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Can the GOP delegates nominate a
Presidential candidate who openly defies the
Constitution?
There is a significant development unfolding that
could very well become a "show stopper" for the
Republicans expecting the nomination of John McCain
to proceed smoothly in St. Paul at the GOP's
upcoming national convention.
Normally, convention delegates would be
expected to cast their vote for McCain because he
received more votes than Ron Paul or Mitt Romney
during the primaries and caucuses. Beyond this,
Party rules require the votes be cast for McCain.
However, the delegates are soon to face a
new -- and very troubling and
very public conundrum:
What if there were a set of new, irrefutable facts
regarding Senator McCain and Rep. Paul that would
"stop the show" and bring forth the possibility of a
convention upset?
These startling facts would force the delegates to
question their consciences, and put each of them on
the horns of a practical and deep moral dilemma that
will require them to search their souls for an
answer to a VERY important question, "Can I cast
my vote for a man who openly defies the
Constitution?"
Between now and the end of August, the
delegates will learn that the voting record of John
McCain puts him in the company of Alan Dershowitz,
who has publicly stated that “The People have no
unalienable Rights, the Constitution is merely a
piece of paper and the Government should not be held
accountable to the Constitution by the People.” The
delegates will learn that that candidate’s voting
record also puts him in the company of President
Bush who was recently quoted saying, “The
Constitution is just a God d***** piece of paper.
The delegates will also learn that Senator McCain
has cast his Senate votes squarely in cooperation
with Rep. Henry Hyde who, as Chairman of the House
Committee was responsible for the passage of the
Iraq Resolution on October 2-3 of 2002 (five months
before the invasion).
During the Hearing, Hyde responded to committee
member Ron Paul’s stirring defense of the war powers
clauses of the Constitution and Paul’s opposition to
the Resolution by slamming Paul and the
Constitution, saying (quoting
from the Hearing transcript),
"There are things in the Constitution
that have been overtaken by events, by time. There
are things that are no longer relevant to a modern
society— things that are inappropriate,
anachronistic."
On
the other hand, the delegates will learn between now
and August that the other candidate - Ron Paul, as a
member of Congress has never cast a vote
for legislation that was repugnant to the
Constitution of the United States of America,
and that he believes the last ten words of the First
Amendment guarantee the Right of the People to hold
the Government accountable to the Constitution.
In
fact, the delegates will learn, that candidate Paul
publicly declared in 2001, “[T]he right to a
formal response is inherent in the constitutional
right to petition the government.”
The delegates will learn that McCain: 1)
violated the war powers clause of the Constitution
by voting for the Iraq Resolution; 2) violated the
money clauses of the Constitution by voting in favor
of Fiat money and the Federal Reserve System; 3)
violated the privacy clauses of the Constitution by
voting in favor of the USA Patriot Act, warrantless
wiretapping and surveillance; 4) violated the tax
clauses of the Constitution by voting in favor of
the enhancing the federal income tax system; 5)
violated the Second Amendment by voting in favor of
gun controls; and 6) violated the general welfare
clause of the Constitution by voting in favor of
foreign aid and intervention in the internal affairs
of foreign countries.
Very importantly, before the start of the
convention in September, these two GOP candidates,
as sitting members of the Congress of the
United States,
will be given a most public opportunity to declare
their intentions as to their personal commitment to
the Constitution.
On
June 30, 2008, the People will claim and exercise their
Rights under the accountability clause of the First
Amendment – they will Petition the Government for
Redress of constitutional torts.
Both Ron Paul and John McCain, President
Bush, the Attorney General and every other member of
the U.S. Congress will be served with seven
comprehensive Petitions for Redress, one for each of
seven violations of the Constitution by the federal
Government.
Based on the recorded responses of these
Presidential candidates, the delegates to the
convention will learn what the candidates personally
believe about the roles and constitutionally
guaranteed relationship between the People and their
servant Government, including what each candidate
truly believes regarding the essential principles of
popular sovereignty and limited government.
Per the fundamental legal principle
articulated in
Section 61 of the Magna Carta in 1215,
and subsequently articulated in 1774 in an official
Act of the first Congress and in 1789 as the
Accountability clause of the First Amendment, each
Petition will state a Grievance and request a
formal, specific Response, within forty days -
i.e., by August 8th. Each
Petition for Redress contains a short
series of pointed "Admit or Deny" type questions
regarding
U.S.
law or policy. The questions are specifically
designed to expose the Government's contempt for the
Constitution.
By exposing the open disdain that most of
our elected leaders hold for the Constitution, the
People can thus begin to resolve the conflict
between the behavior of the Government and the
requirements of the Constitution.
We know Ron Paul will respond. He has
previously declared his position publicly that
the Government is inherently obligated by the First
Amendment to Respond to Petitions for Redress.
Click here
http://www.wethepeoplefoundation.org/UPDATE/misc2008/ronpaul7-17-01.htm
to read Ron Paul’s statement which was read on
July 17, 2001 at a Capitol Hill press conference with Bob
Schulz during Bob’s hunger fast to secure Redress
for the first of the seven constitutional torts
currently being addressed by the Petitions for
Redress, i.e., the un-constitutional enforcement of
direct, un-apportioned taxes on labor.
We know it will be difficult for John McCain
to respond given his largely unconstitutional voting
record.
We know what the delegates ought to do. As
Americans, they should place the Constitution and
its essential principles above the Party and its
rules. As Americans first, their loyalties should
flow to their Constitution before Party.
Prayerfully, the delegates will be forced by
conscience to cast their votes for the candidate who
has earned the trust of the American People by
living his oath to honor and defend the Constitution
of the
United States of America.
The time is at hand when those who support
the vision of the Republic and Freedom espoused by
Ron Paul will be able to move that vision forward by
"bootstrapping" the exercise of Petitioning for
Redress into a potent campaign issue, with the
potential of altering the outcome of the convention
by exposing those candidates who -- by their own
record -- are incapable of honestly swearing the
Presidential Oath of Office.
Coming Tomorrow:
Update On Status and Instructions for Petition
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