Unlike Bush/Kerry, Constitution Party Presidential Candidate Has Correct Iraq Plan: Get Out-Now!

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[chance33_98]

Unlike Bush/Kerry, Constitution Party Presidential Candidate Michael Anthony Peroutka Has Correct Iraq Plan: Get Out - Now!

4/15/2004 7:01:00 AM

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To: National Desk, Political Reporter

Contact: John Lofton, 301-873-4612 or 410-766-8591 Web: http://www.Peroutka2004.com

LAUREL, Md., April 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following statement is from Michael Anthony Peroutka, Constitution Party Presidential candidate:

"I like President Bush personally. He is a sincere man. I respect his office. But, it is becoming painfully obvious that he has no plan to get our country out of the un-Constitutional, bloody, deadly, mess going on in Iraq. In fact, Mr. Bush and John Kerry both favor putting more troops into Iraq. In his recent press conference, Mr. Bush said our troops would be in Iraq 'as long as necessary,' 'for a while,' until Iraq is 'a free country.' He said Iraqis would provide their own security 'eventually.' I strongly disagree. As President, I would move immediately to withdraw all our troops from Iraq in a way that would provide for the safety of those Iraqis who worked with us during this illegal, wrong-headed war.

"I, like President Bush, hope that the Iraqi people, and all people, will be free from tyranny. But, unlike President Bush, I realize that, Constitutionally, as President, it would not be my job to use our military to spread 'freedom' everywhere in the world. Unlike President Bush, I, as President, would realize that I had been elected President of the United States, not President of the World.

"In 1821, John Quincy Adams said, of America: 'She goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.' But, ignoring Adams' wise advice, President Bush, using our military, has gone abroad and destroyed the monster Saddam Hussein who posed no threat to the vital national security interests of our country. The result: We are bogged down in a bloody and expensive mess with no end in sight. If elected President, however, I would move immediately to end our involvement in Iraq. I am not one who believes that when you are in a hole you should not be in, you should keep digging."

[RebelBanker]

This guy isn't living in the reality of our time. It IS national defense to seek out and destroy threats. We can no longer protect our country by having repelling armies strictly inside our own borders.

Thanks, MrB! You said it much better than I could!

BTW, somebody should ask Mr. Peroutka where "From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli" came from the the Marine Corps' Hymn. Our military forces have been venturing outside of our borders to protect American interests for quite a long time.

[Revolting cat!]

Sounds like a weiner! Don't take my word on it, but I think he's going to win in November! (Or is it a "she"? Sorry, I don't have time to read the article. (or is it a 'manifesto'?))

[Catspaw]

Just when I thought third parties couldn't get more marginalized, this guy comes along and proves me wrong.

[elbucko]

Others will take the war to the enemy.

Exactly. The lesson of the two world wars of the last Century is that it is better that your enemies women, children and elderly suffer the deprivations of war than our own women, children and elderly. Americans that have shed their blood on foreign soil, on behalf of American defense and security, have saved their country twice.

[Cooter]

I have the luxury of voting for 3rd party candidates without increasing the likelihood of a Kerry victory.

Place a strategic vote for the Green Party. Doing so would help them qualify for matching funds for the next election cycle, and do more damage to the Rats.

[hchutch]

No kidding. More cut-and-run nonsense.

[nina0113]

I had actually considered voting Constitution Party this fall - Bush is almost certain to carry Virginia, so I can afford to. If this nut's the best the CP's got to offer, they're worthless. Buh-bye.

[The_Victor]

But, it is becoming painfully obvious that he has no plan to get our country out of the un-Constitutional, bloody, deadly, mess going on in Iraq.

Sheesh. And the Constitutional Party wonders why it's relegated to obscurity.

[JohnnyZ]

Is it not already painfully clear that the LP and the CP are tremendously deluded at best and probably worse than the Democrats?

[Restorer]

"In 1821, John Quincy Adams said, of America: 'She goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.'

Uhh, dude, it ain't 1821.

I strongly suspect JQ would be a strong supporter of this war if he were alive today.

It is not possible for the most powerful nation on earth to maintain a foreign policy appropriate for a small nation remote from areas of conflict.

[kevkrom]

In 1821, John Quincy Adams said, of America: 'She goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.'

Does someone want to introduce the concept of the Barbary pirates to this whackjob? It has always been the policy of the United States to take on threats to our national security that exist outside our own borders.

[ex-Texan]

MrB -- I agree with you. On the other hand, I told two ministers on Wednesday there is a viable alternative because Iraq may explode into civil war because of meddling by Iran, Syria and the Saudis: Bring all U.S. troops home from the 124 countries they are now deployed to; eliminate all foreign aid to every nation; lock down U.S. borders and restrict all entry visas; withdraw from NAFTA; make it a crime to send U.S. jobs overseas; and fully enforce U.S. immigration law and deport all illegals.

Then use the billions we waste on foreign aid each year to rebuild our inner cities, rebuild our national infrastructure, educate the masses, help create new jobs, fund national health care for those who have none, and bring some new tax relief for middle income families.

These ministers opposed everything! They want to cure all the world's ills with U.S. taxpayers money by sending money and economic aid overseas. They want to build homes for the poor in South America and open our borders to workers from south of the border. They are just socialists disguised as Christians.

The whole world has just gone nuts. So, in the meantime, I will support Bush!

[hosepipe]

Michael Anthony Peroutka, Constitution Party ;

1) cut and run
2) terrorists high five eaxh other
3) Kerry gets elected
4) New York gets Nuked
5) Marshal Law
6) Constitution is repealed
7) Canukistan sends advisors
8) United States becomes ward of United Nations.

[L,TOWM]

Ahem...

[VRWCmember]

"In 1821, John Quincy Adams said, of America: 'She goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.' But, ignoring Adams' wise advice, President Bush, using our military, has gone abroad and destroyed the monster Saddam Hussein who posed no threat to the vital national security interests of our country.

In 1821, it was not possible for islamic jihadists to hijack planes and crash them into skyscrapers.
In 1821, it was not possible for islamic jihadists to obtain weapons of mass destruction and smuggle them into this country.
In 1821, it was not possible for islamic jihadists to funnel funds into this country to support their cells that were already resident (some legally and some illegally) in this country.

A few things have changed since John Q Adams uttered those words in 1821.

[BlueNgold]

I'd laugh if it weren't so sad...

Libertarians at work ...

Where's Pat Buchanen when you need him?

[MrB]

I always ask socialists, when they bring up some favorite social program (health care for the chiilllllllldruhn), what the name of the private charity is that they have worked to set up in order to accomplish this.

Almost always greeted with a blank stare.

Then I say, "OH! you want to use the legal, lethal force of government to confiscate others' earned property in order to fund YOUR pet charity. How nice of you!"

[Alberta's Child]

I agree. The best way to build a minor party is to run candidates at the local and state levels, and then formally endorse (or officially refrain from endorsing) one of the major candidates on the national level.

Of course, this approach itself has its flaws. For the life of me, I can't understand how Rudy Giuliani could get the endorsement of both the Liberal and Conservative parties in his 1997 run for mayor of New York. One of those two parties should have gone out of business after that one.

[wjcsux]

Moron alert. Third parties might do well if they didn't continually nominate whackjobs and crackpots nursing conspiracy theories and having no grasp at all of current events.
The last 3rd party candidate that wasn't a whack job was Teddy Roosevelt who ran against Taft and Wilson in 1914. He ran on the "Bull Moose" Party.

[blackie]

We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, .05% third party fringees, democrats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~