Duncan Hunter's campaign ads may violate campaign laws

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MANCHESTER, N.H. – Republican presidential candidate Duncan Hunter, a California congressman, has used his political action committee to run New Hampshire TV ads introducing himself to voters -- in what some specialists say could be a violation of campaign finance laws.

In the ads, Hunter walks beside a giant wire fence and calls for it to be extended along hundreds of miles of the US border with Mexico. Looking into the camera he asks for viewers to "join with me, Duncan Hunter, at Peace Through Strength. Let's make sure Homeland Security builds the border fence."

At the end of the ad, viewers are encouraged to visit the PAC's website, peacethroughstrengthpac.com. If viewers to go to the site a page appears asking them to "please visit Duncan Hunter for President 2008" and providing the link to his homepage, a move that implies the PAC's endorsement, another potential violation of federal law. Campaign-finance laws limit the use of PACs, which have much higher limits on individual donations than those imposed on presidential campaigns, to no more than $5,000 in spending on any presidential candidacy.

But in New Hampshire alone, Hunter's Peace Through Strength PAC made two separate ad buys on WMUR-TV in Manchester totaling $17,575. Both purchases were made after Hunter opened his presidential committee, which is supposed to cover the costs of his run for the White House.

"He is in some pretty dangerous territory," said Jan Witold Baran, a noted campaign law lawyer who served as general counsel to the Republican National Committee and to President George H.W. Bush's 1988 presidential campaign.

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[durtee librul]

1. he'll just say that

Bill Clinton told him it was ok to do.

[Monkeyman]

2. Hunter violates Human laws

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3. kick

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[spanone]

4. Peace thru War....more like it. Mr. hunter makes a hawk look like a sparrow.

[Norquist Nemesis]

5. Where's the peace?

All I hear him talking about is WAR! WAR! WAR!