Jack Hunter Resigns

[JCDenton0451]

Jack Hunter is a great paleoconservative columnist. He will be missed. BTW I'm really started to get irritated how 'paleo' has become an evil word in the MSM realm with negative connotations, when it's the farthest from the truth.

Paleo- is genuine conservatism as opposed to neo-conservatism, so of course it makes them mad. They would rather have David Frum as the intellectual leader of GOP.

 

[AuH20]

Paleo- is genuine conservatism as opposed to neo-conservatism, so of course it makes them mad. They would rather have David Frum as the intellectual leader of GOP.

Paleos and liberarians are the NATURAL ADVERSARIES to the strains of authoritarian RE-gressivism found in both parties. If you trawl through certain liberal sites, they actually reminiscence that the GOP was better with George W. Bush at the helm. Our opponents aren't dumb.

 

[FriedChicken]

I'm surprised he quit.
I'm sure it was discussed a lot before it happened ...

But I've noticed in a lot of Rand's speeches, interviews and articles that it sounded like he was being coached, or at least having discussions with Hunter, on how to best word and frame things.
I've long suspected Hunter did a lot more behind the scenes than just the facebook page.

Rand and Jack seem to have two heads that go together very well and between the two of them they have found awesome ways to frame debates and package liberty issues to be more palatable to the mainstream voters.

If I'm correct that Jack played this huge role behind the scenes I'm surprised that Rand would want him to leave, because he was such a big asset.
But I guess maybe there was a fear that with the new spotlight on the situation they were scared that the next big story was about how Jack was secretly helping Rand write speeches, etc.

... Dunno. Rands campaign makes a lot of smart moves so I guess I'll wait and see how this one turns out before I cast judgment.

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

The media is so pathetic. This Hunter thing has been known forever, he's had videos on YouTube calling himself both by his real name and the "Southern Avenger" moniker for years now. And some seventh-rate website picks it up and the media pretends it's the first they heard of it. B.S. It's a transparent attack.

It's no different then when Kirchick ran Ron Paul newsletter stories in January 2008, and the media acted as if it was some new breaking story, when in reality there was tons of stuff written about it in 1996. The media then proceeded to yet again act as if this was a new story they were just now first hearing about, in December 2011.

 

[LibertyEagle]

Never heard of Jack Hunter before this whole controversy started. I find it difficult to reconcile your description of the guy with the images of him wearing confederate mask. lol

Perhaps you should do some homework before you insult someone you don't know much of anything about.

 

[LibertyEagle]

I'm surprised he quit.
I'm sure it was discussed a lot before it happened ...

But I've noticed in a lot of Rand's speeches, interviews and articles that it sounded like he was being coached, or at least having discussions with Hunter, on how to best word and frame things.
I've long suspected Hunter did a lot more behind the scenes than just the facebook page.

Rand and Jack seem to have two heads that go together very well and between the two of them they have found awesome ways to frame debates and package liberty issues to be more palatable to the mainstream voters.

If I'm correct that Jack played this huge role behind the scenes I'm surprised that Rand would want him to leave, because he was such a big asset.
But I guess maybe there was a fear that with the new spotlight on the situation they were scared that the next big story was about how Jack was secretly helping Rand write speeches, etc.

... Dunno. Rands campaign makes a lot of smart moves so I guess I'll wait and see how this one turns out before I cast judgment.

I am very sad about this whole thing. Jack knew how to phrase things to reach mainstream conservatives. I really, really hope he still helps Rand, if just from the background. He will not be easy to replace.

 

[jjdoyle]

I am very sad about this whole thing. Jack knew how to phrase things to reach mainstream conservatives. I really, really hope he still helps Rand, if just from the background. He will not be easy to replace.

They're a dime a dozen these days. I'm sure he can be easily replaced with someone without the background issues, especially with how many have graduated in the last 10 years with political science degrees. I'm sure there are several C4L and YAL people that could easily fill the position, and I don't really see what he did to phrase things to reach the mainstream conservatives. Having personally exchanged emails with him, he isn't one to actually answer tough questions and instead chooses to ignore them.

 

[cajuncocoa]

What Happens to Jack Hunter Now that Rand Paul and Jesse Benton Have No Use for Him?

Jack Hunter was tempted by being close to power. He set Jesse Benton as his role model, rather than Ron Paul, now what?

A source within the Paul world emails:

Note what happens when you click here:

http://www.southernavenger.com/

I don't see what Hunter does now. He ran away from his views, made fun of Ron Paul supporters for not being respectable, ran interference for Rand with libertarians over the Romney endorsement and much else, and now---what? What does he have to fall back on? His former newspaper can't stand him, and apart from that he was a fill-in radio host.

He won't be working with Mike Lee or Jim DeMint again, you can be sure of that. His former friends will run away from him, so toxic is he now. His former former friends might have rallied to him, but he lost those when he abandoned his past views that had become inconvenient.

He tasted power and loved every morsel. Now he's been dropped the same way he tried to drop the nonrespectable Paulians. Rarely do we see someone rise and then fall so fast.​

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/07/what-happens-to-jack-hunter-now-that.html

 

[Brett85]

So Jack deserves what's happening to him because he defended Rand's endorsement of Romney? Pretty ridiculous.

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

What Happens to Jack Hunter Now that Rand Paul and Jesse Benton Have No Use for Him?

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/07/what-happens-to-jack-hunter-now-that.html

As usual, I agree with Wenzel's take. Hopefully this experience has humbled him and sent him back to Earth. His arrogance and power-lust clearly got the better of him when he was maneuvering politically. If he sticks to analyzing politics and attacking bureaucrats, he'll have a very successful career as a pundit and an author.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

The drumbeat leading to Hunter's departure is part of a broader attack on Rand, brought on by his success on several fronts against the neocon/establishment statists. Justin Raimondo wrote a column today identifying the reasons for stepping up their campaign:

"I’ve had my share on run ins with Jack Hunter, nor have I exactly been an uncritical fan of Rand Paul, but it’s not too hard to detect the pattern in all this. The Beltway’s anti-libertarian cabal has been extra busy this week, with no less than a baker’s dozen of anti-Rand Paul screeds, from [Jonah] Goldberg to Michael Gerson to every neocon known to man and then some, all of them hankering for Sen. Rand’s scalp. Why do you suppose that is?

Three reasons: 1) He’s ahead in the Iowa polls, and the buzz about his much anticipated presidential campaign is getting louder. 2) Sen. Paul and a small but vocal group in Congress have apparently succeeded in calling attention to the utter folly of getting involved in Syria’s civil war, and that crazy notion is now officially on hold, and 3) Alone among our presently serving elected officials, Paul has come out with some favorable comments about Edward Snowden, the NSA leaker who exposed the government’s vast and highly secret spying program. This last is a major "sin" – as Pope Jonah puts it – as far as the political class is concerned, and there can be no forgiveness."

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2013/07/21/why-they-hate-rand-paul/

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

The media is so pathetic. This Hunter thing has been known forever, he's had videos on YouTube calling himself both by his real name and the "Southern Avenger" moniker for years now. And some seventh-rate website picks it up and the media pretends it's the first they heard of it. B.S. It's a transparent attack.

It's no different when Kirchick ran Ron Paul newsletter stories in January 2008, and the media acted as if it was some new breaking story, when in reality there was tons of stuff written about it in 1996. The media then proceeded to yet again act as if this was a new story they were just now first hearing about, in December 2011.

And you can thank our 'friends' at Reason and the CATO Institute for doing everything they can to push these types of attacks and destroy liberty for their establishment masters.

 

[FrancisMarion]

this will be sure to get you riled up. The Charleston City Paper, ( a entertainment trash rag) that Hunter wrote a column for for years.

hxxp://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/HaireoftheDog/archives/2013/07/18/former-editor-of-rand-pauls-neo-confederate-staffer-talks-about-the-southern-avenger

link is broken.

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

this will be sure to get you riled up. The Charleston City Paper, ( a entertainment trash rag) that Hunter wrote a column for for years.

hxxp://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/HaireoftheDog/archives/2013/07/18/former-editor-of-rand-pauls-neo-confederate-staffer-talks-about-the-southern-avenger

link is broken.

He made some good points about Jack's craven response to this attack although it's obvious he is a liberal with an ax to grind.

 

[jjdoyle]

And you can thank our 'friends' at Reason and the CATO Institute for doing everything they can to push these types of attacks and destroy liberty for their establishment masters.

I don't get the idea of blaming anybody here but Jack, and perhaps the Rand Paul staffer that hired him for not doing better research. It was something he did, whether politically correct or not. If he is the one that resigned, and he is running from his past now, that's up to him.

Considering he was the Ron Paul 2012 official campaign blogger, I don't even know why he would take a job with another politician considering a run for President, unless he wasn't paying attention to how the media completely destroyed Ron Paul's campaign.

If anything we should probably be thanking the media for doing it now and not waiting until the general election, assuming some are hoping Rand is running in 2016 anyway, and supported and saw how Ron Paul's 2012 campaign imploded in Iowa due to the media repeating the only thing they had on RP from the early 90s.

Again, there have been THOUSANDS of political science graduates over the last decade, and if there isn't one or two of those that can fill the position just as well, perhaps running for President shouldn't even be the focus right now.

 

[FrancisMarion]

More here:

hxxp://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/HaireoftheDog/archives/2013/07/22/jack-hunter-resigns-rand-paul-dodges-question-about-vetting-southern-avenger

His columns were the most thought provoking "where can we get drunk?" rag ever published.

This racist shit is pissing me off. The racists are the ones who incite it.

 

[supermario21]

And you can thank our 'friends' at Reason and the CATO Institute for doing everything they can to push these types of attacks and destroy liberty for their establishment masters.

I will be at CATO University next week. Hoping Mr. Kuznicki gets booed after his lecture. Many young libertarians aren't buying this government propaganda. Look up John Bolton Stossel on Youtube.

 

[Southron]

this will be sure to get you riled up. The Charleston City Paper, ( a entertainment trash rag) that Hunter wrote a column for for years.

hxxp://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/HaireoftheDog/archives/2013/07/18/former-editor-of-rand-pauls-neo-confederate-staffer-talks-about-the-southern-avenger

link is broken.

I love these comments.

"By some definitions, a person who calls for a state of the United States to forcibly leave the union could be called an "enemy combatant".
Wonder if there is room at Gitmo for traitor Jack Hunter."

 

[ctiger2]

The media is so pathetic. This Hunter thing has been known forever, he's had videos on YouTube calling himself both by his real name and the "Southern Avenger" moniker for years now. And some seventh-rate website picks it up and the media pretends it's the first they heard of it. B.S. It's a transparent attack.

It's no different when Kirchick ran Ron Paul newsletter stories in January 2008, and the media acted as if it was some new breaking story, when in reality there was tons of stuff written about it in 1996. The media then proceeded to yet again act as if this was a new story they were just now first hearing about, in December 2011.

The only reason you know about Jack is because you travel in his world. MSM doesn't, so it takes a while for this news to leak to them.

 

[fr33]

It's sadly ironic that RPF thought he was too mainstream and mainstream thought he was too radical.

Yep, it helps one adjust their perspective though.


Sad to see him have to step down. I like him. Fuck the media.