Posted on 10/03/2008 11:51:00 PM PDT by pissant
Dear Rush, Laura, Michelle, Mike, Glenn and other conservative talkers,
First, let me say thank you for your efforts to inject some spine into our public officials this week. You were all correct about this bailout, as were the vast majority of Freepers here on little ol FreeRepublic. We almost pulled off the upset. But as usual, the 'conservative' punditry was split along familiar lines.
The Fred Barneses, Hewitts, Medveds, and the National Review ladies were all pimping the bailout, providing much needed cover for some House Republicans (and democrats) to suddenly see the merits of adding another 150 Billion in pet projects to the $700B socialist card trick Secretary Paulson pulled out of his bloomers last week.
We were defeated, despite valiant efforts. I can hear the anger and frustration in your voices and read it in your written words. The scorn you are heaping onto Washington, dems and GOPers alike, is absolutely justified. I can't even write how I really feel about these traitors to capitalism. No website or forum would tolerate my crude remarks.
However, I would like you to take special note of one Duncan Hunter. Yes, you remember him. Retiring ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee; that deep voiced, serious conservative that coined the term "Kennedy Wing of the Republican party" - referring to several of his 2008 presidential primary rivals. Yes, that guy.
Anyway, I just wanted to point out that Mr. Hunter voted no monday, and once again today. Mr Hunter, in so doing pointed out what should have been obvious and determinant about the so called 'bailout'. Quote: “Instead of doing what is right, Congress pushed forward a plan that, at its core, is no different than what Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson initially proposed. Now, after already bailing out several financial institutions, costing taxpayers billions of dollars, Secretary Paulson will have access to a new and significantly larger line of credit to bailout more Wall Street investors. I believe this is the wrong approach to addressing the condition of our economy and the failures of our banking system."
Hunter also told the San Diego Union Tribune that the "sweeteners" only reinforced his opposition, adding that this boondoggle "brings us one step closer to a nationalized economy".
Now Congressman Hunter was not the only Republican to oppose this bill. There were quite a few. But those quite a few did not include Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo or John McCain. Is it starting to flicker yet?
BTW, Hunter also voted NAY on the recent massive energy bill....the one with all the global warming nonsense and the ban of incandescent lightbulbs. The one that passed overwhelmingly.
And if you recall recent history, Hunter teamed with Jim Sensenbrenner to beat back the Kennedy wing of the party and the dems - led by John McCain - that tried mightily to close Gitmo and end the "torture" of waterboarding.
You may also have vague recollections of an utterly retarded and anti-American Amnesty bill. We all fought it tooth and nail from the outside. But no single politician was more responsible for its defeat than Duncan Hunter. And despite plenty of lip service given during our recently completed primary, only one man said what he meant, and did what he said, in the ongoing struggle to defeat the Republicrats illegal alien coddling for the past 25 years.
And I want to give you a friendly reminder, as you read all the recent and coming articles about China's malfeasance, espionage, dangerous military growth, advanced weapons systems made with US technology, and intellectual property piracy. Duncan Hunter has been calling China out by name and leader for the past 15 years, giving dire warnings of what was to come if we trusted them and sold them advanced technology. The story will only get hotter in the coming months. Too bad we didn't listen to the only rock ribbed anti-communist still in government.
And finally, there was only one candidate running in our primary who played a crucial role in the development of our Missile defense systems, only one that has advocated and actually built border fencing for the past 20 years, only one who wants to re-invigorate US manufacturing by eliminating ALL taxes on US firms who manufacture within our borders, only one who was against the Law of the Sea Treaty in Reagan's day and continues his virulent opposition today, only one whose military expertise even surpasses that of John McCain, only one who sees global warming as nothing but Algorian alramism, only one who has been absolutely convinced for 28 years in Congress that energy independence is a vital strategic necessity, only one who would would scare the bejesus not only out of the terror masters - but also out of the chicoms and Putineskas, and only one man who each of you would admit would make the best damn Commander in Chief available.
Toss in 100% conservative on the 2nd Amendment, on property rights, on the life of the unborn, on "political corrctness", and folks, we have a leader.
I only bring this up, because in 2012, it will be crucial for conservatives to get it right, for the survival of our Republic as we know it. We are going to barely hang on for the next 4 years no matter who wins. So please, guys, next time use your heads, and quit playing the impartial observer. Read up on the differences between the records. And for crap sake, read you emails from me telling you these things. Otherwise, we get what we get. And today is a prime example of the shit we can get when that happens.
Hunter will be available in 2012. Remember that.
Thank you and God Bless the USA
You are not the only one with this opinion!
I have been a long time coming to my opinion mostly because I preferred to ignore what I perceived so that I wouldn't have to reach that conclusion.
Before the reeducation camps are set up, though, we will get to re-live the decade our parents and grandparents suffered through, with the New Deal, Fair Deal, Great Society, War on Drugs, War on Terror, Imperial Presidency and Faith-Based Interventions already established to ease the pain of governing (and let politicians off the hook: "I didn't vote for that!").
Predicting the future has always been an imperfect science, so it's possible things could turn out just as His Excellency the President says they will, when the market recovers 20 years from now. Who knows?
For now, I'd keep my powder dry, my pantry stocked and some spare change handy. It won't happen overnight, but it will happen. Not just because Ron Paul says so, either.
Thursday, January 3: Iowa Caucuses
Iowa delegates actually aren't even pledged yet; that awaits some conventions.
Saturday, January 5: Wyoming Republican Caucus
Wyoming's are technically "unpledged" until state and local conventions, which come later. This is a closed caucus.
Mitt Romney (8 delegates)
Fred Thompson (3 delegates)
Duncan Hunter (1 delegate)
available (2 delegates)
There was something about that "technically "unpledged"" thingy that only counted the delegates from WY as on the board at the time. I can't remember and Cal doesn't have it available right now either, so.....
I gotta run y'all. Have a great week-end!
Huh? It lists Rep. Hunter, and showed that he had one presumed delegate following Wyoming...though it was a state delgate and not pledged for national.
It also showed that Rep. Paul, Gov. Huckabee, and Sen. McCain all had more delegates than Rep. Hunter, and Mayor Giuliani had equal.
Pardon, I did not scroll down.
>>It also showed that Rep. Paul, Gov. Huckabee, and Sen. McCain all had more delegates than Rep. Hunter, and Mayor Giuliani had equal.
Right, no one disputed that.
WOW! GMTA...it was the only way I managed to stay sane for a long time. Perhaps it is again time to ignore it all...or really begin to fight. We cannot do it alone, though.
Damn good letter pissant. The way I see it the bailout was a dividing line between the REAL Conservatives and the faux ones. Hewitt, Medved and the others are not Conservatives and need to be called out on it.
Can’t speak about Beck, turn him off when he gets on his favorite topic (how everything pertains to him (sorta like Sean) and his alcoholism).
Things are heading south in a big way, there is something BIG coming no matter who gets in office. What that is I don’t know but it’s time to BLOAT and buy precious metals (if you can find any).
JMHO.
Yes...they were **presumed** delegates. Many news organizations counted them as “pledged” but they really weren’t, and as we saw in Wyoming, Rep. Hunter didn’t actually receive the one that was presumed to be going to him nationally.
So if we don’t count Iowa’s, because they weren’t pledged yet...they why should we have counted Wyoming’s, which were in the same situation at the time? And if we counted Wyoming’s, to allow Duncan Hunter to presume a national delegate, then how can we not count those of the other candidates?
Take care, Justa! Great to “see” you!
Sarah-Duncan, the Two-Hunter Ticket? :-)
>>> then how can we not count those of the other candidates?
Who didn’t?
See posts #9 and #107.
The MSM either refuses to give airtime to Republicans/conservatives or does their best to make them look like fools. (Witness the Palin/Couric debacle.)
“The MSM didn’t help” is not an excuse. They haven’t helped a Republican candidate since 1964. That didn’t stop Nixon’s two terms, Ford, Reagan’s two terms, Bush, or Bush 43’s two terms.
Hunter ran a crappy campaign. (So did Fred Thompson, by the way. The difference is that Thompson did it on purpose.)
Outstanding!
McCain is done. Hunter 2012!!!!
The people in congress know what they are doing.And the plan to do this was laid out in 1999 by the leftists.
Another part of an open letter to conservative talk show hosts would ask what they are doing to prepare for a new career after the Fairness Doctrine is implemented in 2009.
I think we’ve said it.
His existing record proves it. He's no libertarian, but he's also certainly no commie.
"That argument/scare tactic got very old and very tired many months ago."
The passage of time doesn't alter the truth of the argument. The choices are---McCain or Obama. One or the other will be elected.
but until he gets acceptance among a majority of the voters in general it matters not a whit.....
***Just read through this thread and see what happened. Then look at America’s response to a real conservative VP and how the MSM trips all over themselves to paint her as evil. Your response shows your own true colors, it floats your own boat, and it shows that you are part of the problem rather than the eventual solution.
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