[Josh Painter]

Fredipedia.US: The Definitive Fred Thompson Quick-Reference

[Rick_Michael]

I think no one should attack Fred or Duncan.

We should focus our time (in the primaries) on eliminating Rudy, McCain, Huckabee, and Romney from the race. In that order....according to their level of liberalism,insanity, and acting.

We need both Fred and Duncan in this coarse of time.

[papasmurf]

Duncan may be big on Military spending, but he voted against raising pay and benefits to the troops. Not to mention, he’s missed almost 30% of the votes and many of them National Security related.

[alicewonders]

I agree with you. If all of us that support the conservative candidates will get together and put our support behind the one that has the greatest numbers - that candidate could pull significantly ahead. If we can’t do that, then we will lose.

[Liberty Valance]

Fred’s fault ... ;o)

[Democrat_media]

I like Hunter's stance on immigration and on the military. Hunter's better than McCain (McCain-kennedy Amnesty , McCain-FeinGold), the pro-illegal socialist Huckabee Huckster,Rooty, Romney and any other top tier Repubican candidates except for Thompson. I like Fred's small government federalism . but Hunter seems to be a big government guy . And I'm for free trade so it's a tough choice between Hunger and Thompson because i like Hunter on immigration and national security. but i would choose Fred and hope he is like Hunter on immigration and does the right thing on immigration and deports the illegals.

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".

http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2006/10/duncan_hunters_voting_record.php

[Calpernia]

Actually, I had a discussion on what is bashing.

It started here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926883/posts?page=121#121

and was left hanging here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926883/posts?page=129#129

Perhaps you would like to review those posts and respond?

[tubebender]

My hope is that Duncan Hunter gets enough exposure to make him a strong contender for the next Governor of California...