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Posted on 08/13/2007 1:24:44 PM PDT by pissant
To members of Free Republic and friends, I would like to introduce a candidate for President of the United States and the current congressman from the 52nd district of California, Duncan Hunter!! To Americans who value the patriotism and missions of our Armed Forces, to those who want to put fear into the hearts of our adversaries from Beijing to Tehran, to those who value the rule of law when it comes to illegal immigration, to those who realize that the unborn deserve full legal protection beginning at conception, to those who believe Peace through Strength is far more than a motto, to those who do not like giving communist China unfettered access to our markets while they cheat at every turn, to those who want to halt and reverse losses of US sovereignty to global entities, and to those who want the GOP to return to Reaganism, Mr. Hunter is the Best choice.
Congressman Hunter currently is the ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee, after spending the previous 4 years as its chair. He is an original co-sponsor of the Fair Tax bill and he is the author of the Secure Borders bill, signed by President Bush in 2006, which mandates 800+ miles of double fence across the smuggling corridors of the SW. He also is the man who has led the fight against NAFTA’s Mexican truckers having free reign on our roads, has forced congressional oversight of the executive branch’s ‘Security and Prosperity Partnership’ with Canada and Mexico, and was instrumental in saving our military intelligence officers from having to jump through bureaucratic hoops unrelated to combat.
A Vietnam combat Veteran himself, he currently has a son in the Marine Corps, Capt. Duncan Duane Hunter who is busy hunting jihadis in Afghanistan after two tours in Iraq. Congressman Hunter has been the anti-dote to the liberals in Congress doing their damndest to cut and run from the battlefield. Mr. Hunter knows that this war is our generation’s calling, and “the only way we can leave is to WIN”.
Below are 15 questions we compiled last month on Free Republic, which we sent to Congressman Hunter a few weeks ago. They are followed by his answers. This is the springboard we will use to kick off Mr. Hunter’s live “virtual press conference” on FR today.
Please stop by and say hello and you may post additional questions. HOWEVER, Please realize that time limitations will prevent him from answering all the questions you may have. Though he may get time later to forward answers to many left unaddressed during this session.
Please drop Jim Robinson a note of thanks as well. For not only hosting this event, but for having the best conservative website in the country!
Also, no disruptors allowed. Your posts will be removed.
The following is our Kickoff Q&A session:
Just posting my tagline... It’s an honor, sir.
Welcome, Congressman Hunter! We need you in the White House!
Sir, if you have time, what is your position on ‘earmarks’ and other projects - especially non-defense items? This ties in with your views on federalism (as espoused by the ANTI-federalists Mason, Henry, Lee, and Ronald W. Reagan)
Welcome Congressman.
I was wondering what is your position on major tax reform such as what is proposed in HR 25 (Fair Tax).
I am very glad to see someone address LOST. It has received no attention, virtually, and I am sure the average person has no idea that it even exists.
Continue, Sir, to give your direct, real, answers. We appreciate not being pandered to.
Welcome, Congressman Hunter. We are working hard for you on Free Republic, and praying for you, Sir. God’s speed!
My basic suggestion is that Congressman Hunter remain in the race for the long haul, using ‘92JerryBrown-’04HowardDean-JoeTrippy grassroots-building campaign tactics and be the stark ProFamily+Fair Trade advocate this nation needs.
I am very glad to see someone address LOST. It has received no attention, virtually, and I am sure the average person has no idea that it even exists.
Continue, Sir, to give your direct, real, answers. We appreciate not being pandered to.
Ahhh, meat and potatoes.
Rep. Hunter, this is Myrle Fuller, Fullervision News Service and host of a late night talk radio program here on FR.
You have been struggling as of late to gain recognition in the polls nationwide. For instance, you finished 9th in the Ames, Iowa straw poll. However, your strong following here as well as strong showings in other straw polls shows to me that your campaign has potential. What, Rep. Hunter, do you plan on doing in order to boost your national profile?
Go Hunter 08!
Many thanks to Duncan Hunter for answering these questions, and to all the Freepers involved in making this Q&A possible!
A good deal of primping and positioning takes place in politics. You are one of very few candidates running with a long record of actual ACHIEVEMENT (e.g. authoring the bill for the 854-mile fence, actual service to your nation in wartime). THAT is the message we and your campaign must disseminate - winsomely, but with passion.
God bless you, Lynne, and your sons in what promises to be a long campaign.
Congressman Hunter,
You have my support. You are the first Presidential Candidate I have ever sent a donation to. Hope you get a chance to visit Phoenix AZ soon.
Question, as President, what will you do to stop the attacks on our Second Amendment rights and prevent legislation like the ill concieved “assault Weapons ban” from being signed into law?
Congressman Hunter,
Thank you for choosing to do this and thank you for your continued service to our country.
As a blogger, I’m worried about the internet remaining a free and open forum. What actions would you take to protect blogs and open forums like Free Republic?
Justin Higgins
www.rightontheright.com
Duncan Hunter, how can all “political correctness” truly be successfully reversed until it’s truly eliminated for everybody for always? Political correctness screw up all issues all over the world!
Thanks Congressman Hunter.
The line-item Presidential veto as a popular key plank in the 1994 Contract With America, which would ultimately fall by Supreme Court ruling. Is there any chance of seeing the ball rolling on getting a constitutional amendment regarding the line-item veto so that sometime during the President Hunter administration can we see it applied to cut out all of the pork? Thanks.
Congressman Hunter,
You have been known as an ardent supporter of our military and the capmaings in the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan. How do you foreign policy views differ from the Bush administration?
I’m hoping he’ll take a page out of the Reagan rustbelt playbook and grab the Reagan republicans.
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