Letter From The Constitution Party

While I supported Keyes some years ago. He lost me when he backed NAFTA and ridiculed the countering point of view as isolationsist. He recently mocked Ron Paul on a local radio show I listened too. READ - NEOCON in conservative clothing.

The Neo-cons control the Republican party and if that will be the party that is the most effective tool to bring back Constitutional government, then Ron Paul has hinted that he may start a political organization to train folks to run and win within their own districts. Let's stick with this guy as he has integrity and even the political experince repeatedly winning his house seat despite some determined efforts to remove him by his own party! You can't buy that.

BTW, the John Birch Society has always advocated that the Legislative branch, specifically the House of Representatives, is where the focus of the fight should be directed. That the Executive or Judicial branch efforts are distractions and are at best temporary and limited. Real lasting change will occur there in the House as they hold the purse strings.

"...real and effective change can only come from flipping the neo-conservative party back to its paleo-conservative roots, "the old right"."

To all who think we are going to somehow be able to "retake" the Republican party and cnvert it back to the "old right" platform, I say good luck, but goodbye.

I will not partake in this agenda. If we, the revolutionaries in this movement, haven't identified the incredibly destructive influence of political parties over politics, then maybe I'm just missing something here. I don't think I am, but being an open minded individual I am always willing to listen to counter-arguments.

In my opinion, we should not be working to get more of us INTO the Republican party, we should be trying our damndest to get the American people OUT of both parties. We need to build a large contingent of Independents in this country who understand the fight we're in for our liberty. Removing all undue advantage from both parties will be the only way we can truly achieve a society whereby people think for themselves, and who judge candidates not by their party but by their platform.

If we overtake the Republican party and do not achieve widespread enlightenment then we will have acomplished nothing. All we will have done is shifted the policy of the Republican party whereby MOST Republicans will fall right back asleep, trusting that the party leaders are looking out for their interests. It's this lazy attitude that has led the American people to be completely duped into trusting these fools. Regardless of how righteous our motives are, having a continually uneducated and uninvolved electorate will in no way help us to regain our liberty, or to preserve it going forward.

But that's just my $.02.

would nominate Keyes.
The hissing and groaning started as soon as his name was mentioned at the NJ state CP meeting 2 weeks ago!
He is not well liked in the CP.

Why is it...I mean, I really don't get this...why is it that there are so many people more devoted to the name of a party, or to the furtherance of a party, than to the furtherance of peace, freedom, liberty, the Constitution...the true American ideals?

When and how did we become a nation of devotion to labels, more than devotion to liberty?

A card-carrying LP member for many years, I quickly and happily changed my political registration to Rep. just so that I could vote for Ron Paul, because he is the one man who not only has a long track record of defending our Constitution, but has the experience in Washington that a lot of other well-meaning but inexperienced "other party" candidates lack.

Members of all the third parties (heck; members of all parties) would be wise to recognize that party names and platforms are meaningless when the actions (or inactions) of its elected officials are antithetical to the very ideals their party professes. To blindly defend a party is to vote for a group, rather than taking into consideration the individual candidate and what he/she intends to do in office. There may be a fabulous liberty-defending candidate hiding in any party; to write that person off due to their political affiliation is mindless. Does this not remind you of some of RP's very words, about groups vs. individuals?

Ron, I wouldn't care if you were a member of the Bananafofanna Party -- I'd register under any title to support you.

And since RP is using the Republican banner, then that's where I am, all the way to November. Because no political affiliation matters more to me than "American".

Called a friend last night and to my surprise he actually agreed with me that after this election cycle the respective parties will undoubtedly be split into many factions. If the Democrats nominate Hillary with super delegates over a popular vote for Obama young Democrats will explode with anger.

On the right we have a similar situation brewing if the REAL candidate, Ron Paul doesn't make it as the nomination.

There's never been a more perfect time for a major coalescing of the splintered 3rd parties into a massive original grassroots TOLERANT party with one thing in mind.... Constitutional principles. Agreeing on all the wedge issues is not important but the integrity of our Republic is.

I'm voting for Ron Paul, and no one else.

We used to work to build the Constitution Party, but it is full of pragmatists, just like the Republican Party, so we might as well work to elect good candidates through the Republican Party, where we don't need to spend our funds and time gaining ballot access every few years, which then doesn't give anyone any time or funds to run an actual campaign!!!!

They lost a lot of their best supporters and workers last election cycle due to a major internal conflict, so they probably won't even make it on the ballot in as many states as they have in the past. The Montana Constitution Party isn't even affiliated with the national party any longer. Michael Peroutka, their nominee from 2004 also no longer supports the NATIONAL party.

won´t happen. Support Ron Paul instead.

While I respect the CP, and I did almost leave the Republican Patry for it, I have come to the conclusion, as has Ron Paul, that the only way to change the system is from WITHIN the 2 major Parties.

That is why I believe we must stay registered Republican through November and then the more liberal people should join the Democrats to bring them back to the center - away from Socialism.

And the rest of us must take back the GOP to CONSERVATISM!

Last night on FOX, Frank Luntz (I know, he's an idiot) had his Democratic "focus group" in DC talking about Hillary and Obama. 2 women (one was black) said they were for Obama because they are afraid of Hillary's Universal Healthcare plan - they said that because it was mandatory that they feared healthcare would get worse, not better, and since Obama's plan will not "force" anyone to signup that it was better.
These are real democrats - NOT Republicans.

The Democratic Party truly needs to get off the Communist bandwagon - even their base thinks so.

We have a perfect opportunity to steer both Parties in the right direction - but we cannot do it by joining a Third Party.

I may be a vegetarian, but I'll defend to the death my right to eat pork!