“Problem is, if you look at the others’ records, you will find scant evidence of any of these things.”
I’d not worry about the other’s records, especially Thompson or Huckabee. The ill-fated Giuliani supporters still have Romney the pro-abortion liberal to feed from as Giuliani continues to nose-dive, so let’s watch Romney burn cash for a while.
The two I listed above will continue to be/become media darling’s and if I were in Hunter’s shoes I’d be trying to be “with” them at all turns and not against them. I also think the Thompson supporters should actually be helping to prop Hunter up every chance they get. IMHO Thompson & Hunter are equal in Conservatism, but not in electability as CIC. So, for either group of supporters to have anything negative to say about the other candidate is not the least bit productive to the Conservative Cause.
One thing I’ve done here and there is to bump both Hunter threads, as well as Thompson threads. If someone feels the urge to start shredding a candidate to pieces, I’d recommend the efforts be put into Romney. By doing that, you’re defeating liberalism and supporting conservatism IMO.
Lots of good links over here....
GOP candidates skip Hispanic conference (Except Hunter)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857808/posts
Hey jed. What’s your definition of a conservative?
Well, I understand the sentiment, but Hunter is in this to win. I’ve sent a huge salvo of torpedoes into the Good Ship Rudy when he was the obvious frontrunner. If he isn’t out of it by end of year, he will get round 2. Those efforts by me and many, many others have had an effect in exposing him.
One of those effects was to open the door for Fred, a much more conservative -but recognized - name. I applaud that for two reasons. One, it gives me hope that at least a faction of the GOP still wants a real conservative. Two, if my guy does not win, I have a solid fall back position.
However, Hunter needs his army to spread the word about the man. And not just in a “oh, how nice, a good man for a cabinet post” way. We need to compare his record, his speeches, his positions with all the other candidates in order to draw contrasts. Without contrasts drawn with Fred, there would be no reason anyone should support Hunter over him, because Fred starts with the huge advantage of name ID and therefore is more “electable”. The primary is about winning and my prediction is that the more Hunter rises, the more the Fredheads (God bless ‘em) will get hysterical about pointing out those contrasts. It’s easy for them to say “good luck to Duncan” as long as Hunter remains in the 2nd tier. He gets first tier, watch the claws come out.