Posted on 02/10/2008 11:37:50 PM PST by levotb
Thank you for your interest in the Constitution Party! We welcome you to the growing list of Americans who are seeking a political home and one that will return our country to a Constitutional Republic that our founding fathers would recognize.
As the date of the Constitution Party National Convention (April 23-26 in Kansas City, Missouri) approaches, several prominent Americans have expressed an openness to considering the possibility of seeking the Constitution Party Presidential nomination. Among those are former United States Senator Bob Smith; former Alabama Chief Justice, Roy Moore; the 2004 Vice-Presidential Nominee of the Constitution Party, Chuck Baldwin; WorldNetDaily. com writer and author of the best selling "The Late, Great USA", Dr. Jerome Corsi; and former Ambassador to the United Nations, Alan Keyes. This is is not a closed list and it is possible that there may still be others who are considering the possibility of seeking the 2008 Constitution Party nomination.
Senator Smith recently wrote an excellent and exclusive "call to action" article for Constitution Party website, entitled, "It's the Constitution, Stupid!" That article can be found here.
Regardless of who emerges as the eventual Constitution Party nominee, one thing is certain: He will need to be on the ballot in states all across the country in order to wage a successful campaign! The Constitution Party is making excellent progress in its 2008 ballot access campaign. It is currently already on the ballot in 15 states. That puts it well ahead of where we were this time in 2004! We are nearly finished with petition drives in Ohio and South Dakota and are making excellent progress in West Virginia and New Mexico as well. Petitioning has now commenced in a number of other states.
What most people don't realize is that the ballot access petition campaign is a very expensive process. While we certainly do receive volunteer participation in our ballot petition drives from Constitution Party members and supporters in the various states, the great bulk of the work is, of necessity, done by paid professional petitioners. That means that just getting on the ballot can be a very expensive proposition. Without ballot access, however, the effort can go nowhere. Therefore, it is essential that the Constitution Party adequately fund its ballot effort so that we can be assured of having a Constitution Party Presidential candidate on the ballot in every state in the nation. (Click here to read more about the ballot access hurdles new parties face.)
While we have made an excellent beginning on our ballot access campaign, the fact is that your financial help is urgently needed NOW if the Constitution Party is going to be able to continue to make progress in placing its Presidential ticket on all of the state ballots. We do not receive funding from corporate PAC's, lobbies or other special interests. We depend on the average American. We depend on YOU! Won't you please help this effort, TODAY, so that we can be sure of giving the American people a real Constitutional choice in 2008.
Please click here to donate on-line or mail in your donation.
Answers to any questions you have about our party's positions can be found in our Platform, which is located on our website here.
A comparison between the strengths of the Constitution Party and other political parties is detailed in the article "We Will be Heard" by our National Chairman, Jim Clymer.
The Constitution Party is the 3rd largest political party in the country in terms of voter registration (see this report: http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/070106.html#11 ) As you can see on the chart named "Mid 2006 Registration Totals" at the Ballot-Access News website, the Constitution Party has more registered voters than the Libertarian, Green or Reform parties that you've heard more about.
So why haven't more people heard of the 3rd largest political party in the country from the national media? It is because they don't want you to know we exist so we won't have a chance to upset the monopoly the Republican/Democrat party has over American politics.
We believe that voters should have the opportunity to vote for the party of their choice, however, the 2 major parties don't want you to. Please read the article "Why America Needs a Third Party" from our website.
To stay informed about the Constitution Party and our issues, you are encouraged to sign up on these two email lists:
1. The national headquarters of the CP sends out occasional messages, typically no more than 2 or 3 messages per month. You can sign up by clicking here: http://cpncsubscribe.giftwrapplus.org/
2. Our 2004 Vice-Presidential Candidate, Dr. Chuck Baldwin, sends out thought provoking messages on issues of the day that contain excellent information. To subscribe to Chuck's columns, send an email message to majordomo@chuckbaldwinlive.com with the words subscribe chuck-wagon in the body of the message. Chuck's previous columns are on his web site at http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com
As you talk with your family and friends about the Constitution Party, you will be challenged to not "waste your vote." For some good information concerning "voting for the lesser of two evils" versus "wasting your vote" on a third party, please read this article on the Utah CP website: http://www.cputah.org/html/about_us.html#Waste1
Many other frequently asked questions about the Constitution Party are answered on this web page: http://www.constitutionparty.com/faqs.php
I encourage you to contact your State Leader of the Constitution Party to get involved in the state party's activities. Click here to find how to contact your state leader: http://www.constitutionparty.com/view_states.php
We'll be very glad to have you working along side us to build the Constitution Party and restore our nation to the Constitutional Republic established by our founding fathers.
Gary Odom CP National Field Director
This clears the way for any number of possibilities, two of whom I feel are "losers" and would be a mistake for that party to nominate--"The Pillsbury Dough Boy" aka Sen. Bob Smith and nutcase Alan Keyes. The other three are interesting. Of them, Pastor Chuck Baldwin is the toughest on illegal immigration and Judge Roy Moore would certainly garner Southern support as he refused to force a town to remove the Ten Commandments from it's City Hall premises and was removed from that state's Supreme Court as a result. Moore is a "hero" to conservatives and is tough as nails. Jerome Corsi may have changed his mind, but on August 7, 2007, he emailed me saying that he had removed his name from consideration. I believe that either Pastor Chuck or Judge Moore would be excellent nominees who would attract many movement/ideological conservatives.
I joined the American Independent party. Same folks.
Judge Roy Moore sounds good.
CP ping
Needed: Newt or Delay or George Allen.
Wake me when they want to actually wage the war on terror.
The CP/LPs do the same thing to us conservatives. Everytime.
The CP are morons who don't understand math or how elections are won in America.
Here's a thought - why don't those anti-social nitwits disband their party and form a caucus within the Republican party. The Christian Coalition did that with much success for quiet a while rather than storming off after Pat lost in 88 and forming their own party. The result is they pretty much guaranteed that their signature issues - pro-life and pro-traditional marraige - had to be supported by the party's presidential nominee. Their activism prevented someone like Pete Wilson from ever getting the nomination.
Now - why wouldn't the CP not heed this lesson? Because they aren't rational adults, they are petulant, juvenile, anti-social sociopaths who refuse to acknowledge reality and are chronically unemployed. (similar to the definition of liberals).
If you disagree with me strongly on this, well, I'm not going to argue with you because you are probably one of them and I know better than to try and reason with you.
The answer isn’t to cry and run away from the Republican party when we don’t get our way. The answer is to fight for control of our own party.
Please. Newt's a Goreite ecotard; Delay would be a joke; and George Allen is just not bright enough to pull it off.
I voted for their Presidential candidate in 2004, and I’ll be voting for them again in 2008.
Can you put me on your ping list?
Everyone wants to gripe about the GOP, but nobody wants to do anything about it.
Hopefully that is in no way related to the CPUSA.
So which conservative SCOTUS judges is the Constitution party responsible for?...
No Thanks. The Constitution Party needs to find a way to join with the Republican Party. We need everyone who has a sense of patriotic duty to do what is necessary to keep the Democrats out of the White House. That can only be done under the big tent of the Republican Party.
What about Pat Buchanan? He has experience as a minor 3rd party candidate, has written and spoken extensively, has wide name recognition?
He got almost one half percent of the 2000 vote, too.
Or Dr. Ron Paul? He’s already up and running, as far as a campaign organization.
Why start from scratch with unknowns?
Now, I have no reason to, since the GOP is exactly like the DNC.
Jerome (Jerry) McCreedy was an acquaintance of mine and I declined to vote for him as governor of California, especially since we had Proposition 187 and Pete Wilson vs. Dianne Freakenstein on the ballot.
1994 was a watershed election for the Republicans and they just flushed it away. They destroyed Jim Brulte, who could have gotten rid of the socialist apparatchik Coastal Commission.
The GOP has rejected conservatism. They are consistent in that. They made their choice. They can live with it.
I see all the anti war, pro marajuana FReepers are running to the constitution Party..
Why not vote democrat as that is what you will get by voting third party.
Rudder...You mean, Macaca Man? NOT!!
“We”? When “we” don’t get away, Darkwolf? I’m not a “we” and I haven’t BEEN a “we” since ‘96...
Now if you’re talking to your fellow RINOs, that’s another story.
as time goes by, my opinions on things tend to change. I am less concerned about “WINNING” an election these days, because the Republican party cant seem to find any conservatives that can lead. I am going to vote for someone i think represents MY best interests regardless of ‘electability’. If this means Hillary gets elected then so be it. Perhaps that will be the wake up call for the Republican party to run someone worth a damn. i will not vote for a RINO again. that is not an endorsement of the Constitution party, however if they run someone i agree with, i will vote for them without losing any sleep whatsoever.
Hi txflake
I have you down as one of my favorite conservatives at FR...you and about 60 other posters...
bookmark
Below is from George Washington’s Farewell Address!
Warns against the party system.
“It serves to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration....
agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one....
against another....
it opens the door to foreign influence and corruption...
thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another.”
Stresses the importance of religion and morality.
“Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths,
which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice?”
On stable public credit.
“...cherish public credit.
One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible...
avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt....
it is essential that you...bear in mind, that towards the payments of debts there must be Revenue,
that to have Revenue there must be taxes;
that no taxes can be devised, which are not...inconvenient and unpleasant...”
Warns against permanent foreign alliances.
“It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world...”
Half the planet is.
Well, to get off the ground the group needs a big name who is disenfranchised from the GOP but still respected.
He said he was sorry.
Hey HAL9000
Well, I wouldn’t say THAT! After enduring 7+ years of GW Globalist Open Borders Bush, I think a lot of conservatives are looking for greener pastures, no matter what the outcome. I believe, contrary to the truly afraid RINOs, that there is at last going to be a serious movement towards a third conservative party.
Speaking of which, The CP is on the ballot in just 15 states with 4 more to come, they hope. That isn’t very good. Apparently, it’s a money thing. Getting on the ballot cost bucks and not a lot of folks are giving money to The CP right now. To me, if they aren’t on the ballot of EVERY state, it’s not going to fly. The American people want such a party in every state. Otherwise, what’s the point?
Apparently, truth_seeker, you didn’t read the letter fr. The CP...Dr. No meant “No!”.
Welcome to the “No Party” conservatives, Sir Francis! It can be a lonely place, but it’s really like you have finally got control of your life. We never had control of the GOP. It’s kind of nice not having to worry about the John McCains and Huckabees of the GOP world. You can tie your own shoes and make your own breakfast, and never have to answer to a RINO as to “why” you are what you are! It’s really rather uplifting.
SoCalPol
Ann Coulter has shown us the way on that score. Pro-marijuana? Most certainly NOT! Anti-war? Well, anti-undeclared stupid war started to get the MNM off Bush’s tail for the recession we were in...I wouldn’t call patriots like Jerome Corsi or Cuck Baldwin “pacifists” or “anti-war”.
So how is success going to be measured? If the CP take 5% of the GOP voters so that Hillary/Obama wins, is that success? If the CP take 10% of the GOP voters so that Hillary/Obama wins, is that success? 20%, 30%. Lets see, maybe the Liberation Party can get one in there too. The CP Party can get 5% of the Republican voters, maybe the Libertarian voters can get another 5%, that would be 10% of the voters taken away from the GOP and what would the result be? President Obama or President Hillary.
Great plan guys. No plans on overhauling the GOP, just plans to put dems into office.
Voting is strategic, not emotional. The dems know this. The Marxists overhauled and changed the democratic party, they dont divide and scatter for an easy defeat.... Conservatives do.
Very eloquently said, wafflehouse. Your moniker has made me so hungry, I think it’s time to visit Safeway for some waffles and syrup!
The Gingrinch That Stole Christmas and dumped his dying wife a la McCain for a wealthier wife? I think not. He’s a good speaker, but that boyish grin reminds me more of a leprican.
Okay, Rudder. I’ll forgive him. But I just don’t see him coming back as a conservative leader. He was hated in his own state of VA. They seem to like RINOs like John Warner there more than conservatives.
GregoTX
You’re missing the point. Third party conservatives aren’t going to care if Hillary or Obama or McNasty win, because they’re no longer Repubs. That’s what INDEPENDENT means!! Nobody controls you—it’s like running your own business, which by coincidence and perhaps not such coincidence many Independents are involved with.
Then you are blind or hallucinating...
I hate potheads and would nuke Mecca without batting an eye.
I want the invasion met with brutal force and all of the illegals thrown out at the point of a bayonet.
What the hell do you know about war?
The only way to save the GOP is electroshock. They need to lose badly, ala 1974, doing it the wrong way so that they can be made to realize the error of that way.
Either they will recognize in which case 2010 and 2012 will be big conservative years, or they will not recognize, in which case they are beyond salvaging.
Continuing to enable them in their destructive ways simplies encourages bad behavior.
Glenn Beck’s alcoholic analogy is spot on.
You don’t know me to ask that question.
The Const. Party as the other Libertarian parties support
legal drugs
AS far as illegals. I live in San Diego, ground zero of the problem and have been trying to educate other FReepers who think this is not a problem.
Keep tellin yerself that as you hold your nose and cross your toes, while you HAVE TO vote for McQueeg!
I guess I am missing the point then. What country will you live in while the Socialist Marxists take all they can from you for their redistribution of wealth? Where will you live so that "Nobody controls you"? I assumed you would still live in the USA, and therefore it would matter if you got a hard-leftist administration that will attempt to nationalize everything they can, and take away private property rights, gun ownership, and regulate small companies out of business. It doesnt matter if you call yourself and Independent or not. The Marxists Socialists will snatch your freedoms away from you just as fast as they are able to.
IMHO, you are underestimating the Socialist agenda, drive, and determination to change this Country. All 3rd parties is going to do is put them into office. Call yourself whatever political designation you want to, you will loose your liberties just the same if you dont take those people serious. You already said in your post that you dont care if they win or not, so Im just wasting bandwidth here.
SoCalPol
Show me where in The CP’s platform that they support legalizing illicit drugs. If that’s the case, the majority of conservatives looking for a third party will stay far away from them!
Glad you’re on our side of the Invasion by Mexico. McGonigle Canyon is a blight on San Diego and could be fixed in 24 hours if the SD Mayor and Po-lice Chief had any cojones...
It has come to the point where we would do better to form a third party, and use our decisive vote in the balance between the Democrooks and the Republicrooks to wrest concessions that are to our liking. We can get a lot more of our agenda fulfilled that way than to bend over yet again for the latest in a long line of tired Rockerfeller-wing political hacks and pretend we like it. After sucking it up for all these years under Bush & Co., I for one positively refuse to even consider another four or eight years of such abuse.
The GOP certainly couldn't be more explicit as to how little value our opinions have in their eyes.
There will not be a CP president. There will not be and Independent President. There will not be a Libertarian President. At least not in 2008.
When you vote for these parties, you are not helping those parties, you are helping the democrats. By helping the democrats, you are not punishing the GOP, you are punishing the USA.
The democrats have changed allot since 74, they are dominated by the leftists now. The American Conservative Union has giving a conservative rating to all the past and present Senators based on voting records. The most liberal are Kerry, Obama, Gore, Clinton, then Edwards. Those are the bottom 5, and they all have something in common, they are or have made a run for the Presidency. Barack Obama ranked as the most liberal senator of 2007, according to the National Journal ratings. They are socialists.
When you say "They [The GOP] need to lose badly, ala 1974, doing it the wrong way so that they can be made to realize the error of that way. you are talking about letting the Democrat party run by Socialists win. Enemies to freedom and liberty win.
When I look at my family and think how I need to protect them from an oppressive socialist government that so many of these new liberals want, it is frustrating. Then I see people like you talking about handing the country over to them via letting the GOP "lose badly" it is very disappointing. Let the GOP lose, the marxists that will take you freedom to own guns, win. They will take more private property rights, they will restrict, regulate, nationalize tax and control everything they can.
Since a 3rd party will not win, if you vote for them, you are indirectly helping the marxists win. So on election day, when you vote, what is the REAL (not symbolic) difference between you and an actual card carrying ACLU Democrat? The votes went to the same results.
Im not saying you believe as these people, Im not saying you want the same Country as these people. Im saying the results of your actions on election and and theirs ultimately produce the same result, and that is my family under a democrat administration with a democrat congress, and liberty will make a free-fall.
Im not trying to flame you, but those are my thoughts.
President Bush is a moderate, but thank God he beat Gore then Kerry. I Will vote the Republican nominee, maybe he can beat Obama or Hillary with my vote, and hopefully yours.
Just out of curiousity, were you saying "buy American" back when Detroit was producing absolute trash? I don't think any of us consumers had a plan for overhauling the US auto industry but, gosh, somehow all those imports got their attention....
Ballot access is one of the huge obstacles that any third party movement must overcome. The trouble is that the democrat/republican industry in state governments lays down the rules for access to those ballots and they have a tendency to alter those rules every time a third party intruder begins to get close to their little kingdoms. I should know, I was active in Libertarian Party politics for years and saw first hand how the democrat/republican combine guards those ballots as if ballot access was theirs and theirs alone.
[Pundit Johann] Hari writes of McCain: “Rage seems to be at the core of his personality. Describing his own childhood, McCain has written: ‘At the smallest provocation I would go off into a mad frenzy, and then suddenly crash to the floor unconscious. When I got angry I held my breath until I blacked out.’”Seems John McInsane hasn't changed much in 7 decades...
Hopefully the late, great Republican party will finally go the way of the Whigs and No-nothings, courtesy of their own personal Caligula, John McCain.
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