It's Chuck Baldwin for President!
Next challenge is Ballot Access in Texas
(Kansas City) - By an overwhelming majority, the Constitution Party in national convention selected today as its candidate for president Dr. Chuck Baldwin, rejecting the campaign bid of Dr. Alan Keyes in a vote of 383-125. Baldwin was the party's candidate for vice-president in 2004, and has been a long-time supporter of the party. Tennessee Attorney Darrell Castle was chosen as the VP candidate.
Dr. Baldwin is founder and pastor of Crossroads Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida, and he has been in great demand as a public speaker on issues of government, politics and faith. His ministry website is www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/, and a biography of Pastor Baldwin may be found at www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/sketch.html
Dr. Howard Phillips, Founder of the Constitution Party, and still very influential in it, spoke of the need to have our own candidate, from within party ranks, as a necessary part of the process of building a solid party for the long haul, wherein we might "raise a standard to which the wise and honest may repair." Phillips hammered hard on the point that Alan Keyes is a neocon who had been a member of the party for only five days.
Texas Chairman Bryan Malatesta said in a telephone interview from Kansas City, "It gave me a great sense of pride to cast all nine of Texas' votes for Dr. Chuck Baldwin, who is the only national presidential candidate who stands without compromise for getting the US out of the United Nations, defends the right to keep and bear arms without restrictions, calls for the abolition of the income tax, and an end to foreign aid when we can't afford to pay our own way. I remind all Texans that the next goal is for us to achieve ballot access in Texas, a very difficult process, requiring over 50,000 signatures on petitions."
According to political analyst Daniel New, long-time member of the party, "Baldwin was our logical candidate, our 'home-grown' candidate -- an honest man who agrees with out platform, can articulate our message, and whose greatest qualification may well be that he did not want the job, and only reluctantly accepted the nomination!" Asked about Alan Keyes, New explained, "Dr. Keyes is a fantastic orator -- his skills leave everyone else in the dark. His biggest problem may be one of perception, that he was perceived by members of the party as being a neocon, rather than a staunch constitutionalist. Running from party to party to be a perennial candidate may have caused some delegates to wonder if Keyes is just a 'party animal'. I've actually heard that term used. Keyes' stated stand for a mandatory military draft and a draft for national service certainly did not set well with some delegates, while others have cited to me that his penchant for working within the United Nations is totally inconsistent with our party platform.
For more information, go to www.constitutionparty.org/.
To donate or get active in the Constitution Party in Texas, go to www.CPTexas.org/.
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Respect yourself, the morning after the election -
Vote for Chuck Baldwin for President!
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