I know. You think that because you see Fred and Hunter as roughly equal. And that’s fine, and understandable. Fred has many things that suggest he is a solid candidate. However, I do not see them as equal. Hunter is clear as day on everything, and I mean everything. No tapdancing, no nuanced answers.
When the story broke that Hunter had supported “the plane that would not fly”, a vertical take off and landing R&D project, the MSM wrote scathing articles about what a waste of money/earmarks, etc. Yet what did Hunter do? He stepped up before his colleagues on the armed services committee and told them to fund the damn plane more fully and let’s get it working. That they have been short sheeting the funding since its inception and its time to get the thing working. No hiding, no ducking, no backtracking. It’s one of the huge separations between Hunter and typical politicians.
I agree with you about Hunter. He’s a good man, who is a true patriot. I would like to see a President Hunter in our future, but it may not be possible at this point because he doesn’t have much name recognition. Imho, a Thompson/Hunter ticket would change all that.