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
It’s the fact Fred is an actor(albeit a z-list actor at that) and they think the general populace will more likely vote for him based on that and ‘know’ him. They are lost in la-la land. Who knew the GOP could also be so Hollyweird struck?! At least at the beginning it was!!
Puts a whole new perspective on things, doesn’t it?? Yes, makes you wonder. Things are going to happen after this election.
That would be a sweet selection for VP, too. My Hunter/Bolton is just a dream pic for me. Hunter/Steele might provide the Republican party the first good choice of a President of color. He’s such a good guy...and verbalizes like a star of a debate team. Ollie North has experience, and LIKEABIITY for sure. How ‘bout Hunter/Patreaus (sp?)???
Yes, I thought it had to do with something like that - recognition, but there is more I know, there has to be! Because the move itself seems like an act of desperation. When you have to go to 'Hollywood' of ALL PLACES to find your candidate?...Oh well :)
As to Reagan being an actor... Yes, he was, but those were different days and he was an unusually serious man in his politics for an actor, one of a kind!... That does not mean every actor can be a Reagan.
Merry Christmas :)
I have no use for the old man, who came off as a total clymer the one time I was unfortunate to meet him. His son, on the other hand, is a very likeable, down to earth guy. I look forward to volunteering again for his reelection campaign against Jeanne "Betty Crocker" Shaheen.
Dear John,
As someone who worked with you daily for 12 years as a United States Senator, I am acutely conscious of the fact that we disagree on many important issues. Despite our differences, you have always been willing to engage in constructive debate in an effort to forge sound public policy.
I deeply respect your commitment to our nation and your patriotism which, I believe, was forged when you-like I-proudly wore the uniform of the United States Navy in Viet Nam...
Because of the courage and character you demonstrated in Vietnam, I believe you when you say that you'll do a better job than President Bush to win the peace in Iraq, as well as to win the war against terrorism.
President Bush has failed to restrain federal spending, sending our deficit spinning into the stratosphere. I well remember that you were one of a handful of Democrats who crossed the aisle to forge a bipartisan coalition in the Senate to balance the federal budget. Therefore, I believe you will succeed where President Bush has failed, to reduce spending and once again balance the budget.
As an environmentalist who served as Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, I know that this Administration has turned environmental policy over to lobbyists for the oil, gas and mining interests. On the other hand, I know first-hand of your commitment to a more balanced approach to environmental policy--one where we can have both jobs and profit for industry as well as clean air and water. There is no stronger evidence of this than your outstanding leadership and support in the restoration of the Florida Everglades.
John, for each of these reasons I believe President Bush has failed our country and my party. Accordingly, I want you to know that when I go into the booth next Tuesday I am going to cast my vote for you. So will my wife, Mary Jo, and all three of my children: Jason, Bobby and Jenny.
Moreover, I will do all that I can to encourage my friends in New Hampshire and Florida to join me in supporting you.
I wish you Godspeed, and every best wish for victory next Tuesday.
Cordially yours,
Bob Smith
U.S. Senator, N.H. (Retired)
Now, here is Bob Smith publicly endorsing someone he knows is a traitor. How can anyone now take anything Smith says with the least bit of seriousness? Thank God that we NH Republicans threw this clown out of office back in 2002!
I’ll take him over the unpredictable and embarassing Smith any day.
“Former New Hamp. Senator Bob Smith announcing waisting his endorsement of Duncan Hunter.
There, fixed it”
I’m afraid you didn’t. Not only is your analysis absurd, but so is your spelling.
“Wasting” is the word you were apparently searching for.
“After that, if Hiltery is the nomineee on the RAT side, I will vote for Satan himself on the GOP side.”
The good news is that Satan will not be running on the GOP side, she is running as a Dem now. You won’t have to vote for her at all.
BTTT
NH surprise?
In the minds of liberals, anything between New York and California is “Flyover Country.” That includes the home states of Algore, Mike Huckabee, Fred Thompson, John McCain, John Edwards, Barack Obama, Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul.
A good endorsement for Hunter, and I hope Smith gets back into public policy stuff in the semi-near future. Maybe a run for NH Governor?
Smith is a super-strong conservative, which is why he is endorsing Duncan Hunter!
WTG Senator Smith!
Together with Senator Smith’s great endorsement, let’s do OUR part to help Duncan Hunter win the NH primary.
Call a talk show that airs in NH, and if you, or if you have friends from NH that support Hunter, tell them to write an editor’s letter.
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