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What 3rd party candidate do you agree with most on their positions.

There is a poll up so now lets vote and see where the 3rd party candidates stand.

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I would also like to see people put their pick here.

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Barr

Ralph Nader = Social-democrat (socially liberal; fiscally left-wing)

Bob Barr = Libertarian (socially liberal; fiscally right-wing)

Chuck Baldwin = Paleo-conservative (socially conservative; fiscally right-wing)

Since I'm a libertarian, I chose Barr. Although he has changed position on a number of issues, I have to judge him on his current positions. That doesn't mean I'm a Barr supporter, however.

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Diane Beal Templin for President

Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin are compromisers. Bob Barr is because he believes that abortion should be legal in cases of rape and incest and Chuck Baldwin is because his arm had to be twisted to vote for the disaffiliation of the Nevada Independent Party from the Constitution. Before that, he failed to bring the issue up at the National Committee Meeting when he had promised to. I have also heard that Barr actually paid for an abortion.

Both Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin are cozy with neoconfederates.

http://agoodchoice.blogsp...

http://totalactionradio.c...

Diane Beall Templin is a reasonable alternative with no hypocrisy or neoconfederate leanings.

http://www.theamericanpar...

Matthew Miller

It seems

like a big stretch to say Barr and Baldwin are cosy with neoconfederates. Barr did not knew about CCC and was invited to speak there years ago about the Clinton impeachment case and when he found out what they are, he immediately left after his speech. Charles Jay is hardly the person you can quote if you knew about the issues. He would be strongly pro-choice, pro-prostitution etc. BTW. About abortion in exceptions there is difference of opinion, especially between the Catholic church and some in the Protestant churches. With Barr's ex-wife, I think it was about sickness, she had cancer or something like that and was afraid she might die. In that case, I would allow for an exception, as one deals with the life of the mother.
In general: in politics you need to compromise on non-essential principles at times...

The American Party is

The American Party is essentially like the Constitution Party. They're both theocratic; I could never support either one.

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I support Ron Paul and only

I support Ron Paul and only Ron Paul.
If he's not in it, then I'm not voting.
I'd vote Libertarian if they were still really Libertarians.
However, your vote is wasted on all of them anyway.
They dont get enough votes, and never will.
And Diebold decides for us anyway.

And for anyone that says if you dont vote then you cant bitch about the outcome.
I say, the hell I cant.
Im an American and I can do whatever I wish.

Stick that in yer pipe and smoke it

couldn't have said that better

DITTO!

That is one of the most

annoying sites on the net.

Someone needs to slap that webmaster around and tell him that auto-playing audio when a user clicks to their site is extremely rude. No website should take control of my hardware or do anything I don't explicitly request it to do.

(There is a 'stop' button, but it doesn't work - even more annoying)

Mary Ruwart

would be my choice. I knew very little of her before the libertarian national convention, but after hearing her speak [both at the podium and otherwise] I was won over instantly. She's actually a big RP supporter and a true libertarian.

The problem is Mary lost the

The problem is Mary lost the nomination to Bob Barr and the (L) has now started to split because of the nomination of Barr. I also Like Mary very much and we interviewed her on revolution broadcasting as well as every other (L) candidate 2 weeks prior to the convention in CO.

I will answer some more comments a little later tonight.

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Dr. Steve Parent

Paris Hilton

She could probably outdebate the four ne'er-do-wells I list below. Here's her campaign video. Enjoy!

http://www.funnyordie.com...

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Ron Paul isnt an option. I

Ron Paul isnt an option. I will not vote for a flip-flopping man or a theocrat.

And if Ventura runs third party, I wont vote for him either.

Barr is also not a

Barr is also not a flip-flopping man. Do you know the difference between flip-flopping in order to get more votes and a genuine change of view in the light of better insight? Baldwin is also not a theocrat at all. He does advocate a return to the constitution and not a change in the constitution a la Huckabee. Or do you view the constitution as being a theocratic document?
Interesting that both Barr and Baldwin will speak at at Denver during the DNC see http://www.rightmarch.com /pac/ They also propose Dr. Paul as VP and reject Romney, Huckabee, Giuliani etc. as RINO's.

Ron Paul isn't an option

Ron Paul isn't an option because he is not 3rd party.

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Dr. Steve Parent

It's actually hard to

It's actually hard to decide, because on the Constitution Party side, we have an unappealing platform but a good candidate...and on the Libertarian side, we have a good platform with an unappealing candidate.

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PROVE IT

"Our founding fathers certainly took stronger Christians positions than Baldwin is and look at the respect of rights and liberties the people had back then."

Prove it. The Enlightenment thinkers were atheists, who fought against the Divine-Right of Kings. Jefferson and the founders took their ideas from the Enlightenment, not from their bibles. Read a book.

double post

double post

Even if that statement is

Even if that statement is true, there were slaves back then. Some rights. The honest truth is that this country has never been truly free.

Some entlightment thinkers

Some entlightment thinkers were atheists, but most definitely not all. There were several christians, although they would not be regarded as "orthodox christians". Kant and Hegel were still a Protestant Christians, Pascal and Descartes were deeply religious men. Several, not all founding fathers were christians. The fact is there were christians, atheists, deists, (Mormons?) etc. who struggled together and achieved consensus. Jefferson was NOT an atheist! He believed himself to be a Christian and also referred to the Bible. Take a listen to these important and substantial video:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...
http://www.youtube.com/wa...
http://www.youtube.com/wa...

The guy who has made these videos is also a supporter of Dr. Paul and Barr:
http://www.youtube.com/wa...

Ever heard of Pascal's choice?

Pascal was certainly NOT a deeply religious man. His reasoning for his religion was thus:

If I choose to not be Christian and am right, nothing happens when I die, however if I am wrong I go to hell. If I choose to be a Christian, and am wrong nothing happens, however, if I am right, I avoid hell.

Hence, mathematically speaking, given those variables, he had only one viable option, be Christian.

There are variables that I don't believe he took into account, but that is a different discussion.

The point is, if THAT is "deeply religious" then I misunderstand the definition of "deeply religious".

Nice analysis

Also, I Pascal just randomly chose the Christian god in his wager. Why didn't he take the Hindu god?

It had to do with his background and upbringing...

Not to mention, few religions sell hell and damnation better than Christianity... :) (No offense to Christians in general)...

Jefferson was a Christian?

"I have recently been examining all known superstitions of the world. I find in our particular superstition, Christianity, not one redeeming feature, they are all alike founded on fable and mythology."

-Thomas Jefferson

Dude

Who gives a shit whether someone is a Christian, diest, athiest, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist, whatever, so long as they are for liberty and limited government?

I am down with Barr and Baldwin, especially over Obambya and McSame.
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As long as

He's not a mason. Those guys eat babies and worship chickens with goat balls.
For those who don't get it. That my friends is called sarcasm.

Some atheists are totally

Some atheists are totally unwilling to extend to any trust toward Baldwin because he's a Christian and a preacher. I can understand their consternation with the CP platform, but labeling Baldwin a 'theocrat' is just narrow-minded prejudice.

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Jefferson

Jefferson even tried to rewrite the New Testament without the divinity of Jesus. Great study guide for Jews, heresy for Christians.

That's the "Jefferson Bible"

I posted a link to it here a while back. (look it up ;-)
Basically he cut out all the "miracles" and "mumbo-jumbo".

ONE of them was confirmed as

ONE of them was confirmed as an atheist--Thomas Paine. 98% of the Founders were Deists and Christians (including Jefferson), not atheists.

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Jefferson would most certainly

be an atheist if he were alive today. He probably would have seen through his deistic beliefs.

And would have become

a Christian.

I doubt it

" I have recently been examining all known superstitions of the world. I find in our particular superstition,Christianity, not one redeeming feature, they are all alike founded on fable and mythology."

-Thomas Jefferson

I think most were deists actually

Though if they were alive today most would probably be atheists.

Chuck Baldwin

People that are against Baldwin for his distinctively Christian stances need to admit that he is truly going after the roots of big government whereas Barr is only chopping at a few limbs, that is if you can trust him, I don't. Barr has claimed to have a change of heart but without a record to prove it, he becomes a huge risk.

Our founding fathers certainly took stronger Christians positions than Baldwin is and look at the respect of rights and liberties the people had back then.

I don't want to get too philosophical, unless someone wants me to, but without the Christian conception of special rights and liberties that distinguish human beings from the rest of the animal kingdom, there are no such things as inalienable rights, rights reduce down to merely suvival of the fittest. If I didn't see every human being as having special rights coming from the fact that they are made in the image of God, how could I argue that you have such rights? Lions sure don't respect the "rights" of the antelope he eats.

GoogleRon Paul really...

Lets examine your statement, first Chuck Baldwin has NO RECORD because he has never been elected to anything. So its easy to blab about what you say you are about, and its another thing to actually do it.

I think its great that Baldwin is Christian, so am I, but I think people are more concerned that he chose to run on the CP which has its own views on Christianity and have some leaders in that party that are anti-Catholic, its not about Baldwin.

But here's the bottom line, Ron Paul can't even vote for Chuck Baldwin in his own state as the CP is not on the ballot in Texas. The LP and Bob Barr are on the ballot, and as you know Dr. Paul is not very hip on Write-In voting. So look for Dr Paul to at least say he is voting for Barr, and that is where the tire meets the road. Baldwin is not going to be on the ballot in about 15-20 states, and California has now dissaffiliated from the CP so they won't have ballot access there either.

Bob Barr is the only candidate that can actually get our message out, but vote for whoever you like, Barr is the only sensible choice because of ballot access, name recognition and the ability to get on the MSM.

Well SGP I Have Defended You In The Past But Now I'm Really...

Starting to wonder about the context of your post's at this time of the battle.
Why not keep focused on a delegate revolt along with DVDs for delegates?

I mean you have a part of the delegates so to speak so why not stay on that topic or are you just tired and wavering and really don't see what is really possible in Sept.???

I personally and can speak for many others here that we don't give a rat's ass right now hearing about Barr or Balwin or anyone else for that matter.

Wait until after Sept 2nd.Oh, and by the way I will write in Ron Paul if he does not get the nomination. There is no way I would vote for Barr or Baldwin.

Paper Ballots,Hand Counted At The Precinct Or Bust

What makes you think I ever

What makes you think I ever stopped supporting the dvds4delegates project? Talk to Evan Cutler and ask him about my support? I have done things and suggested things to help them and will continue to do so. I thought I was clear that if Ron Paul wins the nomination he has my vote and Chuck will go back and campaign for him. Have you even heard what Chuck Has said in the past? He won't run against Ron Paul and Chcuk worked very hard on Ron Paul's Presidential campaign from Ron Paul's own mouth on CNN.

I wish people would not presume to know about my positions and just becaome educated on how things actually work and if there was and confusion on my position I apologize for it.

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Dr. Steve Parent

Relax. Imagine Your Dream Slate

Imagine having these candidates to choose from:

Ron Paul (R)
Ron Paul Jr. (D)
Bob Barr (L)
Chuck Baldwin (C)
Jesse Ventura (I)

Whoo, hoo! I can't wait to have an almost all libertarian/small government slate! Of course, what we really need is a libertarian/constitutional Congress.

IMissLiberty

It would actually be easier

It would actually be easier to elect a constitutionalist/libertarian President than Congress. The deteriorating separation of powers almost makes this mandatory if we want to get anywhere.

I'd vote for Ron Paul on a third party first, but since that doesn't look likely to happen, I support Pastor Baldwin.

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Barr.

The Constitution Party has a contradictory combination of beliefs in its platform; look at this mess:

1) Pro-capitalism/individualism + no women in the military, no gambling, no free market for recreational drugs = NOT pro-capitalism and individualism
2) For the war on drugs + against the war in Iraq = not in accordance with the libertarian non-initiation of force principle.
3) pro- Capitalism(western)(rational self-interest) + pro-Christian(middle-eastern)(preaches altruism) = ZERO
4) anti-gay marriage + Anti-NWO = A VERY UNIQUE COMBINATION OF BELIEFS!!!

The simpler version of the fuzzy logic of the CP:
1) apple + orange = not-apple
2) not-apple + not-orange = apple
3) apple + not apple = apple
4) apple on planet A + orange from Planet Z = 2 apple/orange hybrids

Strange!!!!!

The Constitution Party is violating the Constitution

What a joke. The opposition to drugs is just assanine...

Actually, that's incorrect.

The Constitution Party opposes federal anti'drug laws.

chuck baldwin

wants to stop illegal drugs at the boarder. Wayne Root is against the international drug war

I don't believe that is a Constitutional position

I don't recall there being a list of plants/substances that the gov't was authorized to ban,

OK that's good, but do they support

individuals state laws against drugs?

Here's why

These are directly from the CP website. As you can see they are very clear. Agree or disagree there's no hidden agenda.

Seven Principles of the Constitution Party are:

1. Life: For all human beings, from conception to natural death;
2. Liberty: Freedom of conscience and actions for the self-governed individual;
3. Family: One husband and one wife with their children as divinely instituted;
4. Property: Each individual's right to own and steward personal property without government burden;
5. Constitution: and Bill of Rights interpreted according to the actual intent of the Founding Fathers;
6. States' Rights: Everything not specifically delegated by the Constitution to the federal government is reserved for the state and local jurisdictions;
7. American Sovereignty: American government committed to the protection of the borders, trade, and common defense of Americans, and not entangled in foreign alliances.

I am more closely aligned with Chuck Baldwin than Bob Barr. Most people coming to the constitution party are former republicans and libertarians.

The 3rd party or Independent candidate......

that will be on the most ballots and has the highest national polling should be the pick for the R3VOLUTION. I like some of what Barr says but still dont fully trust that he has had some sort of major transformation of his old views. Baldwin also has some good things to say but he won't qualify for more than 30 state ballots plus the CP's platform and Chuck's writings are way to moralistic and religious based that they will turn away a lot of voters. I know many will bitch and moan, but the alternate candidate that will be on the most ballots and have the highest national polling average will be Ralph Nader. He's polling at 6% right now and should be on 45 state ballots. If he has a chance to make the debates with a little help from us civil-libertarian conservatives, why not push him over the edge and get him into the debates to guarantee a civil-liberatrian anti-war voice on the stage.

48-49 or 50 State ballots for Libertarians

Your data is out-of-date. Barr will be on in most if not all states and in the territories.

We're still working on ballot access, and the ACLU just filed on our behalf in Ohio (if I recall correctly). We just won in another state, and many of the other remaining ones are not a problem.

IMissLiberty

I agree with Ventura! Voting for Bob Barr (Not set in stone)

How come so many chuck baldwin fans? Seems to me anyone who really understands RP's views would vote for Bob Barr. RP is a religous man but keeps his beliefs in check and refers to the constitution, much like the recent voting record of Bob Barr. Maybe I'm missing something, but Chuck Baldwin seems a little too faith driven for me and in my opinion appears to be a weaker candidate than Barr, especially in the debate department. Chuck's overall voting record is closer to RP, and I'm not saying I wouldn't vote for him, but as far as I can tell Mr. Barr has seen the light over the last several years and votes right along side RP on just about every issue.

if Ron Paul is not on the

if Ron Paul is not on the ballot, then whichever one makes it into the debates or is on the ballot in my state.

Paris