Posted on 04/26/2008 5:34:17 PM PDT by deport
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.
The CP, if they took their position on abortion and prayers out, would be the exact same thing as the Liberaltarians.
See Falcon Party for the new conservative force.
Good. He’s free to join and support us, but he will not be in leadership in FALCON.
Good. He’s free to join and support us, but he will not be in leadership in FALCON.
But isn’t the mass extermination of all lawyers one of the planks?
You can’t lose if you don’t play.
You are perfectly free to play in the formerly conservative GOP. The Reaganites are moving on.
At least he kept his promise and stayed in Illinois to help rebuild the Republican party. Oh, wait.....he lied? Never mind.
All that I can say is that anyone in this "Two-Party Cartel" since RR has done nada for me & many Americans. So you all can go out & get kicked around again for 4 more yrs with these bought & paid for hacks. I may be only one of 50 who votes for Chuck but so far he leads. Doncha wonder why we have these 3 hacks put into this position?
he also failed as a talk show host on the radio...
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Because the CP is full of a bunch of racist, xenophobic, religious fanatics?
chuck should change his first name to alec......
or.... you get the idea, screw with the dhims
Please tell me you’re kidding with this FALCON party nonsense.
I wonder if Baldwin will be invited back to the Laura Ingraham radio show. As for the Alan Keyes (aka the drama queen) maybe he can move to Nebraska and run for the senate.
No? Well.
Maybe he spent all his money on overhead costs and had nothing to spend on actual campaigning.....
Perhaps because a president can't accomplish any of these things without dictatorial powers. He would need a cooperative Congress to send him the legislation.
So... what's the Constitution Party doing to elect people to Congress?
Its depressing how so many freepers are so down on Alan Keyes.
He’s an experienced, principled guy who is fighting for virtually the same things as most freepers. When you make fun of him just because he has lost a few rounds you undermine the cause of conservatism.
This is why John McCain-Feingold I-believe-in-global-warming is going to win. Thanks a lot guys.
Dude, I just found the candidate I will vote for come November.
Thanks for pointing him out.
Keyes is a fruit loop as is the rest of the CP.
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