Posted on 11/24/2006 5:28:09 AM PST by bushfamfan
I just want to have a thread to discuss House Rep. Duncan Hunter who is going to be one of our GOP nominees. Seems as if a lot of people on FR are complaining about our choices for 2008 when this great man is going to be in the race as well. I just think he needs to get some coverage and wanted to start this thread.
He is the man conservatives should get behind and I think he deserves his own thread to remind us that we do have a great candidate this time if we'd only realize it.
http://www.house.gov/hunter/
Thanks for starting this thread....I've been hoping that Tancredo would throw his hat into the ring, but I've also wanted to know where Duncan Hunter stands on border security, illegal immigration and amnesty.
He's been fighting the OBL for years! Here is his impressive 'record' (clearly a nightmare and thorn in the side to the Bush/OBLers, and just like with Tancredo, they will NEVER support him, and will probably rip him to shreds. HAHA Imagine what a Hunter/Trancredo ticket would do to 'em) :
Chain Migration & Visa Lottery
Voted on House floor for amendment to end visa lottery in 2005
Tried to end chain migration in 1996
Co-sponsored legislation in 1995 to end chain migration and crack down on illegal immigration
Co-sponsored legislation to end chain migration in 1995
Major Numbers in All Categories
Voted on floor of House in favor of amendment to prohibit legal status to aliens with a criminal record in 2005
Cosponsoring bill to eliminate lottery, reduce chain migration, and increase interior enforcement and border control in 2005-2006
Member of the bipartisan Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus in the 109th Congress
Member of the bipartisan Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus in the 108th Congress
Worked for deep immigration reductions in 1999.
Co-sponsored deep immigration reductions 1995-96
Co-sponsored deep immigration reductions 1993-94
Co-sponsored comprehensive immigration reductions in 1993-94
Voted for a ceiling in 1990 that would have prevented immigration from snowballing to its current levels.
Importing Specific Foreign Workers
Voted to protect American workers by voting against foreign worker importation program in 2005
Voted in favor of amendment to prohibit immigration increases in Free Trade Agreements in 2005
Cosponsoring bill to increase workplace verification in 2005-2006
Voted to protect American workers by voting against worker-importation program in 2003
Voted to protect American workers by voting against worker-importation program in 2003
Opposed doubling of H-1B foreign high-tech workers in 1998
Voted in 1998 to allow firms to lay off Americans
to make room for foreign workers
Stopped massive new foreign agriculture worker program in 1996
Tried to continue foreign nurse guestworker program in 1996
Citizenship for Illegal Alien Babies
Cosponsoring legislation to deny U.S. citizenship to 'anchor babies' of illegal aliens in 2005-2006
Cosponsored legislation to deny U.S. citizenship to 'anchor babies' of illegal aliens in 2003-2004
Co-sponsored bill to stop giving U.S. citizenship to more than 200,000 ‘anchor babies’ of illegal aliens each year 1999-2000.
Co-sponsored legislation to stop rewarding children
of illegal aliens with citizenship 1997-1998.
Co-sponsored bill to deny citizenship
to ’anchor babies’ of illegal aliens 1995-1996.
Inviting/Repelling Illegal Aliens
Voted in favor of bill to increase interior enforcement in 2006
Voted in favor of bill to outlaw border tunnels in 2006
Voted in favor of border fence in 2006
Cosponsoring bill to build border fence in 2006
Voted against sanctuary policies for illegal aliens in 2006
Voted in favor of amendment to end special amnesty for certain Central Americans in 2006
Voted in favor of amendment to fund employment eligibility verification system in 2006
Voted on floor of the House for final passage of border security and enforcement bill in 2005
Voted on the floor of the House in favor of amendment to require implementation of entry-exit system in 2005
Voted on House floor for amendment to increase security with border fence in 2005
Cosponsoring bill to deter illegal immigration in 2005-2006
Voted against sanctuary policies for illegal aliens in 2005
Voted against amendment to fund program to deny driver's licenses to illegal aliens in 2005
Voted in favor of amendment to increase State and local law enforcement's ability to enforce immigration laws in 2005
Voted to authorize the use of the military to assist in border control functions in 2005
Cosponsoring bill to reduce illegal immigration
and increase interior enforcement in 2005-2006
Voted in favor of bill to bar drivers' licenses for illegal aliens in 2005
Voted against amendment to strip asylum reforms from H.R. 418 in 2005
Voted in favor of the Rule that incorporated the Manager's Amendment to strengthen some of the key immigration reforms of H.R. 418 in 2005
Cosponsoring bill to make workplace verification program madatory in 2005-2006
Cosponsoring legislation to bar drivers' licenses for illegal aliens in 2005-2006
Cosponsoring resolution to prevent Social Security benefits for illegal aliens in 2005-2006
Voted for amendment to H.R. 10 to complete border fence in 2004
Voted in favor of amendment to H.R. 10 to increase deportation of alien terrorists in 2004
Voted in favor of amendment to H.R. 10 to prevent illegal aliens from entering the country in 2004
Voted against amendment to strip provision to make it harder for terrorists to get asylum in 2004
Voted against amendment to strip expedited removal for illegal aliens from H.R. 10 in 2004
Voted for legislation with significant illegal immigration reduction provisions in 2004
Voted against a Motion to Recommit with Instructions to strip significant illegal immigration reduction provisions from H.R. 10 in 2004
Voted against Motion to Instruct Conferees to strip key illegal immigration reduction provisions from bill in 2004
Voted against amendment to strip significant illegal immigration reduction provisions from H.R. 10 in 2004
Cosponsored legislation with significant illegal immigration-reduction provisions in 2004
Voted in favor of secure IDs in 2004
Voted against rewarding illegal aliens from Mexico with Social Security benefits in 2004
Voted to enforce federal laws against sanctuary policies
to protect illegal aliens in 2004
Voted against sanctuary policies to protect illegal aliens in 2004
Voted to authorize the use of the military to assist in border control functions in 2004
Voted to extend voluntary workplace verification pilot program in 2003
Voted in favor of amendment to fight foreign IDs for illegal aliens in 2003
Cosponsored bill to reduce illegal immigration
and increase interior enforcement in 2003-2004
Voted to authorize the use of the military to assist in border control functions in 2003
Cosponsored secure ID bill to deter illegal immigration in 2003-2004
Cosponsored secure ID bill to deter illegal immigration in 2003-2004
Voted to authorize the use of the military to assist in border control efforts in 2002
Voted AGAINST Section 245(i), a form of amnesty
for illegal aliens in 2002
Voted against a four-month extension of Section 245(i) in 2001
Signed a letter opposing Section 245(i) in 2001
Signed a statement against an amnesty in 2001
Voted to authorize troops on the border in 2001
Voted in 2000 to authorize troops on the border.
Signed a letter to Speaker Hastert opposing an illegal alien amnesty in 2000.
Voted to authorize the use of troops on the border in 1999
Voted to kill pro-illegal-alien Section 245(i) program in 1997
Voted to crack down on illegal immigration in 1996
Tried to create mandatory workplace verification programs in 1996
Protected voluntary pilot programs for workplace verification in 1996
Hillary isn't middle America. Time magazine doesn't carry much weight down here.
Remember this headline: Jimmy who?
Indeed.
Who would have thought in 1975 that disaster in waiting would ever be president.
If God had intended us to vote,
He would have given us candidates.
At the time of his nomination, Garfield was Republican floor leader in the House, and was Senate-Elect. Garfield was also a Civil War General. He had been nationally known for nearly 20 years.
I don't think (maybe someone can look it up) that any House Member has been nominated (and lost) for President since Garfield.
Duncan Hunter is a fine House Member, but he does not have the qualifications needed to gain the Republican nomination, and if nominated to win.
-Their ticket is Hillary/Obama.-
Historically that would be a long shot to win. Has any two-senator ticket EVER won the WH? For that matter, a ticket where both sens. had less than 2 terms of experience?
Hitlery would choose a Gov. like Richardson or Vilsack.
so then it's hillary.
'Cause those other options aren't gonna fly with the social conservatives.
You guys ARE gonna learn.
I just am afraid it'll be too late
bye republican party!~
so then it's hillary.
'Cause those other options aren't gonna fly with the social conservatives.
You guys ARE gonna learn.
I just am afraid it'll be too late
bye republican party!~
--I believe the "naysayers" regarding Hunter on FR are those that love gloablism. --
True. Hunter is against CAFTA and against globalism in general. Perhaps that may appeal to a lot of Midwest "Reagan Democrats".
It's too early to write anyone off. Rudy & McCain may be Trojan horses who could split the party (but a Prez. Hitlery would wreck far more than a party).
Newt has too much baggage to run, but can be a great behind-the-scenes strategist. Brownback is too little known and not strong on illegal immigration.
I'd like Sanford to run but if he doesn't, Hunter is a better true Conservative than the rest of the field.
In summary, the Enemedia will ty to destroy any GOP candidate. We might as well give Hunter serious consideration, particularly if a major foreign policy crisis arises (and that is quite likely).
get it thru your head republicans!
We're thru with your promises.
Do something.
Or we're done with you too.
Hunter, unfortunately, doesn't have a pretty face like Obama, or money like Clinton.
Nothing sparkling about Hiliary. What she has going for her is a huge war chest.
Newt is Toast. Newt Is Toast. Newt Is Toast.
And he did it to himself. The Moral issue will not quit. And he flunked. We need to seriously get behind a candidate without the moral peccadillos that will implode the party base. This election just made it very clear. The base needs a clean candidate not beholden to foreign special interests and not given to sexual perversion or marital infidelity. Period.
This should not be so hard to adhere to. Duncan Hunter does. Time for you to step up as a real conservative, and come over to Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo.
Yep.
Hunter is the only one of the current candidates (or expected candidates) who makes Mike Huckabee look pragmatic.
If embrasing one of these two yo-yos as a presidential candidate is required for me to be a 'real conservative', I'd rather be a RINO.
I think you are right, unless you count Gerald Ford, which I certainly wouldn't.
I know I've tossed his name around here frequently...as well as that of Lynn Cheney. She's got more cred than Hillary, that's for sure.
I think you are wrong about Newt on that score.
He married the woman. The end.
Regardless it appears he is going on a rebuilding effort. We, including you, would all be foolish to not support educating the public.
As it stands now, Hitlary has kept quiet for six years. She is cultivating her wall street connections and perfect the use of third parties to win elections.
They know how to dress like DINOS.
Saying Newt is akin to der slickmeister does not help republicans rebuild.
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