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Every four years, conservative "pragmatists" trot out the "We Can’t
Let So-And-So Win" mantra. Of course, the so-and-so in question is
always the Democratic Presidential candidate. For all of my adult life,
I have been listening to so-called "conservative" Republicans warn us
of the impending doom that would befall our country if the Democratic
candidate were elected. And this year is no different.
This year’s Republican primary did provide a wonderful
aberration, however, to the usual choices between Tweedledee and
Tweedledum. Republicans had an opportunity to nominate a real American
constitutionalist, a statesman in the similitude of Thomas Jefferson or
James Madison. That man was Texas Congressman, Ron Paul. Unfortunately,
the Republican faithful seem to be incapable of discerning the marks of
true greatness, not to mention fidelity to constitutional government.
It is doubtful that most of them even understand what constitutional
government is. And as for Christian conservatives, they can barely see
any issues beyond abortion and "gay rights." To try and convince them
to support a constitutionalist candidate is like talking to a brick
wall.
So, what choice does the Republican Party offer the American
people this year? The worst of all possible choices: good old John
"McSame" McCain.
Let’s be clear: a John McCain Presidency will be no better than
a Hillary Clinton or a Barack Obama Presidency. In fact, in many ways,
a McCain White House will be WORSE than a Democratic one.
On many issues, there is virtually no distinction between John
McCain and any potential Democratic candidate. John McCain is no friend
to gun owners. He is no friend to pro-lifers. He is no friend to fiscal
conservatives. He is no friend to property owners. He is no friend to
"family values" voters. He is no friend to America’s blue-collar
workers. He is no friend to small business owners. He is no friend to
opponents of illegal immigration.
On the other hand, John McCain is a great friend to Big
Business. Similarly, he is a friend to Big Government and Big Brother.
He is also a friend to open borders, supranational government,
regionalism, and American imperialism.
But this is where the Boogeyman comes in.
At this point, Republican Party lackeys will break in and say,
"We can’t let Hillary Clinton win. We can’t let Barack Obama win." Even
the favored son of the Religious Right, Mike Huckabee, has endorsed
John McCain, not to mention Mitt Romney and virtually every other
Republican "bigwig." (Thank God, Ron Paul has maintained his integrity
by NOT endorsing McCain.)
I, for one, am fed up with this baloney, because what we are
actually faced with is not the "lesser of two evils" but "the evil of
two lessers." (To quote a good friend of mine.) And the reason John
McCain would actually be a worse President than either Obama or Clinton
is because of the manner in which conservatives go to sleep whenever a
Republican occupies the Oval Office. Furthermore, the next couple of
years are "crunch time" for this burgeoning North American Union and
related issues.
America is currently facing the most serious threat to its
national independence and sovereignty since the War of 1812. The forces
of globalism have declared an all-out war against our country’s
independence. Illegal immigration, the NAFTA superhighway, the North
American Community, a regional currency called the Amero, and "free
trade" deals are just a few of the weapons in their arsenal. And John
McCain will use every bit of his power as President to facilitate all
of this chicanery. And, because McCain is a Republican, conservatives
and Christians will sit back and let it happen without even the
slightest whimper of resistance. If Obama or Clinton were sitting in
the Oval Office, however, massive numbers of conservatives and
Christians would rise in protest over every inch of ground ceded to
these nefarious nabobs. So, tell me, who is the greater evil? I say it
is John McCain.
I realize that there are many readers shouting to themselves
right now and saying, "So what do we do, Chuck? We have to vote for one
or the other." To which I say, No you don’t. You can think outside the
box. You don’t have to throw your vote away on either of these wretched
candidates. You can cast a vote for principle and vote for a third
party candidate.
I can hear readers screaming at me now, saying that voting for
a third party candidate is a wasted vote. I strongly disagree! Casting
a vote for a person who you know is unfaithful to your principles is a
wasted vote! Voting for someone who you know will keep our borders and
ports open to illegals, continue George Bush’s preemptive war doctrine,
and facilitate a burgeoning hemispheric government--not to mention
someone who will increase and augment a burgeoning Orwellian police
state--is a wasted vote!
At some point, we Americans must decide whether we will
tolerate the continued sellout of our freedoms and principles or not.
Will we swallow the shallow squeals of the establishment elite who
think we are a bunch of sheep to be herded into their New World Order?
Or will we stand our ground? Will we vote our principles and our
conscience?
It does not matter that the pundits and experts say we can’t
win. That is not our business. As John Quincy Adams said, "Duty is
ours; results are God’s." When will Christians, especially, quit trying
to play politics and start standing for principle? They talk a lot
about principle, but when it comes down to where the rubber meets the
road, most don’t act like people of principle.
If God intends to give America another chance, if He intends to
return these United States to constitutional government, and if He
intends to preserve America’s independence, it will only come in the
form of a miracle. And miracles do not happen by the machinations of
pragmatic planners. Miracles are just that.
America was born a miracle, and it could now be given a new
birth by miracle. If so, it would demand that people of principle start
acting like it. That we cast aside the pragmatic, the reasonable, the
sophisticated, and the expected. That we--as did the priests of
old--would be willing to step out into the raging current of the Jordan
River, knowing that either God would part the water or we would drown.
That we would be willing to sign our names to a document--as did our
Founding Fathers--that would make us either the enemies of the state or
the inventors of a new nation. It means taking risks; it means doing
the impractical; it means rejecting accepted wisdom and standing for
principle.
I am convinced that only a miracle can save America now. And I
am expecting God to grant such a miracle. Beyond that, I am willing to
do my part to place myself in a position to let God use my voice and my
vote to accomplish this miracle. And if that means voting for someone
who "has no chance of winning" in order to let God take the glory for
whatever victory results, it is the least I can do. So, who will join
me?
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