Just as bad as voting for:
When a conservative like Jim Gilchrist is on the ballot and you live in a state that is a non-factor in the election.
Posted on 12/04/2006 10:01:36 AM PST by NapkinUser
As Hillary Clinton begins her own preparations to run for the presidency, the deciding factor of who will be the next commander in chief may have less to do with whomever is chosen as the Democrat or Republican nominee, and more to do with the choice of the Constitution Party.
This weekend at a national committee meeting in Manchester, N.H., Howard Phillips and the Constitution Party he founded set in motion the plans to launch its own third party candidate for president.
"The time has never been better for a third party dark horse candidate to grab the White House," Phillips told WND.
He affirmed that by next July, his party intends to nominate a presidential candidate, with possibilities for the ticket including Minuteman Project co-founder Jim Gilchrist, former Republican presidential candidate Alan Keyes, Baptist pastor Chuck Baldwin, and author and WND columnist Jerome Corsi.
The Constitution Party is also strongly supportive of Republican Congressmen Tom Tancredo and Ron Paul, but there is no decision yet that either would leave their home in the Republican Party to pursue a Constitution Party nomination. Tancredo has said numerous times he is considering a run for the presidency.
"The American public are angry at both the Democratic and Republican Party," Phillips said. "If neither major party wants to listen to the American middle class, the Constitution Party is ready to enter center stage and get back to the basics that have made the republic established by our founding fathers work for over 230 years."
The meeting was highlighted by a lineup of well-known conservative speakers, including those who may end up running.
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I wonder if they are dumb enough to think we're going to follow them down that rabbit hole again?
Alan Keyes' greatest accomplishment? Putting Barack Obama in office!
To be fair, just about anyone could have done that.
This is true; but you have to remember that there are people among us who LOVE to sew the seeds of dissention in the GOP.
And I have to disagree with the "looking more and more like Democrats" thing; I haven't seen the GOP advocating the draft or gays in the military; that's coming in January, for sure.
Decisions, decisions. Liberal democreeps, or liberal republicans.
..if the CP would modify its foreign policy position (paleo-con isolationist) it might cause many from the GOP to jump ship...
Laugh or cry, I can't decide.
the only reason rangle wants the draft is to get more libs into the armed forces, and generate a new generation of johbn kerry's, more civil unrest over the war, etc.. it's a losing strategy tho, and I doubt it'll happen.
as for gays in the military, ever hear of the 'log cabin' republicans?
Yes, I have.
Are you saying that the Log Cabin Republicans are all in the military?
Dumb enough? Of course they are. They're willing to allow the beast in the White House. How dumb is that?
Nuts on parade...........
Bay and Pat will be happy though that the thought of Gilchrist in the mix means Bay can use her fund raising apparatus and rake in a few dollars for the Buchanan's....
Another possible choice for Hillary is Bill Richardson of New Mexico. He should carry his home state, and, given his Hispanic background, would be an asset in Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada, all of which have been "light red". He may also help in Florida, especially in heavily Cuban-American Dade County. With the probable rise of the Hispanic vote into double digit range in the near future, especially if amnesty is passed, Richardson may be a good long term investment for the Democrats.
nope. just that the republicans aren't exactly anti-gay. you can't expect them to ban gay marriage, for example.
The November midterm election wasn't about any one particular issue. The party in power, especially in the 6th year of a presidency, generally loses big. We actually had gains in our last midterm.
Trust me, the pubbies will have big gains in '08.
Gilchrist in the mix
S/b Tancredo in the mix........ Keyes has Gilchrist wrapped up......
Just as bad as voting for:
When a conservative like Jim Gilchrist is on the ballot and you live in a state that is a non-factor in the election.
Actually, I agree with you, but it's fun to watch the unappeasables try to claim the "victory" as their own!
1,125,275 Americans voted 3rd party in 2004. Or, approx. 1% of the 122,293,332 total votes cast.
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