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Liberty Under
God
Liberty Under
God is the philosophy that made America
the most prosperous and most admired nation in history.
America is now bankrupt
and despised
even by former admirers.
Only one candidate for U.S. Congress would get the vote of America's
Founding Fathers.
Your vote for KEVIN CRAIG shows you put America
ahead of the two-party monopoly.
Are you a True-blue
American?
Or is your allegiance to a political party
greater than your loyalty to your country?
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History:
True-Blue Americans
like John Hancock, Sam Adams, and Paul Revere threw tea
into the
Boston Harbor because the British government imposed a tax of 3
pence per pound of tea (5¢ US). Today's politicians impose a
tax of TEN TIMES that amount on
every gallon of gas. True-blue Americans abolished
a government they called a "tyranny"
-- a government only one-tenth as tyrannical as the government we
have today.
Would you have joined America's Founding Fathers? |
Your
Choices:
• Candidate A says "You should be paying 20% more
taxes."
• Candidate B says "I will only raise
your taxes 10%!"
• Candidate C says "Slashing taxes by 50%
is not enough!"
Which candidate would Sam Adams, John Hancock, and Thomas
Jefferson vote for?
More than half of
everything you earn is now being taken by the government. (God
Himself demands only a tithe.)
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- Your Loyalty:
In his "Farewell Address," George Washington
warned against excessive allegiance to any political party:
- Let me now . . . warn you in the most solemn manner against
the baneful effects of the spirit of party. . . . The
common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are
sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to
discourage and restrict it. It serves always to distract the
public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It
agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false
alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another . . .
. In governments purely elective, it [the spirit of party] is a
spirit not to be encouraged.
- Too many Americans won't risk their
vote on the best candidate; they think they have to be
loyal to "their" party, or vote for "the lesser
of two evils."
Or they want to vote for the same candidate everyone else is
going to vote for (the "winner").
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If your allegiance to America
is greater than
your allegiance to any political party,
you will vote for
Kevin Craig for U.S.
Congress
The difference between Kevin Craig on the one hand, and
the Republican incumbent and Democrat challenger on the other hand,
could not be clearer. Kevin Craig is committed to being the
candidate America's Founding Fathers would vote for if they were alive
in 2008. The men who signed the Declaration of Independence and the U.S.
Constitution would cast their vote for Kevin Craig. Let that be your
standard when you go to the polls. The Signers of the Declaration of
Independence risked "our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred
Honor" in defense of their dreams. Let that be your example. You
must be willing to "waste your vote." A vote for Kevin
Craig is not a vote for "the winner," but a vote for the
incumbent is a vote lost in an ocean of votes against
"Liberty Under
God." America's Founding Fathers would say that America
has become an atheistic tyranny, and they
would blame politicians like our incumbent Congressman.
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The
Blog:
frequently updating Kevin Craig's campaign platform
with applications to late-breaking news and current events.
http://blog.KevinCraig.us |
The
Ozarks Virtual Town Hall
Every Saturday morning at 10:30 am, we assemble in a virtual
Town Hall -- a LIVE Internet Webcast -- to listen to the
President's Saturday Morning Radio Address, and the compare that
with the principle of "Liberty
Under God"
http://townhall.KevinCraig.us |
Lunch
with the Candidate
Every Wednesday at noon (CST), you can sit down to a
"virtual lunch" with Congressional Candidate Kevin
Craig. At home or in your office, while you're eating lunch,
listen to a live webcast, get on the phone and tell the
candidate what you're looking for in a politician. Let's
brainstorm ideas on changing America.
http://lunch.KevinCraig.us
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The
Slogan:
Liberty Under
God is the political philosophy that made
America the most prosperous and most admired nation in the world.
This is the foundation upon which the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution were erected. In our day, school teachers in
government-run schools are prohibited from teaching their
students that the Declaration of Independence really is true. |
The
Candidate:
Kevin Craig is the only candidate in the race for
Missouri's 7th Congressional District who adheres to this
philosophy without reservation or compromise. For Kevin Craig, Liberty
Under God is not
just a slogan, it's a worldview. |
The
Voter:
You have to ask yourself:
1. "What do I want?"
2. "How can I get it?"
If you want a fantasy world of something-for-nothing, just
continue trusting in politicians, who will promise you anything.
You will end up with nothing, but at least you didn't have to work
for it.
If you want a world of Liberty
Under God -- of
freedom to work, succeed, enjoy private property, and give thanks
to God, you really have only one choice in this election. |
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Liberty
Kevin Craig supports reducing the
size, scope and power of government at all levels and on all
issues, and opposes increasing the size, scope or power of
government at any level or for any purpose. |
Under
God
The United States Federal Government is in our day the greatest
obstacle to self-government and "Liberty
Under God." If you think
your Congressman can create a federal program to move America one
step toward "Liberty Under
God," you're forgetting about all the other
federal programs that take us three steps back. |
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"I will vote
small government. Every issue. Every time. No exceptions. No
excuses."
I will actively and ambitiously initiate
and support actions to make government small.
Specifically, I promise:
- I will sponsor, advance, and vote for bills
and legislation to shrink the size, power, spending, taxes,
debt, and liability of today's Big Government.
- I will introduce, support, and vote only
for government budgets that are smaller than this year's
budget.
- I will vote against
every government budget that spends the same amount or more
than this year's budget.
- I will introduce and vote for legislation
that repeals or reduces
today's Big Government Programs.
- I will vote against all new or expanded
government programs, all tax increases, and any new debt.
- I will vote against any bill that I have
not read and thought through.
- No communication from me, my
representatives, or my staff will contradict or violate the
Small Government Pledgesm
for Candidates.
- I will endorse and support only candidates
who take the
Small Government Pledgesm
or whose promises and actions are consistent with the
Small Government Pledgesm.
I will never support, directly or indirectly, a Big Government
candidate, politician, or proposal.
- I will be accountable to voters. Upon
request, I will make public every vote I cast while in office.
- The first spending cut we should make is to abolish the
Department of Education and return education to parents,
allowing them to send their children to schools where it is
not "unconstitutional" to teach the
"self-evident truths" of the Declaration of
Independence.
- The
First 30 Days of "Liberty Under God"
- The
Second 30 Days of "Liberty Under God"
- (Suggestions by Lew Rockwell)
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I will follow the
advice of James
Madison, "the Father of the Constitution," and vote
against any bill if
the policy of the bill is adverse
to the diffusion of the light of Christianity. The first wish of
those who enjoy this precious gift, ought
to be that it may be imparted to the whole race of mankind.
Compare the number of those who have as yet received it with the
number still remaining under the dominion of false
Religions; and how small is the former! Does the
policy of the Bill tend to lessen the disproportion? No; it at
once discourages those who are strangers to the light of
(revelation) from coming into the Region of it; and
countenances, by example the nations
who continue in darkness, in shutting out those who might
convey it to them. Instead of levelling as far as possible,
every obstacle to the victorious progress of truth, the Bill
with an ignoble and unchristian timidity would circumscribe it,
with a wall of defence, against the encroachments of error.
The commander-in-chief directs that divine service be
performed every Sunday at eleven o'clock in those brigades
[in] which there are chaplains; those which have none
[are] to attend the places of worship nearest to them. It
is expected that officers of all ranks will by their
attendance set an example to their men. While we are
zealously performing the duties of good citizens and
soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the
higher duties of religion.
To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be
our highest glory to add the more distinguished character
of Christian. The signal instances of providential
goodness which we have experienced, and which have now
almost crowned our labors with complete success, demand
from us in a peculiar manner the warmest returns of
gratitude and piety to the Supreme Author of all good.
— George, Washington, General Orders, May 2, 1778 |
True religion cannot
be advanced through the use of government coercion, confiscation
of property, or deprivation of life or liberty. |
All unconstitutional federal programs -- about 99% of
the federal government's budget -- should be abolished.
Even constitutional programs, such as the Post Office,
should also be abolished, and capitalistic entrepreneurs allowed to
compete with each other to provide needed services to the American
public. All needed social services can be provided
faster, cheaper, with higher quality, to more people, by capitalism
("the Free Market" - "Free Enterprise") than by
socialism in any form.
Your current Congressman has had ten
years in office, and has yet to show any meaningful progress in
abolishing even the most outrageously unconstitutional, wasteful, and
socially harmful government programs. In fact, he consistently votes to
give wasteful government programs even more of your money.
Vote for Kevin Craig, who promises to
work to abolish all government programs, and
keep voting for Kevin Craig until you feel all unconstitutional,
wasteful, and socially harmful government programs have been abolished.
Then vote for someone else who will keep all remaining government
programs. Your vote for Congress only lasts two years. Then it's
time to vote again.
Back to the Past, Ahead to the Future
Many Americans say they would like to go back to
"the good ol' days." But that's not enough. If you come to a
fork in the road and you take the wrong exit, going back to the fork in
the road is not enough, no matter how difficult that journey may be. You
must be willing to fill up the tank one more time and continue making
progress along the right path. Once we abolish numerous unconstitutional
government bureaucracies and get back to the ideal of "Liberty
Under God," we must be
prepared to go beyond that into the future.
We've made great progress. The
poor in America enjoy a standard of living many times greater than that
which prevailed in 1776. The vast majority of people classified as
"poor" have televisions, cars, central heating, and are
wealthy beyond the wildest dreams of America's Founding Fathers.
Immigrants have come to America with pennies and worked and saved
millions. Why are we so much better off than we were 200 years ago?
Government programs? or inventors, entrepreneurs and capitalists
benefiting from a Free Market? How much better will our grandchildren be
if we are consistent with the ideal that made America great: How might
"Liberty Under
God" shape the next century?
Get ready to challenge your vision of the future . . . .
The Only Politician You Can Trust
is a
"Radical Anarchist Extremist"
Now that I have your attention,
I'd like to Revolutionize your thinking.
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Anarchist |
Extremist |
You've
been trained to think a "radical" is a dangerous,
subversive, counter-cultural hippie. The word "radical"
comes from the Latin for "roots."
What are America's roots? Here they are in three words:
Liberty Under
God
We need to get back to
these roots. Liberty Under
God is a truly radical agenda, one opposed by both
"secular progressives" on the "left"
and "neoconservatives" on the "right." |
You've
been trained to think an "anarchist" is a bomb-throwing
assassin who foments chaos and disorder and denies the ideal of
private property. In Mark's Gospel (10:42-45)
Jesus says kings love to be "archists"
(the Greek word from which the English word "anarchist" is
derived) but followers of Christ are not to be such. If
you are not to be an "archist," that makes you
an "anarchist." It is in fact "archists" who drop
the most bombs, confiscate the most private property, and create the
most chaos and disorder. According to Jesus, the opposite of an
"archist" is a Godly servant. |
You've
been trained to think an "extremist" is a hate-mongering
bigot, irrational and prone to violence. But why cannot one be extremely
loving, sensible, and peaceful? Is it better to be "sort of loving,"
"sensible on occasion," and "moderately
peaceful?" Would you rather hire an extremely competent,
diligent and courteous employee, or one who is only
"moderately" so?
Jesus said He wishes you were an
extremist: either hot or cold, but not lukewarm, because that
makes Jesus puke (Revelation
3:16). |
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If you don't cast your vote for a "radical"
"anarchist" "extremist," you're casting a
vote against "Liberty
Under God," voting
against a true public servant and in favor
of oppression, domination, and exploitation, and you're voting for
stagnation and lukewarm indifference rather than passionate
goodness and virtue.
Don't let words and labels confuse you into supporting the
same old lukewarm politicians and unAmerican "archist"
policies!
If America's Founding Fathers could travel through time from
1776 to 2008, they would immediately take steps to abolish the
Constitution they signed and the government it creates and they
would start working to make America a Christian Theocracy
once again. "Theocracy" is the alarmist word used
by those who don't want students in public schools to be taught
that the Declaration of Independence is really true.
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My name is Kevin Craig and I am running against your
current Congressman because I'm convinced America's Founding Fathers would
not vote for him. If you love the idea of "Liberty
Under God," you should vote for
Kevin Craig, and send a powerful and clear message to your
current Congressman, your fellow Missourians, and to Washington D.C.
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Kevin Craig
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There are only a handful of Congressmen in Washington who
believe in Liberty Under God. The vast majority have consistently
voted their belief that your life should be monitored and regulated by a
huge Secular State. America's Founding Fathers would be utterly aghast at
the size of our intrusive, paternalistic, and warlike government. Their
shock would turn to anger if they were told that the federal government
orders cities, states and communities to prohibit prayer and the Ten
Commandments in public places. And if they were to listen to our
politicians' campaign speeches, they would see instantly that the federal
government claims to be America's Secular Messiah, bringing social
salvation to the U.S. and the entire world.
"Idolatry" is the word the
Founders would use.
| Sam Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Witherspoon, and other Founders risked
"our Lives, our
Fortunes, and our sacred Honor" in defense of Liberty
Under God. Many who signed the Declaration of Independence lost
their homes, businesses, or family members. Can you risk 20
minutes to read this webpage and avoid throwing your vote away,
like tossing a drop of water in a vast ocean of "I
always vote Republican" support for our current
Congressman? |
On the day after Election Day, political pundits and media commentators
will analyze the election results and declare the "meaning" of
your vote. They will say that voters like you voted to pay more taxes and
approved of a bigger, more atheistic federal government. Why? Because
that's what your current Congressman votes for. When your current
Congressman was first elected to Congress in 1996, the
Republican Party National Platform promised the following:
As a first step in
reforming government, we support elimination of the Departments of
Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Education, and Energy, and the
elimination, defunding or privatization of agencies which are obsolete,
redundant, of limited value, or too regional in focus. Examples of
agencies we seek to defund or to privatize are the National Endowment for
the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting, and the Legal Services Corporation.
The National Endowment
for the Arts was notorious for its subsidizing of anti-Christian, pornographic
“art,” including “art” which featured a figure of Jesus Christ
submerged in a container of the "artist’s" urine. These
programs mock the idea of "Liberty Under
God," and undermine the very heart and soul of America.
And yet, our incumbent Congressman has not only failed to abolish
these unconstitutional agencies, he has consistently voted to INCREASE
funding for these agencies. These unconstitutional agencies are now
far more powerful than they were during the Clinton Administration.
Many other examples are found below. Let
me make an even more dramatic claim:
America's Founding Fathers would denounce a vote for our current
Congressman as "unAmerican" and "unChristian."
That's correct: unAmerican and unChristian. The
evidence is overwhelming.
Here is some more evidence:
- On November 22, 2003, our present Congressman voted for an
unconstitutional prescription drug benefit plan that will add nearly
$4,000 to your tax bill; The
Biggest Medicare Fraud Ever. Click here
for details.
- On July 16, 2003 and July 22, 2003, the incumbent voted for bills
that expand the power of the atheistic United Nations and undercut
American sovereignty. Click
here for details.
- On April 30, 2003, our current Congressman voted for more federal
control over your local schools. Click
here for details. More federal control over your schools
diminishes the chances of students in your neighborhood knowing how to
read, knowing right from wrong, and knowing the values that made
America the most admired nation on earth.
- On July 24, 2003, our Congressman took steps toward creating a Free
Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) that
would place America under the control of a regional government that is
not bound "by the chains of the Constitution" (Thomas
Jefferson)
- In fact, "granting Trade
Promotion Authority to the president was a top priority for
Roy," and the President has entered into an international
agreement to merge the United
States and Mexico into a new government, effectively abolishing
the United States of America. If you haven't heard about this,
you need to click
here:
www.STOPtheSPP.US
You can see more examples of your current Congressman's voting record here,
here,
here,
here,
and here.
According to "The
Conservative Index," published by The
New American magazine, which rates the voting records of all
Congressmen on issues which America's Founding Fathers would have deemed
most significant -- issues which are most directly relevant to the
principles of the Constitution -- your
representative in Congress has a voting record that is more socialist
than Bernie Sanders, Congressman and soon-to-be
Senator from Vermont, who openly
calls himself a socialist.
- On the most important matters, every other vote by our Congressman
undercuts the principle upon which this country was built. On balance,
our present Congressman ignores the Constitution more than 50% of the
time. Which 50% do you support? What message are you sending with
your vote? Capitalism or socialism? "Liberty
Under God" or Tyranny
under a Secular Messianic State?
Always vote for principle, though
you may vote alone, and you may cherish the
sweetest reflection that your vote is never
lost.
-- John Quincy Adams |
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Your vote for Kevin Craig will send a message to the incumbent to pay
attention to the Constitution, and cast votes which are consistent with
the principle of Liberty Under
God. A vote for Kevin Craig speaks louder and more clearly than
a vote for the incumbent. You may not be able to vote for a
"winner," but you can vote for a great principle. Which would
America's Founding Fathers approve of?
If you're a Christian, you need to ask this question:
Is it a SIN
to Vote for Roy Blunt?
http://isitaSINtoVoteforRoyBlunt.com
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Roy Blunt himself is not the problem. The problem is
government power, and the fact that both Republicans and Democrats
worship government power. "Power tends to corrupt," as Lord
Acton wisely put it. Both major parties are composed of good people
with good intentions, but they have been seduced by the idea that the
sword can be our savior, and that they are better able to wield the
sword and govern us than we are able to govern ourselves.
Granted, Americans do seem less able to govern
themselves than Americans a century ago, but that's because the majority
of Americans have been educated by a government monopoly which is
the worst imaginable enemy of the kind of
education America's Founding Fathers advocated. Abolishing the
government education monopoly and giving parents the right to choose for
a competitive array of Christian schools with discipline and high
academic content, or special needs schools, or whatever kind of schools
parents know to be best for their children, is probably the single most
important reason to use your vote to send a message to politicians in
Washington. A Free Market in education will
help Americans learn to govern themselves and return our nation to Liberty
Under God.
- From time to time we've been
tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be
managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is
superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no
one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among
us has the capacity to govern someone else?
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to
our problem; government is the problem.
- -- President Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural
Address
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If you want to vote for a
"winner,"
Don't Vote for Kevin Craig
Vote for AMERICA
It's time for Missouri voters to recognize that the
two-party system which has controlled America for the last 80 years
has only one goal: to remain in power. Nearly everyone in
Congress has violated his or her oath to
"support the Constitution." The men who wrote and signed the Constitution
would not recognize the government they created. This is the year you
need to vote for America and not for
the same old political party.
In his "Farewell Address," George Washington warned against
excessive allegiance to any political party:
Let me now . . . warn you in the most solemn manner against the
baneful effects of the spirit of party. . . . The common and continual
mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the
interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrict it. It
serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public
administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies
and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another .
. . . In governments purely elective, it [the spirit of party] is a
spirit not to be encouraged.
You must put America ahead of either political party.
And you must vote to make sure that America is Under God. Benjamin
Rush signed the Declaration of Independence and served in the
Presidential administrations of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James
Madison -- each of whom came from a different political party. And of
what party was Rush?
I have been alternately called an aristocrat and a democrat. I am
now neither. I am a Christocrat. I believe all power. . . will
always fail of producing order and happiness in the hands of man. He
alone Who created and redeemed man is qualified to govern him.
Our rights, says the Declaration of Independence, do not come from
the Republicans or the Democrats. They do not come from Washington D.C.
We are endowed by our Creator with our rights.
If you already like what you are reading, why not stop right now
and email all your neighbors and tell them to come to this website
to get the political science education they missed in government
schools? Your message will be louder if everyone you know votes for Liberty
Under God.
Who Will Abolish America?
When you go to the polls in November, you will be voting on WHO will
abolish America. Not whether America is abolished, but WHO
will abolish America. That sounds radical, even crazy. You must learn
the facts. You must become an informed voter. Click
here for details about the plan to abolish America. If America's
Founding Fathers were here today, they too would vote to abolish the
United States.
- They took up arms against taxes which were only one-tenth as
burdensome as today's taxes.
- They exercised their right to "alter
or abolish" a tyrannical government that would never have
dreamed of giving government grants to pornographers,
abortion-providers, land-owners who won't grow anything for others,
drug-users, and tens of thousands of "pork-barrel"
projects -- in exchange for votes and other bribes given out by
special interests.
Washington D.C. is the greatest threat on earth to the ideal of
"Liberty Under
God." The United States as we know it today -- the
United States as created by the two-party monopoly over the last 100
years -- will be and must be abolished. The Republicans and Democrats
are going to abolish the U.S.A. and replace it with more
of the same: a regional mega-state, merging the United States
and Mexico, and eventually all of North and South America. It will be
called a "Free Trade" zone, but it will be a new
government, with new courts, new legislative powers, and new
executives, none of which will be "bound
down by the chains of the Constitution." Did you click this
link yet?
Imagine a "new" America where:
- You run a successful business without ever filling out a
government form or wondering if you might be violating some
senseless government regulation.
- You gain a profound sense of satisfaction by supporting valuable
charities and investing in life-enhancing technologies, ever since
your take-home pay increased by more than $15,000 a year when the
Income Tax was abolished.
- The young college-aged clerk you hired can read complete
sentences, do simple math, be trusted with company assets, and treat
your customers with courtesy and respect.
- Children are taught in school that God says not to steal, not to
kill, and not to rape, and that God has created all of us with
unalienable rights.
You'll never ever know such an America if you keep voting for the
same old politicians. Neither will your children.
Kevin Craig is the only candidate for Congress who knows that
America's greatness depends on a simple formula. It's an idea so old it
sounds radically new:
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Thank you for your interest in my campaign!
My Stand on the Issues
The Character of a Congressman
Contribute to the Campaign
- Why I am Running for Congress
The message I am taking to the voters is simple:
You may be thinking,
- "Here we go again with more empty campaign slogans."
- "Oh, brother; another politician pandering to people who like
the Pledge of Allegiance."
I take the principle very seriously, more consistently, I
believe, than the other candidates. I believe it sums up the
Constitutional principles that made America "the greatest nation on
God's green earth."
I'm committed to
- "Liberty"
because God has given us unalienable rights, which must not be
violated by the government.
- "Under God"
means:
- Liberty, but not license.
- Freedom and personal responsibility.
- Individual Rights and social duties.
Republicans worry that I am trying to get rid of too much government
(Liberty: "He's an Anarchist!"),
while the Democrats worry that I am trying to give government too much
power (Under God: "He's imposing a Theocracy!").
The confusion comes from a failure to understand the basic nature of
the system of government which once made America so respected and
admired.
"Liberty Under God"
They say "Bad publicity is better
than no publicity at all." Let me give you a little bad
publicity, in case you haven't heard it already.
I am running as the Libertarian
Party Candidate. Think of it as "The
Liberty Party." We believe in maximizing
Individual Liberty.
Conservatives and Republicans tend to be frightened by the
Libertarian Agenda, which calls on Congress to re-legalize
drugs, for example. Conservatives believe that without lots of
laws and a strong police-state, chaos, crime and lawlessness will
overwhelm us. I believe such laws create more problems than they
solve. You may even hear someone say:
"Kevin Craig is some kind of
Anarchist!"
or
"Kevin Craig believes in Abolishing All Government!"
"Everybody knows" that "anarchists" are
bomb-throwing assassins in search of chaos and destruction of
private property. I passionately oppose such destruction and
disorder. Before I could join the Libertarian Party, I had
to pledge:
I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force as a
means of achieving political or social goals.
I believe in the peaceful resolution of disputes between people
and between "the People" and their government. If I have a
product or an idea I want to sell to the American people, I can use
reason and eloquence, but not force.
In our day, however, more than 90% of our government is the unconstitutional
initiation of force as a means of achieving the political or social
goals of special interests who could not achieve their goals by persuading
the rest of us to support them.
Kevin Craig is firmly committed as a matter of moral principle to
oppose such initiation of government force.
More on the charge of
"anarchism."
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Here's more "bad publicity":
I am a Christian. My allegiance to God will always be greater
than my allegiance to any State. I believe that religion
and morality, not the strong-arm of the State, keeps our houses
safe and our economy strong. Happily, every
single person who signed the U.S. Constitution was a Christian
who believed that America had a moral obligation to be a nation
"under
God."
But some are not happy to hear me say that. You may even hear
some say:
"Kevin Craig wants to impose a Theocracy
on America!"
Liberals and Democrats tend to be frightened by talk about God
and morality. They think anyone who believes that religion should
have an impact on law and politics is trying to establish some kind
of "theocracy."
More "bad publicity":
"Kevin Craig does not believe in The
Separation of Church and State!"
These accusations contradict the accusation above, that I am an
"anarchist." I am not out to impose any religion on anyone
using the coercive power of the State. As a Libertarian, I believe
in maximizing individual liberty for everyone: Christian, Jew,
Moslem, Hindu, atheist and agnostic alike. I would abolish all
federal funds to all churches and all religious organizations, as I
would abolish federal funding of Secular
Humanist organizations. I unqualifiedly oppose the use of force
against people with religious views different from my own.
The word "Theocracy" means "ruled by God." A
Theocracy is a nation "under God." America is a nation
"under
God," but not a nation under priests, churches, or
"ecclesiastical bodies" (to use the words of James
Madison).
I do not believe in the modern concept of
"separation of church and state." This concept has been a
disaster for America. I believe in the concept which the Founding
Fathers believed in, which might be called "The Separation of Churches
and State." The modern concept no longer has much to do
with the ecclesiastical bodies known as "churches." Today
the slogan "separation of church and state"
actually means "The Separation of God
and State." The Founding Fathers believed that the State
was "under
God," not separate from God. When the State is separated
from God, the State IS god, or thinks it is.
America was established as a Christian nation, according to an
1892 opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court. Members of non-Christian
religions -- Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and others, as well as
atheists and agnostics -- have more freedom and enjoy higher
standards of living in a Christian nation than they do in an Islamic
nation or an atheistic nation. In and out of Washington, I work
harder and more effectively for the freedom and prosperity of
non-Christians than many of those same non-Christians do.
More on the charge of
"theocracy."
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Why Bother Reading this Web Page?
The Republican incumbent in this race won the last election with a
staggering 73% of the vote. He has been the incumbent for five
terms. He already has nearly
two million dollars to spend in his campaign. On occasion the
Democratic Party doesn't even bother to run a candidate against him. This
is what you call "a
safe district."
I have no illusions about going to Washington in 2007. Nevertheless,
Your vote for Kevin Craig will not be "wasted."
It will stand out like a sore thumb. Your vote will
send a clear message. This web site describes that message:
"Liberty Under God"
- The advantage of having an "anarchist"
working for you in Washington is that nobody is more passionate in
defense of your liberty. Republicans claim victory when they
merely slow down the rate of government growth and
intervention. Libertarians won't be satisfied until socialism
is repudiated and government reduced to the size intended by the Constitution.
- The advantage of having a defender of "Theocracy"
representing you in Washington is that nobody advocates the idea of personal
responsibility with more passion. Democrats advocate
Government programs of wealth transfer which are impersonal,
bureaucratic, and imposed by force. Libertarians are champions of self-government.
America was once a Libertarian nation
In 1831, the French political writer Alexis de Tocqueville visited the
United States of America, a nation which, in the eyes of today's Democrats
and Republicans, existed in a state of anarchy. The citizenry had deemed
unnecessary such things as income taxation, welfare
bureaucracies, Social Security, Medicare
and Medicaid, public schooling, drug
wars, economic regulations, gun
control, and immigration controls, but
the poor were cared for, the elderly were respected, the illiterate were
educated, the streets were safe, and the economy was flourishing.
Tocqueville described the laissez-faire world of Liberty Under God:
| The revolution of the United States was the result
of a mature and dignified taste for freedom, and not of a vague or
ill-defined craving for independence. It contracted no alliance
with the turbulent passions of anarchy; but its course was marked,
on the contrary, by an attachment to whatever was lawful and
orderly.
It was never assumed in the United States that the citizen of a
free country has a right to do whatever he pleases; on the
contrary, social obligations were there imposed upon him more
various than anywhere else. No idea was ever entertained of
attacking the principles or of contesting the rights of society;
but the exercise of its authority was divided, to the end that the
office might be powerful and the officer insignificant, and that
the community should be at once regulated and free. In no country
in the world does the law hold so absolute a language as in
America, and in no country is the right of applying it vested in
so many hands. The administrative power in the United States
presents nothing either central or hierarchical in its
constitution, which accounts for its passing, unperceived. The
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Only the Libertarian Party has a clear and consistent program to return
government to the limited power the Founding Fathers intended it to have.
Kevin Craig will encourage people of faith and conscience to take personal
responsibility to solve pressing social problems without government force:
The Bible says "true
religion" is this:
To visit the fatherless
and widows in their affliction
James 1:27
"Compassion"
comes from two Latin words meaning "suffer with." True concern
for the poor means more than "I gave at the office." It means
personal involvement on a local level. Religion, not Washington D.C., has
been the greatest ally of the poor.
Public "virtue"
is what protects our rights to life, liberty and property, not
the Office of Homeland Security. The heroes of Flight
93 realized that the government was not going to protect them, and
they took personal responsibility to thwart the hijackers. Subsequent
hijackings have been prevented by similar acts of self-government, not by
the elimination of curbside check-in. The federal government owes
the people of New York and the rest of the world a profound apology for
giving Osama bin Laden billions
of dollars in military assistance during the 1980's.
Eliminating domestic liberties is no way to atone for their failed
interventionist foreign policy. America's Founders followed clear
principles of peaceful non-intervention:
The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign
nations is in extending our commercial relations to have with them as
little political connection as possible."
— Washington, Farewell Address (1796)
I deem [one of] the essential principles of our
government, and consequently [one] which ought to shape its
administration … peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all
nations, entangling alliances with none.
— Jefferson, First Inaugural Address (1801)
These simple policies led to America's greatness. They
have been abandoned by both Republicans and Democrats. Only Libertarians
are willing to follow these policies with principled consistency, even if,
as a result, it may be a few years before our candidates win a seat in
Congress.
I advocate the replacement of inefficient bureaucratic government
programs with competitive, efficient Free Market approaches. My
Stand on the Issues is often my vision for comprehensive privatization,
one bureaucracy at a time. My favorite
issues:
The Character of a
Congressman reflects my continuing journey toward good character. It's
a lifelong journey.
I have finished the course work for my Master's Degree in Law and
Theology. My thesis is a defense of "Laissez-Faire
Theocracy." If you're interested in lengthy footnoted academic
discussions and ideas about the distant future, click
here.
Thank you very much for reading!
Kevin Craig
P.O. Box 179
Powersite, MO 65731
KevinCraig@KevinCraig.US
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