I think one of the things that has hurt Duncan Hunter the worst is having people like you as his supporters. Seriously. People like you who think that anyone who doesn't support your particular conservative candidate is a "sell out" (whatever that means). People like you who are willing to toss the Reagan coalition under the bus because you'd rather pitch a hissy fit about most conservatives supporting Fred, instead of Duncan. I like Duncan, but his supporters are a real turnoff. And unfortunately, "Evil communication corrupteth good manners". Duncan's name is tarred by people like yourself. You "threatened" in another post to leave the GOP, since it didn't (and won't) nominate your guy. I am hard pressed as to see how we'll miss you.
What do I mean by sell-out?? Seriously, don’t go preaching to me when it is you “FREDHEADS” who have continued to mock an authentic conservative and MANY have admitted as much that they actually like Hunter best and would PREFER him BUT(it’s always about the “BUT”) they SELL OUT! This is Fred Thompson we are talking about-a man so close to McCain and who was a main cohort to bring us CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM which is what led to the ‘TRAITOR’ talk right here on FR!!!! How about the fact Fred never was anything in the Senate and the fact that his record on illegal immigration and indifference with cracking down on it does not match his recent election conversion(yeah, right “Mr. Conservative” my arse!), his most favored nation status for China and indifference to what we are facing there or how about the pathetic way in which he handled Clinton’s ChinaGate?? These are not MINOR issues! CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM led to a tremendous backlash toward McCain let us not forget. Rush and this board and conservatives everywhere went on tirades and those other issues are pretty darn important issues as well. This is not small stuff! Yet we are told Fred is ‘electable’. Sure, when you are only voting for him because you think the general public is somehow going to elect him for being on Law and Order-I mean, LOOK AT HIM! He is not going to sell to the general public and doesn’t have anything to draw respect from people like a stellar personal story or military service. He is dull and doesn’t even compare to Bob Dole. This election and the outcome of the GOP primary is not on the Hunter people to take the fall of ‘conservatives’ but the Fred people who many/most will admit they like Hunter the best. Maybe not you, but you sure do make your way onto the Hunter threads and start with the manipulation BS. I will tell you that you and your fellow “Fredheads” really are ones to preach about how you tarnish a candidate. The thing is that you are just as desperate as Fred and cannot EARN the vote for Fred but rather cast him as ‘better’ than the other options. Of course the only way you can do it with Hunter is to play that BS about ‘name recognition’ because Fred is no Duncan Hunter and actually not prefered by most of the people who have seen and know about Duncan Hunter.