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.
I just ignore this particularly nasty insect.
Romney 30
Huckabee 21
McCain 10
Thompson 6
Paul 2
Rudy 1
Hunter 1
From where are they all coming is what I’d like to know!
I’m voting for him.
Pretty sick that you are full of it up to your eyeballs, MENSA.
I showed you yesterday Hunter voted against the minimum wage increase.
Aunt B showed you last week that your boy also voted to fund the war in Bosnia, as did the majority of republicans.
And there is nothing anti-capitalist about Hunter. Considering he gets 100% from the National Federation of Independent Businesses, a 93% from the US Chamber of Commerce, 100% for American for Tax Reform, and a big fat 0% from the enviros. Not to mention a 92 lifetime rating from the ACU.
Go shill your crap in the DU, troll
I’ve posted them already numerous times in other Duncan threads.. He voted for Bush’s expansion of government health care.. for the minimum raise hikes.. for the Bosnian war.. etc etc..
Government Spending Cuts. HR 5120 (Roll Call 338)
The amendment would cut 1 percent of spending across-the-board from every program funded by the Treasury Department-Postal Service Appropriations Bill.
This bill was defeated. Hunter voted AGAINST it.
Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit. HR 1 (Roll Call 669)
The Medicare prescription drug benefit bill marked the greatest expansion of a federal program in almost 40 years.
Hunter voted FOR IT!
Renewable Energy Programs and Defense Spending. HR 4614 (Roll Call 321)
The House defeated an amendment that would take money for national defense and use it for renewable energy sources.
Hunter voted FOR this left-wing liberal bill!
Energy Welfare Program. HR 5006 (Roll Call 427)
The House passed an amendment funding welfare assistance for home heating primarily in the Northeast.
The bill was passed (305-114)
Hunter voted FOR this welfare bill!
Fiscal 2006 Budget Resolution – Republican Study Committee Substitute. H Con Res 95 (Roll Call 83)
The House rejected an amendment that called for $58 billion more in mandatory spending cuts, for a total of $125 billion over five years. It would have reduced non-defense and non-homeland discretionary spending by 2 percent, and protected all $106 billion in tax cuts.
Hunter voted AGAINST THIS amendment!!
SPENDING CUTS. HR1469, Supplemental FY 1997 Appropriations (roll call vote 132). Neumann (R-WI) amendment to rescind $3.6 billion in undefined FY 1997 budget authority and restore $3.8 billion in rescissions from housing programs. Rejected 110-324, May 15, 1997. ACU supported the amendment.
Hunter voted AGAINST THIS amendment!
Go shill your crap in the DU, troll
BTTT!!!
Hunter is a disgrace to the conservative way. He’s run a pathetic campaign to top it off.
Thank god he’s been marginalized off as the loser he is.
Go get em Hunter!!!!
You snooze, you loose.
Those bills don’t provide evidence that Duncan Hunter is not a conservative, just as cherry picking votes concerning anyone’s past record lacks evidence to claim that candidate’s position.
The pattern with Duncan Hunter is that he votes, consistently, and historically, conservative.
That is not the case, however, with Romney, who only recently became a “conservative”...shortly before the presidential elections, of course.
I've suspected it, this thread in my mind, proves it.
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Thank You!!!!
Well, now we are getting somewhere. People are trying to point out what they Duncan has done.
very kewl!
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