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Constitution Party selects Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle ticket for Pres/VP
Kansas City Star ^ | April 27, 2008 | Steve Kraske

Posted on 04/27/2008 2:09:43 PM PDT by TheEaglehasLanded

Constitution Party stunner: Chuck Baldwin KOs firebrand Alan Keyes

Convening its national convention in Kansas City today, the Constitution Party picked radio talk-show host Chuck Baldwin over former Ambassador Alan Keyes as its 2008 presidential candidate.

The pick was seen as something of an upset, given Keyes' higher national profile. Known for his fiery stem-winders, Keyes is a two-time GOP presidential candidate who abandoned the Republican Party this month to join the Constitution Party, which believes in limited government and is committed to ending abortion and bringing American troops home from Iraq.

But Baldwin's roots in the Constitution Party run deeper. He was the party's 2004 vice-presidential candidate, and party members said his stands were more in line with party thinking.

"Chuck is the real deal," said Jim Clymer, the party's national chairman.

Still, the two waged a fierce battle described as the most contentious in the party's 16-year history. Baldwin wound up winning easily on a 384-126 vote. The Missouri and Kansas delegations basically split their votes between the two.

"They just rejected the most qualified man to be president," said Tom Hoefling of Lohrville, Iowa, Keyes' national political director. "Chuck Baldwin will have no impact on this election whatsoever."

The party's immediate tasks, Clymer said, are raising money and gaining ballot access in each state. The party now has qualified to be on the ballots of 21 states. He expects the eventual total to top 40 and include Kansas and Missouri.

"We're always short on money," Clymer said.

In his acceptance speech, Baldwin said his presidency would result in the ending of illegal immigration, abortion, the streamlining of the federal government, the tapping of oil reserves in Alaska and withdrawal from Iraq.

"We will stop the international meddling...this international empire-building," Baldwin said.

When he takes office, Baldwin said, "The new world order comes crashing down!"

He pledged not only to pull out of the United Nations, but to push the international organization out of New York.

"The U.N. is going to have to find themselves another (home) because their rent is up in New York City," he said.

He said he would phase out the Internal Revenue Service and end the paying of personal income taxes. He said the country should return to the gold standard.

Home schoolers, he said, would have the best friend they ever had in the White House.

Submitted by Steve Kraske on April 26, 2008 - 12:15pm.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: 2008; alankeyes; baldwin; candidate; chuckbaldwin; constitution; constitutionparty; goldstandard; presidential; thirdparty
I know Chuck Baldwin is good on many issues and has a radio show, but they needed a person who has held some elected office before. He is still an option the way McCain is going, we'll see who the Libertarians nominate.
1 posted on 04/27/2008 2:09:44 PM PDT by TheEaglehasLanded
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To: TheEaglehasLanded

He had me until the “empire-building” idiocy.


2 posted on 04/27/2008 2:11:08 PM PDT by darkangel82 (If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. (Say no to RINOs))
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"He had me until the “empire-building” idiocy."

But we sure must be near what the now defunct British Empire attained.

3 posted on 04/27/2008 2:26:54 PM PDT by ex-snook ("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
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To: ex-snook

They spanned every continent, no one else came close.


4 posted on 04/27/2008 2:28:38 PM PDT by darkangel82 (If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. (Say no to RINOs))
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To: darkangel82
He had me until the “empire-building” idiocy

What do you think we are doing in Afganistan and Iraq? Most established Democracys are friendly to the United States. Look at Japan and Germany before and after WWII. Its freedom, but it is empire building.

5 posted on 04/27/2008 2:41:16 PM PDT by Bommer (There's an (R) next to his name! I must trash my principles & beliefs and vote for the (R)!)
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so is Germany and Japan part of our ‘empire’. If not, we are not empire builders.


6 posted on 04/27/2008 2:56:14 PM PDT by ilgipper
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To: ilgipper

Hey now, don’t try to reason with the Paulites.


7 posted on 04/27/2008 2:57:24 PM PDT by darkangel82 (If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. (Say no to RINOs))
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To: ilgipper
Who's providing their military protection? Who provides them with financial aid? Any democracy is part of OUR empire, just like any communistic country is part of the Russian empire! Any part of the banana republic dictatorship is part of Cubian (or now Venuzualian.) empire. The country that spreads its idology usually calls the shots so yeah they are part of our empire! You see the US going to anyother democracy and kissing their ass? No, they come to our country to kiss ours. And in turn we provide them money, protection and aid!

An empire (from the Latin "imperium", denoting military command within the ancient Roman government) is a state that extends dominion over populations distinct culturally and ethnically from the culture/ethnicity at the center of power. Scholars still debate about what exactly constitutes an empire, and other definitions may emphasize economic or political factors.

8 posted on 04/27/2008 3:16:35 PM PDT by Bommer (There's an (R) next to his name! I must trash my principles & beliefs and vote for the (R)!)
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To: Bommer

Will Keyes now leave this party and seek another one?


9 posted on 04/27/2008 3:46:30 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: TheEaglehasLanded

I agree that they should have nominated someone who has held an office. I read that Bob Smith, who was a republican U.S. senator, 1991-2003, sought the Constitution Party’s presidential nomination. He would have been a better choice than Baldwin.


10 posted on 04/27/2008 3:51:55 PM PDT by PhilCollins
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To: darkangel82
He had me until the “empire-building” idiocy.

Only got this far here...
bringing American troops home from Iraq

11 posted on 04/27/2008 4:11:52 PM PDT by Just A Nobody (PISSANT for President '08 - NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: PhilCollins

Bob Smith lost it too when he endorsed John F. Kerry in 2004.


12 posted on 04/27/2008 4:38:08 PM PDT by Theodore R. ( Cowardice is still forever!)
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To: TheEaglehasLanded
In his acceptance speech, Baldwin said his presidency would result in the ending of illegal immigration, abortion, the streamlining of the federal government, the tapping of oil reserves in Alaska and withdrawal from Iraq.

"We will stop the international meddling...this international empire-building," Baldwin said.

When he takes office, Baldwin said, "The new world order comes crashing down!"

He pledged not only to pull out of the United Nations, but to push the international organization out of New York.

"The U.N. is going to have to find themselves another (home) because their rent is up in New York City," he said.

He said he would phase out the Internal Revenue Service and end the paying of personal income taxes. He said the country should return to the gold standard.

Just like that, he's going to accomplish this all by himself. He obviously doesn't understand how the government works. The RATS are in control of the House and the Senate. HOW, praytell is he going to pass anything as controversial as what he proposes to do here?

13 posted on 04/27/2008 8:32:26 PM PDT by NRA2BFree ("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
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To: TheEaglehasLanded

Disappointing.
Baldwin is on the wrong side of Iraq (he’s on the populist side).

I would have preferred Keyes.


14 posted on 04/28/2008 2:07:15 PM PDT by kidd
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