Posted on 11/24/2007 6:20:54 PM PST by Kurt Evans
Since Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) is apparently going to explore the possibility of running for president in 2008, I thought I'd dig up some of his roll call votes. Like most Republicans, he's strong on tax cuts, but he's been part of the big government spending spree of the last 6 years. He also has a protectionist streak in him. Here are some of the more troubling votes:
NO on NAFTA
YES on No Child Left Behind
YES on Sarbanes-Oxley
YES on the 2003 Medicare Drug Benefit
NO on CAFTA
YES on 2005 Highway Bill
YES on the 527 bill (like most Republicans, he flip-flopped, having first voted NO on McCain-Feingold)
Hunter also went 0 for 19 on the Flake anti-pork amendments.
Despite being a member of the Republican Study Committee, Hunter frequently votes NO on their fiscally conservative annual budgets (2006, 2005, 2003...)
We gave him a 49% on the 2005 Club for Growth scorecard. That places him 187th within the House GOP conference, out of roughly 230 members.
National Taxpayers Union shows a more telling trend. He was strong in the early 1990s, getting "B's" and one "A", but as time went by, like most politicians, his score dropped. For the past few years, he's been getting "C's".
There is a concerted effort to discredit Hunter. And this is ALL they can come up with:
This is it, this is all, no more skeletons. Even though these are easily refutable.
Copy and paste. From someone ironically named “Republicans4Integrity” Integrity doesn’t involve taking cheap shots, and cherry picking.
I saw this copy and paste from another forum also.
I’d love to see Haley run for the Presidency more than anyone in this forum.
However, WKB knows more than anyone about their hearts and minds.
I’ll let him answer your question.
Adorable?
HA!
Bless their hearts. ;o)
So you think you can be an American being from TX
I have ovver 250 9th great grandparents who came to New England in early 1630s and several to New York in 1624.
They built this country and fought in the early battles.
I also have over 12 5th great grandfathers who fought in the Revolutionaly War. Several 3rd greats in the Union Army in the Civil War.
Many relatives in WWI, WWII, Korea, Viewnam and Iraq.
I along with other FReepers and Protest Warriors have spent many weekends countering the Code Pinkos near the Naval Medical Center, San Diego.
also countering large anti war rallys, and countering anti Israel rallys.
Also part of a group who countered over 50,000 Mexicans with their anti American crap.
L Ron Paul is a Hitler wanna be .
My relatives fought his kind in WWII
And my relatives fighting in Iraq are also fighting his kind.
L Ron Paul is a mental case who hates America.
If these primaries go bad, I say we bumrush the Constitution Party. Their a little nutty over there, say everything is unConstitutional, maybe we can bring a little common sense into that party.
It is only a matter of time until a majority of Americans, at least once, lose their jobs to quasi-slave labor. The Republican Party started this way, it may end this way.
But after two Bushes, and LBJ, I wouldn't vote for Jesus Christ if he were to hail from Texas (for a national office).
I ‘ve met SoCalPol and I assure you, she cares deeply for our country.
We do not agree on candidates, but we are united in our best wishes for America.
I’m not saying endorsement, just he would be popular among them if they actually paid attention to him. I used to be a blue collar union guy myself and there many conservatives there who just follow the leader and haven’t seen the light yet.
I’m sorry but Dennis Kucinich has more in common with Ron Paul than any other candidate on both sides.
except that Ron Paul would have us cut and run even faster
good luck with president hillary
they named a street after Ann?
Ain’t it the truth. A few days back someone posted that Duncan Hunter had voted in support of McCain Feingold and even posted a link to prove it. I don’t know if they didn’t read their link or were being deliberately deceptive but I actually looked at it. Turns out that Hunter did vote yes....on a procedural vote to break McCain Feingold into 14 individual parts that could be more easily killed.
WELL NOW....ERUDITE RESEARCH WINS THE DAY NICE GOING CRIPPLECREEK..WONDER WHY THE CLUB FOR GROWTH GUY NEVER BOTHERED TO EXPLAIN THIS CRUCIAL POINT? HUMMM PRETTY SHABBY...I’LL SAY
I’ll take Duncan Hunter any day over the precious little fagellas at the so called Club for Growth
Voting to increase H-1B visas and fire Americans is going to be a great selling point......for the democrats.
“Fred Thompson voted FOR his campaign finance bill along with McCain and 9 other republicans.”That vote alone makes him unfit to be president.
I would agree with you if I thought that Thompson was unrepentant, and even so I think it is a terrible blot. My only problem with throwing Thompson under the bus is that that only leaves a few prominent candidates, and one of them is McCain himself - unrepentant on Feingold; that is just awful. Rudy has some severe problems of his own, and Romney hasn't made the sale either. And Huckabee isn't all that much either.All in the context of the Republican Party; of course in the general election the choice is easy because none of their candidates - no Democrat up to and including Lieberman - actually is better than the worst candidate for the Republican nomination. All - or nearly all - were and are wrong on McCain-Feingold, are wrong on the social issues, are wrong on immigration, are wrong on Iraq,and are wrong on taxes.
It would be nice to one candidate who has a realistic shot and who was right on all of the above - but it looks like Thompson and Romney are the two least worst, and of the two I lean Thompson. Even tho I yield to no one in supporting repeal/overturn of McCain. The fact that Bush didn't veto it still sticks in my craw.
I spent all day Saturday surrounded by Ron Paul supporters. Parked in front of the building were at least 3 vehicles plastered all over with signs of support for Paul. One of the signs was “9/11 Was An Inside Job”. If this was not his position, other Paul people should have been out there tearing those signs to shreds. But no, they sat there proudly all day.
“But I’m no economist.”
I’m not either, but it also seems fair to me.
You hear this endlessly from Paul supporters calling in to Phoenix talk shows. Tune in to the Charles Goyette show on AM some time.
Much of what they said about Israel would make Hitler proud
For the "I blame...Ze Choose!" segment of Paul's fan base, go to stormfront.org . Guess whose ad appears on every page?
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