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In reply to the discussion: Sarah Palin Open to Creating New 'Freedom Party' if GOP Continues to 'Neglect Conservatives' [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,295 posts)46. The Constitution Party would fit her
The party currently puts a large focus on immigration, calling for stricter penalties towards illegal immigrants and a moratorium on legal immigration until all federal subsidies to immigrants are discontinued.[4] The party absorbed the American Independent Party, originally founded for George Wallace's 1968 presidential campaign. The American Independent Party of California has been affiliated with the Constitution Party since its founding; however since 2008, current party leadership is disputed and the issue is in court to resolve this conflict.[citation needed] The Constitution Party receives substantial support from Christian Right organizations, and achieved major party status in Colorado after coming in second place in the 2010 Colorado gubernatorial election.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Party_%28United_States%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Party_%28United_States%29
Their party platform preamble starts:
The Constitution Party gratefully acknowledges the blessing of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as Creator, Preserver and Ruler of the Universe and of these United States. We hereby appeal to Him for mercy, aid, comfort, guidance and the protection of His Providence as we work to restore and preserve these United States.
This great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been and are afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.
The goal of the Constitution Party is to restore American jurisprudence to its Biblical foundations and to limit the federal government to its Constitutional boundaries.
The Constitution of these United States provides that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States." The Constitution Party supports the original intent of this language. Therefore, the Constitution Party calls on all those who love liberty and value their inherent rights to join with us in the pursuit of these goals and in the restoration of these founding principles.
The U.S. Constitution established a Republic rooted in Biblical law, administered by representatives who are Constitutionally elected by the citizens. In such a Republic all Life, Liberty and Property are protected because law rules.
This great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been and are afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.
The goal of the Constitution Party is to restore American jurisprudence to its Biblical foundations and to limit the federal government to its Constitutional boundaries.
The Constitution of these United States provides that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States." The Constitution Party supports the original intent of this language. Therefore, the Constitution Party calls on all those who love liberty and value their inherent rights to join with us in the pursuit of these goals and in the restoration of these founding principles.
The U.S. Constitution established a Republic rooted in Biblical law, administered by representatives who are Constitutionally elected by the citizens. In such a Republic all Life, Liberty and Property are protected because law rules.
So they wants lots of Bible, everywhere.
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Sarah Palin Open to Creating New 'Freedom Party' if GOP Continues to 'Neglect Conservatives' [View all]
big_dog
Jun 2013
OP
Somehow, underscoring you're a party of Lincoln's "principles" with an emphatic, "then yeah"…
Journeyman
Jun 2013
#12
yes but one day you MIGHT be a big oil corporatist, and NEED to be able to
Voice for Peace
Jul 2013
#113
Harry Turtledove wrote a series of alternative history books that had a Freedom party.
Gore1FL
Jun 2013
#24
Which reminds me: in that series, the liberal Republicans merged with the Socialist Party.
JHB
Jul 2013
#143
Sarah Palin's Freedumb Party and Ignorance Emporium. And Big Bigot Hair Salon. For Jesus.
Squinch
Jun 2013
#54
It won't be a Freedom Party. It will be a religious party. She sees herself as Queen Esther.
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2013
#52
Pretty sure their idea of a "Freedom" Party would include the restoration of slavery.
tclambert
Jul 2013
#86
Bigmouth Palin couldn't be independent of Canadian healthcare system (read government).
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2013
#110
"many conservatives with "that libertarian streak" feel ignored by the GOP"
ZombieHorde
Jul 2013
#116