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By Chuck Baldwin
February 8, 2008
A
few weeks before Super Tuesday, my friend Howard Phillips asked me who
I thought the Republican Presidential nominee would be. I predicted
John McCain. With the results of Super Tuesday now history, most
political pundits are also predicting that the Arizona senator will
gain the Republican nomination for President. And with Mitt Romney now
out of the race, McCain is all but assured the nomination. One did not
need to be a seer to figure this one out.
For one thing, President George W. Bush all but destroyed whatever conservative influence was left in the GOP. Peggy Noonan is right about that. (See Furthermore, the capitulation and compromise of principle by the Religious Right has also significantly sealed the death warrant of conservatism within the GOP. For the sake of not offending George Bush or losing whatever seat at the table the various leaders of the Religious Right felt they had, their spirit of resistance waned to the point that the very name "Christian Conservative" has lost all meaning, not to mention power. As
a result, Republicans have come to accept Big Government, runaway
federal spending, the Welfare State, the Warfare State, the Nanny
State,empire-building, gargantuan trade and budget deficits,
warrantless eavesdropping, the loss of 4th Amendment rights, ad
infinitum, ad nauseam. Therefore, how could anyone expect the vast
majority of Republican voters to suddenly rediscover a huge commitment
of conviction to conservative principles? Add to that question the fact
that there is only one true conservative/constitutionalist who made it
to the Republican primaries: Congressman Ron Paul. And virtually the
entire media and political establishment pummeled Congressman Paul to
the point that his limited success in the race can be categorized as
nothing short of miraculous.
Make
no mistake about it: the establishment wants one of its own to succeed
George Bush. In order for that to happen, they must manipulate the
primaries to ensure that, no matter who wins in November, one of their
fellow elitists will still wield power in Washington, D.C. On the
Democratic side, both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama fit the bill.
And on the Republican side, John McCain is the ultimate insider.
A
long-standing member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), John
McCain will pursue the goals and ambitions of the globalists with a
vengeance. As Pat Buchanan said recently, "John McCain will make Dick
Cheney look like Gandhi." Buchanan is right on with that prediction.
Despite
a liberal, Big Government track record, many Republican "conservatives"
who have always been critical of John McCain are already beginning to
warm up to him, feeling that his nomination is inevitable. Include in
this list such notables as Grover Norquist, Tony Perkins, and fellow
CFR member Richard Land.
Fortunately,
not all of the conservative "talking heads" have jumped on the McCain
bandwagon. Include in this list: Ann Coulter, who said she would
campaign for Hillary Clinton if McCain is the Republican nominee; James
Dobson, who said he would never vote for John McCain--no matter what;
and Mr. Republican Cheerleader himself, Rush Limbaugh.
Then
there is Mike Huckabee: the candidate to whom the evangelical George
Bush robots have gravitated. Huckabee is every bit the Big Government
liberal that is John McCain. In fact, Huckabee and McCain have
developed a very close friendship, according to numerous sources. Many
are even predicting that Huckabee will be McCain's running mate, in
order to dupe evangelicals into accepting the McCain candidacy. (I have
been saying this myself for months.) Even Rob Schenck said this about
Huckabee: "After careful and prayerful consideration, I have concluded
that an evangelical vote for Mike Huckabee is a vote for John McCain,
and a vote for John McCain will be a disaster for this country."
But just who is
this man, John McCain?
John
McCain's father and grandfather were both admirals in the U.S. Navy.
John was schooled in one of the most elite boarding schools in America.
He graduated from the Naval Academy where he ranked 894th out of 899
students.
According
to Joel Skousen's World Affairs Brief, February 1, 2008, "[John McCain]
used nepotism to get ahead: When he was rejected by the National War
College, he used his father's contacts with the Secretary of the Navy
to make them reconsider." Skousen also notes that "McCain cheated on
his first wife after she had a severe accident. He then divorced her
and married his multi-millionaire mistress, whose daddy bought McCain a
spot in the Congress."
It
has also never been explained why the son and grandson of Navy admirals
would not rise to the rank of Admiral himself. (He exited the Navy as a
Captain.) Was it his numerous adulterous affairs or his violent temper?
Or both?
John
McCain's biographer Robert Timberg chronicles McCain's numerous sexual
affairs with subordinates both when he was an Executive Officer and
later Squadron Commander. Obviously, such fraternization is a violation
of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Skousen
and many others have chronicled McCain's violent temper. Even as a
young man, McCain was "a strikingly violent man." Timberg quotes McCain
describing his propensity for violence, even as a youngster, saying,
"At the smallest provocation I would go off into a mad frenzy, and then
suddenly crash to the floor unconscious."
McCain
says his vicious temper was transformed after being held as a Prisoner
of War by the North Vietnamese. There is no doubt that John McCain was
tortured by his Vietnamese captors, but it also seems clear, by both
the written and oral records of many, that McCain spent the bulk of his
captivity collaborating with his captors.
It
is more than interesting that former POW John McCain would use the
power of his senate seat to stop the investigation and pursuit of
American MIAs in Vietnam. What would possess a former naval officer to
do such a thing? In fact, a group of Vietnam veterans has uploaded a
web page dedicated to exposing the truth regarding John McCain's record
on this matter. See it at
http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/
That
John McCain still has a vicious temper is well known. We can all
remember him singing "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran," to the tune
of the Beach Boys hit song "Barbara Ann." He also said North Korea
should be threatened with "extinction." He often boasts of America's
100-year war with Iraq and talks of pursuing enemies "to the gates of
hell." There is no doubt, John McCain is one mad man.
Furthermore,
McCain's position on a host of issues is extremely problematic for the
future of America. On immigration, John McCain joined with Ted Kennedy
to sponsor an amnesty bill for illegal aliens. He voted to give social
security dollars to illegal aliens. His Hispanic Outreach Director,
Juan Hernandez, is a dual American-Mexican citizen widely known for his
"Mexico First" declarations.
He
repeatedly voted against the Bush tax cuts. He co-authored the
McCain/Feingold campaign finance bill that was ruled to be an
unconstitutional infringement of the First Amendment. Regarding the
Second Amendment, the president of the NRA called John McCain the
"worst 2nd Amendment candidate," and Gun Owners of America gives McCain
a grade of F-.
John
McCain co-sponsored the energy tax bill (along with his senate buddy
Joe Lieberman), which would dramatically increase the cost of gasoline.
He supports radical global warming legislation. He joined with
Democrats (Gang of 14) to block the attempt to confirm conservative,
strict constructionist judges. In 2000, he called Christian leaders
"agents of intolerance." He has received the endorsement of the
pro-abortion Republicans for Choice Political Action Committee. And
let's not forget that John McCain was ringleader of the infamous
Keating Five ethical scandal, which cost taxpayers more than $160
billion.
Consider,
too, the top donors to John McCain's campaign. One will find many of
the same multinational corporations that support Democrats Barack Obama
and Hillary Clinton also supporting John McCain. Include in this list
Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Lehman Brothers, and JP Morgan Chase
&
Co. (By comparison, the top contributors to Ron Paul's campaign are [in
order]: 1. Members of the U.S. Army, 2. Members of the U.S. Navy, 3.
Members of the U.S. Air Force.) Source:
(And,
in case one is interested, the same big Arkansas conglomerates that
supported Bill Clinton also support Mike Huckabee.) Source:
Even
New York Post D.C. Bureau Chief Charles Hurt wrote, "[I]f history is
any guide, the McCain we've seen of late on the campaign trail is the
most conservative McCain we'll ever see."
To vote for John
McCain is madness!
Therefore,
both social and fiscal conservatives--along with evangelical
Christians--will have no one from either the Republican or Democrat
parties for whom to vote this November. What, then, will they do? To
vote for the "lesser of two evils" is no longer a legitimate option.
There is no lesser in a McCain versus Clinton/Obama race. In fact, Ann
Coulter might be right that in such a race, Hillary is the lesser of
two evils.
What, then, are
we to do?
First,
Ron Paul should abandon his bid for the Republican nomination and
declare himself a candidate for the Constitution Party nomination. If
he did, he would doubtless receive the nomination and his campaign
would continue to build excitement, donations, and momentum right up to
November. (Ron Paul's supporters should do everything they can to
influence Dr. Paul to shake off the dust of the GOP and lead his fellow
constitutionalists on a mighty crusade for a Third Party victory!)
Should
Ron Paul decide to remain in the McCain-led GOP, conservatives and
constitutionalists should rally around the most viable option available
to them. And that option is to support the Constitution Party nominee,
whoever he is. (They will select their nominee in April in Kansas City,
Missouri.) As the nation's third largest political party, the CP has
the potential to be on all 50 state ballots and it is absolutely
certain that the CP will nominate a constitutionalist candidate in the
similitude of Ron Paul.
One
thing is certain: with John McCain as the GOP standard-bearer,
Christian conservatives and constitutionalists cannot vote for either
the Republican or Democrat candidate this year. Staying home and not
voting is an admission of defeat and should be dismissed out-of-hand.
2008 just might be the year to break the two-party stranglehold on
American politics and vote for an independent conservative
constitutionalist. And the platform and vehicle for this revolution
already exists in the Constitution Party.
(c) Chuck Baldwin
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