Posted on 01/14/2008 2:45:59 PM PST by mdittmar
Lest you forget it, Rep. Duncan Hunter of the 52nd Congressional District of California is still running for president. In recent weeks, the Republican congressman's presence in the campaign has all but evaporated. He was barred from appearing at the New Hampshire debate moderated by Charlie Gibson and more recently was excluded from the Fox News debate in South Carolina.
But Hunter is still running for president, even if his campaign appearances have now been reduced to opening acts for the big players still in the game.
Last night, Hunter delivered a pro-family, pro-military stump speech at what appeared—by most measures—to be a campaign rally for Mitt Romney in Taylor, Mich., near Detroit.
Romney, who had been campaigning earlier in the day in upstate Michigan, was late to arrive. The crowd was getting restless. Kids were crawling on the floor, crinkling empty bags of potato chips, and unpeeling Romney bumper stickers and slapping them across their mouths. The press platform became a makeshift jungle gym for the impatient.
The local politicians passed a few minutes showing videos of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, designed to rally the Republican faithful. The videos were simple pastiches, involving spliced video cued up to catch the candidates in a state of double talk. Clinton aroused more indignation than Obama, but the overall reaction was somewhat muted. Then the lights came back on but still no Romney. So they talked about the horrors of the tax increases passed by the state's current Democratic governor, Jennifer Granholm. They talked about taking back control of the statehouse. By this time, around 6 p.m., an hour after the rally had begun, Romney was still missing, but Hunter had conveniently entered from the back of the auditorium, along with two women holding a massive "Duncan Hunter for President 08" banner. They shuffled off to the side wall and stood quietly. A few more local politicians said some additional words. Meanwhile, on stage behind them, a nice scene was unfolding. The American flag, attached by a set of small rings to a lattice of gray poles, was carried from stage right to the center, so it stood behind two rows of otherwise empty chairs. Then the chairs were filled, mostly with healthy-looking kids of various ages. The audience, sensing something was happening, began to perk up. The event coordinator returned to the microphone and started on another introduction. Had Romney arrived?
"This is a man who decided to swim against the tide," she was saying—perhaps a reference to Romney's Mormon missionary work?—"who puts his body where his beliefs are"—a bit more cryptic?—"who went to University of California-Los Angeles"—what?—"And, of course, that man is Duncan Hunter."
Hunter got up, talked about some of the issues at stake, thanked a few people, mentioned his son's bid for Congress, and moved back to the wings. And the local politicians started talking again. Romney showed up around 7:15 p.m.
It is TOMORROW already, here.
Me too!! Woohoo, go Duncan Hunter, 2008!!
see post 170 and 77. Our troll is blowing more smoke than a Fiat.
I made two contributions on line this month. I think the word is definitely spreading about him, as folks are fed up with the four empty suits and one nutcase, they are being told are their only *choiiiiiices".
Now that Kucinich is in, do you think they will invite DH?
Thank you. Coincidentally, back when I was a newbie in 2000, I actually challenged all of the others on here to prove to me that God was real. Back then, LONG BEFORE TENNESSEE GRANNY WAS AROUND, most of us on here were staunch libertarians and some, like me, were atheistic libertarians. Then, with the elections of 2004 (in the year 2003) came a lot of newbies who were more conservative than libertarian and a lot of Bush-can-do-no-wrong robots. Around that time, new Administrators were signed on and a lot of libertarians got banned for not supporting Bush. Somehow, I made it through, but I've become a lot more conservative than libertarian since getting saved, but I still have a very libertarian streak within me. Now, with this election, we have a lot of newbies like Tennessee Nana. But, I have NEVER gone after somebody for being a newbie or a "troll". Back in the day, NOBODY GOT BANNED for their view point; we would just argue them out until every thread was 1000+ posts long. I learned more about civics and government back then than I ever learned in school. Things have changed. I blame Bush, Dennis Hastert, Trent Lott, et al for the giant splintering of our party and some on here for dousing the flames of honest debate with Administrative water. But, we'll live on and so will the USA....hopefully.
It really doesn’t matter how long a freeper has been here. The important thing is that they are here.
Thanks for bumping the Hunter thread to the top.
Naysayers do have their uses.
God bless ya!
“OT-Duncan Hunter On The Importance Of Human Life From Conception
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“1. Right to Life Amendment:
I would amend the U.S. Constitution and provide blanket protection to all unborn children from the moment of conception by prohibiting any state or federal law that denies the personhood of the unborn. Likewise, I have also introduced the Right to Life Act, which would legally define “personhood” as the moment of conception and, therefore, guarantee all constitutional rights and protections, including life, to the unborn without utilizing a constitutional amendment.”
http://www.renewamerica.us/forum/?date=070402&message=21
Duncan Hunter’s support of school prayer is not a recent position to pander to religious conservatives. This 1984 article proves it.
School prayer proposal pushed by Hunter in House
“SanDiego Union Tribune
March 16, 1984
Marguerite Sullivan
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Hunter cites Gallup polls showing that 81 percent of the American people favor a constitutional amendment allowing prayer in the schools.
“The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution with the firm belief in a Supreme Being. I think it is ironic that we in Congress start each day with a prayer, but public school children are denied the same right,” he says.
Hunter, a second-term congressman, organized the all-night session with the backing of the Conservative Opportunity Society.
The discussion lasted from 1:20 p.m. on March 5 to 9 a.m. March 6, shattering previous records.
Hunter coordinated the event, lining up the 63 members who spoke and assigning them time slots.
The session coincided with Senate debate on the proposed constitutional amendment, which would reverse a 22-year-old Supreme Court ruling, banning organized prayer in public schools.
In the House, it was the first time in 13 years the issue had reached the floor. The Democratic leadership has bottled up the prayer proposal for years.
A House subcommittee hearing is scheduled for the end of this month but committee leaders show few signs of relenting and letting the prayer amendment reach the full House, regardless of what the Senate does.
Hunter’s efforts didn’t go unnoticed at the White House.
A few hours after the talkathon ended, Hunter received a call from President Reagan, who is the most prominent advocate of the school prayer amendment. Reagan said he had received a number of calls from supporters of the amendment, saying they had seen the House proceedings on television.”
http://newswhichcannotlose.blogspot.com/
Attention Social Conservatives: Duncan Hunter is the strongest social conservative in the race, and he always has been. No FLIP FLOPS
“Our troll is pretending to be a Fred fan...”
Or claim to “like Hunter”, just after spending 100 posts trashing him. If that’s a conservative, then the definition has changed since I signed up here.
see 77 and 170 for a rebut to MENSA
the definition has changed, and aint for the better!
Meanwhile it is pretending to like Fred, but will soon reveal its real colors.
“see 77 and 170 for a rebut to MENSA”
Excellent! Truth and facts win every debate!
If he were a Hunter supporter posting that kind of garbage about Fred, his ass would have hit the bricks long ago.
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