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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Paul + Baldwin = No More Support from Me

It's a simple calculation. Ron Paul has decided to add his support to Chuck Baldwin; therefore, I have decided to subtract my support from Ron Paul (ouch, feel the sting Paulie?). Baldwin and his Constitution Party hold the view that this country was founded on, and should move more overtly toward a Christian ethic based government. They state specifically in their party platform that "Education as a whole, therefore, cannot be separated from religious faith." To me, this is untenable and unacceptable. If it were true, we would still be teaching our children that the sun revolves around the Earth. They say they affirm the 1st Amendment, and in the next breath want to ban pornography. Baldwin himself has been quoted as blaming 9/11 on a wrathful god three days after the attack. "For nearly a half-century, we have forsaken the moral principles of Heaven. We have legally murdered too many unborn babies. We have too readily accepted aberrant, sexual behavior. We kicked Heaven out of our schools, out of our homes, and out of our hearts. As a result, God is giving us a little taste of Hell." With this view, how would he shape his foreign policy, with a Magic 8 Ball?

~Adam

[edit 10/29] I re-read the above post an realised I never mentioned what my conclusions about Paul were. The reason I was attracted to him in the first place was I believed he was a man on principle. His consistent voting record, his speeches on the market, his solid stance on eliminating government departments all led me to this conclusion. However, with the press conference he called inviting all manner of statists and (as mentioned above) his endorsement of Baldwin I now see that he is just another big L Libertarian that has trouble telling the difference between principles and disgruntlement with the current system.