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The Club for Growth opposes Congressman Hunter
The Club for Growth ^ | October 30, 2006 | Andrew Roth

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".


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: california; clubforgrowth; duncanhunter; hib
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To: RockinRight

without a doubt!


61 posted on 11/24/2007 8:57:05 PM PST by ari-freedom (Scientific consensus is formed by the public schools and government grants.)
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To: Kurt Evans

Hunter is on the House Armed services Committee. Should Hunter make like Code Pink and refuse to fund the war on terrorism? Club for Growth is an anti-war organization.

Club for Growth is also a free-trade organization. Intent on selling American jobs to the lowest bidder.

Club for Growth is a shrill Libertarian organization.


62 posted on 11/24/2007 9:00:00 PM PST by Hunterite
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To: County Agent Hank Kimball

I’m not for Fred because he is an actor with better results in the polls. Fred is simply the most consistent conservative in the race on all fronts.


63 posted on 11/24/2007 9:00:05 PM PST by ari-freedom (Scientific consensus is formed by the public schools and government grants.)
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To: Just A Nobody

Just A Nobody wrote: “Only 11 republican senators voted for it. Right now two of the 11 are running for president and I’m hearing crickets. Why is that???”

Fred Thompson voted against it. I agree with you. Weren’t conservatives supposed to be up in arms over this massive expansion of government entitlements? It takes a pretty strong guy to buck his party, and this wasn’t the only Thompson vote like it.


64 posted on 11/24/2007 9:02:04 PM PST by CitizenUSA
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To: Hunterite

and how does expanding medicare and the 2002 farm bill fund the war? on the contrary, it means less money for defense.


65 posted on 11/24/2007 9:05:03 PM PST by ari-freedom (Scientific consensus is formed by the public schools and government grants.)
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To: County Agent Hank Kimball

Looking at your profile page you should be supporting Ron Paul.


66 posted on 11/24/2007 9:13:57 PM PST by B4Ranch (( "Freedom is not free, but don't worry the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share." ))
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To: cripplecreek

Who are they supporting?


67 posted on 11/24/2007 9:16:41 PM PST by MSF BU
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To: Kurt Evans

The Club for Growth is another globalist turd factory, just like the Ad Council.


68 posted on 11/24/2007 9:20:21 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
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To: SoCalPol
To many folks on FR in their small towns in low populated states in no mans land don’t have a clue what is going on

AAHHH Californians. Gotta love 'em.

69 posted on 11/24/2007 9:21:29 PM PST by chesty_puller (70-73 USMC VietNam 75-79 US Army Wash DC....VietNam was safer.)
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To: CitizenUSA

Kurt Evans wrote: “Of course not, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Congressman Hunter isn’t a solid, fiscally conservative candidate. As another poster has already noted, selective reporting can show just about any voting record in a bad light.”

Yes, but those particular programs are especially notorious expansions of government. They definitely don’t reflect well on Duncan Hunter in my opinion.

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If those are the 2 only policies which are negative, and that is all the LIBERTARIAN club for growth can come up with, then it is a damn good track record for Hunter.

He’s been a Congressman since Reagan, and thats only 2 instances. Not only is it not too shabby, its almost perfect.


70 posted on 11/24/2007 9:21:42 PM PST by Hunterite
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To: traviskicks

The Club for Growth seeks to eliminate US sovereignty. Always has.


71 posted on 11/24/2007 9:22:38 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
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To: County Agent Hank Kimball
"I’m getting very disappointed in the wishywashiness of some Hunter supporters here."

Well here is a very wishy-washy place. Just take a look at how many freepers out of the 70,000 or so that are registered actually pay anything to support the place. Pathetic!

72 posted on 11/24/2007 9:30:55 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
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To: Kurt Evans

I’ll never understand why a restoration company for male pattern baldness has an interest in politics.


73 posted on 11/24/2007 9:33:50 PM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (If piece is the answer, Bill Clinton asked the question.)
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To: ari-freedom

Anyone who doesn’t support Duncan Hunter is a Communist.

Damn anyone who won’t support Duncan Hunter.

Damn anyone who won’t damn anyone who won’t support Duncan Hunter.

Damn anyone who won’t sit up all night damning anyone who won’t support Duncan Hunter.

Hank


74 posted on 11/24/2007 9:36:12 PM PST by County Agent Hank Kimball (Well, really just plain Hank Kimball. Well, not "just plain" Hank Kimball, just Hank Kimball....)
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To: Kurt Evans
I'm posting it to discredit the Club for Growth, which apparently specializes in creating the impression that conservatives are liberal.

Discrediting this group is long overdue. Their latest games with the misguided Flake amendments is nothing more than a way to sell their globalist agenda. The Flake amendments were opposed by about 75% of Republican legislators because they were bad law, IMO.

I'd say their suggestion that a vote in favor of the 527 Reform Act constitutes a flip-flop on McCain-Feingold is blatant deception and an outrageous cheap shot.

Cheap shot is putting it nicely. I'd call it misrepresentation and fraud, myself.

75 posted on 11/24/2007 9:37:02 PM PST by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: traviskicks
I take what they say as money to the bank, IMO.

That's scary. Take a closer look.

76 posted on 11/24/2007 9:40:16 PM PST by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: calcowgirl

Huck hates them too. that must count for something...


77 posted on 11/24/2007 9:40:56 PM PST by ari-freedom (Scientific consensus is formed by the public schools and government grants.)
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To: County Agent Hank Kimball

How do you feel about Duncan Hunter? ;o)


78 posted on 11/24/2007 9:41:37 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
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To: CitizenUSA
Sorry, I was not clear...

Only 11 republican senators voted for it. (Campaign Finance Reform) Right now two of the 11 are running for president and I'm hearing crickets. Why is that??? *To reform the financing of Federal elections.
>>> Mr. MCCAIN (for himself, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. THOMPSON

Fred Thompson voted FOR his campaign finance bill along with McCain and 9 other republicans.
Vote on Passage.

79 posted on 11/24/2007 9:48:25 PM PST by Just A Nobody (PISSANT for President '08 - NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: ari-freedom

this is why I switched from Hunter to Fred. Hunter turned out to be one of the “Hastert Republicans” who didn’t get the message on spending and why we lost in 2006.

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Why don’t you check out Libertarian Club for Growth’s record before making up your mind.

Hunter’s Ratings

ACLU: 7% (indicates very conservative)
American Conservative Union: 92%
Americans for Better Immigration: A+
Americans for Tax Reform: 88.5%
Campaign for Working Families: 100%
Christian Coalition: 100%
Concerned Women for America: 100%
Eagle Forum: 100%
Family Research Council: 100%
Federation for American Immigration Reform: 100%
Gun Owners of America: A
NARAL: 0% (indicates a pro-life record)
National Federation of Independent Business: 100%
National Rifle Association: A+
National Right to Life Committee: 100%
National Tax Limitation Committee: A
National Taxpayers Union: B


80 posted on 11/24/2007 9:51:07 PM PST by Hunterite
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