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Baldwin Endorses Ron Paul
Author: Duane Johnson20 Mar
Conservative preacher Chuck Baldwin had some interesting comments in his column today. After noting the existence of the Conservative Exodus Project (CEP), Chuck writes:
It is past time for conservatives to admit that the national Republican Party has crossed the point of no return and has no intention of nominating a genuine conservative for president. The GOP has become nothing more than a big-government, no-borders, war party.
He goes on to endorse Ron Paul for President:
Congressman Ron Paul of Texas embodies everything the CEP is looking for… He would solidify the conservative base of the GOP and would be very popular among independents, libertarians, and even conservative Democrats…
Absent a Ron Paul nomination, true conservatives will have nowhere to go next year, except to a third party. In fact, it is my prayer that if Paul does not obtain the Republican nomination, he would lead the exodus to the Constitution Party.
It is time for conservatives to do more than hold their noses and vote for the “lesser of two evils.” It is time for them to vote their principles and their conscience. It is time to only support genuine conservatives, even if that means such candidates can only be found in a third party.
I’ve been sickened by the abuses of power and corruption manifest in the Republican party—a party whose underpinnings are supposed to be based on Christian values and moral character. From the stolen election of 2004 to the secret formation of a North American Union; from secret rendition flights to torturing U.S. and Canadian citizens; from allowing or orchestrating the attacks on the world trade centers to carrying out a war in Iraq; from presidential signing statements to leaking classified personnel data; from illegal wiretapping to undermining the justice system itself, this administration is in serious peril of sparking a revolution.
I think Chuck has called it right on the money—this time, the revolution starts with a third party. Will it be the Constitution Party in conjunction with Ron Paul?
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5 Responses for "Baldwin Endorses Ron Paul"
The Republicans are the party of capital. The conservatives and Christians that vote for the Republicans are either oblivious to that or unconcerned about the economic, domestic and foreign policies that the Republican administration has put in place as long as it is done under the guise of “Christian conservatism”.
A good example is the continued support for Saudi Arabia, a country where political parties, trade unions and women drivers are all banned. And where torture is common place. How can Christians or democratically-inclined/Constitution-supporting conservatives allow their party to support the Saudi regime?
The Republicans/PNAC/Bushes love the Saudis because they’re filthy rich.
2 nuggets from the book Unspeak by Steven Poole (www.unspeak.net):
1 in 26 Americans are employed by the Pentagon or Department of Defence subcontractors.
60% of growth in GDP in 2004 was from military spending.
[...] Original post by Duane Johnson [...]
As further evidence that the Republican Party no longer embraces true conservatism, might I suggest this article.
Glad to see Paul getting more support!
Ron Paul is the only declared candidate in either party that I would vote for.
Duane,
This attack on Republicanism is based on a bunch of nonsense. You will take articles like the one on the supposedly stolen election as fact. You’ve made a statement about Bush’s integrity based on a rolling stone article, which had a clear and confessed bias. I looked at the article and found numerous logical errors and misleading statements. It was complete and utter waste, and I would not even take the time to point out these inconsistencies, but to say that many of the ones I saw are in the 5th paragraph.
Read this statistical analysis of the poll results. http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2005/04/bias_in_2004_ex.html
The symptom that would lead you to believe that Ohio could have been stolen would have had to be a national epidemic, because statistically Ohio was not so different than the rest of the country.
Max,
Would your ideal President explicitly express a hatred for the Saudi’s religion and way of life, just as you have?
Quit importing oil from Saudi Arabia maybe?
You say that the Republican party is the “party of capital” and yet you feel like we aught to believe Bush’s economic policies are faulty? It’s the war again, isn’t it? War spending is bad economic policy to you. Yet you go on to confess that 60% of the growth of our GDP is due to military spending. It’s like you’re seeing everything through the “Bush is an evil nazi” lens.
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