It never ceases to amaze me how politicians play the God-card
every election cycle. "Vote for me, I teach a Sunday School class."
"Vote for me, I am a member of such-and-such church." "Vote for
me, I am a conservative Christian." Ad infinitum. Ad nauseam.
Unfortunately, these tactics work! Why else would intelligent
people pay thousands and even millions of dollars to promote these
kinds of ads?

That Christians have become stupendously gullible is the
understatement of the year! Just about all a politician has to do is
say, "I'm a conservative. I'm pro-life and pro-family," and
Christians sing his or her praises all the way to the voting booth.
That is, if he or she is a Republican.

You see, in the eyes of many Christians, the Republican Party is
"God's Party." In fact, many Christians have come to regard
partisan (translated "Republican") politics as much more than a
political exercise. It is sacred, even holy to support the Republican
Party, and in recent history, to support President G.W. Bush in
particular.

I could not count the numbers of emails I have received that have
ascribed my future soul as suffering the torments of the damned
because I have dared to challenge the policies and political
decisions of President Bush. My commitment to the Lord Jesus
Christ and the Holy Scriptures means nothing! I am the devil's
disciple because I believe President Bush to be in serious neglect
of constitutional governance. (Can anyone say, "Heil, Bush"?)

However, does not the President of the United States put his hand
on an open Bible and take an oath before God and the American
people to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the
United States"? (U.S. Constitution, Article. II. Section. 1.
Paragraph. 8.) Of course, he does.

To "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United
States" is the sworn duty of any president! Being a Christian does
not give the President a right to violate his oath to the Constitution.
In fact, if he took his Christianity seriously, it would only cause
him to adhere more punctiliously to the Constitution, because his
Savior commands that one keep his word!

Yet, deceit, duplicity, fabrication, and constitutional indifference is
the modus operandi of Republican and Democratic administrations
alike, including the present one! Furthermore, for the most part, it
is a complete waste of time to replace a Republican with a
Democrat and vice versa!

No matter which party is in power, nothing changes! Taxes
continue to strangle the life out of the American people. American
jobs continue to be outsourced overseas. The American military
continue to be used as pawns for international bankers and oil
companies. Millions of illegal aliens continue to invade our
country with impunity. Encroachments continue upon private
property rights. Government schools continue to indoctrinate our
children in secular humanism. Unborn babies continue to die.

Americans not only need a choice; we need a change. I mean a
complete overhaul! The first thing we can do is throw out every
incumbent in Congress, with the exception of Ron Paul, Tom
Tancredo, and a few others.

The next thing we can do is demand that whoever we vote for is a
constitutionalist. Which party they represent and which church
they attend matters little. What matters is that they take their oath
to the Constitution seriously. It would be much better to have an
unbeliever who obeys the Constitution in office than a believer
who doesn't!

The thing that insures our liberty, including our religious liberty, is
the willingness of a Chief Executive, members of Congress and the
Judiciary to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the
United States." Without constitutional government, our country
will be quickly reduced to a gargantuan police state, which is
exactly what America is becoming!

Christians need to wise up! Instead of succumbing to trite,
meaningless clichés and marketing propaganda by the "God-card"
professionals, we need to demand fidelity to constitutional
government as the chief requirement for public service. This
should be done even if that means voting for someone outside our
religious persuasion or from another political party! Try it this
November. The results cannot be worse than what we have
already!

© Chuck Baldwin


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