Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Bob Barr or Chuck Baldwin?
By Mary Starrett
July 1, 2008
NewsWithViews.com
Being For the Constitution SOME of the Time And Not All Of The Time Is Like Being ‘A Little Bit Pregnant’
Bob Barr, former Republican Congressman and US Attorney and now the Libertarian Party candidate for president has held many positions that constitutionalists can agree with. Many see Barr as the natural movement forward of the Ron Paul campaign, but even the most cursory examination of Bob Barr’s past political positions show he doesn’t pass the smell test.
In other words, you can’t be for adherence to the Constitution some of the time and against it some of the time, as we shall see Bob Barr clearly is.
Close enough is not close enough at all when it comes to our civil liberties and the rights guaranteed in the founding documents.
Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin (www.Baldwin2008.com) believes the US Constitution was then and is now designed to tie down the tentacles of the Federal government and that any and all powers given to the Federal government are clearly outlined in and limited by that document.
Bob Barr has not held fast to that single absolute and that is why you should know there is a very large distinction between Barr and Baldwin.
• Barr is in favor of an interventionist foreign policy, arguing for intervention in Iran and South America, among other countries. Barr voted for the Iraq war. He praised Bush because "the surge is working." Chuck Baldwin believes, as our Founders did, that we should be a friend to all and avoid ‘foreign entanglements’. Baldwin has stated that if elected he would see to it that those who have been sent to fight the illegal, unconstitutional and immoral wars in Iraq and Afghanistan would receive orders to return home immediately.
• Barr voted for the Patriot Act, and favored reauthorization of that liberty-robbing set of laws. Chuck Baldwin has always stood against the Patriot Act as an unconstitutional power grab by the executive branch.
• Barr favors a national sales tax. Chuck Baldwin contends that does not reform our tax system, it merely re-orders the heavy-handed manner the IRS controls the illegal and unfair robbing of Peter to subsidize Paul.
• He’s held an advisory position with the ACLU- a group which has worked tirelessly to push anti- Christian and anti- free speech agendas
• While Bob Barr has publicly, at times, supported pro-life groups, sadly, in his private life, according to his ex wife, Barr encouraged the abortion of their child.
• Chuck Baldwin has been a vocal and steadfast defender of the sanctity of life- publicly and privately.
Bob Barr is no Chuck Baldwin and that is why in November it behooves liberty-minded Americans to vote for the Constitution and vote for the Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin.
© 2008 Mary Starrett - All Rights Reserved
July 1, 2008
NewsWithViews.com
Being For the Constitution SOME of the Time And Not All Of The Time Is Like Being ‘A Little Bit Pregnant’
Bob Barr, former Republican Congressman and US Attorney and now the Libertarian Party candidate for president has held many positions that constitutionalists can agree with. Many see Barr as the natural movement forward of the Ron Paul campaign, but even the most cursory examination of Bob Barr’s past political positions show he doesn’t pass the smell test.
In other words, you can’t be for adherence to the Constitution some of the time and against it some of the time, as we shall see Bob Barr clearly is.
Close enough is not close enough at all when it comes to our civil liberties and the rights guaranteed in the founding documents.
Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin (www.Baldwin2008.com) believes the US Constitution was then and is now designed to tie down the tentacles of the Federal government and that any and all powers given to the Federal government are clearly outlined in and limited by that document.
Bob Barr has not held fast to that single absolute and that is why you should know there is a very large distinction between Barr and Baldwin.
• Barr is in favor of an interventionist foreign policy, arguing for intervention in Iran and South America, among other countries. Barr voted for the Iraq war. He praised Bush because "the surge is working." Chuck Baldwin believes, as our Founders did, that we should be a friend to all and avoid ‘foreign entanglements’. Baldwin has stated that if elected he would see to it that those who have been sent to fight the illegal, unconstitutional and immoral wars in Iraq and Afghanistan would receive orders to return home immediately.
• Barr voted for the Patriot Act, and favored reauthorization of that liberty-robbing set of laws. Chuck Baldwin has always stood against the Patriot Act as an unconstitutional power grab by the executive branch.
• Barr favors a national sales tax. Chuck Baldwin contends that does not reform our tax system, it merely re-orders the heavy-handed manner the IRS controls the illegal and unfair robbing of Peter to subsidize Paul.
• He’s held an advisory position with the ACLU- a group which has worked tirelessly to push anti- Christian and anti- free speech agendas
• While Bob Barr has publicly, at times, supported pro-life groups, sadly, in his private life, according to his ex wife, Barr encouraged the abortion of their child.
• Chuck Baldwin has been a vocal and steadfast defender of the sanctity of life- publicly and privately.
Bob Barr is no Chuck Baldwin and that is why in November it behooves liberty-minded Americans to vote for the Constitution and vote for the Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin.
© 2008 Mary Starrett - All Rights Reserved
5 Comments:
So where's Ron Paul when you need him? {:^)
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JD
Running for Congress and heading up the Campaign for Liberty (http://www.campaignforliberty.com/).
I was certainly tempted just to write him in. But I really like Chuck Baldwin.
Alicia had a good idea. If Chuck could put a ticker on his site - "I would vote for Chuck if he could win" - with a marker showing how many votes he would need to win, I bet we would see enough votes come in that people would actually vote for him in November.
I am cringing at the thought of more taxes, more regulation, and less control over my life. If I was crazy rich, I would follow up what Stephen Baldwin said and move to another country, not sure where, but I would. But first, I have to have so much money that it would not matter. :)
Or Texas just needs to succeed from the union and see how well the rest of the country can get along without us. {:^)
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JD
Did you follow things in Montana recently? If the Heller decision had come down on the wrong side of the 2nd Amendment debate, they were going to declare the compact between the U.S. and Montana violated.
As it stands, the five literate justices withstood the four illiterate justices, so Montana, for better or worse, is still in the Union.
Oh yea! Right now we are trying to pass legislation for non-concealed hand gun licenses. So AWESOME! How much LESS would a criminal mess with you when they actually know there are people around WITH handguns that know how to use them?
Can you say Joe Horn?
On the down side, if you get a chance, read up on that guy. He is really going through a great deal right now, both internally and externally.
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JD
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