Missouri Republican Assembly Endorses Duncan Hunter for President

Dhgrassrevolt ^ | 11/5/07 | staff

[pissant]

For Immediate Release

November 5, 2007

Contact: Chris Brown (314) 346-5816

Missouri Republican Assembly Endorses Duncan Hunter for President

Jefferson City, MO – Saturday, November 3 at their Quarterly Membership Meeting, the Missouri Republican Assembly voted to endorse Congressman Duncan Hunter, 14-term congressman from California, for President in Missouri’s Republican Primary. “Congressman Hunter is a true social conservative and honestly represents the Republican Wing of the Republican Party,” stated Chris Brown, state President of the Missouri Republican Assembly. “When you add together Duncan Hunter’s commitment to the military, American jobs, and fighting for Family and Life issues, there is no better choice for President. America needs Hunter’s integrity, courage and proven leadership.”

Hunter is a Vietnam veteran who served in the 173rd Airborne and 75th Army Rangers, and who has continued to fight for this country since first elected to Congress in 1980. While in Congress he has served on the House Armed Services Committee where he works on America’s national security needs. While serving as the Ranking Member of this committee he has protected U.S. defense jobs in aircraft, ship repair, machine tools, textile, steel and titanium to ensure that what he calls the “Arsenal of Democracy”, the U.S. industrial base, is maintained to provide security in time of war.

Hunter has successfully made border security a national security issue and has responded by leading efforts in Congress to seal a porous border susceptible to illegal aliens, drug trafficking and terrorism. Hunter’s efforts have resulted in over 59 miles of fencing and border infrastructure to date in San Diego County. Hunter also wrote the Secure Fence Act, extending the San Diego fence 854 miles across California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. President Bush signed these fence provisions into law on October 26, 2006.

Hunter is fighting for a new policy on fair trade for the American worker. Hunter realizes that China is cheating on trade and using billions of American trade dollars to hurt middle-class Americans, by stealing American jobs. He is committed to bringing jobs back to America by fighting for Fair and Equitable Trade.

The Missouri Republican Assembly (MRA) is a member of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies. The MRA works to unite conservatives, both economic and social, whose interests range from tax cuts and reform to national defense, from pro- life to education concerns, from Second Amendment to national sovereignty, and for the advancement of traditional Republican values.

[George W. Bush]

Not surprising to me. A state that repeatedly elected Dick Gephart. Duncan has many issues on trade in common with Gephart and speaks that lingo very well.

Apparently, it's a Missouri thing.

At any rate, congrats to Duncan on this endorsement. He's a good Republican and we could (and might) do far far worse in a nominee.

[cripplecreek]

The only yes vote I can find from Hunter in dealing with campaign finance reform was a procedural vote that was intended to break it up into many individual parts. The hope was that the 14 seperate parts could be killed individually and push the CFR supporters to bail out.

[Kevmo]

Faster than I could even type!

You’re a good soul, US007.

[pissant]

It was called McCain-Feingold-THOMPSON for a reason

[Newfy]

Hunter voted no Whew! That's a relief. Thank you.

[MSF BU]

Good news, hopefully it translates into some dollars.

[mikeus_maximus]

I would love to see a “Hunter Thompson” ticket— that would tick off the Left on so many levels, including appropriation of the name of a liberal hedonist icon.

[tioga]

I have switched from Thompson to Hunter myself.

[wastedyears]

This is good news.

[wastedyears]

The only increase in spending he would advocate, that I could think of, would be military spending.

[Newfy]

I heard Thompson voted for it. He seems like a good man but just doesn’t appear to be all that interested but rather someone who was pushed to the forefront by others. I don’t know where all that enthusiasm for him came from but I’m not one of those who jumpted on his bandwagon. I’ve studied them all and my first choice is Hunter and Romney is second. If Thompson is the nominee I will vote for him but I will never, ever, no way, no how, vote for John McCain....between his CFR and gang of 14 record he’s lost my vote permanently.

[Just another Joe]

Missouri ping

Low volume ping list

FReepmail me to be on, or off, this list.

Duncan Hunter ping!

[Rennes Templar]

What about Hunter/Condi?

[Newfy]

I made a donation online yesterday. My first ever to any candidate. Hope others join in.

[wastedyears]

Thompson had his name on it.

[Newfy]

Well, another potential nominee down the tubes.

[Newfy]

What about Hunter/Condi? Not in my book. I'm very disappointed in Condi's performance as Secy of State particularly regarding Israel.

[rface]

my bad.......sorry.

[MSF BU]

Outstanding.

[Spiff]

I used to be a fan of the various Republican Assemblies. I met with the Arizona Republican Assembly chairman a number of times. And when the national level organization started up, I spoke to its president a few times. They courted me to start a chapter in my area and then later to combine the conservative Republican Club, for which I served as President, into the assembly. But I found that while I agree wholeheartedly with their positions on conservative issues, that on the whole they are one of the most ineffectual political organizations in the nation. They regularly endorse candidates and then they regularly see nearly every one of their candidates lose. They have not learned that the perfect is the enemy of the good.