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I read this last night over on Newswithviews.com, and it was all I could do, not to jump and holler “AMEN!” After all, it was like 3 in the morning.
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Conservatives Offer No Hope
By Chuck Baldwin
March 11, 2008

Over the past several months, I have been privileged to attend (and
sometimes endure) several significant gatherings of a variety of
conservatives. Some of the meetings were large; others were small. The
meetings sometimes featured mostly grassroots activists and sometimes
very high-profile and notable conservative icons. In some of these
meetings, I was allowed a platform to speak; in others, I was merely a
spectator. In most of the meetings, there was a large percentage of
Christian conservatives present. The meetings occurred in locations
all over the country.

After witnessing the philosophizing, postulating, and pontificating of
the various conservative speakers (or those to whom I spoke in private
conversation), I am left with the very profound and distinct
impression that the so-called conservative movement is dead. It is not
dying: it is dead. Totally and thoroughly dead.

Oh, the spokesmen (and women) of the various conservative
organizations will strongly argue that the conservative movement is as
alive and vibrant as ever. They are either delusional or in denial.
The truth is, there is no conservative movement in America today.

Most conservatives–even Christian conservatives–have embraced
philosophies and ideals that are antithetical to genuine conservatism.
In fact, my experience with these people leads me to the conclusion
that today’s conservatives do not even know what true conservatism
is–or was.For example, I could not tell you how many times I have listened as
speaker after speaker praised and promoted the candidacy of the
“conservative” John McCain. These are the same people, mind you, that
in 2004 properly identified McCain as the conservative phony that he
was–and still is. Many of the same conservative organizations that
rejected and repudiated McCain’s 2004 candidacy now boldly extol its
virtues. But it is not John McCain that has changed: it is today’s
conservatives.

The reason for this reversal of “convictions” is that this time John
McCain is the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee. And if
today’s conservatives believe in anything, they believe in the
Republican Party. They might turn their backs on their best friends;
they might forsake their pastor and church; they might even divorce
their wife or husband; but, one thing they will not do is forsake the
Republican Party. This rabid devotion to the GOP has made mincemeat
out of a once-great movement.

Of course, there are modern-day prophets. Men such as Alan Keyes,
Judge Roy Moore, and Ron Paul, for example. For the most part,
however, America’s conservatives–including Christian
conservatives–have dismissed these “voices in the wilderness” with
either utter contempt or wholesale indifference. These prophets are
about as welcome as an outbreak of influenza.

Even as a pastor, I am not immune to the odious attitudes and actions
of Christian brethren. I have seen people I thought were my closest
friends–people I have helped in untold ways–turn and walk away,
without so much as a goodbye. I have watched as my own dear wife and
children have been subjected to insults, tongue-lashings, and even
obscene gestures by these “loving” Christian brothers and sisters. I
have witnessed my preacher brethren refuse to even “reason together”
over the omnipresent threats to our liberty and independence.

The beginning of the end came when Christian conservatives began
idolizing President George W. Bush. They have done this to the point
that they have come to accept just about any and all abuses against
the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration principles, and even our
very way of life. Furthermore, they have become robotic foot soldiers
for universal and everlasting war. At the same time, however, they see
no harm in the decimation of individual liberties, as long as it is a
Republican who is stealing them. But these same Christians will cry
and wail–to the point of almost cutting themselves–against the
thought of a Democrat doing the same thing. But, pray tell me, since
when does it matter what the brand name is on the tyrant’s sword? Are
not our liberties just as dead?

But look at how our modern prophets have been treated. Alan Keyes has
been forcibly removed from debate platforms, only to be released in
remote, crime infested neighborhoods at night by Republican Party
operatives. Roy Moore was lampooned and utterly destroyed by
Republican Party operatives (including those within George W. Bush’s
White House) in his attempt to become Alabama’s governor. And, in his
recent Presidential campaign, Ron Paul has been subjected to the most
insidious attacks by Republican Party operatives that I have ever
witnessed.

Regardless of how the Republican Party has compromised, capitulated,
and castrated genuine conservative principles,
conservatives–including Christian conservatives–continue to refer to
the GOP as “God’s Own Party,” and other such nonsense. In fact, the
current lapdog performance of modern conservatives to the candidacy of
John McCain demonstrates just how far down the road of destruction
they will go in order to grovel before the Republican Party.

National Right to Life even had the gall to say that it is “grateful”
for John McCain’s “strong pro-life” record. What balderdash! McCain
has repeatedly voted to spend Title X tax dollars to underwrite the
nation’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood. He publicly
supports killing unborn babies conceived via rape or incest. And he
continues to lie to the American people about killing babies “to save
the life of the mother,” which almost any OB/GYN doctor will tell you
almost NEVER occurs. According to the OB/GYN physicians that I have
spoken to, the only pregnancies that pose a legitimate health risk to
the mother are those where the unborn baby has already perished.

How can National Right to Life–an organization that once vociferously
opposed Senator McCain–now compromise the life issue in such an
egregious manner and support the corrupt candidacy of John McCain?
I’ll tell you how: NRL is bought and paid for by Republican donors.
And that is the problem with the vast majority of our “conservative”
organizations today. As the old saying goes, “He who pays the piper
calls the tune.”

In fact, I will say it straight out: there is no hope for America
within today’s conservative–even Christian conservative–movement.
None. Zero. Zilch.

The closest movement to reclaiming America’s freedom and independence
was the recent Presidential campaign of Congressman Ron Paul. With
Congressman Paul effectively neutered and neutralized (by a hostile
media and mercenary Republican hierarchy), the only hope is in
America’s churches and a burgeoning independent movement.

I only wish I could expect today’s pastors and churches to stand in
the gap for our nation. They have the power to thwart the forces of
globalism, corporatism, elitism, and liberalism that are destroying
America. So far, however, this has been nothing but wishful fantasy.
Most of our beloved Christian leaders are as beholden to the same
Republican donors as are the previously mentioned conservative
organizations. And just as impotent.

That leaves The Constitution Party as the only political party with
the courage and convictions to set the ship of state aright. With
someone such as Judge Roy Moore at the helm, true Christians and
constitutionalists would at least have an opportunity to vote for
someone in November without being forced to hold their noses and
surrender their principles.

After attending numerous meetings of conservative activists, I am more
convinced than ever that, ultimately, the survival of liberty in
America does not depend upon political parties, special interest
groups, or corporations. In these United States of America, God has
put the destiny of the country squarely in the hands of “We the
people.” It will not be conservatives or liberals, Republicans or
Democrats, Christians or unbelievers that restore America. It will be
individuals from all walks of life, all backgrounds, and all political
persuasions who love liberty enough to fight to maintain it.
Ultimately, of course, all nations–just like all individuals–must
give an account to our Creator for how we protected the freedoms and
liberties that He gave us. Right now, we are not doing a very good
job.

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