“Trent, he was no where near a Constitutionalist. Meaning he opposes all spending and programs not specifically authorized by the Constitution. Did he vote against every Republican budget? He was essentially a fairly conservative Senator by modern movement conservative standards. He is a retread. If the CP really thinks Sen. Smith is a “big name” then that says a lot about the Constitution Party.”

=As I’v said. He was not perfect. He said in his most recent article,
“The growth and size of the federal government highlights programs, bureaus and departments that have no connection to the Constitution whatsoever.”
He voted against several Republican budgets. As iv said, he is not perfect. But im not looking for perfection.

Trent, I need to meet and know more about Senator Smith before I vote for our nominee for President at the national convention. Here in Michigan we have a lot more local chapter meetings then every before. Ron Paul ignited that fire.

Wayne Gilchrist has JUST BEEN BEATAN BADLY by Andy Harris in the Maryland GOP Congressional primary. Gilchrist, along with Walter Jones of NC and Ron Paul of TX, was one of only three Anti-War Republicans in the US House.

Gilcrhist got crushed by Iraq War supporter and Marine Reservist Harris, 44% to 32%

@ 0:15 sec a photo of BHO is shown right next to Che Guevara on a Cuban flag. The ‘HOPE’, according to BHO, for Communism is not dead.

I just wish the GOP hadn’t abandoned the last great hope for Freedom…Mitt Romney. After Obama takes over, it could take years for us to recover from his admins policies…decades…if any patriots are still left not jailed or dead for writing posts like this…time to head for the hills and bury the guns and ammo folks while we still have time.

I’d like to kick down a big thank you shout out to the GOP, John McCain & George Bush for betraying us! Thanks for not following & supporting the Constitution, for pandering to Left Wing radicals and essentially joining them, for pre-emptive warfare that alienated us diplomatically from many nations around the world and which ignited a fire under extremists everywhere, for the illegal immigrant amnesty bill which encouraged countries to fund their terrorists to travel across the pond and work their way to our unsecured border…that should have been locked down post 9/11!! In addition to terrorists, thousands of people just like Guevara, (Marxists, the real ones not like the watered down crap that lives in Hollywierd) were allowed to enter our country to undermine the very thing that makes us Americans…FREEDOM!

Undermine and destroy America from within has been at the core of Communistic strategic interests for decades…almost a reality now… Hmmm, even if Obama loses to Mac in ‘08 & Mac passes his amnesty bill, 12 to 20 million illegals will be eligible to vote ‘YES’ for Communism in 2012-2016.

Thanks again GOP.

He was not begged to rejoin the GOP, BTW. He was the one who went to them, hat in hand, tail tucked between his legs. Sen. Smith as the CP nominee would be nothing short of an embarrassment.

Also, does he want to bring the troops home now? The troops in Iraq, of course, but also the troops in Germany, Japan, etc.? Is he a non-interventionist or is he one of these “conservatives” who sets around fretting about the “Islamofascist” menace “who want to kill us all“? Something I like to call Dondero syndrome.

“His speech when he was leaving the GOP was right on. ”
=So we can agree on that.

“Then his independent bid went nowhere and the GOP won back the Senate and he went hat in hand to the GOP to get his committee chairmanship back. Were the concerns he outlined in his speech no longer valid?”
=Of course they were still valid. But Smith, Like Paul, figured he could do something about it from the inside. Smith was offered a high-powered position if he’d rejoin the party—and he did. I’d have done the same, and any sane human would.

“In 2004 he endorsed Kerry and last year he endorsed hyper interventionist Duncan Hunter. What about that picture is at all appealing?”
=He endorsed Kerry because he claimed that Kerry and Bush (and by extension, the D’s and R’s) were two sides of the same coin: Exactly identical except for the deficit issue. So he endorsed Kerry,based upon Kerry’s aggresive push for a balanced budget and deficit improvement plan.

“When he was a Senator was he a Constitutionalist?”
=Absolutely. Was he a PERFECT Constitutionalist? No. Only Ron Paul is basically. But Smith had a real good record on taxes, guns, life, and Federalism. His low-spending record, maverick tendencies, and out of the UN policies all jive well with the Constitutionalist platform. His departures are few and perhaps not as large as we think. Afterall,we havent even heard much from him havent we?
What about the picture is appealing? Having a big name that will bring more votes to our down-ticket races and bring lots of publicity and viability. Sen. Smith is an honest man, if nothing else—and he ought to at least be looked at as a credible alternative.

Judge Roy Moore, Sen. Bob Smith, and even Jerome Corsi all have their problems—-but they’ll bring the money and press we’ve been lacking. They dont have to be PERFECT. They just have the change the direction of the debate enough so that we get some attention without losing our principles. Roy Moore and Sen. Smith accomplish that.