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WHY ARE RON PAUL'S
SUPPORTERS SO ANGRY?
By
Pastor Chuck Baldwin
January
29, 2008
NewsWithViews.com
When
Glenn Beck interviewed Congressman Ron Paul a few weeks ago,
he said that he had received death threats from people
purporting to be Ron Paul supporters. I have heard other
journalists make similar accusations against Congressman
Paul's supporters. Of course, I have no way of knowing
whether any of this is true or not. And neither does anyone
else.
My
own experience has been that Congressman Paul's supporters
have always demonstrated grace, patience, and courtesy. I
have met and worked alongside Ron Paul supporters in at
least four states, and I have never personally witnessed any
of the anger and bitterness of which they are accused.
Not
that Ron Paul's supporters do not have reason to be angry.
They most certainly do. In fact, all of us should be angry.
Ron
Paul's supporters have been subjected to the most overt and
outlandish brand of humiliation and censorship ever seen in
modern politics. The cable news Republican Presidential
debates have been jokes. For every one question (and usually
a stupid, irrelevant question at that) asked of Dr. Paul,
the other participants will get three or four. Maybe more.
Even though Ron Paul has received more money, more votes,
and more delegates than Rudy Giuliani, the press continues
to ignore Mr. Paul while showering Giuliani with coverage.
In
addition, Ron Paul's own party continues to treat him and
his supporters as second-class citizens--or perhaps even as
aliens from a different planet. They are subjected to
insults of every type. Not to mention enduring every
conceivable method to censure or remove Dr. Paul from the
political process. He has been denied access to platforms,
excluded from debates, removed from GOP Presidential lists,
etc., ad infinitum, ad nauseam.
I
say again: if anyone has a right to be angry, it is Ron Paul
supporters. But perhaps the greater question is, Why are not
all of us angry? No, I do not mean in a cruel or unkind way,
but where is our outrage for what the ruling elite are doing
to our country?
We
should all be angry at the way politicians lie to us,
deceive us, and manipulate us. We should all be angry at the
way both major parties have completely ignored and trampled
constitutional government.
Are
we so gullible that we cannot see when a politician says one
thing to one group of people and a totally opposite thing to
another group of people? Are we so naïve that we cannot
tell when a politician changes his beliefs simply in order
to garner votes?
Come
on folks, let's get real: do you really expect John McCain
to abandon his efforts to grant amnesty to illegal aliens?
Do you really expect Mitt Romney to be a champion for the
unborn? Do you really expect Mike Huckabee to suddenly be
the champion for limited government spending? Do you really
expect Rudy Giuliani to keep his pants zipped?
Have
the American people become so numbed to truth and reality
that we cannot distinguish the genuine from the phony--even
when it stands right in front of us? Perhaps so. However, if
the American people had any of the character and resolve of
our forebears, we would be steaming mad about what our
political and business leaders have done to our country.
Yes,
we should be angry at the way our government has repeatedly
lied to us about the economy, about sending our jobs and
manufacturing industries overseas, about Iraq, and about
EVERYTHING! Yes, dear friends, they lie to us about
everything. It has gotten to the point that, frankly, I
believe NOTHING the government tells us. They have proven
themselves to be totally disingenuous and downright
duplicitous. And, frankly, I'm angry about it.
In
addition, I can even understand whatever anger and
exasperation Ron Paul's supporters feel regarding my fellow
evangelical believers. Today's Christians--and especially
our pastors--have become little more than toadies for the
establishment elite. They apparently have never read our
U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence, or Bill of
Rights. They are seemingly oblivious to our great American
history and heritage. They seem to lack the most elementary
understanding of even the most basic American principles.
For
example, it makes absolutely no sense that Christian pastors
would embrace the sudden pro-life candidacy of Mitt Romney
and reject the proven, twenty-year pro-life record of Ron
Paul. It makes no sense that evangelical Christians would
embrace the pro-illegal amnesty, pro-McCain/Feingold,
pro-No-Child-Left-Behind, pro-gun control John McCain and
reject the proven, twenty-year no-amnesty, pro-freedom,
anti-No-Child-Left-Behind, pro-Second Amendment record of
Ron Paul. It makes absolutely no sense that Christians would
fall for Mr. Big Government himself, Mike Huckabee, and
reject the champion of limited government, Ron Paul.

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Beyond
that, how is it that pastors and evangelicals cannot see
through the GOP's complicity in helping to establish a
Luciferian New World Order? How can they be so blind and
dumb regarding the global machinations of the Council on
Foreign Relations? How can they not understand and reject
the philosophy emanating from the Trilateral Commission and
Bilderburgers?
Ask
the average pastor and Christian about the CFR, the
Trilateralists, or the Bilderburgers and they just stare
into space. They are absolutely clueless. Ask them about the
burgeoning NAFTA superhighway, North American Union, or
Amero and they look stupefied. Again, they are absolutely
clueless. And, yes, I am angry about it. I am saddened and
angered at the lack of knowledge, perception, and
discernment demonstrated by my Christian brethren.
I
believe with all my heart that if the pastors and Christian
people of America would come off their high horse and start
supporting the principles of liberty, the U.S. Constitution,
and limited government, not only would there be a rebirth of
freedom in America, there would be a spiritual revival as
well.
As
it is, freedom-loving people cannot see past the ignorance,
elitism, and partisan phoniness of modern Christians in
order that they might see Christ. The Scripture plainly
says, "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is
liberty." (II Corinthians 3:17)
When
America's Colonial preachers and Christian people fought for
liberty and independence, God gave us two Great Awakenings.
I believe another Great Revival would come to America, if
our Christians and pastors would stand on their hind legs
and once again fight for liberty and independence. And, yes,
I am also angry that they will not do that either.
Chuck
Baldwin Live
P.O. Box 37070
Pensacola, Florida 32526
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Baldwin - All Rights Reserved
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Chuck Baldwin is
Founder-Pastor of Crossroads Baptist Church in Pensacola,
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