Posted on 01/19/2008 9:41:41 AM PST by pissant
I was surprised to hear Rush Limbaugh the other day say that there was no 'Thoroughbred' Conservative in the 2008 Republican nomination Field for President. I was thinking to myself, What? Rep. Duncan Hunter is Conservative right down the line. From his web site: Hunter' Ratings
National Rifle Association: A+
Americans for Better Immigration: A+
Eagle Forum: 100%
Christian Coalition: 100%
Family Research Council Action: 100%
Campaign for Working Families: 100%
Concerned Women for America: 100%
National Right to Life Committee: 100%
Federation for American Immigration Reform: 100%
National Federation of Independent Business: 100%
Gun Owners of America: A (Read GOA article here)
** GodVoters.org: A ** (the ONLY A they gave) (See their endorsement here)
American Conservative Union: 92%
Americans for Tax Reform: 88.5% (lifetime, most recent rating was 100%)
National Tax Limitation Committee: 88
National Taxpayers Union: B
ACLU: 7% (indicates very conservative)
NARAL: 0% (indicates a pro-life record)
Exactly how Conservative can you get? Ok, so what's with Limbaugh? Simple, found this On the Hill article that says:
"It is difficult to change Rep. Duncan Hunter’s mind. House leadership officials and the White House have found that out the hard way."
"When they wanted him to vote for a pending trade bill last year, Hunter (R-Calif.) refused — again and again. And when the Bush administration tried to convince the powerful Armed Services Committee on its controversial port security plan, Hunter refused to budge."
"Twisting Hunter’s arm is impossible, his close friends say."
The article continues:
"And Hunter, whom many call a protectionist, was instrumental in scuttling a deal that would have given the operations at six major U.S. ports to Dubai Ports World, a company owned by the United Arab Emirates."
“He was shocked that the administration approved the deal,” said Rep. Jim Saxton (R-N.J.), a senior member of Hunter’s committee and a close friend. Saxton worked with Hunter to introduce legislation blocking the deal and revising the foreign-investment process to ensure national security.
“On the Dubai issue, he got all fired up,” a congressional source said. Hunter gathered information to prove that Dubai has not been trustworthy — despite repeated administration assertions that the UAE is a vital ally in the war on terrorism."
"It is not often that a guest on a TV news program has the boldness to put the interviewer’s political-activism past in the open, but Hunter wasn’t one to shy away. He made sure to point out, three times, that George Stephanopoulos, the host of ABC’s “This Week,” had worked for President Clinton, who supported the Dubai Ports deal."
“I don’t think President Clinton, your old boss, knows the facts of the transshipment that take place through Dubai sending nuclear components to all parts of the world,” Hunter told Stephanopoulos, in one of the references to Clinton."
I remember Rush getting particularly getting bent out of shape on the issue:
Rush probably felt he could personally change every American's mind on the issue from behind the EIB Golden Microphone, but alas, the deal fell through. Is El Rushbo taking out his frustration on the actual 'Thoroughbred Conservative' Republican Candidate for POTUS in 2008?
Hey Rush, why don't you give your ego a break bud?
Rush probably forgot about him. I’ve almost forgot about him. Hunter has had a long time to break out into the mainstream but just hasn’t done it. Takes more than just being right on the issues to become President.
Indeed. It takes conservatives doing their homework and supporting the best man in the race.
Rush is big on NAFTA and rips to shreds anyone who opposes it.
He is unaffected by its damage.
To clarify, I’m not bashing Limbaugh. I’m only pointing out the way sponsorships work. Look at Bill O’Reilly and his turn around on amnesty. They’re both doing the jobs they’re paid to do.
“GOP has a long history of choosing poorly....and the former governors in this race will prove to be disastrous for conservatives.”
The better choices for 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 would have been, according to your claim?
The former governors on this list Reagan and Bush II.
Go back even further if you want.
Here, why don’t you go to this thread? Ping me. If you’re a conservative with a conservative posting record, you have nothing to worry about. If you’re a RINO, you’ll just cower away back where you came from.
The Conservative Wing of Free Republic.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1952115/posts
There’s no protected status on that thread, RINO. Like you say, “It’s a strange day when a conservative website” sees RINOs like you trying to knock down a conservative candidate.
He may feel unaffected, but he does not even understand what is going on.
You’re too kind. I am bashing him.
When he joins them, I’ll stop supporting him. He’s a conservative, and this is a conservative website. Take your republican invective and spend it elsewhere on some RINO candidate. You probably won’t do that because you yourself are a RINO.
“Hunter is a 0.1% loser.. Something you guys just need to face.”
Did you fail second grade math, too?
No it takes more than diehards supporting him and preaching to the choir. If a candidate cannot secure broad support and buzz then he won’t win the nomination.
Hard to create buzz if the supposed conservative media give you a blackout, ain’t it.
Hunter isn’t running.
I didn’t knock Hunter down. You reacted to a post where I listed the reason why I haven’t supported him.
I’ve been posting at this forum for nearly 10 years and I don’t have to justify my posting record to you or anyone else. I certainly am not going to take any sort of allegiance oath to you.
If you believe I’m a RINO, then you have no clue what one is.
Except Fred is a long, long way from thoroughbred conservative. So he doesn’t even get that right.
He also said after the 2006 elections he was no longer going to carry water for the republicans. He’s still carrying it.
Is Paper Doll still banned?
Funny, he came in 3rd in Wyoming, winning a delegate and and alternate. I guess they wrote him in, nancy.
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