Rep. Duncan Hunter of California picked up another endorsement for his presidential bid in 2008. Conservative Rep. Trent Franks lended his support to the fledgling Hunter campaign over fellow Arizonan, Senator John McCain. (Local Arizona press article here.)
Franks said he knows that his early backing of the lesser-known Hunter will raise eyebrows, given that his own state’s senior senator is considering a run for the White House.
But without criticizing McCain directly, Franks described Hunter as a candidate who “is an unequivocal social conservative and fiscal conservative and has a consistent conservative voting record.”
Franks created a new term in describing Hunter: Valley Forge Republican.
Franks described Hunter as “a bold, Valley Forge, Ronald Reagan Republican who holds the temperament and philosophical foundations to lead this country to its greatest heights yet.”
Last week, Hunter received official backing from Chuck Yeager, the inspiration for Tom Wolfe’s The Right Stuff.
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A Valley Forge Republican?
That sounds important and ideological, but Franks doesn’t tell us what it means. I’d love to see Hunter run with it, though, so we can hear a debate about a term that has no meaning. Who is the real Valley Forge Republican in this field? That’s what the people want to know!
Left by Matt Browner Hamlin
December 30, 2006 at 6:53pm