Kevin Craig
the Libertarian Party
Candidate
for the U.S. House of Representatives from Southwest
Missouri
is the only candidate Uncompromisingly Committed to the ideal of
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.
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.
If you didn't find the solution to your problem, type your question
in the box below. Be sure to type your email address. Click "SUMBIT."
Kevin Craig will personally get back to you with a link to the webpage
that shows how "Liberty Under God" is the answer to
America's challenges.
Each week your questions are answered LIVE in
the "Ozarks Virtual Town Hall"
10:30 am this Saturday morning.
You are not a Real
American
if you do not vote for
Kevin Craig
on November 2, 2010
An audacious claim?
What
is a "Real American?"
What does America
stand for?
Does America
mean anything?
Or are we all just "Global
Citizens" now?
It's not your fault if you don't know
what a Real American
is.
You're probably a victim of Educational
Malpractice by our Government schools.
Take this quick quiz:
In which country does the government prohibit
teachers in government-run schools from teaching students that the
Declaration of Independence
(1776) is really true:
a. Iran
b. North Korea
c. Communist China
d. The United States
e. All of the
above
That's correct:
The United States federal government makes it illegal
for a school teacher in a government-run school here in Southwest
Missouri to teach students that the Declaration of Independence really
is true:
• that there really is a God, and His existence
is a "self-evident truth"
• that our rights really are the product of intelligent
design (not the government)
• that all Americans really are obligated to conform their lives
to
"the
Laws of Nature and of Nature's God"
• that one day our actions really must pass judgment with
"the Supreme
Judge of the world"
• that all Americans should have "a firm reliance on
the
Protection of Divine
Providence."
• that Americans have a duty
-- not just a right
-- to abolish
any government
that becomes a tyranny.
That's what America's Birth Certificate -- the Declaration
of Independence -- says. The Federal Government says that teachers
in local government-operated schools paid for by your local property
taxes cannot "endorse"
or "promote"
these ideas. Students can be taught that a long time ago some dead
white males believed the Declaration of Independence was
true, but teachers cannot say it really is objectively true today,
and that students should stand up and risk
their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor in defense of
these unchanging true principles. This is the only controversy about
Birth Certificates that matters.
So if you don't know what America stands for,
"it's not your fault." Here is America in a nutshell:
If the British government in 1776 was a
"tyranny," then
the federal government of 2010 is a mega-tyranny.
Every person who signed the Declaration of Independence would take
immediate steps to abolish this tyrannical government. The
Constitution was intended to prevent the newly-created federal
government from becoming another tyranny. It
failed. Every person who signed the Constitution would take
immediate steps to repeal the Constitution
and abolish the government it created.
Can there be any rational doubt that Real
Americans like Samuel Adams,
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Hancock would dedicate
themselves to abolishing the federal government of 2010?
Are you a Real
American?
A real American will never vote for any
candidate who would vote to increase government spending, or even
to sustain current levels of government spending. All Government
spending must be cut, even at risk of, or with the design
of, shutting
government down.
Probably a majority of voters today
are not Real Americans
because they want to use the government to confiscate the
wealth of others and redistribute it to themselves. Too
many Missouri voters want to vote for a candidate who is
"smart" enough to take more from the constituents of
other Congressmen than the other Congressmen will take from
Missourians. This is theft. God will not bless
America as long as we are stealing from each other, using the
government to do so.
Kevin Craig is the only candidate in the
race for Missouri's 7th Congressional seat who is steadfastly committed
not only to never increasing taxes or spending, but following the
example and principles of America's Founding Fathers, working to abolish
the federal government, the greatest enemy of Liberty
Under God.
Non-Violent Revolution
Although Kevin Craig believes the federal
government is a mega-tyranny that America's Founding Fathers
would abolish, he absolutely opposes the use of violence
to do so. He does not even approve of the
American Revolution and its use of muskets and cannons.
The question is not whether Real
Americans would
abolish the Bush-Obama regime; the
only question is how.
Why do you wince, squirm, or faint at the prospect of abolishingtyranny? Why are you hesitant or reluctant to riskyour Life, your Fortune and your sacred Honor
at this critical juncture in America's history? Why do you not abhor
tyranny as much as America's Founding Fathers? Could it be because you
don't really love
Liberty Under
God?
Could it be that you are a
slave?
Too many Americans today enjoy what Samuel Adams called
"a state of tranquillity, wealth, and luxury." He said:
If ye love wealth better than liberty,
the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest of freedom—go
from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick
the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may
posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!
"Chains?" What chains? Are we not free? Don't
the terrorists hate us for our liberty?
America's Founders spoke of "Taxation Without
Representation." Our taxes are 20-30 times
greater than the Tea Tax, the Stamp Act, and all other British taxes
combined. Was America's white-hot opposition to the Wall
Street Bailout in 2008 and Obamacare in 2010 represented
in Washington? Completely ignored.
But we have "gangsta-rap ringtones" for our
cell-phones, "American Idol," 3-D movies, and
government-guaranteed security. The
government takes two-thirds of everything you earn,
but you're easily entertained with ESPN in HD. America's Founders would
say you are a slave.
A pampered slave.
Before you are capable of riskingyour Life, your Fortune and your sacred Honor
to abolishtyranny,
you must LOVE LIBERTY.
Like George Washington, you must yearn with all your heart for a world
where everyone dwells safely under his own Vine &
Fig Tree.
Kevin Craig, Libertarian candidate for US
Congress from Missouri
interviewed in Springfield, MO March 2008 for "Missouri
Viewpoints"
Are you a true-blue
American?
Or is your allegiance to
a certain political party
greater than your loyalty to your
country?
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 halfof
everything you earn is now being taken by the government. (God
Himself demands only a tithe [10%].)
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").
You're wasting your vote if you vote for someone who's going
to win the election even if you stay home. Use your vote to send
a strong message.
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 2010. 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.
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 Have lunch with Congressional Candidate Kevin Craig. At home
or in your office, enjoy a "virtual" lunch through a
live webcast. Let's talk about how we can bring real change to
America. http://lunch.KevinCraig.us
Kevin Craig, Libertarian candidate for
Missouri's 7th District Congressional seat
speaks at the Jasper County Farm Bureau "Meet the Candidates,"
Carthage, MO | July 28, 2008.
What are you thinking when you cast your vote?
"I always vote for a particular political
party, regardless of the character of the candidate and what he
stands for."
"I always vote for the one labeled
"incumbent" regardless of what he has actually done for
America."
"I always vote for the candidate that the polls
say will be the likely 'winner,' because I don't want to tell my
friends that I voted for a 'loser.'"
"I vote for the candidate that has the best
chance of beating the candidate I really don't want to get
elected."
"I vote for the candidate that promises to give
me more of other people's money."
May I be frank?
Those are really stupid reasons for voting for
someone. Those are un-American reasons for voting for someone.
Think about what it is that made America the most prosperous and admired
nation in history. Here's a hint:
:
These men were better educated, wiser, harder working,
and more Godly than 99% of all politicians today. They did
not trust people with political power; they believed in "Liberty
Under God." Don't
just vote for a political party; don't just vote for the one labeled
"incumbent"; don't waste your vote by just trying to
cancel out your neighbor's vote, or adding your vote to a candidate
everyone knows is going to win whether you vote or not. Think along
these lines:
"Since every politician has to take an oath to
'support the Constitution,' I try to imagine who the Signers of the
Constitution would vote for, and I vote for that candidate."
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 today's 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:
Kevin Craig
“A
libertarian is a person
who believes that no one has the right, under any
circumstances, to initiate force against another human
being, or to advocate or delegate
its initiation. Those who act consistently with
this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it
or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not
libertarians, regardless of what they may claim.”
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.
“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 Pledge for Candidates.
I will endorse and support only candidates
who take the
Small Government Pledge or whose promises and actions are
consistent with the
Small Government Pledge. 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.
"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.
If you really want smaller government, you
need the strongest, most passionate defender for smaller government
pulling on your side of the rope. Vote for Kevin Craig, who pulls the rope
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 you want to
keep. 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.
Radical
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).
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; 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 2010, 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.
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.
Kevin Craig
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.
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.
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:
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 now
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
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:
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.
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 moreof 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 anew
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.
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:
"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."
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.
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.
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 raised over
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 being in Washington on Inauguration Day,
2011. 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
power exists, but its representative is not to be perceived.
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:
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:
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.