Posted on 12/21/2010 7:11:26 PM PST by pissant
Folks, please welcome back former Congressman Duncan L. Hunter to Free Republic tomorrow (Wednesday, Dec 22) at 9:30 am PDT. It has been three long years since he last joined us for an interview. Back then, he was in the midst of vying for the GOP nomination for the presidency. Though he was and remains a rock-ribbed conservative, the GOP money and the voters chose the path of moderation, as personified in John McCain. And we know how that turned out.
This time, Hunter will not be in the running, but at just 62 years of age, and being of a restless nature when it comes to promoting conservatism as the answer to America’s problems, he is not sitting quietly in retirement either. Aside from his efforts to get new, conservative blood into to the 2010 Congress, Hunter has lately been spending time taking some wounded Marines out hunting, raising money for their cause, and offering advice to the folks back in Washington on how to duplicate the successes of the Iraq War in Afghanistan.
He has also written a terrific new book on the Iraq War that at once both explains how America was victorious, and places the spotlight on the warriors who did the heavy lifting. The book is seen here below, and Wednesday’s interview will focus to some degree on the book.
But Mr. Hunter is ready and willing to stay for an hour or so and answer your follow up questions about himself, the book, the state of the nation, or anything else.
So please stop by and say hello and Merry Christmas. Also, you can say hello to his son Sam, who will be with Hunter during the interview tomorrow. Some of you may remember Sam as Duncan Hunter Ambassador here on FR back during the campaign. Sam just returned from Iraq as part of the last major combat unit, the 4th Stryker Brigade, to leave that theatre. He is currently stationed up here in sunny and warm Tacoma, WA, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, but is home in San Diego for Christmas.
heads up PING. Also, for the record, that is a picture of Kip Yeager, the great Chuck Yeager’s grandson, on the cover of Hunter’s book. A Marine who saw lots of action in the Iraq War.
I’m in.
DH PING
So, he’ll be on a thread in FR? If so, I’ll be there.
In before the PING, even.
Duncan hunter is a rock star in my book
Is FR loading slow for anyone else tonight?
God bless Mr Hunter. He’s the Right Stuff. Will be working but look forward to reading up later. Thanks for the opportunity.
Thanks for the Ping.
Hope I am available to join in.
He is coming to the forum right? Not FR Radio.
I browsed the info you posted and was I correct in reading that he will not be running for ANY office or just the Congress.
Miserable slow
Why is he not in the running this time around? He’s got two years to build name recognition, which was his greatest weakness last time around.
I’m sorry, but maybe I am a little dense.
So where will this interview take place?
Will you be posting a thread and he will be replying to comments?
Or what?
Yes. For a while there I couldn’t get in at all.
I’m having problems with a couple of other websites as well. Maybe it’s a problem somewhere with the internet.
My ideal ticket is Hunter/Bolton.
Yeah..... My favorite all time should be POTUS.
“I’m having problems with a couple of other websites as well. Maybe it’s a problem somewhere with the internet.”
Me too!
Maybe it’s Red China’s hackers, and nobody knows more about the Red China threats than Duncan Hunter!
Will you be asking him what he thinks of your “Falcon Party”?...Maybe joining, if he’s conservative enough?
I really wish he could run for President, maybe a get a job on Fox to get some exposure.
Hunter is a GOP lifer
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