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GOP candidate Rep. Duncan Hunter's quiet campaign
Monsters and Critics ^ | December 16, 2007 | By M&C US News

Posted on 12/19/2007 4:17:27 AM PST by Man50D

Republican presidential hopeful, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., like candidates Tancredo, Dodd, Biden and Kucinich, does not get a whole lot of press.

His supporters aren't flying blimps or sashaying Oprah on the stage. The Vietnam veteran began his career in politics at age 32, being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Rep. Duncan Hunter has stated in previous interviews his political hero is the late President, Ronald Reagan, and has steadfastly sought more resources for the military.

Hunter has backed the President on every Iraq vote.

Reporter James Lynch notes that Hunter "silenced the war critics two years ago when he introduced a resolution calling for the deployment of troops to Iraq to end immediately. He opposed the resolution but made his point that the majority of House members supported the war. His resolution was defeated, 403-3."

Hunter, 59, is one of the few politicians who has a child that has served in the armed forces in Iraq. His perspctive is unique as a veteran and parent of an active service member.

On the issues he is a traditional Republican, he votes conservatively on social and fiscal issues.

Hunter was on record opposing NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) and the normalization of trade relations with China.

With regards to immigration, Hunter, whose district includes eastern San Diego, is reportedly a supporter of building fences along the Mexican border.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2008; duncanhunter; elections; hunter; immigration; trade
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Reportedly a supporter of building the fence? Has the writer of this article been living in a cave?
1 posted on 12/19/2007 4:17:29 AM PST by Man50D
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To: Calpernia; pissant

Duncan Hunter ping!


2 posted on 12/19/2007 4:18:01 AM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! Duncan Hunter is a Cosponsor.)
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To: Man50D

He’s my man but unfortunately, the press helps the people they want to run for the presidency!


3 posted on 12/19/2007 4:21:30 AM PST by Cricket24 (ULTRA PATRIOT!!)
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To: Man50D

Certainly not a man who flinches in the face of opposition.


4 posted on 12/19/2007 4:25:36 AM PST by cripplecreek (Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
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To: Man50D
Thompson/Hunter '08
5 posted on 12/19/2007 4:31:45 AM PST by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: Man50D
Supporter of building the fence??

The Secure Fence Act written by Congressman Duncan Hunter, Presidential Candidate 2008, would extend THIS "San Diego Primary Fence" throughout our southern border states.


6 posted on 12/19/2007 4:33:12 AM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Vaquero
Thompson/Hunter '08

HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT!!!!
7 posted on 12/19/2007 4:35:17 AM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! Duncan Hunter is a Cosponsor.)
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To: Man50D

Sounds like it. Whoever wins this thing needs to put Hunter in charge of Homeland Security. I know people dream of him at Sec Def but Homeland Security would actually mean something if this guy was in charge.


8 posted on 12/19/2007 4:36:03 AM PST by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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To: normy
Whoever wins this thing needs to put Hunter in charge of Homeland Security

He won't be able put himself in charge Homeland Security.
9 posted on 12/19/2007 4:37:57 AM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! Duncan Hunter is a Cosponsor.)
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To: Man50D

I dont think thats a possibility....so he can wait as veep for 8 years a do it then.


10 posted on 12/19/2007 4:39:32 AM PST by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: Vaquero
I dont think thats a possibility

Based on what facts?
11 posted on 12/19/2007 4:41:19 AM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! Duncan Hunter is a Cosponsor.)
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To: Cricket24
the press helps the people they want to run for the presidency
You can't blame Hunter's failure to rise on the press.

No one needs the press to ignite a groundswell.

And once the groundswell begins, the press is powerless to stop it. They instantly become unwilling participants.

No, the reason for the lack of a Duncan Hunter groundswell is...

Actually, I don't know the reason.

But I know it's not the press. Blaming the press is crybaby stamping of feet.

It's the candidate. Something about this candidate is just not catching fire, except for here in FR, in the hearts of a few.

12 posted on 12/19/2007 4:42:03 AM PST by samtheman
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To: Man50D
Look no further.

The....answer.....is.....right.....smack......under....the.......Republicans'.....noses!!

13 posted on 12/19/2007 4:42:13 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (HUNTER: SOLID! Tops on: Illegals, Trade, DPRK, Iran/Iraq, Economy, WOT, PRC, Budget, PROLife)
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To: Man50D

14 posted on 12/19/2007 4:43:10 AM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Man50D

his lack of exposure.


15 posted on 12/19/2007 4:44:00 AM PST by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: samtheman

It’s the “I won’t vote for him because he can’t win because I won’t vote for him” syndrome.

The American people are so used to the media selecting the frontrunners that they’ve quit thinking outside the box.


16 posted on 12/19/2007 4:46:21 AM PST by airborne (Proud to be a conservative! Proud to support Duncan Hunter for President!)
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To: Man50D

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), one of the few Republican presidential candidates to walk the talk on border security, blasted the Bush administration for suffering from "a case of 'the slows' on border enforcement."

Next time you hear a leading presidential candidate try to woo you with his nine-point immigration-enforcement plan or his secure ID plan or his Secure Borders platform, point to the Incredible Disappearing Border Fence. Poof! That is what happens to election-season homeland-security promises. Why would theirs be any different?---MICHELLE MALKIN

17 posted on 12/19/2007 4:48:18 AM PST by WildcatClan (Vote Hunter for President)
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To: samtheman
no, the reason is because pissant is such a pain in the a$$. He has turned more people off of D.H. than are currently supporting him!

;o)

18 posted on 12/19/2007 4:48:56 AM PST by Axeslinger (Where has my country gone?)
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To: Vaquero
his lack of exposure.

You give the socialist media too much credit. It's far too soon to reach a conclusion on any candidate.
19 posted on 12/19/2007 4:49:24 AM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! Duncan Hunter is a Cosponsor.)
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To: airborne
It’s the “I won’t vote for him because he can’t win because I won’t vote for him” syndrome.
Blah, blah, blah. I've seen this "clever line" before. It's total BS.

A good candidate IGNITES support, the same way a flame ignites a dead pile of leaves.

Hunter, as good as he is (and I have acknowledged about a thousand times that he's a great American, a great patriot and a great conservative) ain't igniting didddly squat.

He's going NOWHERE. And all the huffing and puffing and stamping of feet here in FR, by a small number of ardent supporters, means exactly the same thing: diddly squat.

It's the CANDIDATE who ignites support, not the press, not the syndromes (or lack of them). It's the CANDIDATE.

And this CANDIDATE just ain't doing it.

20 posted on 12/19/2007 4:50:30 AM PST by samtheman
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