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.
Interesting. I’ve been so enraged at his childish supporters, I never bothered to dig up any info on Hunter himself.
Frankly Hunter is my third choice for running mate. Tancredo has been a much stronger voice in the conservative community than Hunter ever was. But I still take Paul over both just to lock up the necessary votes(and make no mistake, they are necessary) to get Thompson in the White House.
But I realize many disagree.
I did not know about Hunter’s votes on military pay and benefits. He has several big spending bills that he has voted for, and he votes no on military pay? Who would have thought it.
I find his earmarks for DP-2 to be problematic because they’ve gone on so long without successful tests. A project needs to show some sign of success to end up being funded for so long.
I don’t want to say anything negative about him because he is a conservative, yet it troubles me that some supporters think he is without flaw which just isn’t true.
And there are a few ethics issues like the banking scandal he was involved in about 1993. An ethics issue. The congress ought to live by the same rules as the rest of the country, as Fred says was a reason he was elected in 1994. That banking scandal gave rise to a lot of the feelings that congresspersons act in unethical ways and think they are above the law. And the earmarks which several in Congress have been trying to do something about. Many have engaged in earmarks but that is an ethics issue and some Republicans are trying to do stop them. It would be nice if Hunter would make a statement to support those trying to end the use of earmarks.
Hunter’s supporters act as if we are supposed to ignore his problems and he doesn’t have to explain or give a statement about any of it.
What has he said about limited government that any voter should think he would do any better in the presidency than he has done in congress?
Fred made statements and firmed up his position on immigration a long time ago. Even though some didn’t understand what he meant by enforce the law.
It would be nice if Hunter could be as forthright as Fred on some of these things instead of Hunter or his supporters referring to Fred as a johnny come lately, then ignoring Guiliani and sanctuary cities and Huckabee and his immigration past. What is that compared to someone who hasn’t made a move yet like Guiliani and Huckabee!
Thanks for this post Josh, well done.
But ultimately you would vote for him in a split second in the generals...if that was your chose?
I would...wouldn’t think twice. I just don’t think he’ll get there. Any sort of difference I have with duncan supporters is so SMALL in comparison to Rudy, McCain, Huckabee, Romney supporters...
Our focus should be there, and so should the Duncan supporters. Rudy, McCain, Huckabee, and Romney are the threat to our conservative principles. We should be allied on that.
Source?
Really? When was that? EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT BASIC PAY FOR MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES SHOULD BE INCREASED -- (House of Representatives - November 06, 2007)
BTW, Duncan Hunter was not one of the 23, but was one of the 409.
he’s missed almost 30% of the votes and many of them National Security related.
Please provide source and links for this claim. Thanks!