Posted on 01/07/2008 12:35:47 PM PST by SelectiveJNJ
UPDATE -- Our apologies to Duncan Hunter. He used the "major announcement" we got notice about earlier -- and assumed, wrongly, meant he would be folding his presidential tent -- to decry his exclsuion from the pair of Republican candidate debates this weekend.
"Who do they think they are?" he said of media big shots. He also noted that he won a delegate from the caucuses in Wyoming on Saturday, which puts him ahead of Rudy Giuliani in that category. And he said he would remain a candidate "no matter what happens" in New Hampshire's Tuesday primary.
All signs point to a poor showing for Hunter. But he hopes that
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FROH.
Your posts are amusing. I notice the candidate you support in your tagline. Can’t say your whining in this thread is surprising considering.
“Hunter should run in 8 years. he will be well-positioned and a little more well-known.”
He can do it in four years after the GOP blows this election.
“Again, try reading the thread, and focus on what I have stated here.
Your looking ridiculous by not doing so.”
I agree with you and you do look ridiculous.
FROH
Hunter ‘08. Have a nice day. :)
FROH...and I always do.
“But that doesn’t change the fact the Base isn’t interested in a Duncan Hunter candidacy.”
You know, I still can’t figure that one out. Hunter seems like a perfect match for the conservative base, and yet he was never taken very seriously in very large numbers. Plenty of Freepers started in straight away that he wasn’t electable. I remember all the flak the Rudy supporters were giving to the Hunter supporters. Then instead of coalescing around Hunter, the Draft Thompson movement started. So far Thompson hasn’t gotten any more consideration than Hunter. Ironic I guess that Fred was drafted because he was supposed to be electable and he’s turning into just a more well known Hunter. Let me say I’m not whining about how it’s turned out. I just can’t help but wonder how rock ribbed conservatives didn’t rally to Hunter and instead rallied to Fred who seems to be stuck in the same situation.
‘You know, I still can’t figure that one out. Hunter seems like a perfect match for the conservative base, and yet he was never taken very seriously in very large numbers. Plenty of Freepers started in straight away that he wasn’t electable. I remember all the flak the Rudy supporters were giving to the Hunter supporters. Then instead of coalescing around Hunter, the Draft Thompson movement started. So far Thompson hasn’t gotten any more consideration than Hunter. Ironic I guess that Fred was drafted because he was supposed to be electable and he’s turning into just a more well known Hunter. Let me say I’m not whining about how it’s turned out. I just can’t help but wonder how rock ribbed conservatives didn’t rally to Hunter and instead rallied to Fred who seems to be stuck in the same situation.’
I have no explanation for it either. His answers during the debates were always well thought out, backed up by facts, and well delivered. He never got ‘ruffled’ never looked like he was out of his ‘depth’.
I’d like to see him either on the ticket as VP, or in a GOP administration in some capacity.
Sometimes it's best to ignore them rather than attempt to correct/or refute them.
Ignoring.... has the effect of not adding fuel to their fire.
Having said that, I'm as tempted as you to want to set the record straight.
Sometimes that's warranted.....but if it's chronic maligning by the same poster thread after thread, ignoring them might be best.
The fact you put Fred heads in with Mittwits and hucksters shows just how clueless you really are. Like many Fredheads, I pulled for Duncan for a long time, and I still don’t want him to get out of the race. Many Fredheads simply moved from the most conservative candidate to the most conservative candidate with enough name recognition to have a chance. People like you think that if only Fred would get out it would help hunter. Sorry, combine Fred’s number and Duncan’s number and the conservative candidate is still in 4th place, right where Fred is now. We need some hucksters to wake up and realize that Huck is going to do for the Christians what Jimmy Carter did for them. Bye the way, I voted for Jimmy Carter, I learned my lesson, I’ll never vote for someone just because he goes to the same church I do. This is NATIONAL POLICY, not Sunday school. Unless someone can show me in the bible where god told us to vote for preachers, and that god was going to use government to implement his will, I’ll separate the two from now on thank you.
They are media big shots.
That's why they are called media big shots.
Ann Coulter endorses the "magnificent" Duncan Hunter for President
My support is not based on polls but conservatism. Everyone is in such a rush to join the bandwagon of a candidate who “has a shot” to win we are ignoring our core principles. The primary season is not about rushing to find a candidate but instead the time to actually examine the candidates and find the one who best represents our values. IMO, Hunter is that candidate and no poll will dissuade me from supporting him.
Well, while it is in God’s hands, we shouldn’t forget to lend some support :-)
Sorry about that.
“I’d like to see him either on the ticket as VP, or in a GOP administration in some capacity.”
I’d like to see him up his visibility in the next 4 years.
If the Dems. nominate Obama, as they seem likely to do, he’ll be another Carter. Change can be good, but change for the sake of change is what swept Carter to the WH, and that’s the same message Obama is pitching. I figure Obama will win next Nov. and then be as ineffective as Carter was. The problems we face now will only be compounded, and that could very well set the stage for a better grade, more conservative candidate in 2012.
I’m not saying history will repeat itself, except in a real general way. I don’t think we’ll ever see another Reagan , but I think Hunter is the closest thing in public politics today. IMO the current mood in this country isn’t so much anti conservative but rather anti politician of any stripe. Hence the Obama & Huckabee phenomenon, neither seem to be politics as usual guys, and both are considered outsiders. Unfortunately I think both will likely compound existing problems. JMO
I think Obama and Huckabee both have ‘Carter Syndrome’ to be honest.
That siad isn’t Hunter leaving Congress? I don’t see how he could keep up what little visiability he has as things stand after retiring from Congress.
“That siad isn’t Hunter leaving Congress? I don’t see how he could keep up what little visiability he has as things stand after retiring from Congress.”
Yes but IMO leaving congress will give him time to start doing the talk shows, and all the other crap that you need to do to get your face out there. He should keep a publicist, write a book. Newt is way more well known now than he was when he served in congress, but that stuff happens by design. Hunter can position himself for 2012 in the next 4 years.
That’s not an endoresement. I can honestly say the same things about Hunter... He is a great man, great policies, a patriot... but, he’s NOT electable. No way no how.
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