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
He sure sounded like he had no intention of quitting.
Last time I heard, Bob Smith was wearing striped pants and trying to make a career in real estate in Florida. Oh, and don’t forget his endorsement of the traitor John Kerry over President Bush just before the ‘04 election. I expect his Hunter endorsement to have the same massive effect as his Kerry endorsement.
Let’s wait till some actual votes are cast before we discuss what we have and don’t have. Hunter is my candidate, period. If he is at .001% in the media polls, it makes no difference. He is who I support and I will continue to advocate for his election. However things turn out, at the end of the day, I will sleep well knowing I voted for Hunter. The media poll game is only viable when you have enough sheeple to play it.
I certainly will in th eprimary, and I may have to write him in in the general if the GOP nominates a RINO
Whatever Smith’s faults, he is certainly better than the RINO who beat him in 02.
Duncan Hunter is the best man for the job. Get on board and we can make it happen.
Funny things can happen in a primary. I still expect Hunter to compete.
Well said.
For Hunter this is a decent endorsement.
Let’s keep the pressure on!
I don’t need an excuse. (But I’ll let you off the hook) What has your reply got to do with what I posted to you? You didn’t accomplish anything other than to offend me, and make yourself look boorish.
Amen, brother. I’m fed up with prognosticators who don’t have any more of a clue than my cat. If they don’t want to get out and work for someone, just say so. Lead, follow, or get out of the way!!
And please don't start up with the "Sununu is a RINO" nonsense. He's the most conservative senator in the whole northeast, by far.
I'm so with you on that one, PA! Stop thinking what "can't" happen and start thinking what CAN! That was a beautiful endorsement by Smith, btw.
I'll never forget the C-Span program where, as representatives of the US Senate, he and John Kerry went back to Southeast Asia to take a tour of the "new Viet Nam"
It was clear from Smith's questions and demeanor, that he thought they were still a bunch of lying Commies and that Kerry wasn't much better...
Amen to THAT, Bro!
I think NH is irrelevant to the election process at this point.
The real race will happen after we have the circus of Iowa and NH out of the way.
“I agree with Hunter on the issues, but he is not going to win the nomination. My guess is that he will drop out after New Hampshire or Iowa and endorse Fred Thompson.”
I doubt it. First, Duncan Hunter is in this to the end and secondly, only a moron would endorse Fraud Thompson.
It is a nice endorsement. Does Bob Smith have much sway in NH politics anymore? I always liked him as a congressman, very firm against abortion.
What’s your beef with “Fraud Thompson?”
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