Rachel Lea Hunter woke up - then she went into action

[donsu]

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Republican_candidate_calls_Bush_Admin_Nazis_q_0623.html


Republican candidate calls Bush Admin 'Nazis,' quits party


A candidate for North Carolina Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court has announced on her campaign's blog that she is leaving the Republican Party and denounced the Bush administration's policy on troop withdrawal from Iraq. Rachel Lea Hunter, a Republican and a candidate for Chief Justice, likens Bush’s administration to the “Nazis” and says that all who disagree with the administration are being branded as “traitors”.

Hunter is an attorney in Durham, NC with the firm of Browne, Flebotte, Wilson, Horn & Webb. Hunter’s web page says she offers pre-paid legal services. Hunter ran unsuccessfully in 2004 for the North Carolina Appeals Court. She recently announced her intent to run for the Supreme Court.

In her statement, Hunter expresses anger at former Charlotte Mayor Richard Vinroot for unsubscribing to her campaign’s email list. Hunter, who is a former volunteer for Vinroot’s gubernatorial campaign, was angry that Vinroot asked to unsubscribe to her campaign’s email list after an announcement that she was recovering from a recent surgery.

Hunter continues her assault on other elected Republicans as well as party leaders. The letter launches criticisms at NCGOP Chairman, Ferrell Blount, for a lawsuit that was brought against the NC Republican party for an illegal contribution it received from a national group. The NC party agreed to pay a $10,000 fine and return the money. The GOP however never spent the money donated because of questions as to whether it was legal.

On her blog, she declared:
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a lei of gold stars awarded with hugs and kisses

[DisassemblingHisLies]

1. Better late than never, but, as always, the cream floats to the top.

"...Whatever one may think about the war, one should ask when the mission will be over and when the troops can come home. Are we going to stay indefinitely? While it is nice that we are building Iraq, what about America? And what about the cost? Why do the Americans have to foot the bill when we can ill afford it? These are all legitimate questions to ask...

"What I find disturbing is that we are criticized for nothing more than the exercise of our Constitutional rights. Those who disagree with any aspect of the administration are branded as traitors and must be silenced. I thought the previous administration was bad because of the amorality. This is far worse.

"There is a famous poem about the Nazis of Germany - first they came for one group, then another, but the writer did not speak up. And then they came for the writer and there was no one left to speak up. The administration is acting like the Nazis. I will not be quiet. I agree with Congressman Jones that we should ask the administration the tough questions and that we should begin to withdraw."

[KingFlorez]

2. All Right!

Good on you Rachel! You show tell 'em

[PassingFair]

3. North Carolina was so purple in the last election, it looked like

a bruise! I have a friend in NC who went to sleep Tuesday night thinking that Kerry would take the state and woke up to *ushco.
She was MAD!
I look to North Carolina as our bellwether in the south.
We should shine the brightest lights we've got on that state as it goes blue.
Hopefully, the beginning of a blue tide in the south...

Oh, by the way....GO HOWARD!