Texas Republican Presidential Straw Poll Ballot Positions

TexasInsider.org/Townhall.com ^ | 08-23-07

[WalterSkinner]

Duncan Hunter Pre-Straw Poll Message to Supporters

..the bird in the background sounds really happy LOL

Texas Straw Poll Information

..this is a big one...

[jmyrlefuller]

I was a delegate, but why should I go and spend many hundreds of dollars to listen to 1% candidates? If they wanted good representation they should have mailed a ballot to all former delegates with return postage. Sorry, but it appears this event will be a total flop. It’s no where near representative of primary voters in Texas.

Let me tell you why you should: Especially in an election like this, when many of the top tier candidates have serious questions, it's important to look at all of the candidates in the race. We're lucky this year to have a batch of decent "also rans" with solid platforms. Also, you note that few people will be voting-- well, that would make your vote all the more powerful in the poll's importance. Regarding your assertion that it would be a "flop," well, Ames was nowhere near "representative" of the populace of Iowa with all the supporters being bussed in from all over the state and the moneyball, but people still considered that an important piece of the campaign, especially Huckabee.

In summary, go out and vote, even if it is meaningless. An impressive finish by a so-called "also ran" could give a much-needed jumpstart to one of the struggling campaigns.

[RasterMaster]

“We’re in it to WIN it!”

Thanks for the video link, Walt!

[WalterSkinner]

Ames was nowhere near "representative" of the populace of Iowa with all the supporters being bussed in from all over the state

yep, the whole thing was bought and paid for...

[Sun]

To All: check out post #21!

Thanks Walter Skinner!

[Sun]

Click link below for info. regarding Duncan Hunter:

http://www.issues2002.org/CA/Duncan_Hunter.htm

Excerpts are:

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 Gun Control

Voted YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers. (Oct 2005)
Voted YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse. (Apr 2003)
Voted YES on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1. (Jun 1999)
Rated A+ by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record. (Dec 2003)

Duncan Hunter on Foreign Policy

Voted YES on deterring foreign arms transfers to China. (Jul 2005)
Voted YES on reforming the UN by restricting US funding. (Jun 2005)
Voted NO on keeping Cuba travel ban until political prisoners released. (Jul 2001)
Voted NO on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction. (Jul 2000)
Voted NO on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China. (May 2000)
Voted NO on $15.2 billion for foreign operations. (Nov 1999)

[pattty]

“We’re in this together, we’re in this to win”!

Go Duncan Hunter 2008!

[lakey]

Thanks for the ping.

[hocndoc]

Welcome to FR! Will you be attending the Straw Poll and what should FReepers know about you?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Welcome, soon to be President-elect McKinney!

[hocndoc]

The best way to make sure that the Straw poll has no effect is to not even show up on Saturday.

It’s gonna be so embarrassing if Iowa had 14000 and Texas can’t muster half that many.

[counterpunch]

Ray McKinney is a former Ross Perot supporter.

[LexBaird]

Wow. Is that curable these days?

[deport]

It’s gonna be so embarrassing if Iowa had 14000 and Texas can’t muster half that many.

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Why embarrassing?...... Anyone in Iowa could purchase a ticket and attend. The Texas fiasco requires one to be a former delegate, state-national, in order to vote. Limit who attends and exclude others.... keep it amongst the chosen few.... no thanks

[counterpunch]

Not entirely.
Though contemporary strains of the illness are far weaker than they were in the early ‘90s, suffers can occasionally still be prone to a spoiler relapse.

[WildcatClan]

This poll is really insignificant and will be of no real value. Well, unless of course, Rudy McRomneyson wins or does well. Then it will have been quite the meritorious event.

[hocndoc]

How hard can it be to be a delegate or alternate delegate over 8 years from your Senate District?

[deport]

How hard can it be to be a delegate or alternate delegate over 8 years from your Senate District?

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Not hard if you think it’s of any value. But that’s not the point. The point is they wanted a fund raiser. They chose to basically eliminate the candidates from coming and allowing them to encourage or fund their supporters who may not have been a delegate in the past to attend and vote. Dumb, if you want a fund raiser and then schedule it the first weekend after school starts for many districts.

[WalterSkinner]

..Romney essentially "bought" Iowa, but this one in Ft. Worth isn't for sale, if I read it correctly.

AND DH and his campaign have been in Texas a lot and are taking this one very seriously...

[hocndoc]

Baloney. If there was any agenda - they wanted the conservative base of die-hard Republicans to attend. Guess that’s what we’ll get.

Really, do you remember how Iowa voted in ‘04? How about how they voted at the Straw Poll?