Knee-Jerk Thoughts About Presidential Candidates, Part II
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Duncan Hunter
Here is a candidate whom no one seems to know. He is a Congressman from California and former chairman of the House Armed Service Committee. I share this quote from the May 15 South Carolina Debate:
"Yeah, and I want to get into this, Chris, because you know, I built the border fence in San Diego. When I built that fence, we had massive illegal immigration across the border. We built the border fence; we reduced illegal immigration and smuggling of narcotics by more than 90 percent. And the crime rate in the city of San Diego fell by 50 percent.I am opposed to a border fence, thinking it makes more sense to use the resources and laws we already have. He also favors pre-emptive nuclear bombing of Iran if they continue to develop centrifuges. So I think we can do without this guy in the White House.
I wrote the bill that the president signed in October that takes the San Diego fence 854 miles across Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, and it's mandatory. I called up the other day, and they've done two miles of border fence.
This administration has a case of the slows on border enforcement."
John McCain
This guy is probably more qualified, experientially, to be President than any other candidate of either major party. It is just too bad that he has gone to such an extreme to show himself to be the maverick of his party. He has been brave, but most like politically suicidal with some of his positions. I give him kudos for encouraging the removal of Donald Rumsfeld. And I think he has been brave in his support of our troops and our military efforts in Iraq, even when not politically expedient to do so. His involvement with the "Gang of 14" is an example of his penchant to hammer out solutions to political difficulties. Unfortunately, so is the McCain-Feingold Reform Act of 2002.
It seems that Republican Conservatives, and the American public in general, is tired of this man. He would have made a better president than George Bush. Unfortunately he has been around too long. He carries too much political baggage.
Ron Paul
He is a Congressman from Texas. "Dr. No" has consistently and adamantly opposed tax increases and inflated spending bills. I think this guy is a Libertarian in Republican clothing. And that's not a bad thing, in my book. Thus he voted against the Iraq War authorization and the Patriot Act, the latter which I also oppose. Paul believes in decreasing the size of federal government. He supports the gradual abolition of the income tax, most Cabinet departments and the Federal Reserve. I admire him. Of course, he does not have a chance.
I must go to a Part III to finish. We still have Mitt Romney (Mormon), Fred Thompson (Lightweight), and Newt Gingrich (Ugly, & I'm not talking about just appearance). On second thoughts, I've just reviewed said candidates.
Instead, let us all vote for Vern Wuensche. He is a small businessman with a personal vendetta against lawyers. He sounds like my kind of guy!
