Duncan Hunter is a king-sized asshole: Anyone who votes for him is a dolt.

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Just witness this glorious transcript from Hardball. What a fascist pig.


Rep. Duncan Hunter Says Congress Irrelevant, Attack on Iran OK
Submitted by davidswanson on Tue, 2006-06-20 15:47. Iran
From Hardball

MR. MATTHEWS: Let me ask you gentlemen both to look forward, not back, for a second here. A lot of Americans are worried about Iran and what we're going to do over there, if anything.

Does the president have to come to Congress for approval in advance if he's planning to attack Iran's nuclear potential?

Congressman Hunter.

REP. HUNTER: I think absent an absolute emergency he's got to have a heavy consultation with Congress --

MR. MATTHEWS: Consultation -- does he need congressional approval like he did with Iraq?

REP. HUNTER: Not if you have an emergency --

MR. MATTHEWS: No, no, let's just talk reality.

REP. HUNTER: No --

MR. MATTHEWS: If he sees a nuclear threat from over there, because they're building something, can he go ahead as commander in chief and just attack and let you fellows deal with it in the morning? Can he do that?

REP. HUNTER: If it's not time urgent, he should consult under the War Powers Act. If it's time urgent --

MR. MATTHEWS: Should he get approval --

REP. HUNTER: If it's something that has to be done immediately, he can do it without approval.

MR. MATTHEWS: Does he need prior approval like he thought he needed with Iraq?

REP. HUNTER: Up to a certain period of time, under the War Powers Act, he doesn't have to. But if it's not time urgent, he certainly will.

MR. MATTHEWS: Are you going to be up or down on this? Should the president come to Congress before he goes to Iran?

REP. MEEHAN: He absolutely should. And not only that, Chris, he won't be given the leeway he was with the Iraq resolution. The Iraq resolution was not a war resolution. It was a resolution that said, a, that we were going to give the inspectors more time; B, that we were going to use the resolution to get the rest of the U.N. Security Council behind us; and C, only as a last resort, would we use -- this is a new situation.

MR. MATTHEWS: Many people believe that it was a blank check and he filled it out.

REP. MEEHAN: Well --

MR. MATTHEWS: And you guys gave him a blank -- not you, the majority.

REP. MEEHAN: That won't happen again. That will not happen again.

MR. MATTHEWS: A lot of Democrats gave the president -- because they were intimidated and afraid to look like they weren't playing ball with the president on this issue. They gave him a big blank check and he filled it out and it said "war" on it. That was his call. In other words, you gave him --

REP. HUNTER: Chris --

REP. MEEHAN: That won't happen again.

REP. HUNTER: Chris, I had full briefings with all agencies available for all members, Republican and Democrat. We had hundreds of them come to these things so they would make an educated vote. And if in fact in Iran a nuclear system was being moved into Iran, we would expect the president to act immediately.

MR. MATTHEWS: Without approval by Congress?

REP. HUNTER: If it's something that's a matter of hours or minutes, absolutely.

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1. Remember Chef Hunter?

Fresh from the Gitmo kitchens: Chicken, with *two* vegetables!!!

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2. I forgot about that...

He was the one touting the culinary delights of Gitmo, wasn't he? Just more confirmation that he's a huge asshole.