Thread: Signal Unprecedented Opportunities for Constitution Party

Corruption Scandal in Congress, Gilchrist Campaign in California, Signal Unprecedented Opportunities for Constitution Party

12/19/2005 11:55:00 AM


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To: National Desk, Political Reporter

Contact: Steve Bonta of the Constitution Party, 814-684-1175 or sbonta@constitutionparty.com

LANCASTER, Pa., Dec. 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The burgeoning influence-peddling scandal in Washington has already led to the resignation of one congressman, Randy Cunningham of California, and may implicate many others of both parties. The House Majority Leader, outspoken Texas Republican Tom DeLay, is under indictment for money-laundering charges, and others are under investigation.

Jim Clymer, chairman of the Constitution Party, believes that a major change is in order. "Both the House and the Senate have been thoroughly corrupted by influence-peddling for decades," Clymer said. "But the solution is not to return the Democrats to power or to elect a more ethical Republican majority. The solution is to jettison the two major parties altogether and to start afresh with principle-based leadership."

The unprecedented levels of graft and influence-peddling in Washington are the predictable result of a legally-protected bipartisan oligarchy more concerned with party loyalty than with upholding their Constitutional oath of office, Clymer said.

"The two major parties," Clymer pointed out, "are not very far apart on a wide range of policy issues, in spite of widespread perceptions. Both Republicans and Democrats show near-total disregard for constitutional limits on their own power. The result is a federal government of almost unlimited clout, whose favors are for sale to the highest bidder."

Clymer believes Americans are ready for a sea change in party politics. Pointing to the recent special election in California's 48th Congressional district, in which Jim Gilchrist, running for the American Independent Party (the Constitution Party's California affiliate), made a very strong showing, Clymer noted that Gilchrist outpolled both major party candidates on election day, losing the overall election only because absentee ballots favored his Republican opponent.

"In the Gilchrist campaign, illegal immigration, a problem that both major parties have been ignoring, was the hot-button issue. If a heavily partisan Republican district like the California 48th can nearly elect a third-party candidate, the opportunity seems ripe for change elsewhere in the country," Clymer said, predicting major gains for third parties in the next elections.

The Constitution Party National Website is http://www.constitutionparty.com

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=58387

Great ideas. Great news for America !! And it's long over-due !!

Clymer noted that Gilchrist outpolled both major party candidates on election day, losing the overall election only because absentee ballots favored his Republican opponent.

I don't like the idea of JG loosing only because absentee ballots favored his opponent.. that's scary..makes me think someone had their hands in the tallying process at the end of the day, or election

The solution is to jettison the two major parties altogether and to start afresh with principle-based leadership

That is going to be the only solution that I can see. But it is going to be a hard thing to do. Do you suppose we could go on TV like the President does and whine, "It's hard work!"

Clymer noted that Gilchrist outpolled both major party candidates on election day, losing the overall election only because absentee ballots favored his Republican opponent.

In light of the fact that the Republican Party has been accused of tampering with two Presidential elections (even though I was glad at the time that they won the second one seemingly fair and square) this statement disturbs me. Where were all these people who sent in absentee votes? I have personally voted from overseas and those votes were surely there several days before the election took place in order to be counted at all. Would it serve any purpose to make absolutely certain that overseas workers, military, etc, receive information about ALL the candidates on the ballot in the future?

Is there any way to find out how many registered voters in any given state are voting from outside the country or outside their own state? This could be the key to the next election.