Posted on 06/23/2009 2:44:03 PM PDT by pissant
Duncan Hunter, a retired Republican who once chaired the Armed Services Committee, has decided that Iraq War veterans are the perfect candidates to revive the Republican Party in 2010.
Hunter -- a Vietnam War vet who briefly sought the 2008 Republican presidential nomination -- is already backing two such candidates as they launch challenges to two of the more junior members of the House Democratic majority: Jesse Kelly, who wants to take on two-term incumbent Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona's 8th District, and Vaughn Ward, whose target in Idaho's 1st District is freshman Democrat Walt Minnick.
Hunter will be attending a series of brunches, receptions and a golf outing in Tucson this weekend with Kelly, who said Hunter is a big attraction in conservative circles in his district in Arizona's southeastern corner. "He did very well in early presidential polls down here," Kelly noted, referring to Hunter's 2008 bid.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.cqpolitics.com ...
“he really hurt himself in debates by being a johnny one note on foreign trade.”
Oh, please, every day proves him right on trade. And he was a johnny one note in your mind only. Did you forget that Obama didn’t think much of our trade agreements either...didn’t seem to hurt him...you know that promise to review all trade agreements?
“He usually only had the chance to answer one or two questions the whole evening.”
If that. And they always stuck him on the end of the line in the debates where you could not see him.
Duncan Hunter, American media’s best kept secret.
Hysteria \Hys*te"ri*a\, n. [NL.: cf. F. hyst['e]rie. See
Hysteric.] (Med.)
A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women,
in which the emotional and reflex excitability is
exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished,
so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes
the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into
paroxism or fits.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The chief symptoms are convulsive, tossing movements of
the limbs and head, uncontrollable crying and laughing,
and a choking sensation as if a ball were lodged in the
throat. The affection presents the most varied
symptoms, often simulating those of the gravest
diseases, but generally curable by mental treatment
alone. Hysteric
Sorry, being right doesn’t change that Hunter was a johnny one note. It was disappointing because he had a lot to offer. And I couldn’t care less what Milhouse said. Has nothing to do with what Hunter didn’t say.
Thanks for the ping. B4DH.
They say: "You can't give orders until you've learn to take them"
Hey pissant! Rep. Hunter did ver well in the Texas polls, as well as a few other states. After the past six months, he needs to get out there to be heard and seen. It would help if he, as a Reagan conservative, would write a best seller on what has gone on behind the scenes in the Senate for the past 28 years, and include some of his more colorful vacations. I’m ready to go to work for him in a NY minute! Happy 4th!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.