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Hunter calls for Reid to step down over 'war is lost' remarks
CNN ^ | 04/25/2007

Posted on 04/25/2007 3:55:47 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Rep. Duncan Hunter called Wednesday for Sen. Harry Reid to resign his post as Senate majority leader over remarks that the senator made last week that the war in Iraq "is lost" if the United States continues on its current policy.

Hunter, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, is the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee.

"In my opinion Sen. Reid, having made that statement, which can only have a demoralizing effect on our troops and an effect of encouragement of the adversary, I think it would be appropriate for Sen. Reid to resign his position as the leader of the United States Senate," he said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: defeatocrats; dhimmicrats; duncanhunter; iraq; reid; wot
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To: Bush gal in LA

Heh heh, anything to put the truth into pictures!


141 posted on 04/26/2007 5:32:53 AM PDT by missnry (The truth will set you free!)
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To: mjaneangels@aolcom
Reid's remarks?

I don't even think of that puke. My concern was Hunter's LOWBALLING of the number of people in the target population AlQaida was trying to kill.

He's gotta' get right with the numbers before the Dems start the old McCarthy stuff on him ~ and as you no doubt recall that concerned how many Commies were on his list and how many lists he had. The numbers changed from speech to speech. Dems didn't care about Commies ~ they were the Commies. The American people proved to be easy dupes for the criticism of changing numbers.

If Hunter ever wants to be President he's got to get the numbers down and stick with them, and only after he finds out what they are.

142 posted on 04/26/2007 5:38:34 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

harry reid.

just another scu&bag democrat who gets away with being a scu&bag. (he’ll never resign. the msm will ratchet up the communist rhetoric and denigrate, drop by drop, anyone who suggests that he resign)


143 posted on 04/26/2007 5:39:04 AM PDT by ripley
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Good for you Duncan!


144 posted on 04/26/2007 5:43:08 AM PDT by ChessExpert (Reagan defeated the Soviet Union despite the Democratic party.)
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To: Fishtalk

Excellent!! Good for you!! It IS time we do speak out, and louder than we have before.


145 posted on 04/26/2007 5:51:26 AM PDT by swatbuznik
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

CNNMBCBSBC ran Reid’s remarks on the front page 24/7 for two days and a leading Republican calling him out on his treason gets 3 paragraphs on the back page.

No bias here. Move along.


146 posted on 04/26/2007 6:01:52 AM PDT by HOTTIEBOY (The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
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To: cripplecreek

BTTT


147 posted on 04/26/2007 6:10:31 AM PDT by Unicorn (Too many wimps around.)
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To: Unicorn

Which is better? Crusty Harry is the gift that keeps on giving but if he stepped down we’d then have Dickhead Durbin to kick around


148 posted on 04/26/2007 6:19:44 AM PDT by hillarynot (I play in Peoria)
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To: swatbuznik

Can’t speak for anyone else but down here in the swamps of Delaware, we ARE speaking out.

Here’s another form of hypocrisy that’ll make you cry.

Delaware is one of the few states with more Reps than Senators. Heh. We have exactly ONE Rep and two senators, one of which is Biden, you should smile.

Anyhoo, our Rep is Mike Castle, a RINO we’ve had to suffer with for yay many years now and this past year he voted for something that just pushed me beyond my tolerance level.

Castle is the head of the so-called “Main Stream Republicans” (read RINO) and he gets funding from Soros, I’m not making this up. A couple of years ago he voted to block drilling in ANWR and this action like to give me a heart attack. Come on...this man is NOT representing even his liberal constituents in Delaware as most Americans think drilling in a frozen tundra to be a fine thing.

Okay. So I swallowed that even though he’s harming my progeny by keeping us dependent on foreign oil. I voted for him last time, holding my damn nose.

A few months ago, maybe you know, Castle votes FOR FEDERAL FUNDING OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH!

What part of that vote is in any way Republican or Conservative? First, pubs don’t normally espouse outrageous government spending, electing instead for private business to invest. So does Castle think all of a sudden Repubs want to spend money on the sort of thing private investors should be spending? And if private investors ain’t buying into it, what makes Castle think Republicans want the government to support it.

Second, and most horrific, give me the name of one damn Republican in this country besides Mike Castle who thinks that growing human embryos to be a good thing given that adult stem cell research is so promising and never mind that we’re talking the creation and destructions of actual human beings for God knows what nefarious purpose?

You had to go and get me started, didn’t you?

And the Republican party of Delaware thinks the base should keep supporting this guy, working our tails off, raising money...yada, yada? What planet are they calling in from?

I’m sick of arguing with them. I think those entrenched Repubs know what the base’s issues are but they don’t care. Does anyone think that Mike Castle represents even the most LIBERAL of his constituents here iin Delaware? I don’t even know a flaming liberal here in the swamp state who thinks we should be making little human beings that the George Soros’ and rich Arab shiekhs should have spare body parts when needed.

I gotta stop now. I don’t have the answer but don’t you double damn dare me to vote for Mike Castle again, don’t you try it, don’t call me a name, don’t tell me the dire consequences of letting a Dem in his place. A RINO like this is the same thing as having a Dem, quit peeing upon my feet and telling me it’s raining.

I might not vote for a Dem but you’ll have to put me in a torture chamber before I’ll support a RINO ever again.

Eventually they’ll all get booted outta there but it’s gonna take years. Let’s hope the RINOS don’t destroy the country first.

I’m tired....quit baiting me.


149 posted on 04/26/2007 6:31:12 AM PDT by Fishtalk (http://patfish.blogspot.com)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

This is great, we need to start asking Dems to resign every time they open their mouths. Bunch of flag burning traitors.


150 posted on 04/26/2007 6:32:10 AM PDT by omega4179 (Barack Hussein Obama praying 5x a day to Mecca in the Oval office.)
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To: mdittmar

‘It’s about time someone in the Republican party grew a pair!’

From the silence we continue to hear, Duncan may be the only one. Well, and Fred, but he isn’t in an elected office at this time.


151 posted on 04/26/2007 8:16:56 AM PDT by SusaninOhio
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To: Elyse
Thanks for telling us about Romney. I missed that. Now I wish others would join Romney and Hunter in speaking out against Reid.

I agree. It's long overdue. I think the things Reid, Durbin and Kennedy et al have been saying ever since Abu Ghraib have been used for purely political reasons and have had a huge effect on dampening the popular support for the war. I often wonder how things may have turned out differently if our country had put politics aside and remained united behind the mission (and/or we had had 200,000 or so more troops!).

In any event, at times like these I agree with this sentiment attributed to Abe Lincoln: Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hanged.~ President Abraham Lincoln

Apparently, they are saying now that Abe didn't really say this, but I can't blame him if he did.

152 posted on 04/26/2007 8:57:52 AM PDT by redgirlinabluestate
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To: Dustbunny

Good for Hunter. Republicans need to use the “impeach,” “step down,” “retire” words more often about offensive Rats. They have no problem asking for the whole Bush Administration to resign. Republicans should not have a problem asking for the Rats to resign either.


153 posted on 04/26/2007 9:18:13 AM PDT by conservative blonde (Let's call the Jr. Senator from Illinois by his full name, Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007
Reid needs to read Amit Taheri in today's NYPost.
154 posted on 04/26/2007 10:10:45 AM PDT by firebrand
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To: chiefqc

LOL!!! And probably true.


155 posted on 04/26/2007 1:53:15 PM PDT by fishergirl (My warrior, my soldier, my hero - my son. God bless our troops!)
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To: firebrand

The last part of that NY Post article says it all...

“They certainly cannot drive the Americans out. No power on earth can. Unless, of course, Harry Reid does it for them.”


156 posted on 04/26/2007 2:29:31 PM PDT by TampaDude (If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the PROBLEM!!!)
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To: Dustbunny

“Reid needs to retire, his dementia is showing.”

Dittos!


157 posted on 04/26/2007 2:42:14 PM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

^5 Duncan Hunter.


158 posted on 04/26/2007 3:24:53 PM PDT by sweetiepiezer
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To: oneamericanvoice

“Maybe it is the phone calls from folks like us “

Just got off the phone with my Senators office and told him to stand up and say he wants Dirty Harry to resign.


159 posted on 04/26/2007 3:36:05 PM PDT by sweetiepiezer
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To: sappy

“That alone might just get my vote.”

Might just get my vote also.............WTG Duncan.


160 posted on 04/26/2007 3:37:40 PM PDT by sweetiepiezer
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