..as I pointed out last night, lowest shot at DH taken on this board, which neither the mods, nor to my knowledge any FDT supporter rebuked, was the attempt by some to connect Hunter with Randy Cunningham and crooked defense contractors--which BTW is without any foundation.
If anyone can prove otherwise, you will have my public apology...
So, we’re supposed to ‘rebuke’ any attack on Duncan Hunter regardless of who made it or why? Can you link me to this attack?
I won’t be rebuking anything, because I honestly don’t know anything about Duncan Hunter’s relationship or lack thereof with Duke Cunningham. If it’s without foundation, why not say so? Post some evidence to the contrary and move on. Discredit the argument.
Is someone posting it to every Duncan Hunter thread and then accusing you of personal attacks when you try and refute it like a select few Duncan Hunter supporters are doing to Fred Thompson threads? I don’t generally read a lot of the Duncan threads, so if that’s happening, I’m not aware of it. If it’s a Fred supporter that I know that is doing it though, I’ll be happy to talk to them about it.
First of all, a poster who was shopping a bogus Hunter attack around FR was banned for such. Second, Fred wasn't even making significant noises at the time, so it's kinda hard for a FDT supporter to rebuke this stuff when FDT wasn't available to support at the time.
And third, a fair number of Hunter supporters (myself included) migrated to Fred when Hunter failed to engage and mobilize grassroots support. We defended Hunter plenty against scurrilous attacks such as what you have mentioned. So it's a pity to see a few unprincipled Hunter supporters returning the favor by attacking Fred.
That includes Hunter backers who try to remake Fred into NARAL in a suit. That includes Thompson backers who try to connect Hunter to Cunnigham's malfeasance.