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Former New Hamp. Senator Bob Smith announcing his endorsement of Duncan Hunter
DH Grass Revolt ^ | 12/21/07 | Bob Smith

Posted on 12/21/2007 11:39:13 AM PST by pissant

Dear New Hampshire Friends:

After spending several weeks listening to all of the candidates, I have decided to support Congressman Duncan Hunter for President. I do not take this decision lightly. There are a lot of fine men running for this office and I know that many of you may have already made your choice.Your vote in the “First in the Nation Primary” is a very precious and personal right. Your decision will likely determine who will be the next leader of the free world. What an awesome responsibility! I only ask that you give serious consideration to the points that I make in this letter of endorsement for Congressman Hunter before you vote.

The Republican Party, but more importantly our nation, needs strong conservative and inspirational leadership as we continue to face the threats to our liberty in the form of immorality, corruption, terrorism, a mountain of debt, border insecurity, loss of jobs and attempts to weaken our national defense. Here is why Duncan Hunter is that leader!

I am sure that you are aware that I fought the battle for the conservative cause in New Hampshire for over 20 years. It was not an easy battle.Conservatives pay a heavy price for standing up for their principles. I can speak from personal experience on that. The Republican Party has lost it’s majority in Congress because it slowly and steadily has walked away from the “core values” that have made it a great party for the past 150 years in America. Remember Ronald Reagan? Liberals and moderates worked hard to defeat him in the New Hampshire primary in 1980 but he prevailed in spite of them! He will be remembered as one of our greatest Presidents because he stood on principle. but also because we conservatives in New Hampshire gave him the victory that propelled him to the White House! When President Reagan came into the oval office in the morning, he knew exactly where he wanted to take the country. He did not need an inbox full of directions, consultants, polls or focus groups to tell him what his core values were.

There will never be another Ronald Reagan but fellow Californian Duncan Hunter can pick up the Reagan torch and light the way for America to come back from the dangers we now face. Congressman Hunter is a moral man, an inspirational leader and a no nonsense conservative who will always put “principle above politics” in the image of the late great New Hampshire patriot Meldrim Thomson.

I had the enormous privilege to serve with Congressman Hunter for 18 years in Congress. He has been my personal friend for nearly 25 years. I can personally attest that he is a man of impeccable moral and family values, a great patriot and a leader.I have seen him fight even when others were prepared to give up. Congressman Hunter inspired me and many other young conseratives in the 1980s to continue the fight even when it was bleak.

This has not been an easy campaign for Congressman Hunter. While he has been out on the campaign trail his son has been serving in Iraq and the Hunters lost their entire home in the recent fires in Southern California. He has been largely ignored by the pollsters and the media. I urge the people of New Hampshire to send a message to the pollsters and the Washington media elite. The people elect a President not the pollsters! You have the opportunity to do for the nation what you did when you elected President Reagan in 1980 by sending Duncan Hunter out of New Hampshire with a big win and on to the White House in January of 2009! Can you imagine listening to CNN and all of the talking heads trying to explain how they were wrong as Hunter claimed victory? Wouldn’t that be worth the price of admission? You can make it happen with your vote in January! Do not be intimidated by these spinmasters. You control the destiny of America and not them!

The American people need to take control of this country. We are a republic, not a democracy. We elect leaders to stand up for us as they make decisions. Duncan Hunter has proven that he can lead. He has been tested. If given the chance as President, he will inspire people, young and old, to rally to our nation in this time of need. Congressman Duncan Hunter for 25 years has stood up for the rights of the unborn, to balance the budget, to cut the pork out of the spending bills, to strengthen our national defense by supporting our troops and providing them the weapons they need, to seal off our borders by building a fence along the US/Mexican border and to keep American jobs in America. He is a known entity. You do not have to guess about what he might do on these critical threats to our security.

Imagine President Duncan Hunter leading our nation and using the “bully pulpit” to lead on these issues! I am proud to support this great American patriot for President. If you really want to see change, then I urge you to vote for him. He is what American needs now more than ever ! Thank you!

Senator Bob Smith Tuftonboro, N.H. and Sarasota, Florida


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008endorsements; bobsmith; duncanhunter; elections; hunter; nh2008
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To: Sun

Thanks for pointing out those numbers; I knew Kerry was down low before his big upset.


121 posted on 12/21/2007 4:49:09 PM PST by MSF BU (++)
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To: Lexinom

That must be a picture of the draft deferment board in the late sixties? No doubt Mitt and Rudy are standing in line just to the left of the cowardly lion...?


122 posted on 12/21/2007 4:50:33 PM PST by MSF BU (++)
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To: MSF BU

HA HA HA HA HA HA!


123 posted on 12/21/2007 5:02:53 PM PST by Lexinom (Build the fence and call China to account. GoHunter08.com)
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To: roamer_1; calcowgirl
I sure hope your tagline is sarcasm. Although clever, I don't relish dumbing down any of our red states/counties with ANY of that blue crappola in ANY degree!!!

Besides, purple is too close to lavendar blue, dilly, dilly and silly too!!!

Only Tom Brokaw wants purple states!!! (yuck!)

124 posted on 12/21/2007 5:04:32 PM PST by SierraWasp (Too much religion mixed with politics just leads the participants into too much hate & discontent!!!)
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To: pissant

Is this the same Bob Smith who famously (if obscurely) went over to the US Taxpayers (now Constitution) Party, sometime back in the ‘90s?


125 posted on 12/21/2007 5:08:10 PM PST by r9etb
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To: roamer_1
IMHO, Hunter is the only one capable of a landslide victory with coattails.

Don't get out much?

126 posted on 12/21/2007 5:23:00 PM PST by Jim Noble (Trails of trouble, roads of battle, paths of victory we shall walk.)
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To: Just A Nobody
...I once thought the vacant side should be filled by Tancredo...no more...

Well, politicians ARE politicians... it's up to us to demand more from them!... We are making progress... although you must always respect them for being sort of the ULTIMATE CON-ARTIST profession...

Take care :)

127 posted on 12/21/2007 5:39:57 PM PST by ElPatriota (Duncan Hunter 08 -- I am proud to support this man for my president)
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To: SierraWasp
I sure hope your tagline is sarcasm. Although clever, I don't relish dumbing down any of our red states/counties with ANY of that blue crappola in ANY degree!!!

It is sarcastic in the sense that I do not want red states becoming bluer, but I think it to be true nonetheless- A vote for anything but a Conservative will cause the base to turn out with less than full force, making it less likely that we will see clear decisive wins...

128 posted on 12/21/2007 5:54:04 PM PST by roamer_1 (Vote for Frudy McRomsonbee -Turn red states purple in 08!)
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To: SierraWasp

How about a 1964 replay of Goldwater and Rockefeller?
I love the folks booing NF, lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KJABfBN6ew
Conservatives re-take the Republican Party - 1964


129 posted on 12/21/2007 6:07:05 PM PST by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: Jim Noble
Don't get out much?

Wouldn't need to- It is plain to see. Hunter is the only one that can hold down the whole base, and is the only one to be taken seriously regarding immigration. On that one issue alone he could build coattails for others.

130 posted on 12/21/2007 6:17:54 PM PST by roamer_1 (Vote for Frudy McRomsonbee -Turn red states purple in 08!)
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To: ElPatriota
although you must always respect them for being sort of the ULTIMATE CON-ARTIST profession...

LOL! Spot on! We will keep on keeping on! ;*)

131 posted on 12/21/2007 6:33:19 PM PST by Just A Nobody (PISSANT for President '08 - NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: pissant
Duncan Hunter/Ollie North

That would work.

I could go for a Hunter/Bolton ticket too.

132 posted on 12/21/2007 6:33:48 PM PST by Unruly Human
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To: AmericanInTokyo
Good morning AIT. Don't strain your eyes. I'll save you the time and aggravation...they are here.

Have a great day! ;*)

133 posted on 12/21/2007 6:36:02 PM PST by Just A Nobody (PISSANT for President '08 - NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: pissant
YEAH HUNTER!
134 posted on 12/21/2007 6:37:51 PM PST by NordP (Such tough choices ahead, I'm now a "middle of the road" voter--somewhere between RUSH & Savage ;-))
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To: r9etb

Yes, but I don’t think it was that obscure when he was denouncing the Republican Party on the floor of the Senate.


135 posted on 12/21/2007 6:39:21 PM PST by LiveFree99
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To: ElPatriota

HUNTER/BOLTON '08

136 posted on 12/21/2007 6:44:47 PM PST by NordP (Such tough choices ahead, I'm now a "middle of the road" voter--somewhere between RUSH & Savage ;-))
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To: ElPatriota
OR....

HUNTER/STEELE '08

137 posted on 12/21/2007 6:48:36 PM PST by NordP (Such tough choices ahead, I'm now a "middle of the road" voter--somewhere between RUSH & Savage ;-))
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To: AmericaUnited

Zero chance, huh. Not if we keep on standing with him.


138 posted on 12/21/2007 7:39:10 PM PST by lakey (Duncan Hunter '08 for President!)
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To: wastedpotential

“I agree with Hunter on the issues,”

I would like to invite you to consider voting for Hunter based in the primary. I do not ask this based on his organization or his poll numbers, I ask that you consider what is best for your loved ones, your country and your self.
I am only asking that you consider this for the primary. In the General election I have every confidence that you will vote for the GOP candidate.
Thank you.


139 posted on 12/21/2007 8:11:40 PM PST by mjaneangels@aolcom
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To: AmericaUnited

“Duncan Hunter is a very good man.”

I would like to invite you to consider voting for Hunter based in the primary. I do not ask this based on his organization or his poll numbers, I ask that you consider what is best for your loved ones, your country and your self.
I am only asking that you consider this for the primary. In the General election I have every confidence that you will vote for the GOP candidate.
Thank you.


140 posted on 12/21/2007 8:18:02 PM PST by mjaneangels@aolcom
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