[Man50D]

It's amazing Duncan Hunter, who scores highest as a Conservative on the totality of issues, is being treated by a Conservative website, such as Free Republic, as if he were advancing the cause of socialism. This throw the strongest Conservative under the bus attitude for the sake of expanding the voter base by appeasing those who lean to the left is precisely what has been destroying the GOP.

The same behavior occurred on the state level in Connecticut when the Republicrats abandon staunch Conservative Alan Schlesinger in his bid for Senator against Joseph LIEberman. Many Republicrats voted for LIEberman because they were more concerned about the perception of keeping a powerful Senator in Congress than advancing Conservatism. The result is another six years of a powerful Socialist Senator.

Instead of employing the defeatist hold the nose mentality those at this website should show the courage of their alleged Conservative convictions by supporting the Candidate who has most represented those Conservative ideals throughout his political career. That candidate as the record shows is Duncan Hunter.

[Notary Sojac]

Duncan Hunter gets only minimal support on FR because the majority of Freepers are so busy having Fredgasms all day long.

[DWar]

"Instead of employing the defeatist hold the nose mentality those at this website should show the courage of their alleged Conservative convictions by supporting the Candidate who has most represented those Conservative ideals throughout his political career. That candidate as the record shows is Duncan Hunter."

I agree with much of what you have to say. Unfortunately it's the same argument made by those who support Alan Keyes. The point is if everyone at Free Republic could get together and support Hunter, they plus the 1% of the American voters who support Hunter and are not FReepers would add up to 1.1% and he'd stll lose.

A part of being a successful leader is the ability to command the attention and following of others based upon personal criteria. A dynamic personality is one component of that. Hunter is the worst in this regard. Thompson was a close second until this past week or two. He has given me some hope. But when the primaries are all over I will defer to my tagline and vote for the GOP nominee.