Posted on 04/24/2008 9:04:17 AM PDT by Between the Lines
While Democrats and Republicans look months ahead to the national conventions of their parties, one political group gathers in our backyard this week to declare its presidential nominee.
The Constitution Party is holding its national convention through Saturday at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City.
As its name implies, the party has as its guiding principle a strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. Its mission statement reads, in part: "It is our goal to limit the federal government to its delegated, enumerated, Constitutional functions and to restore American jurisprudence to its original Biblical common-law foundations."
The party began in 1992 as the U.S. Taxpayers Party but changed to its current name in 1999.
Credential and platform committees began meeting Wednesday afternoon. The convention wraps up Saturday with a state roll call to elect a presidential nominee. Alan Keyes, who announced his departure from the Republican Party last week, is seen as the likely Constitution Party nominee.
David Schantz of St. Joseph, who will not attend the Kansas City convention because of work commitments, said he liked Dr. Keyes' views on the Constitution, immigration and gun rights.
Party officials welcomed Dr. Keyes, a diplomat during the Reagan Administration.
"You can almost hear a nationwide standing ovation," Jim Clymer, the party's national committee chairman, said. "Ambassador Keyes joins millions of Americans abandoning the party that long ago abandoned them. Keyes had the courage to say what a lot of folks have been thinking for years -- that the Republican Party’s leadership is way out of touch with its base."
Sorry. They lost credibility by nominating Keyes.
IIRC some states will not allow a candidate to appear on the general election ballot if they appeared on the primary ballot under a different party.
If McCain picks a pro-abort VP, I might consider it. But otherwise, no.
Have to agree. Keyes is a self-promoter who has ridden his one time Reagan administration job about as far as it can take him. He joined the party yesterday, and today he is there nominee? That’s a pretty damning proof that the party is lacking in home-grown leadership.
“It is our goal to limit the federal government to its delegated, enumerated, Constitutional functions and to restore American jurisprudence to its original Biblical common-law foundations.”
I wonder what part of that statement supports reparations for slavery, which Keyes supports???
They are holding their convention in a hotel ballroom in KC.
The expect 300 delegates. From what I saw on TV they won’t get near that number.
The main purpose of the Constitution Party is to separate fools from their money. If a viable third party ever arises none of the people in charge of the Constitution Party will be
there.
I don’t think it will make any difference as to who they nominate to be their loser this time around. It might as well be Keyes and let him go for his 7th loss as a candidate:
Twice in MD
Once in IL
Three times as GOP nominee
7th..... CP presidential nominee
The CP convention has all the credibility of a game of Dungeons and Dragons. “Look at me, I have the mace and I am the nominee!”
It was long before that.
Roll the twelve-sided die to select a running mate!
“Seven.”
Your running mate is . . . the “gelatinous cube.”
good one!
“You can almost hear a nationwide standing ovation,” Jim Clymer, the party’s national committee chairman...”
Uh, yeah...you can...almost...hear it....riiiight.
Alan Keyes is a hater. He disowned his own daughter when she came out as a lesbian right after he lambasted Cheney for having a lesbian daughter.
If you won’t help your own child, don’t expect my vote.
They lost credibility by nominating Keyes.”
When did they have credibility? I must have missed that.
Their choice is....John McCain (who can't wait to give our country over to millions of illegals...
(Rule of Law....we don't need no rule of law)...
Or Barack Hussein Obama, ( nurtured by a racist, anti-American pastor.)
Or Hillary Clinton....& her Huma :^
Yeah, great choice...
..and yet you ridicule Alan Keyes.
OK hotshots....what have you got better???????????????????
Twice in MD
Once in IL
Three times as GOP nominee
7th..... CP presidential nominee”
Yes, but each time he came just soooo close....
Sinus Supremus!
Zero Charisma!
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