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
“Cause Huck adopted Hunter’s policies on manufacturing, China and Amnesty. Unlike Juan MacCano.”
Huck is/was not Presidential material.
BTW, Huck supports Free Tuition for illegals. That’s worse than Amnesty.
How can you run a bad campaign when the MSM - ENEMEDIA - barred him from all TV shows?
29 posted on 10/04/2008 1:18:25 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran
No, Hunter flopped because the party didn't want him in.
34 posted on 10/04/2008 2:11:14 AM PDT by meyer
You know as well as the rest of us that Hunter was taken out on purpose.
38 posted on 10/04/2008 2:33:31 AM PDT by freekitty
OK here's a dream scenario for ya...
..McCain wins...but finds he must drop out (leave that to your imagination)
Palin assumes Presidency and names Hunter as VP :)
It will be interesting to see what Hunter does in the next two years to set himself up for another run. He has to get name recognition, develope strong support among some major fund raisers, get out front and lead on some major national issues, become someone the party turns to for assistance, etc. etc. I know you are an ardent Hunter supporter but I just don’t see Hunter in the cards for 2012. I think he’ll persue activities in the private sector which may include some lobbying efforts but I think he’ll drop the gov’t aspriations. JMO, good luck and keep plugging away.
Yep. It's also telling that MCain's hardest campaign attack ads against Obama are in spanish on Univision. It pretty much illustrates where his loyalties really lie.
Well said! May I also add that said polls [spit] were erroneous, in that Hunter's name did not appear as a choice on the poll [spit] questionaire.
I’m sorry, I know its not nice to talk ill of people but Huckabee has got some fat UGLY youngin’s!
>>>get out front and lead on some major national issues,
Star Wars wasn’t national enough for you?
Selling our men to the commies was a "bi-partisan" effort. The so-called republican leading the travesty is this year's presidential nominee.
Agreed. One of them needs to be committeed real fast too (the cross dresser that killed the dog).
Hunter is a good man. I’d like to see him run against Sarah Palin in a primary fight one day. That would be one heck of a primary. FRegards ....
Many watched it unfold. You have your opinion and most of us have another opinion about the chain of events.
I think Beck thought the bailout was flawed but he was for it, right?
Freegards
McCain will never drop out on his own accord. Hes too stubborn for that. He may have to for health reasons before his term was out but I don’t wish that for anyone. A few times I have entertained the notion that McCain plans on doing that after he gets elected so we can get Sarah Palin as president but thats too farfetched.
Unlike Hitler and the Obamassiah, who had/have tons of it!
It is painfully obvious. If McCain had not chosen Palin as running mate & chose some other RINO, I would have joined the FALCON party.
I thought he changed his mind, but maybe I am mixing him up with another yakker.
Huh?
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