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Rep. Duncan Hunter Drops Advisers in S.C.
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| March 2, 2007
| Staff
Posted on 03/06/2007 3:59:32 PM PST by veronica
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Republican presidential candidate Duncan Hunter has dropped two top South Carolina advisers a week after they were appointed because of their inflammatory statements about immigrants and religious minorities.
Hunter spokesman Roy Tyler confirmed Thursday that former GOP lieutenant governor candidate Henry Jordan and Horry County Auditor Lois Eargle would no longer serve as campaign co-chairs.
Eargle said the California congressman's decision was disappointing.
"I am so disgusted with politicians who do not have the backbone to stand up for the concerns of the American people," Eargle said in a statement provided to The Associated Press.
Eargle, speaking Feb. 22 at a news conference, said an illegal immigrant with three children came to her office the day before asking for free legal help for an abused child.
"I told her the best thing for her to do was to get back to Mexico," Eargle said then.
Tyler said Thursday that those words "in 26 years of service would not cross Congressman Hunter's lips."
TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; border; duncanbotscramble; duncanhunter; electionpresident; elections; hunter; illegals; immigrantlist; notronaldreagan
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posted on
03/06/2007 3:59:33 PM PST
by
veronica
To: veronica
It doesn't show good judgment that he even hired these people in the first place. Disappointing.
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:01:30 PM PST
by
Peach
(The Clintons' pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
To: Peach
It doesn't show good judgment that he even hired these people in the first place. Disappointing. I am not a Hunter fan, and I won't vote for him, but it is worth pointing out that unlike the faggot Edwards, Hunter did the right thing and got rid of them.
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:03:41 PM PST
by
presidio9
(There is something wonderful about a country that produces a brave and humble man like Wesley Autrey)
To: presidio9
Oh, I agree that it's very good he got rid of them. The hypocrisy of the left still surprises me sometimes.
I'm pretty neutral about Hunter. There are some issues I'd have with him, but that's going to happen with any candidate.
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:07:18 PM PST
by
Peach
(The Clintons' pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
To: veronica
Heh.
Looks like DH's spine is softer than Jorge Bush's.
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:11:39 PM PST
by
Tinian
To: Peach
There are some issues I'd have with him, but that's going to happen with any candidate. There are some issues that are make or break for me. Hunter is pro-life, which is good, but he opposes free trade, which is unforgivable.
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:11:41 PM PST
by
presidio9
(There is something wonderful about a country that produces a brave and humble man like Wesley Autrey)
To: Peach
It doesn`t show good judgement in anyone he hired because I had no idea this guy even existed until a few days ago until a Freeper told me about him.
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:12:52 PM PST
by
Screamname
(Looking for a good book to read? Read "Night song of the last Tram" by Robert Douglas.)
To: veronica
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:14:24 PM PST
by
gotribe
(There's still time to begin a war in Iraq.)
To: veronica
I'm glad he's cleaning house now before he gets to the White House. We need the right people in his cabinet.
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:15:18 PM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(RINO = Rudy Is Not Ours! Keep scrubbing, Rudy supporters, the blood won't come off.)
To: presidio9
Who would you say is your current favorite?
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:16:02 PM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(RINO = Rudy Is Not Ours! Keep scrubbing, Rudy supporters, the blood won't come off.)
To: presidio9
I'd vote for Hunter, but in this decision I think he passed up his chance to show he's a "true conservative", by keeping these guys on. No balls. (sarcasm)
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:17:28 PM PST
by
popdonnelly
([Democrats] are jubilant at our disasters and are cast down when the rebels are defeated -Sept. 1862)
To: Tinian; veronica; All
Looks like DH's spine is softer than Jorge Bush's.
Not at all. However it is clear that Hunter has more of a sense of decency, RE-READ what that brpad Eargle said, referring to an illegal immigrant with three children, asking for free legal help for an abused child.
"I told her the best thing for her to do was to get back to Mexico"
You and Veronica endorse that approach to helping children at risk?
Hunter did the right thing by firing those jokers, and this demonstrates that he is not only a man of principle, he's got a heart too.
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:19:50 PM PST
by
mkjessup
("ahhh don't feel noways tired...ahhh've come too faaaaaar...from whar ahhh started from...!")
To: Fierce Allegiance
My favorite is Rick Santorum, but he's not running. I will most likely end up voting for Newt Gingrich in the primary.
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:20:30 PM PST
by
presidio9
(There is something wonderful about a country that produces a brave and humble man like Wesley Autrey)
To: popdonnelly
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:23:49 PM PST
by
veronica
('My 80% ally is not my 20% enemy.' ........Rudy reminds us what Ronald Reagan said.)
To: presidio9
I like the vast majority of his politics, but I think he carries too much baggage.
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:25:49 PM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(RINO = Rudy Is Not Ours! Keep scrubbing, Rudy supporters, the blood won't come off.)
To: presidio9
There are some issues that are make or break for me. Hunter is pro-life, which is good, but he opposes free trade, which is unforgivable Did you watch his CPAC speech when he was speaking about China? He is opposed to outsourcing national security manufacture and also to unfair trade agreements where supra-national bodies dictate terms of trade. It sounds like what we have now is not free trade.
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:36:48 PM PST
by
TheeOhioInfidel
(ATTENTION: DUNCAN HUNTER WOULD PARDON THE TEXAS 3.)
To: veronica
Four-day-old news?
... both the Hunter and Rudy camps are posting a lot of "news" that is anywhere from several days to several years old. (In fairness, some Rudy critic posted, as news, an article from 1999. So it's on both sides.)
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:38:52 PM PST
by
pogo101
To: pogo101
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:39:34 PM PST
by
veronica
('My 80% ally is not my 20% enemy.' ........Rudy reminds us what Ronald Reagan said.)
To: veronica
Neither had the 1999 anti-Rudy article.
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:42:19 PM PST
by
pogo101
To: pogo101
Four days ago is somewhat more relevant than 8 years ago.
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:45:42 PM PST
by
veronica
('My 80% ally is not my 20% enemy.' ........Rudy reminds us what Ronald Reagan said.)
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