My first 10 reasons why Hunter can and should get our support. I penned this yesterday to a fellow freeper who inquired:
1. He is right on the issues. He does not need to backtrack and spin as McCain, Romney and Rudy will have to in order to get conservative primary voters to believe him. He has been a rock ribbed conservative his entire adult life. As he said, he doesn't need as much money to hire consultants to make him look conservative. As you can tell by freeper reaction to Hunter, there is a hunger for somone to the right of GWB, not to the left of him. So right off the bat, if he can get his message out, he will attract many, many conservatives, who I consider to be the base of the party, not the RINOS.
2. He is a real decorated Nam vet. Not a phony like Kerry, and this will at a minimum be a wash with Mclame's "war hero" status.
3. He is not a moonbat or one trick pony. Those go to the other longshots (or as I call them, no shots) Ron Paul and Tom Tancredo. He has been in the House leadership for years, and up until the 2006 election was Chairman of the Armed Services Committee.
4. He is an unapologetic Reaganite, in his views on the scope of government, the strength of the military. he enthusiastically supported Bush's tax cuts.
5. He wants to fence the border, and in fact has a link to continuing fence construction on his congressional web page.
6. Most importantly to me, he is a hawk in the WOT. There is no way that I can EVER support someone who isn't at least of Bush caliber when it comes to this issue. Crushing the islamo fascists is job one. I've only heard Bush, Santorum and Hunter call these bastards by that name.
7. He is ardently pro-life. Not squishy like McCain, liberal like Rudy or flip flopping like Mitt. He clearly states that R v W is bad law and wants to see the Court overturn it.
8. He walks the talk. Look at his Congress webpage and see the legislation he proposed and supported. Much of it got shuffled of to committees, as is typical, but you get a strong sense on what he believe in. He is pro military down to his core.
9. He treats the democrat traitors like the quislings they are. He lambasted Murtha on the House floor for being such a POS.
10. He looks good. Not like the weird looking McCain or the every hair in place Romney. If he can couple that with a solid speaking presence, then he will have a shot.
What medals has he won for what action? McCain did more than show up.
3. He is not a moonbat or one trick pony. Those go to the other longshots (or as I call them, no shots) Ron Paul and Tom Tancredo. He has been in the House leadership for years, and up until the 2006 election was Chairman of the Armed Services Committee.
Agree with first part about the one trick poneys. I dont think being in the House leadership is a plus these days. Being chairman of Armed Services means he's king of pork in the defense industry.
4. He is an unapologetic Reaganite, in his views on the scope of government, the strength of the military. he enthusiastically supported Bush's tax cuts.
If he is so hot on taxes, then why are some of the organizations pushing tax cuts giving him only a C for his past few years? If he's for limiting the scope of governement why is he voting for No Child Left Behind, the Highway Program, Medicare Drug Program, etc?
5. He wants to fence the border, and in fact has a link to continuing fence construction on his congressional web page.
Do you really think the fence approved last year is ever going to built? They never funded construction. Do you think the Dems are going to spend money to build a fence when they are going to let everyone come in free later in the year.
6. Most importantly to me, he is a hawk in the WOT. There is no way that I can EVER support someone who isn't at least of Bush caliber when it comes to this issue. Crushing the islamo fascists is job one. I've only heard Bush, Santorum and Hunter call these bastards by that name.
Well I dont know if I would toss my name in with those. Bush could never get elected again if he were eligible to run again. Santorum got beat bad. Does that say much for Hunter?
7. He is ardently pro-life. Not squishy like McCain, liberal like Rudy or flip flopping like Mitt. He clearly states that R v W is bad law and wants to see the Court overturn it.
What difference does that make. You dont really think whoever is elected President is going to get a strong conservative on the court unless one of the current conservatives leaves. Dems wont allow it and Republicans are going to lose additional Senate seats in 2008. We have 21 seats to defend and they are not all sure things. If we are still bumbling our way in Iraq you can bet many of them will be toast as well.
8. He walks the talk. Look at his Congress webpage and see the legislation he proposed and supported.
You mean he talks the walk. Just like all congress critters. All they do is talk. If they ever did anything and solved any problems, then there would be nothing to use for their fund raising letters. Both sides are waiting until they can get enough votes to do everything they want without concern for other side. In the meantime, nothing gets done because they all have to worry about the wingnuts of the left and right. Governors and Mayors for that matter are executives and they need to work with others to get things done and they have to make decisions and get them implemented. All congress critters have to do is posture. I sponsored this bill, I sponsored that, I wrote a bill to do this. Did any of them get passed and put into law. Nah but then I had the right intentions.