Baldwin Brings Message of Constitutional Government to Midlands

West Columbia, SC

Chuck Baldwin supporters gathered Wednesday in the private room of Maurice's Barbeque to celebrate their candidate and the theme-the Constitution-that is central to his presidential campaign. Baldwin is the Constitution party's candidate for president and is a pastor of Crossroad Baptist Church in Pensacola.

The fundraiser followed several other Wednesday visits in the Columbia area and a Tuesday rally at Greenville Technical College with approximately 300 "energized" supporters, according to Baldwin.

Baldwin warned that if the U. S. doesn't return to Constitutional government, the country will lose its freedoms. “Once you lose your sovereignty and you lose your independence, you also lose your freedoms,” said Baldwin. Many of Baldwin's supporters at the event share this same view. Dale Simpson of Gaston is one such supporter. "I believe that our government has gotten away from the Constitution," he said.

Still others remember Baldwin for his support of former Republican presidential candidate, Ron Paul. "I really appreciate the support he had for Ron Paul," said Columbia resident, Justin Stout. "I agree with pretty much everything he stands for."

But why is he running for office?

To answer the never ending question of why many third party candidates even bother to run for office in the first place, Baldwin refered to a friend and retired M. D. who said he wants to leave his children an inheritance of freedom, rather than money. Baldwin echoed the message, saying, “we are doing what we are doing to give our children and grandchildren an inheritance of freedom.” Baldwin also said, “I am here to take the message of freedom, of liberty, of constitutional government to the American people.”

Protecting freedoms: "If they were going to do it, they would have done it.”

The message Baldwin is delivering isn't one he thinks the major party candidates are emphasizing. “Neither the Republican party nor the Democratic party are going to do anything to restore the liberties of this country,” said Baldwin.

Baldwin also said the Republican's won't do anything on the issue of abortion, a key issue for many Republicans.

In 2001, more than 853,000 legal induced abortions were reported, compared with more than 839,000 in 2004, which was the last year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported such abortion statistics.

Baldwin predicted the figures won't change much in 2009 when President Bush leaves office. And though there was a steady and slight decline in the number of abortions performed during the first half of the Bush Administration, the Supreme Court that many pro-lifers esteem in such hope was predominately Republican. Even the pro-choice Clinton presidency saw a slight decline in the number of abortions over many different years.

"How stupid do they think the American people are?" asked Baldwin.

A series of logical fallacies

Baldwin asked a series of rhetorical questions, the typical simple answers to which don't always add up.

Why are our borders wide open?

Why do we place dictators in power and send our own soldiers to the line of fire in order to dethrone those dictators 10 or 15 years later?

Why do we allow our public school system to deteriorate to the point at which we have to reach outside of the U. S. to find enough qualified people to fulfill our needs for mathmeticians, scientists and CEOs?

Why do we close ports in California and have goods from Asia shipped to Mexico to be delivered by Mexican trucks in the U. S., bypassing American drivers (and therefore jobs) and using the NAFTA superhighway?

Why do we allow globalists to control our government's foreign policy?

On that note, Baldwin adressed concerns over affiliation of McCain, Obama and Bush's cabinet members with such groups as the Council on Foreign Relations, a group whose president, Richard Haass has stated, "Moreover, states must be prepared to cede some sovereignty to world bodies if the international system is to function."

If elected, Baldwin said he will not consider any members of the CFR to be a member of his cabinet.

Also on the agenda is a plan to undo the executive orders put in place by President Bush, former President George H. W. Bush and former President Clinton that have given the Chief Executive such powers as suspending an election during a time of "catastrophic emergency."

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