THANK YOU, DR. RON PAUL

By Chuck
Baldwin
September 24, 2008
NewsWithViews.com

Yesterday, September 22,
Congressman Ron Paul publicly gave me his endorsement for the office of
President of the United States. In his blog at the Campaign for Liberty web
site, he said, "I'm supporting Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party candidate."
(See the complete
statement)

Obviously, I
could not be more delighted and honored to have Dr. Paul's endorsement. I called
him last evening and thanked him personally. And now I want to thank him
publicly.

I am fully
aware that Dr. Paul was under considerable pressure from various groups that
were actively soliciting his support. I can honestly say that I never lobbied
Dr. Paul for his endorsement. He knew I would be thrilled to have it, but I have
too much respect for Ron Paul to be so presumptuous as to expect him to endorse
me. I completely understood his neutrality. He has strong ties to both the
Libertarian and Constitution parties--not to mention the obvious fact that he is
a ten-term Republican Congressman with much support from the Republican Party in
his home district.

I was happy to
support Ron Paul during the Republican primaries, because I believe in the same
principles. I personally campaigned for him in several states and in this
column. And I asked (or expected) nothing in return. In fact, I have stated this
publicly, time and again: if Ron Paul had won the Republican nomination for
President, I would not be running. I would still be supporting Ron
Paul.

I am running
for President because the Republican Party rejected Ron's Paul's message of
constitutional government, fiscal responsibility, and non-interventionism.
Therefore, someone had to pick up the mantle and carry this message into the
general election. The Constitution Party asked me to be their standard-bearer in
order to bring this message to the American people in November. So, here I am.
And now, Ron Paul's endorsement is further substantiation that the message of
constitutional government will not die in 2008. The American people still have a
real choice instead of the big-government, globalist, interventionist, "big box"
party candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama.

Ron Paul's
message is my message; Ron Paul's fight is my fight.

I want to
return America to constitutional government. "The powers not delegated to the
United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are
reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." (Amendment X) I believe
that, and will govern the Executive branch of the federal government
accordingly.

My sworn oath
to the Tenth Amendment means I would dismantle the Patriot Act and restore law
enforcement to the states and local governments, where it rightly belongs. Yes,
this includes the so-called "war on drugs" and the so-called "war on terror." No
more warrantless searches and seizures. No more eavesdropping on Americans'
phone calls, or collecting Americans' emails, or spying on American citizens
without court order and oversight. No more stripping Americans of their
constitutional rights in the name of "national security." In addition, I would
use every power and authority vested to my office to preserve and protect the
right of the people to keep and bear arms. And, yes, I will immediately restore
Posse Comitatus. As President, I want to protect America from Washington, D.C.,
as much I want to protect it from foreign powers.

I will also
take the words of the Declaration of Independence seriously, where it states,
"That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent
States." This means the day I am sworn in as President of the United States, the
New World Order comes crashing down! The NAFTA superhighway is dead. The North
American Union is dead. I will work to eliminate NAFTA, CAFTA, GATT, and the
WTO. The FTAA is DOA. I will not expend tax dollars for the support of the
United Nations.

Furthermore, I
will take my oath to the Constitution seriously, when it states that one of the
express purposes of the federal government is to "repel Invasions." This means
we will secure America's borders, because the illegal immigration crisis is more
than mere immigration: it is an invasion, and I will stop it! Even if I have to
send the U.S. Army to the borders, we will put a stop to this invasion of
illegal aliens. I will also aggressively prosecute those employers who knowingly
hire illegals. And did I mention that my first day in office is Border Patrol
Agents Ramos and Compean's last day in prison? I will personally open the prison
doors and restore to these men their freedom. I will also give them their jobs
back (with pay), if they want them. And one more item on this point: my first
day of office is also U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton's last day on the
job.