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If you want someone who has been a one man fighting machine against silly spending, loss of US sovereignty, sealing the borders, strengthening our military and smash mouthing the libs since 1981, it ain’t Thompson. It’s Hunter. Not only a fighter, but a man with far more vision than his colleagues.

Search Duncan Hunter by keyword here and see the archive articles I and a few others have posted. He was sounding the alarm bells in the 1990s over our weakening of human intel. He has warning about China for the last 20 years. He has been the man since Reagan left office to fight and fund Missile Defense. He has been a porkbuster since his first term. He has voted for every tax cut bill. He was a staunch anti-abortionist before anti-abortion became the norm in GOP politics. He fought tooth and nail against Clinton’s pathetic, pork laden crime bill (that Rudy supported). It goes on and on. Has he had a few wrong votes, sure. But very few.

I have searched his record and was strongly considering supporting him early on then backed off when I looked into his record on spending. My biggest problem with his record is the vote for the Prescriptinon Drug Bill, which I find inexcusable. I am also not so dismissive of him going 0 - 19 on the Flake anti pork amendments. The earmarks issue is nowhere near as big a fiscal problem as the Prescription Drug Bill, but it does represent the corrupt mindset in D.C. politics that our vote can be bought. Representative Flake and the Republican Study Committee tried to do something about this with a series of amendments and Hunter opposed them on EVERY ONE!

The amendments by Congressman Jeff Flake to strip out pork from the House Energy and Water Appropriations Bill were as follows:

Dairy education in Iowa ($229,000)
Hydroponic tomato production in Ohio ($180,000)
National Grape and Wine Initiative ($100,000)
Virginia Science Museum ($250,000)
Juniata Locomotive Demonstration ($1,000,000)
Swimming pool in Banning, CA ($500,000)
“Facilities” in Weirton, West Virginia ($100,000)
Multipurpose facility in Yucaipa, California ($500,000)
Strand Theater Arts Center in Plattsburgh, New York ($250,000)
Mystic Aquarium in New London, Conn. ($1,000,000)
The Jason Foundation in Ashburn, VA ($1,000,000)
Northwest Manufacturing Initiative ($2,500,000)
Lewis Center for Education Research ($4,000,000)
Leonard Wood Research Institute ($20,000,000)
Arthur Avenue Retail Market ($150,000)
Bronx Council for the Arts in Bronx, N.Y. ($300,000)
Johnstown Area Regional Industries ($800,000)
Fairmont State University ($900,000)
Tourism Development Association in Kentucky ($1,000,000)

This is not a lot of money, but going 0 - 19 on these amendments is inexcusable.