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".
California bashing on FR is also getting old as is bashing people who live in large cities.
Agreed. I must say I feel sorry for anyone who has to live in a large city. Been there, done that, wouldn’t trade what I have for all of them.
I enjoy living in the heart of a large busy city.
Go to Hunter’s congressional site.
His major accomplishments re the military and national security for the past many years exceeds that of most congressmen and senators.
Duncan Duane (D2)? You mean the congressional race in CA?
I think he will win that.
Duncan Lee (D1) though will be in the Presidential Primary.
Thanks for going to the trouble of digging all this up. I knew they were globalist, but the Gingrich/Norquist linkage is an important issue that we must never forget. That pair is about the most dangerous duo in the Republican party. Newt was the reason that nothing of importance ever got done when the Republicans took over congress in ‘94.
That is a real eye-opening post, AuntB. Moore, Norquist and their ilk at the Country Club for Growth are the elitists of our party. They are very powerful and very influential. It's going to be very difficult to keep them from nominating Rudy next year.
As far as I am concerned, the Moore-Norquist bunch can burn in hell. They don't seem to care at all about this country.
THE CASE FOR REBUILDING U.S. ARMED FORCES
http://www.house.gov/hunter/defincrisis-title.html
http://www.house.gov/hunter/news.shtml
Come on now.
Paul is tragically naive regarding the WOT, it is true. And many - I dare say MOST - of his supporters are certifiable loons, lefties and malcontents.
But Paul isn’t a “Hitler wanna be.” At least until recently, he appears to be a man motivated by a love for individual freedom. Again, I think he’s very, very wrong on foreign affairs and miliatary matters. And it is really sad that he can’t see that most of his newfound fellow-travelers don’t believe in liberty at all, but are actually leftists using his anti-war stance as a stalking horse. But let’s not say things that are just not true.
There’s enough to dislike Paul about these days without making stuff up.
Hank
The economy pays the war's bills.
Unfettered economies are the most prolific.
BigGov fetters too much, and BigGov spending fetters all taxpayers.
The war, which you cite as absolving several government excesses, is ostensibly about preserving the American way of life and its existence.
America's identity is its liberties (freedom of religion being one of many).
I am not willing let the Isloma-fascists take our liberties away with one attack, and I do give a rat's behind about the economy.
In WWII, the USA sent Japanese Americans to internment camps. In 2007, we shouldn't make all of America into an internment camp to fight "the war." We shouldn't give away to the FedGov the rights we're supposedly fighting to protect. We should fight threats to life, liberty, and property at home as well as abroad. They are not mutually exclusive.
Ducan spends too much of other peoples' money.
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Sigh.
They care about capitalism. America IS capitalism and capitalism IS America.
I remember when conservatives believed in trade, low taxes, limited government and economic freedom. I'm not sure how it happned, but we've just about lost that.
Without capitalism we may as well be Sweden with better geography. Sadly, we're moving that direction. Between the environmentalists, the protectionists, union luddites, and the I-WANT-FREE-HEALTHCARE crowd, it seems like there's not much consituency left for economic liberty.
Enjoy your free health care.
You're gonna need it.
Hank
In your dreams.
Are you saying your posts put people to sleep???
When did your brand of conservatives quit believing in defending our borders? We have a NATION here. It's NOT JUST a business enterprise.
These Country Club for Growth people you admire would sell their country, their mothers and their souls for an extra buck. They can and should burn in hell.
This is why it is tough for a congressman to run for President. They have votes to defend.
Duncan also recently voted to override the president's veto of the Water Resources Development Act. It was vetoed because it was obscenely bloated with pork. Duncan chose to vote against the prez and pass the bill anway. It was a "safe" vote - most Republicans also voted to override. But it was not a gutsy vote, and certainly not that of a man opposed to government largesse.
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ROFLOL. That's pretty funny. Why are you making stuff up? For the record, I believe in:
-Building a fence across the entire southern border.
-Authorizing border guards to shoot-to-kill all unauthorized border crossers.
-Huge fines on companies hiring illegals.
-English as our official national language.
Now it's your turn. When did you become a socialist?
Hank
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