Posted on 11/24/2007 6:20:54 PM PST by Kurt Evans
Since Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) is apparently going to explore the possibility of running for president in 2008, I thought I'd dig up some of his roll call votes. Like most Republicans, he's strong on tax cuts, but he's been part of the big government spending spree of the last 6 years. He also has a protectionist streak in him. Here are some of the more troubling votes:
NO on NAFTA
YES on No Child Left Behind
YES on Sarbanes-Oxley
YES on the 2003 Medicare Drug Benefit
NO on CAFTA
YES on 2005 Highway Bill
YES on the 527 bill (like most Republicans, he flip-flopped, having first voted NO on McCain-Feingold)
Hunter also went 0 for 19 on the Flake anti-pork amendments.
Despite being a member of the Republican Study Committee, Hunter frequently votes NO on their fiscally conservative annual budgets (2006, 2005, 2003...)
We gave him a 49% on the 2005 Club for Growth scorecard. That places him 187th within the House GOP conference, out of roughly 230 members.
National Taxpayers Union shows a more telling trend. He was strong in the early 1990s, getting "B's" and one "A", but as time went by, like most politicians, his score dropped. For the past few years, he's been getting "C's".
I heard the same lies about Viet Nam in the '70's turned out it was BS then too.
I disagree. I have heard him speak and he maintains we should have a mirror export policy. I think that is fair. The globalists don’t.
Economic conservatives are an important part of the Reagan coalition, and the CFG obviously sticks to economic matters.
The funny thing is Hunter would still be my first choice if he can ever get on track and if shows he has the communication skills required to win the general election, much less become the GOP nominee.
Seems pretty tit for tat, I’d be OK with that in theory.
But I’m no economist.
NTU... so you’re voting for Ron Paul?
The Club for Growth is pro-illegal immigration, so no wonder they don’t support the strongest candidate we have on securing our borders, and protecting our sovereignty, Duncan Hunter.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1899146/posts
Q: Is global warming a man-made problem?
A: From what we know now, it seems to be in part, certainly. I think that we don’t know how much yet. There are a lot of other things we don’t know. There’s got to be a global solution to it, there’s got to be an international solution before we can do anything. We could take a lot of drastic measures here and it wouldn’t even make any difference if China, and India and a lot of other countries don’t participate.
I know and appreciate that Hunter is a solid conservative when it comes to values, national security and national sovereignty. That’s why I originally supported him.
But when it comes to popular spending programs such as medicare and agri-socialism, only Fred had the guts to say no. It’s time to put an end to the Hastert era of compassionate ‘conservatism’ and local pork and unfortunately Hunter was part of the problem, not the solution.
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So your unwilling to put up with an imperfect record on spending, and would prefer a 760 billion dollar trade imballance. Americans shouldn’t have to compete with someone earning 10 cents an hour.
The Republican frontrunners are going to destroy the Republican Party. The top 1% elitists can’t sway elections. The top 1% can control precisely 1% of the popular vote.
If any of the top Republican candidates wins the primaries, the Republicans will lose in the general election. This will signal to voters that the Republican Party will sell out the American middle class to the lowest bidder. The Republicans will lose.
Man, ain’t that the truth. If Fred starts dropping again, and losses about 12-13 points on the national polls Duncan may pass him by default...
2 votes for 2 really big spending bills. and medicare is going broke...totally irresponsible to expand it of all things.
but it’s not just 2 votes.
Wow, so that is the stellar fiscal conservative we keep hearing about! Looks like a pork king to me. Thanks for posting those links.
2nd place at the 4H fair.
I’m guessing the National Taxpayers Union is against spending tax dollars on protecting our country, and our troops, because THAT is what Duncan Hunter supports spending money on.
For example:
DUNCAN HUNTER:
“I put in an additional 10 million dollars for jammers to defeat road-side bombs, portable jammers. The Pentagon didn’t have any jammers that could be carried by infantrymen. That meant they had nothing for the troops. I put in 10 million dollars and we built and deployed jammers for our dismounted troops within 70 days. We did 10,000 of them in 70 days. Armored vests, additional humvees, a ship, the X-Craft which goes 60 miles an hour, which is manned by a crew of only 26 people, which is truly transformational of the US Navy, and which has been given glowing marks by former Secretaries of the Navy - that was added.
Let me give you other things that have been added by Congress - an aircraft carrier when Jimmy Carter didn’t want to put it in the budget, the B-1 bomber and the President didn’t want to put it in the budget, so the point is that Congress is supposed to, and is charged, and the Constitution says Congress shall provide for the Navies, the equipping of the Navies, the Army, and by implication, the Air Force.”
snippet:
http://www.rightnation.us/forums/index.php?showtopic=114155
you get rid of an imbalance by cutting govt spending and taxes, not increasing them.
Well when the 4H fair becomes representative of the voting public, I’ll listen.
I wouldn’t have posted it had posters not tried to paint Hunter as a Porker and Fred as a saint when it comes to spending. But if they keep doing it, I’m tempted to keep posting it. Side by side, Hunter has a stellar record on pork.
Keep posting it. I bookmarked it myself for future use.
If you compare Fred’s overall spending to Hunter...the answer is clear:
Fred’s not perfect, but he’s miles ahead of Hunter when it comes to fiscal responsibility.
So, another useful idiot anti war nut job for L Ron Paul
who doesn’t think we have enemies, and the folks jumping out of the WTC on 9/11 was fake filming.
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