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Veterans Day Message

Mike

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DUNCAN HUNTER HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF VETERANS DAY


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 9, 2007

CONTACT: Gary Becks (619) 334-1655, [email protected]

San Diego, CA - - - Presidential candidate and current Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Duncan Hunter, today made the following statement regarding Veterans Day.

"Veterans Day provides our nation the opportunity to reflect thankfully on the sacrifices of those who have served the cause of freedom.

"In the last century more than 619,000 Americans in uniform were killed on battlefields around the world protecting our nation and our way of life.

"We cannot thank them all sufficiently. It is beyond human capability to grasp the enormity of what they gave so the rest of us might enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We can, however, reflect on the unique quality of America 's veterans and their service.

"From Bunker Hill to New Orleans, Gettysburg to San Juan Hill, Belleau Wood to Normandy, Chosin Reservoir to Khe San, Desert Storm to Kabul, Baghdad to Fallujah, American veterans have represented the finest of human qualities. "Greater love hath no man than he who lays down his life for another" is what the Bible tells us. Our veterans have made that sacrifice unflinchingly, with a character that General Douglas MacArthur described as "stainless." They make the sacrifice for their comrades in arms, their "buddies" and the immediate mission at hand. But in a greater sense they have made the sacrifice for millions of Americans whom they do not know and who do not know them.

"And uniquely, American veterans have not brought subjugation to the nations they prevailed in, but rather brought freedom. From the Philippines to Japan , to Germany , to El Salvador and Panama … America has never coveted another nation, but has only asked that freedom be followed and that the institutions of freedom be established, often with American aid.

"All of us, secure in America 's blessings can honor our veterans today. We can do this by thanking them personally, by involving ourselves in the many organizations that serve veterans and their families and, finally, we can follow their model of selflessness by helping our fellow citizens wherever we see a need."



Hunter for President, Inc.
9340 Fuerte Drive
La Mesa, California 91941
United States
 

katrina

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Our youngest son made a poster for my dad who served in WWII.
But he was confused as to which branch my dad served in... Son thought it was the Marines...... So I had son call my dad to find out the details.....
Was a really good thing for our son as dad told him no that it was the Army and where he went and what rank and how old he was....
I knew it was the Army, but I wanted Dad to tell him and explain....
I could see the pride in our sons eyes and I know dad would be pleased to know someone though of him on veterans day............

What really surprised me was, that in the small unpopulated county of Grant County there are nine WWII vets..... Pretty cool.........
 

Goodpasture

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Cal said:
No wonder the socialist leftists don't like him.
As a veteran I can guarantee you, you are wrong. But like most neocons you try to polarize everything and everyone. How about finally standing up and saying something like "As an American, despite differences between us, we stand together to honor and cherish those men and women of all races, political persuasions, religions, and ages that put their life on the line to preserve our nation and our heritage." But no, you assholes have to make it a political us against them issue and further weaken this nation.

I dislike Hunters politics. But I respect and honor him as a spokesperson for the American people in speaking for ALL Americans in expressing their gratitude to the men and women of our armed forces.
 
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Cal said:
No wonder the socialist leftists don't like him.

With 0-3% poll ratings, I doubt anyone is wasting their time one way or another on Duncan Hunter.
 

hopalong

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ff said:
Cal said:
No wonder the socialist leftists don't like him.

With 0-3% poll ratings, I doubt anyone is wasting their time one way or another on Duncan Hunter.

Frankie I bet you still believe in The Tooth fairy too don't you? You have to if you believe in the polls that are being run today! :D :D :D :D
Do you believe in flying saucers too :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
 

Mike

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ff said:
Cal said:
No wonder the socialist leftists don't like him.

With 0-3% poll ratings, I doubt anyone is wasting their time one way or another on Duncan Hunter.

It's not wasting time if one believes in a candidate.

ALL candidates cannot start out on top.

Even Clinton was having a hard time when he first threw his hat in the ring.
 
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Anonymous

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Mike said:
ff said:
Cal said:
No wonder the socialist leftists don't like him.

With 0-3% poll ratings, I doubt anyone is wasting their time one way or another on Duncan Hunter.

It's not wasting time if one believes in a candidate.

ALL candidates cannot start out on top.

Even Clinton was having a hard time when he first threw his hat in the ring.

I'm not suggesting you're "wasting time" by supporting a candidate. But to think he's going to make up the difference indicated in the polls is farfetched. Then, if he does, he's got to answer a lot of questions about his relationship with Brent Wilkes.

An unknown governor of Arkansas should not have been able to beat George HW Bush. One reason Clinton did was because conservatives turned their backs on Bush when he strayed from tax cuts in an effort to pay down the deficit left by Ronnie.

At least Duncan Hunter is a veteran.
 

Steve

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ff
With 0-3% poll ratings, I doubt anyone is wasting their time one way or another on Duncan Hunter.

They haven't called me.. does the mean my vote doesn't count???
There has been no evidence to suggest that the poll numbers themselves directly impact how voters vote but there has been mounds of documented evidence to suggest that the media props up the candidates that are high in the polls so much so that voters are affected. In short -- voters are affected indirectly by poll numbers through the media's emphasis on polls.


Then, if he does, he's got to answer a lot of questions about his relationship with Brent Wilkes.

I am sure if there was something there it would have come out in the investigation and trial,..

But as of now, all you have is guilt by association.. both are from California... so he's guilty... Duke was a politician from California, so Hunter if a politicain and from California, thus they are both guilty...

yep it amounts to about nothing when it comes to proof....

Just another smear tactic..by the liberals...
 
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Steve said:
ff
With 0-3% poll ratings, I doubt anyone is wasting their time one way or another on Duncan Hunter.

They haven't called me.. does the mean my vote doesn't count???
There has been no evidence to suggest that the poll numbers themselves directly impact how voters vote but there has been mounds of documented evidence to suggest that the media props up the candidates that are high in the polls so much so that voters are affected. In short -- voters are affected indirectly by poll numbers through the media's emphasis on polls.


Then, if he does, he's got to answer a lot of questions about his relationship with Brent Wilkes.

I am sure if there was something there it would have come out in the investigation and trial,..

But as of now, all you have is guilt by association.. both are from California... so he's guilty... Duke was a politician from California, so Hunter if a politicain and from California, thus they are both guilty...

yep it amounts to about nothing when it comes to proof....

Just another smear tactic..by the liberals...

Right wingers like you should know about smearing. Does it come as a shock to realize that two can play the game?

Hunter may be innocent as a new born babe, but someone here said about Hillary "where there's smoke there's fire." That works for Hunter, too.

Duncan Hunter (R-CA) is a 14th-term member of Congress, representing California’s 52nd congressional district. Rep. Hunter’s ethics issues stem from his connection to now former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham and now indicted defense contractor Brent Wilkes. In addition, Rep. Hunter purchased his home in a questionable land deal, escaped paying full property taxes for many years, and gave conflicting reports of the property’s true value. Rep. Hunter also used the power of his office to financially benefit his brother and his presidential campaign has violated federal election law.

Relationship With Randy “Duke” Cunningham

After the conviction of close friend and political ally, Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham in 2005, Rep. Hunter agreed to launch an internal investigation into earmarks sponsored by the convicted lawmaker, but nearly five months after the U.S. Attorney pursuing the bribery case requested documents, Rep. Hunter’s committee had still not released the records. The FBI is investigating Rep. Hunter’s connections to Rep. Cunningham as well as other actors in the scandal.

Trading Earmarks for Campaign Contributions

Rep. Hunter has been connected to Brent Wilkes, a co-conspirator in the Cunningham scandal. As of July 18, 2007, Mr. Wilkes faced 30 counts in two separate indictments, including charges that he bribed Rep. Cunningham with $600,000 in gifts and cash in exchange for more than $80 million in defense contracts. Central to the criminal investigation were earmarks for companies associated with Brent Wilkes: Audre, Inc. and ADCS. Rep. Hunter, a “prominent backer” of these systems, teamed with Rep. Cunningham and other lawmakers to allocate $190 million for automated data conversion projects from 1993 to 2001-- programs the Defense Department neither wanted nor requested. Rep. Hunter also sought out tens of millions of dollars in earmarks for Audre and ADCS, and pushed the Pentagon to purchase their products. In return, Mr. Wilkes steered at least $39,200 in campaign contributions to Rep. Hunter.

Similarly, Rep. Hunter has backed legislation for clients of lobbyist Letitia White (who formerly worked for Rep. Jerry Lewis on the Appropriations Committee), for L-3 Titan, Boeing and DuPont Aerospace, all in apparent exchange for campaign contributions.

If, as it appears, Rep. Hunter accepted donations to his campaign and political action committees in direct exchange for earmarking federal funds, he may have violated the bribery statute and committed honest services fraud.

Real Estate Taxes

In 1994 Rep. Hunter and his wife bought a foreclosed property for $175,000 from a government entity the Resolution Trust Company (RTC)--despite federal regulations preventing what was described as “key federal employees” from purchasing properties from the RTC to avoid conflicts of interest. According to Rep. Hunter, a county official reassessed his home after the purchase, but property records had incorrectly listed the number of rooms in the home, artificially lowering the value of the property to $249,000. As a result, Rep. Hunter paid less in taxes than other owners of similar-sized properties. When the house was destroyed in a fire, Rep. Hunter asked for a permit to rebuild. At that time, county officials discovered the discrepancy between the property’s appraised value and its actual value. They reassessed the property’s value at $315,000 and demanded almost $5,000 in back taxes. Initially, Rep. Hunter agreed to pay only $667 in back taxes plus $85 late fee and appealed the revaluation of his home, claiming he had never noticed the discrepancy, but just this month he dropped the appeal.

Notwithstanding his challenge to the reappraisal of his pre-fire home based on its actual size, Rep. Hunter Rep. Hunter listed the property’s value as being between $500,000 and $1,000,000 on his most recent financial disclosure form filed with the House of Representatives. He did not, however, report the amount of the sale on the disclosure report he is required to file as a presidential candidate.
The discrepancy between the value Rep. Hunter assigned to his home for purposes of his financial disclosure forms and the value he claimed the property was worth in response to an increased assessment by San Diego County suggests, at the very least, that Rep. Hunter may have misrepresented the true value of his home on his financial disclosure forms, which would be a violation of the Ethics in Government Act. Moreover, the financial disclosure report that Rep. Hunter filed as a presidential candidate on May 11, 2007, does not include the value of his home. His failure to attribute a value to this property at a time when he was contesting its value with the County of San Diego suggests another violation of the Ethics in Government Act.

Liberty Station Development Project

Rep. Hunter assisted his brother’s employer in obtaining a contract for a land development project in San Diego, California. Rep. Hunter’s brother, Jim Hunter, is Vice President of Acquisitions for The Corky McMillin Cos., a land developer. Rep. Hunter helped draft a bill that allowed over 235 acres of an old Navy boot camp to be given away free to the City of San Diego. Rep. Hunter then co-authored a letter to San Diego city council members urging them to consider McMillin to redevelop the property into a new community called Liberty Station. McMillin won the contract, but has not followed through on an agreement to share profits with the City of San Diego.

Members of the House are prohibited from “taking any official actions for the prospect of personal gain for themselves or anyone else.” The Code of Ethics also provides that government officials should “[n]ever discriminate unfairly by the dispensing of special favors or privileges to anyone whether for remuneration or not.” By directly assisting the employer of his brother to obtain a contract for a land development project, Rep. Hunter may have dispensed special favors.

Federal Election Law

Rep. Hunter announced his intention to explore a presidential bid in October 2006. Beginning in December 2006, he promoted his candidacy by running advertisements with money he both raised and spent illegally. In December 2006, PTS PAC aired thinly-veiled campaign advertisements in early primary states promoting Rep. Hunter’s support for constructing a fence along the US-Mexico border.

Although federal election law allows a candidate to “test the waters” -- meaning spend funds for travel and polling -- a candidate who is testing the waters cannot spend more than $5,000 on general public political advertising such as the ads run by Rep. Hunter. Once a person spends over $5,000 in support of a presidential campaign, he automatically becomes a candidate under federal election law.

In addition, once a person becomes a candidate, he or she may only accept individual contributions of up to $2,300 per election. While supporting Rep. Hunter’s efforts to test the waters, PTS PAC received 11 individual contributions over that limit, with the result that the PAC received $27,350 in excess contributions.

Finally, by purchasing ads for Rep. Hunter, PTS PAC made excessive “in-kind” contributions to Hunter’s presidential campaign. A presidential campaign can only accept up to a $5,000 contribution from a PAC per election, but PTS PAC spent $17,575 to run its border fence advertisement in New Hampshire.

The FEC is considering a complaint filed against PTS PAC by CREW.
 

jodywy

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ff said:
Mike said:
ff said:
With 0-3% poll ratings, I doubt anyone is wasting their time one way or another on Duncan Hunter.

It's not wasting time if one believes in a candidate.

ALL candidates cannot start out on top.

Even Clinton was having a hard time when he first threw his hat in the ring.

I'm not suggesting you're "wasting time" by supporting a candidate. But to think he's going to make up the difference indicated in the polls is farfetched. Then, if he does, he's got to answer a lot of questions about his relationship with Brent Wilkes.

An unknown governor of Arkansas should not have been able to beat George HW Bush. One reason Clinton did was because conservatives turned their backs on Bush when he strayed from tax cuts in an effort to pay down the deficit left by Ronnie.

At least Duncan Hunter is a veteran.
Clinton beat Bush because of Perot, Clinton had less then 50% of the vote....
 

Cal

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Goodpasture said:
Cal said:
No wonder the socialist leftists don't like him.
As a veteran I can guarantee you, you are wrong. But like most neocons you try to polarize everything and everyone. How about finally standing up and saying something like "As an American, despite differences between us, we stand together to honor and cherish those men and women of all races, political persuasions, religions, and ages that put their life on the line to preserve our nation and our heritage." But no, you assholes have to make it a political us against them issue and further weaken this nation.

I dislike Hunters politics. But I respect and honor him as a spokesperson for the American people in speaking for ALL Americans in expressing their gratitude to the men and women of our armed forces.
Very interesting, awhile back Katrina used the word "asshole" in a non-spiteful way and was tarred and feathered....but when someone on the left with real anger management issues uses it, well, those that abhore such namecalling are noticibly absent. (Which is really okay)

Honestly, when you claim that the war in Iraq isn't winnable, it doesn't really convey alot of respect or confidence in our troops. We have the most competent and capable military on the planet and they deserve to be recognized as such, as well as allowed to be victorious....which seems to have appeared on the horizon, although the "patriotic left" doesn't seem particularily overjoyed by the latest reports.
 

Mrs.Greg

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Very interesting, awhile back Katrina used the word "asshole" in a non-spiteful way and was tarred and feathered[quote Cal] :lol: :lol: :roll:
 

hopalong

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Mrs.Greg said:
Very interesting, awhile back Katrina used the word "asshole" in a non-spiteful way and was tarred and feathered[quote Cal] :lol: :lol: :roll:

That is what Goodpastures co workers and members of the standards committee call him and do he thinks it is an endearing name so he uses it as a form of affection :D :D :D :D
Don't ask how i know :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
 

katrina

Well-known member
Cal said:
Goodpasture said:
Cal said:
No wonder the socialist leftists don't like him.
As a veteran I can guarantee you, you are wrong. But like most neocons you try to polarize everything and everyone. How about finally standing up and saying something like "As an American, despite differences between us, we stand together to honor and cherish those men and women of all races, political persuasions, religions, and ages that put their life on the line to preserve our nation and our heritage." But no, you assholes have to make it a political us against them issue and further weaken this nation.

I dislike Hunters politics. But I respect and honor him as a spokesperson for the American people in speaking for ALL Americans in expressing their gratitude to the men and women of our armed forces.
Very interesting, awhile back Katrina used the word "asshole" in a non-spiteful way and was tarred and feathered....but when someone on the left with real anger management issues uses it, well, those that abhore such namecalling are noticibly absent. (Which is really okay)

Honestly, when you claim that the war in Iraq isn't winnable, it doesn't really convey alot of respect or confidence in our troops. We have the most competent and capable military on the planet and they deserve to be recognized as such, as well as allowed to be victorious....which seems to have appeared on the horizon, although the "patriotic left" doesn't seem particularily overjoyed by the latest reports.

Actually I didn't think I was tarred and feathered....... I just considered the sources and took it at that....... :roll: 8) Some people on this board have absouletly no influence on me. I just don't care what they say........ And the fact that only a few know what I've been dealing with health wise. There was a reason my spelling was bad....... Instead of writing to what I said in the post nono took a cheap shot at my spelling.............

There done deal no more needs to be said........
 

Mrs.Greg

Well-known member
Thats right Katrina you have no problam having a hissy fit and being mean to people then going and acting all innocent and the victim if the tables are turned. :roll:
 

kolanuraven

Well-known member
katrina said:
Cal said:
Goodpasture said:
As a veteran I can guarantee you, you are wrong. But like most neocons you try to polarize everything and everyone. How about finally standing up and saying something like "As an American, despite differences between us, we stand together to honor and cherish those men and women of all races, political persuasions, religions, and ages that put their life on the line to preserve our nation and our heritage." But no, you assholes have to make it a political us against them issue and further weaken this nation.

I dislike Hunters politics. But I respect and honor him as a spokesperson for the American people in speaking for ALL Americans in expressing their gratitude to the men and women of our armed forces.
Very interesting, awhile back Katrina used the word "asshole" in a non-spiteful way and was tarred and feathered....but when someone on the left with real anger management issues uses it, well, those that abhore such namecalling are noticibly absent. (Which is really okay)

Honestly, when you claim that the war in Iraq isn't winnable, it doesn't really convey alot of respect or confidence in our troops. We have the most competent and capable military on the planet and they deserve to be recognized as such, as well as allowed to be victorious....which seems to have appeared on the horizon, although the "patriotic left" doesn't seem particularily overjoyed by the latest reports.

Actually I didn't think I was tarred and feathered....... I just considered the sources and took it at that....... :roll: 8) Some people on this board have absouletly no influence on me. I just don't care what they say........ And the fact that only a few know what I've been dealing with health wise. There was a reason my spelling was bad....... Instead of writing to what I said in the post nono took a cheap shot at my spelling.............

There done deal no more needs to be said........



No, you spelled asshole correctly.

Ck with Soapweed, our spelling meister and I'm sure he'll back me up on this one!!!!
 

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