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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...

CHICAGO (AFP) - A rocking chair that US President John F. Kennedy kept in his White House apartment could sell for more than 100,000 dollars, a Texas auction house said. "There are certain personal characteristics that we associate with our presidents. When it's Abraham Lincoln it's the stovetop hat. For Dwight Eisenhower it's golf clubs. For John F. Kennedy it was really the rocking chair," said John Petty, a spokesman for Heritage Auctions. Kennedy often used rocking chairs to alleviate back pain. There are a number of iconic photos of him sat in a rocking chair, including one where he...