Peroutka slams big-money presidential hopefuls (ONLY ONE American Biblical candidate: RON PAUL)

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[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Peroutka slams big-money presidential hopefuls
Jim Brown
OneNewsNow.com
April 5, 2007

A former presidential candidate laments that only the 2008 presidential candidates who raise the most campaign cash will make it through the "filters" of the mainstream media. He suggests that those candidates dubbed by the media as leading contenders, based on that criteria alone, should matter little to Christian voters.

Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) has announced she has raised $26 million in first-quarter campaign fundraising this year (her reported total of $36 million includes $10 million transferred from her 2006 Senate campaign account). Rival presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) nearly matched Clinton with a reported $25 million raised during the first three months of the year, while Democrat John Edwards has raked in $14 million. On the Republican side, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has raised nearly $21 million, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has accumulated $15 million, and Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) $12.5 million.

Attorney and former Constitution Party presidential candidate Michael Peroutka says he is not impressed by the record fundraising numbers. He contends that, regardless of the amount of money raised, none of the candidates represent what he calls "the American interest."

"There is a God -- our rights come from Him," Peroutka says by way of explanation. "The purpose of government is to protect and secure God-given rights. That's what the Declaration of Independence says; that's the American view. None of these candidates, regardless of how much money they raise, represents that view."

And Peroutka is quick to dismiss Senator Clinton's fundraising prowess. "You've got a candidate who in many ways, from the standpoint of a Christian or a biblical perspective, is not a serious candidate," he says.

"From an American perspective, from an American view of law and liberty and government -- what America was founded on," he continues, "you don't have a serious candidate in Hillary Clinton or John Edwards; and for that matter, you don't have a serious candidate in Romney or Giuliani or McCain."

Peroutka believes the only candidate who comes close to having an "American Biblical" view of law and government is Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas), who holds many libertarian views.

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Well, that pretty well makes it "official". With the endorsement of Congressman Ron Paul by Michael Peroutka (the 2004 Constitution Party Presidential Nominee), following the prior endorsement of Ron Paul by Michael Badnarik (the 2004 Libertarian Party Presidential Nominee), the Third Parties of the Right are lining up SOLIDLY behind Ron Paul's candidacy for the Republican Nomination in 2008.

Don't want "Third Party Spoilers"? Then VOTE RON PAUL in the GOP Primaries!
UNITE THE RIGHT!

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

VOTE RON PAUL!
UNITE THE RIGHT!!

RON PAUL is the RIGHT Candidate for Pro-Life social conservatives.

• Ron Paul introduced the Sanctity of Life Act of 2005, recognizing the Personhood of every unborn baby and removing Abortion from the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
• Ron Paul is rated ZERO percent by the National Abortion Rights Action League.
• Ron Paul is an original co-sponsor of the Marriage Protection Act.
• Ron Paul voted to ban Homosexual adoption in Washington DC.

RON PAUL is the RIGHT Candidate for Tax-Cutting fiscal conservatives.

• Ron Paul is ranked by Human Events as the biggest Tax Cutter in all of Congress. Paul Named #1 Tax Cutter in Congress: “(Paul) is a co-sponsor… of a constitutional amendment to repeal the 16th amendment and end income, gift, and estate taxes. Regularly pushes for tax cuts. Sponsor of bills to allow tax credits for private school tuition, to permit tax deduction of college tuition, and to stop all taxation of Social Security benefits. Opposes all unconstitutional spending programs.”
• Ron Paul has ranked in the 99th percentile of the National Taxpayer Union ratings every year he has been in Congress -- thus standing head and shoulders above his big government Republican rivals like gun-grabber John McCain, transvestite Rudy Giuliani, "Amnesty Sam" Brownback, Mike "Bill Clinton embodies the American Dream" Huckabee, and Pork-Barrel King Duncan Hunter.

RON PAUL is the ONLY 100% Anti-Terrorist candidate.

• The ruling government of Iraq is dominated by the psychopathic gang of murderers known as the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) and the Islamic Al Dawa Party, who are the very same Islamic Terrorist Parties which bombed the US & French Embassies in Kuwait, and murdered 241 United States Marines in Beirut in 1983. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, of the Al Dawa Party, was the Bureau Chief of the Al Dawa Party's terrorist "Jihad Office" in Damascus in the 1980s and was thus heavily responsible for Al Dawa operations in Beirut, while parliament member Jamal Jafaar Mohammed of his ruling coalition is one of the "Kuwait 17", still under a Kuwaiti death sentence (in absentia) for his direct involvement in the vicious attack on the US Embassy in Kuwait! Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate calling for an immediate END to all Military and Financial support for the criminal Islamic Terrorist thug-regime of Iraq.

RON PAUL is the RIGHT Candidate for National Defense and Foreign Affairs.

• Ron Paul voted for the National Missile Defense Act. (source)
• Ron Paul is one of only two co-sponsors of H. Res. 123, for the establishment of a Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs to "conduct a full investigation of all unresolved matters relating to any United States personnel unaccounted for from the Vietnam era, the Korean conflict, World War II, Cold War Missions, or Gulf War, including MIA's and POW's." (POW-MIA InterNetwork)
• Ron Paul supports a strengthened Coast Guard and increased port security, and increased benefits for veterans.
• Ron Paul advocates United States withdrawal from the United Nations and withdrawal from the World Trade Organization. Says Ron Paul: "We don’t need CAFTA or any other international agreement to reap the economic benefits promised by CAFTA supporters, we only need to change our own harmful economic and tax policies. Let the rest of the world hurt their citizens with tariffs; if we simply reduce tariffs and taxes at home, we will attract capital and see our economy flourish." (source).
• "Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country." --U.S. President Ronald Reagan

RON PAUL is the RIGHT Candidate for the Bill of Rights.

• "Congress Unanimously Supports Paul Amendment to Protect Civil Liberties"
• Ron Paul is one of only five Congressmen to have an A+ Rating from the Gun Owners of America.
• Ron Paul Denounces National ID Card.

RON PAUL is the RIGHT Candidate on Illegal Immigration.

• Ron Paul voted for the Secure Fence Act of 2006. “Amnesty for lawbreakers is not the answer, and it’s time to rethink birthright citizenship,” Paul added. ("Paul Votes for Stronger Border Security")
• Ron Paul is a co-sponsor of HR 487, which "expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a NAFTA superhighway or enter into any plans to create a North American Union between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico."
• "We need to allocate far more resources, both in terms of money and manpower, to securing our borders and coastlines here at home. This is the most critical task before us, both in terms of immigration problems and the threat of foreign terrorists. Unless and until we secure our borders, illegal immigration and the problems associated with it will only increase." – Ron Paul (source)

RON PAUL is the ONLY socially-conservative Candidate defending the independence of the Christian Church against Federal "Faith-Based Socialism".

• "Government funding of religious organizations will transform them into adjuncts of the federal welfare state, more concerned about obeying federal rules and regulations than fulfilling the obligations of their faith." – Ron Paul (source). Every other so-called "social conservative" candidate actually FAVORS this underhanded Orwellian Federal assault on the Freedom of the Christian Church.

"I got to know President Reagan in 1976 when, as a freshman congressman, I was one of only four members of that body to endorse then-Governor Reagan’s primary challenge to President Gerald Ford. I had the privilege of serving as the leader of President Reagan’s Texas delegation at the Republican convention of 1976, where Ronald Reagan almost defeated an incumbent president for his party’s nomination. I was one of the millions attracted to Ronald Reagan by his strong support for limited government and the free-market. I felt affinity for a politician who based his conservative philosophy on '...a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom.' I wish more of today’s conservative leaders based their philosophy on a desire for less government and more freedom." – Ron Paul, Remembering Ronald Reagan

In 2008, I'm voting for the REAGAN REPUBLICAN. I'm voting for former Vietnam Combat Flight Surgeon, and Leader of Ronald Reagan's Electoral Delegation from Texas: In 2008, I'm Voting for RON PAUL!

"The greatest champion of conservative principles we have seen in Congress in the past quarter century."
(David T. Pyne, Esq., Vice President of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies)

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

I find the idea of a libertarian being the “Biblical” candidate laughable. As would a lot of libertarians, too, I’d imagine.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Combined with (former Constitution Vice-Presidential Nominee) Chuck Baldwin's earlier supportive articles, the powerful endorsement of Ron Paul, "the only candidate who comes close to having an American Biblical view of law and government", by 2004 CP Presidential Nominee Michael Peroutka means that the full 2004 Constitution Party ticket is now lined up behind Ron Paul.... on top of his previous endorsement by the 2004 Libertarian Nominee.

UNITE THE RIGHT!
VOTE RON PAUL!

[kevkrom]

Well, that pretty well makes it "official". With the endorsement of Congressman Ron Paul by Michael Peroutka (the 2004 Constitution Party Presidential Nominee), following the prior endorsement of Ron Paul by Michael Badnarik (the 2004 Libertarian Party Presidential Nominee), the Third Parties of the Right are lining up SOLIDLY behind Ron Paul's candidacy for the Republican Nomination in 2008.

That will take him all the way from 1% to 1.2%.

[traviskicks]

How much has Ron Paul raised? I recall he had over 500,000 a month or so ago, much before the filing date...

[traviskicks]

well, I dunno, the idea that one answers to God not government for ones actions, that man is king of his castle under God, not government etc... etc... are quite powerful ideas and mesh with biblical and libertarian views, depending on the semantics one prefers.

[pgyanke]

Peroutka slams big-money presidential hopefuls (ONLY ONE American Biblical candidate: RON PAUL)

I take exception to the headline. He's alone if you only look at the front runners. He's not alone if you look at Duncan Hunter. Frankly, I think Hunter has a much better shot at the nomination and would unite the right better. Obviously, you can disagree with me... but that doesn't mean your candidate is alone in standing for America's founding ideals.

[M203M4]

One problem is the hijacking of the libertarian label by left-wing amoralists who wish to have license for and even be afforded hedonism. It comes down to the difference between positive and negative liberties, the the former constituting a bastardization of the very concept of liberty. All liberties are negative liberties. Anyone who fails to grasp or refuses to accept that is not a libertarian. They are Marxist hedonists.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

I find the idea of a libertarian being the “Biblical” candidate laughable. As would a lot of libertarians, too, I’d imagine.

I am a Libertarian.

A former "Big-L" Libertarian at that -- paid the annual Party Dues, registered under Party Membership. I consider Ron Paul to be the BIBLICAL Candidate -- and as a LIBERTARIAN, I'm thrilled with his candidacy.

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:... For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. (Romans 13:3,9)

If Government were to restrict its operations to the Basic Mandate approved by Saint Paul -- the Punishment of Murder and Aggression, Theft, Fraud, Abuse, and Contract-Breaking -- we would enjoy the Best, most Biblical, and most Libertarian government one could ever hope for.

UNITE THE RIGHT!
VOTE RON PAUL!!

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Yeah, but while man answers only to God, individually, at the same time, the Bible also commands Christians to 1) obey every ordinance of man (except, of course, where it EXPLICITLY conflicts with the Word of God, so having to pay taxes doesn’t count) which is not something libertarians are big on, and 2) associate ourselves with a communitarian organisation called “the local church”, through which we are to serve and receive instruction.

[George W. Bush]

Peroutka believes the only candidate who comes close to having an "American Biblical" view of law and government is Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas), who holds many libertarian views.

Peroutka is right. The longer we watch the pre-primary, the less appealing the 'mainstream' candidates are (pretending for a moment there's anything mainstream about any of them).

[PhilCollins]

Tommy Thompson has a better shot at winning the nomination than Rep. Hunter and Rep. Paul. Two of the last three republican Presidents and four of the last five Presidents have been governors, and Thompson was a gov. for 14 years. No one has been elected President while the candidate was a U.S. rep. Tommy Thompson would unite the right. He’s pro-life, pro-tax cuts, pro-welfare cut, and pro-capital punishment.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

How much has Ron Paul raised? I recall he had over 500,000 a month or so ago, much before the filing date...

From what I understand, that's just what he raised off the (crappy) Exploratory Internet website.

I don't know how much he has since raised off the Internet, nor how much he has raised from his personal mailing list of 15,000 regular donors.

I haven't asked Penny (in Ron's office) for that information, and I doubt she would tell me if I asked (we talk on the phone sometimes -- it's not like we're Sunday-night poker buddies). Suffice it to say that he is raising a lot more money, a lot faster, than he has ever raised in his congressional campaigns -- and he's accustomed to running a campaign on a shoe-string budget, so hopefully each million will go a long way.

That's the best I can say for now.

[ex-snook]

Sounds good to me.

Liberal big money controls who is nominated by the big 2 parties. We can only vote for who they fund and they pick liberals in both parties. A conservative candidate will never attract big money nor be allowed in the managed ‘debates’. Money brands true conservative candidates as ‘nut jobs’.

Without campaign finance reform to equalize dollar disadvantage, a conservative candidate will never again get a nomination [which is why big money is against reform, they now contol the process in both parties]. Every election is win-win for liberals.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Yeah, but the thing is, the Bible mandates no single form of government. The Bible merely commands Christians to obey every ordinance for the Lord's sake. This is regardless of whether we live in a Constitutional Republic, a democracy, or a dictatorship. The only exception is where the government would require us to act against EXPLICIT statements in the Word of God. Even then, we must then suffer the consequences of our choice for the Lord, even if it results in persecution for that choice.

What's ironic is that, while we have folks running around basically making the Bible and the Constitution synonymous, the most perfect government that will ever exist will be an absolute monarchy headed by the Lord Jesus Christ during His millennial reign.

[pgyanke]

Don’t know much about him... probably a true assessment. That means the headline is even more offensive...

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Yeah, but the thing is, the Bible mandates no single form of government.

No single form of Government (although Calvinists like myself believe that a Republic is closest to the Biblical ideal); but the Bible does mandate a single Ethical Rule for any form of Government.

See my #10.

Ron Paul is the only GOP Candidate who subscribes to the Bible's Ethical Rule for Government.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

No single form of Government (although Calvinists like myself believe that a Republic is closest to the Biblical ideal);

Then why did Calvin establish an oligarchic theocracy in Geneva?

but the Bible does mandate a single Ethical Rule for any form of Government.

The Bible mandates MORAL law for anyone and everyone, in or out of any government. This is because, ultimately, what is important is not manmade government, but God's eternal truth. And libertarianism is, in its spirit, out of accord with quite a lot of God's eternal truth. The spirit of the law of Moses was most certainly not "live and let live". In fact, the Law of Moses, as well as the institution in the New Testament of the local church and the warnings we see about those whose actions are detrimental to the body as a whole, are communitarian, not individualistic or libertarian. The bad behaviour of one member of Israel was viewed in the Law as a threat to the blessing of all the nation, and to the cohesion of the nation.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Peroutka slams big-money presidential hopefuls (ONLY ONE American Biblical candidate: RON PAUL) I take exception to the headline.

Respectfully, I wasn't stating my own opinion, I was just quoting the opinion of 2004 Constitution Party Presidential Nominee Michael Peroutka: "the only candidate who comes close to having an American Biblical view of law and government is Congressman Ron Paul". I just happen to agree with the former Constitutional Nominee.

He's alone if you only look at the front runners. He's not alone if you look at Duncan Hunter. Frankly, I think Hunter has a much better shot at the nomination and would unite the right better. Obviously, you can disagree with me... but that doesn't mean your candidate is alone in standing for America's founding ideals.

I think that Duncan Hunter is excellent on National Defense and Border Security -- two areas where Ron Paul is also excellent.

HOWEVER, on the question of Fiscal Conservatism -- Duncan Hunter voted ZERO out of NINETEEN on the Flake Anti-Pork Amendments, including the amendment to kill the $250 Million dollar "Bridge to Nowhere" in Alaska -- by comparison, Ron Paul voted 19 out of 19.

Is Taxing hardworking Americans $250 Million dollars to build a pork-barrel bridge to nowhere "standing for America's founding ideals"? Is it Biblical? Given that Romans 13 says that Government is supposed to PUNISH THEFT, would Jesus Christ approve of Taxing hardworking Americans $250 Million dollars to build a pork-barrel bridge to nowhere?

John Calvin, the spiritual godfather of my own beloved Presbyterian Church, taught that Civil Magistrates should regard the Public Taxes as being very nearly as precious as the people's own blood:

Princes, however, must remember, in their turn, that their revenues are not so much private chests as treasuries of the whole people, (this Paul testifies, Rom. 13: 6,) which they cannot, without manifest injustice, squander or dilapidate; or rather, that they are almost the blood of the people, which it were the harshest inhumanity not to spare. They should also consider that their levies and contributions, and other kinds of taxes, are merely subsidies of the public necessity, and that it is tyrannical rapacity to harass the poor people with them without cause.

On THAT basis, Ron Paul -- the ONLY Republican Candidate who consistently earns a National Taxpayer Union "TaxPayer's Friend" Award EVERY YEAR -- is the only GOP Candidate who truly exemplifies Biblical Stewardship (not to mention Solomonic common-sense).

"The only candidate who comes close to having an American Biblical view of law and government is Congressman Ron Paul".

Best, OP