fair Tax. Its attractiveness is manifested in the $250 billion + savings that Americans will enjoy from relief of the tax bureaucracy and also will solve the double taxation problem that penalizes American exporters. This will result in a reduction of the trade deficit, and increased American jobs and profits.
bttt
Thank you!
Clara Lou, you can ask Mr. Hunter your question. He’s on FR right now.
Welcome Congressman Hunter and thank you pissant and Jim Robinson for making this possible.
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