Aug 27 2008
Constitution Candidate Visits South Carolina
Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party Candidate for President toured through the state this weekend and had this to say at a stop in Spartanburg:
“Our Founding Fathers did not pledge their support to - I’m sorry Mr. McCain - a ‘Declaration of Interdependence,’ ” Baldwin said. “And when we lose our independence, we lose our freedoms, and we lose our sovereignty.”
Baldwin labeled the Patriot Act unconstitutional, said domestic drilling could make this country energy independent in four years, and called the United Nations “a sinister organization run by Marxists, socialists and communists.”
The candidate proposed abolishing the Department of Education, the Department of Energy, the IRS and the federal income tax. He pledged to do what Newt Gingrich tried to do in 1994 with his “Contract with America.”
“We need to slash spending,” Baldwin said. “The only difference between Democrats and Republicans is Democrats want to tax and spend and Republicans want to borrow and spend.”
I love it. I agree with everything he said. Indeed, it takes me back to the election of 1994 when the Republicans were a party worth giving a damn about. Imagine if they had actually practiced such an ambitious agenda during the six years they had control in the Bush Administration. What a waste.
Sadly, don’t hold your breath for Mr. Baldwin.
Spartanburg County Republican Party Chairman Rick Beltram, who attended most of Tuesday’s event, predicted Baldwin would win less than 1 percent of the vote in South Carolina come November.
“That party has never shown up as more than an asterisk,” he said.
He’s right and this year won’t be any different. Americans are nowhere close to breaking the shackles of the two party system that have imprisoned us all these years. Until the voting populace opens their eyes and are really ready for change, candidates like Mr. Baldwin and other third party and independent candidates will be but token opposition.
