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Duncan Hunter Endorses Mike Huckabee
National Review Online ^
| 1-23-08
| Byron York
Posted on 01/23/2008 12:29:02 PM PST by TitansAFC
This was a surprise. From the Hunter statement:
"I got to know Governor Huckabee well on the campaign trail," said Hunter. "Of the remaining candidates I feel that he is strongly committed to strengthening national defense, constructing the border fence and meeting the challenge of China's emergence as a military superpower that is taking large portions of Americas industrial base."
"Along with these issues of national security, border enforcement and protecting the U.S. industrial base, I see another quality of Mike Huckabee's candidacy that compels my endorsement. Mike Huckabee is a man of outstanding character and integrity. I saw that character over the last year of campaigning and was greatly impressed. The other Republican candidates have many strengths and I wish them all well. My personal choice is Mike Huckabee," Hunter concluded.
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To: HHFi
Like most of the charges against Huckabee, it was taken out of context, distorted wildly, then put through a partisan media amplifer turned up to 11. Hunter knows the difference between reality and the Club For Growth's bought-and-paid-for garbage. A lot of people around here don't. Hence, all the exploding heads and their sudden realization that, OMG, Duncan Hunter is also "a tax-loving, illegal-immigrant-coddling SOCIALIST!!!" Couldn't possibly be that they allowed themselves to be swayed by misinformation from loud partisan sources, and then, like Leacock's famous knight, rode off in all directions. Well said and worth repeating.
721
posted on
01/23/2008 2:35:29 PM PST
by
djreece
("... Until He leads justice to victory." Matt. 12:20)
To: Slapshot68
I never understood the enthuasiasm for Hunter. He not only voted for the Prescription Drug boondogle but for No Child Left Behind. He also casts more than his share of pure pork barrel votes.
To: Sola Veritas
Wake up folks. Romney is NOT a conservative at all - he bends with the wind. All Romney has going for him is nice teeth, a nice hairdo, money, and mormon connections. The man isnt fit, politically speaking, to lead a proverbally horse to water. He isnt competent enough to pour pee out of a boot with instructions written on the heel. He has no business being considered for high office.Oh gee. And all this time I thought you had a problem with his religion. You have no business posting. Your hatred preceeds you.
To: cripplecreek
Wow, I've been going through this thread, and yours is the first really sane post I've seen so far.
It seems like some people have difficulty disagreeing with someone's decision without vilifying him. If you trusted Duncan Hunter to be leader of the Free World, you should trust him to decide who he wants to endorse and respect his decision for what it is.
Duncan Hunter is a human being and a politician, not some abstract, Platonic ideal of what a conservative is. That means he won't always do things his supporters agree with. His supporters ought not take it personally.
To: RasterMaster
Of course it’s BS. All my dreams/nightmares are BS. Including the ones involving SI swimsuit models.
725
posted on
01/23/2008 2:37:45 PM PST
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
To: TitansAFC
DUNCAN HUNTER:
"Along with these issues of national security, border enforcement and protecting the U.S. industrial base, I see another quality of Mike Huckabee's candidacy that compels my endorsement. Mike Huckabee is a man of outstanding character and integrity. I saw that character over the last year of campaigning and was greatly impressed. The other Republican candidates have many strengths and I wish them all well. My personal choice is Mike Huckabee."
726
posted on
01/23/2008 2:37:56 PM PST
by
Berlin_Freeper
(ETERNAL SHAME on the Treasonous and Immoral Democrats!)
To: AuntB
I feel pretty apocalyptic about it all myself.
727
posted on
01/23/2008 2:38:03 PM PST
by
mrsmel
(Free Ramos and Compean!)
To: TitansAFC
728
posted on
01/23/2008 2:38:05 PM PST
by
Mr. Silverback
(Support Scouting: Raising boys to be strong men and politically incorrect at the same time.)
To: henkster
To: livius
I am just checking the news for the first time today & when I saw this, I thought the same thing you did— lotta’ head exploding going on...
To: The Pack Knight
As I said elsewhere.
I suspect Hunter will give us a more detailed accounting of his reasons in coming days. I look forward to hearing what he has to say without the hyperbole of the forums.
731
posted on
01/23/2008 2:38:33 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Duncan Hunter, Conservative excellence in action.)
To: TitansAFC
Hunter takes Hunkabee.
At least he didn’t pick Giuliani or Romney.
732
posted on
01/23/2008 2:38:36 PM PST
by
Reagan Man
(FUHGETTABOUTIT Rudy....... Conservatives don't vote for liberals!)
To: TitansAFC
I am very disappointed in that man. I am now glad I never got a chance to vote for him.
Retired General Schwarzkopf came out in support of McNut today ....another disappointment.
733
posted on
01/23/2008 2:39:10 PM PST
by
Gator113
(My short list..Fred, Romney.)
To: TitansAFC
To: ari-freedom
Huck is the only one (ron paul doesnt count since hes just crazy) who is really soft on national security. Mccain is also against gitmo and waterboarding but at least he has other things to make up for it.
I think Huckabee wanting to "shut down gitmo" has been overblown. He doesn't want to let anyone imprisoned there go.
source
HUCKABEE: On the Guantanamo issue, I felt we should keep it open until the court case had come down indicating that there was no real substantive difference in whether they were in Guantanamo or Leavenworth. And I think that sort of changes the picture.
The fact is, I dont care what the rest of the world thinks. I care what America thinks. And its become a divisive issue.
I went to Guantanamo, I visited it. Quite frankly, I visited every prison in my state. I know a little bit about the difference between what we operate and what we were operating at Guantanamo.
It wasnt that it wasnt too bad. The truth is, it was too darn good.
The conditions down there were amazingly hospitable. I thought a little bit too much for my taste, considering what these people had done.
HUCKABEE: So its a matter of believing that we ought to have policy that brings this country together and not tears it apart. I dont think where we keep these people is as important as it is that we keep them and we dont let them go.
735
posted on
01/23/2008 2:39:23 PM PST
by
dan1123
(You are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. --Jesus)
To: dan1123
Reagan could come back from the dead and endorse Huckabee and people here would just lose respect for Reagan.Exactly! In fact, Reagan's speechwriter, Peter Robinson, was a guest on Michael Medved today and said there is no way Reagan would have been for the RINO hunts that you see going on now on talk radio and sites like this.
736
posted on
01/23/2008 2:39:34 PM PST
by
arturo
("A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it." - G.K. Chesterton)
To: TitansAFC
Mike must have promised him the VP slot.
Even if so, it’s still bizarre
737
posted on
01/23/2008 2:39:35 PM PST
by
Syncro
To: spectre
Please tell me this appearance by Huck with the other slickster from Hope didn't happen too...
738
posted on
01/23/2008 2:40:24 PM PST
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
To: dschapin
Bush never said anything implying he would have a weak approach with national security. Huck did and he also pardoned many people. The charge sticks.
Bush was soft enough. I don’t want someone softer on crime and terror.
739
posted on
01/23/2008 2:40:34 PM PST
by
ari-freedom
(The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government)
To: TitansAFC
Oh my. I never saw this coming. This is disappointing in several ways.
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