As somebody who covered Mitt Romney on the radio in Boston when he was governor, I know too much about his pro-abortion,pro-homosexual “marriage,” pro-Big Government far left wing record to vote for him. But I would not condemn anybody else who chooses to given the fact that the current occupant in the White House is clearly hell bent on destroying any vestige of what currently is left of America.

Frequently, the questioner will respond that despite Romney’s liberal record that he won’t be as bad as Obama and that we need to support “anybody but Obama.”

While that may or may not be true, (I think a valid argument that a Romney presidency would actually be far worse for America)there are certain non-negotiables that, in my opinion, disqualify any candidate running for any public office but especially the presidency.

Here are 10 questions that I recommend posing to any candidate for whom you may be considering voting. As far as I am concerned, if they can’t answer these fundamental foundational questions concerning civil government and the rule-of-law correctly they are not qualified for any public office in any branch and at any level of government.

1. Do all of our rights come from God? (If “no” then candidate disqualified.”)

2. Is the primary purpose of civil government to protect inalienable rights? (If “no” then candidate disqualified.

3. Is the Supreme Court the final arbiter of what is/isn’t constitutional/legal? (If “yes” then candidate disqualified.)

4. Is Roe v. Wade the “law of the land?” (If “yes” then candidate disqualified.)

5. Do governors and presidents (and all other civil magistrates) have a constitutional obligation to ignore unconstitutional court opinions such as Roe, Kelo, Lawrence, Goodridge, California re:Marriage,Varnum, etc…? (If “no” then candidate disqualified.)

6. Is the inalienable right to life from conception to natural death the most fundamental right we as human beings possess? (If “no”then candidate disqualified.)

7. Does the president possess the Constitutional obligation, as the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the United States of America, to enforce the inalienable right to life (as guaranteed in the 5th and14th Amendments) for all innocent human persons from conception to natural death when individual states fail to do so? (If “no” then candidate disqualified.)

8. Do state governors, possess the Constitutional obligation, as the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of their individual sovereign state, to enforce the inalienable right to life (as guaranteed in the 5th and 14th Amendments) for all innocent human persons from conception to natural death? (If “no” then candidate disqualified.)

7. Can any law contrary to God’s Natural Law ever be constitutional or legal? (If “yes” then candidate disqualified.)

8. Can “homosexual marriage” or child murder by abortion ever be legal even if “voter approved” since no law contrary to God’s Natural Law can ever be “legal?” (If “yes” then candidate disqualified.)

9. Can any bill that ends with the 6 words, “then you can kill the baby” such as the “ban” on partial birth abortion (which has never actually banned the procedure and never saved even 1 baby despite raising a quarter of a billion dollars for many of the leading “Christian” and “conservative”pro-life, pro family and legal organizations) ever be considered “pro-lifelegislation?” (If “yes” then candidate disqualified.)

10. Will you advance/support state/federal Personhood Human Life Amendment to the Constitution that would outlaw all abortions from the very moment of conception since Personhood (written into the GOP platform by Ronald Reagan) is the core plank of the GOP platform? (If “no” then candidate disqualified.)

Some may call me a “purist” for setting such unreasonably high standards and focusing too narrowly on “social issues.” But I don’t think it’s unreasonable or “puritanical” for “we the people” to merely expect that our elected public officials be able to articulate who the Supreme Law giver is, what civil government’s central purpose is, and the role and enumerated limitations of each of the 3 branches of government.

Pretty basic Civics 101 stuff.

No?

If conservative Christians want authentically pro-life,pro-family, pro-rule of law representatives, isn’t it up to “we the people” to hold them accountable to ensure they uphold their sworn Constitutional oaths? Isn’t that the main requirement for self-government?

At the end of the day, if we have immoral and compromised politicians in office, we must acknowledge that we bear a significant portion of the blame for placing them in power, knowing even before we pull the lever for them, that they have no intention of abiding by their oaths of office based on their own records and public statements.

Do we not?

Question: Could the reason that voters dislike both men with such intensity have anything to do with the fact that both men’s virtually indistinguishable records and positions are so far to the left of the American mainstream?

After all:

One man believes he will become god of his own planet some day and the other thinks he already is.

One man seeks to establish government run healthcare with individual mandates. The other actually accomplished it on the state level and had some of his very own consultants help design the federal program currently being debated at the Supreme Court.

One man seeks to implement government funded tax-subsidized abortion on demand. The other actually did it at the state level as part of his “healthcare” plan that was endorsed by Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton and Planned Parenthood.

One man says he opposes same-sex “marriage” but has signaled he will attempt to implement it in a second term. The other has already unilaterally, illegally and unconstitutionally implemented it on the state level as governor.

One man supports special rights for homosexuals, lesbians and transgenders. As governor the other boosted funding for homosexual and transgender “education” starting in kindergarten, sponsored “youth gay pride parades,” supports ENDA laws that would force religious institutions to hire homosexuals and transvestites or be fined or forced out of business, and forced the nation’s largest adoptive and foster care agency, Catholic Charities, to place children with same-sex couples even though he was not required to by law.

One man recently attempted to mandate that religious institutions cover contraception including “emergency contraception” (chemical abortion pills). The other one did it 3 years AFTER his supposed “pro-life conversion” even though Catholic Hospitals were legally exempt.

One man wants to roll back the Bush Tax Cuts for the “wealthy.” The other opposed the Bush Tax Cuts, supports raising taxes on the “wealthy,” and raised taxes and fees by close to a billion dollars as governor which decimated the economy of the small New England state he governed.

So the question so many have is whether there is an alternative to the two men we are told daily by the establishment media and elite political class are our only two choices for president.

“Pro-abort, pro-homosexual, pro-bailouts/govt run healthcare, corporatist candidate A” or “Pro-abort, pro-homosexual, pro-bailouts/govt run healthcare, corporatist candidate B.”

Pick your poison…

Demican or Republicrat…

I have a feeling if there were ever a year when truly independent citizen candidates could mount a substantive and authentic challenge to the mostly hand picked establishment candidates from the two parties at every branch and level of government, 2012 may be that year.

Perhaps voters not willing to accept the premise that we must choose between “establishment candidate A” and “establishment candidate B” may have other alternatives?

Here are two (Laurie Roth and Tom Hoefling) that are running for president who are both solidly pro-life, pro-marriage, pro-rule of law Constitutional Christian Conservatives who appear to fit that description.

I have a feeling there will be other independent grass roots Christian Conservative candidates running for other elected offices at all levels of government as well.

The question is whether enough voters are willing to place principle over party.

We will see in the coming months.

Santorum has stated that even though Romney would be the “worst Republican” to run against Obama that he would consider being the running mate of the man who single-handedly signed the death warrants of pre-born babies at $50 a pop as part of his “signature achievement” as governor of Massachusetts…Ted Kennedy-Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama-Planned Parenthood endorsed Romneycare the very model on which Obamacare was designed.

And recently we found out that Newt Gingrich has been meeting regularly in private with Romney the man who Gingrich has repeatedly claimed doesn’t tell the truth. Seriously?

And Ron Paul…well what more is there to say about Ron Paul? Guy’s pro-legalization of hard core drugs and prostitution, has “no problem” with “gay marriage,” denies the Bible says homosexuality is a sin, thinks it’s ok to murder pre-born children if an “honest rape” has occurred, believes states can alienate inalienable rights, supports open sodomites in the military, has no problem with Iran acquiring nukes it has announced it will use to “wipe Israel off the map” and likely the “Great Satan” (the United States) as well.

Isn’t it long past time for Christians and conservatives to break ranks with the pro-Romney Republican Party, RNC, Carl Rove, The Bushies, Dole, McCain, the GOP conservatarian cheerleaders over at Fox and the National Review and all the other fake conservatives like Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh who have either endorsed or white-washed Romney’s far left wing record for the past half decade?

It is for me.

Time’s a tickin…

The proverbial hand-writing is on the wall.

The liberal elites who run the GOP have been on jihad since Reagan left office to purge the party of Lincoln and Reagan of those who don’t believe the Bible and Constitution are living breathing documents. (To paraphrase my good friend and co-author of our new book “We Won’t Get Fooled Again: Where the Christian Right Went Wrong and How to Make America Right Again,” Steve Deace)

I believe that Christians and conservatives who are no longer chugging the GOP kool-aid who realize that the Republicans and Democrats are merely two wings of the same bird both leading us in the same direction (away from God and His transcendent moral law) need to tell the GOP we ain’t buyin what you’re sellin.

Been on that train before (Ford, both Bushes, Dole, McCain and now Romney) and we want off.

Not taking part in the rigged 2 party sham anymore.

I can no longer support candidates for any elected office who won’t abide by their oath to protect and defend the United States Constitution regardless of whether they have an “R” or “D” after their name.

Imagine what could happen if 20 or 30 million Christians and conservatives decided to do the same instead of compromising their core values and beliefs and supporting the “lesser of two evils?”

With man this is impossible. With God all things are possible.

Obamacare (like Romneycare on which it was based) is a clear violation of the Supreme Law of the Land.

Neither the federal nor any individual state government possesses the constitutional authority to force (or mandate) any individual citizen to purchase any good or service. Period!

And that is the main argument that should have been made from the very beginning.

The moment Obamacare opponents ceded that any portion of it was constitutional was the exact moment they lost the debate.

Since Obamacare in toto is unconstitutional it should be ignored by every individual state.

Any individual state governor that enforces any part of the legally null and void Obamacare abomination, is in violation of their oath to only enforce laws in accord with the United States Constitution. And no governor has to get permission from any court to fulfill their primary duty as chief law enforcement officer of that state!

Secondarily, the HHS mandate forcing religious employers to offer free contraception coverage including abortafascients is unconstitutional not because it violates “religious conscience” or “church teachings” as many prominent religious leaders such as Archbishop (and Cardinal designate) Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are claiming.

While the mandate may be in violation of both, the primary reason the mandate is unconstitutional is because it directly violates God’s Law…”Thou Shall Not Murder.” Period!

No law contrary to God’s Divinely Revealed Law or the “Laws of Nature and Nature’s God” is any law at all paraphrasing St. Thomas Aquinas and is the primary reason to oppose Obamacare and the mandate.

2. Laws such as Obamcare/Romneycare or court opinions such as Roe v Wade/Goodridge which are contrary to the Constitution and the “Laws of Nature and Nature’s God” are legally null and void and should be ignored by all office holders at every level and every branch of government?

3. All office holders at every level and every branch of government have the Constitutional duty to ignore unconstitutional and illegal laws such as Obamacare/Romneycare and court opinions such as Roe/Goodridge? (Goodridge was the 2004 court opinion Romney falsely claimed forced him to alter and issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Massachusetts.)

4. Any office holders at any level and any branch of government who treat unconstitutional laws and court opinions as constitutional and legally binding are in direct violation of their oath of office and should be impeached/removed from office?

If you (correctly) answered “true” to all 4 questions then you have just disqualified the current occupant of the White House Barack Obama (a.k.a Barry Soetoro) and current GOP “front runner” (Willard Mitchel Romney) from holding any public office at any level and any branch of government.

The same could be said of virtually every state governor and every state/federal level legislator in our nation.

After all:

Obama supports abortion on demand. Romney signed $50 co-pay abortions into law (3 yrs AFTER his supposed pro-life conversion).

Obama supports socialized healthcare. Romney signed Planned Parenthood-Ted Kennedy-Hillary Clinton endorsed Romneycare (which now includes free abortion coverage) into law that was used as the model for Obamacare.

Obama supports “civil unions” and claims to oppose same-sex “marriage.” Romney actually implemented same-sex “marriage” falsely claiming the court “ordered” him to authorize alterations to and issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Obama supports homosexual and transgender “education.” Romney boosted funding for homosexual and transgender education starting in kindergarten and endorsed “youth gay pride” events by issuing proclamations of support.

Obama supports forcing Christian hospitals to issue chemical abortion “emergency contraception.” Romney was the first governor in the history of the Republic to force Catholic Hospitals to issue chemical abortion pills even though they were exempt by law.

Obama supports forcing religious adoptive and foster care organizations to place children with same-sex couples. Romney forced Catholic Charities, the nation’s largest adoptive and fostercare placement organization to place children with homosexual couples or go out of business which they eventually did.

Obama opposes bans on homosexual scoutmasters. So does Romney.

Obama supports Employment Non Discrimination Laws (ENDA) that would force private religious organizations to hire homosexuals and transgenders or be fined or closed down. So does Romney.

Obama supports promotion of liberal judges to the courts. Romney passed over Republican lawyers for three quarters of the 36 judicial vacancies he faced and nominated 2 open homosexuals.

Obama criticized Joint Chief’s of Staff, Peter Pace for saying that homosexual acts were “immoral.” So did Romney.

Obama supports restrictive gun control laws. Romney does too.

Obama believes in man-made “global warming” and supported McCain-Lieberman “cap and trade.” So did Romney.

Obama supports “comprehensive immigration reform” (i.e., amnesty). Romney supported Bush-McCain-Kennedy amnesty.

Obama supports raising taxes on “the rich.” Romney opposed the Bush Tax Cuts which earned him praise from Barney Frank, raised taxes and fees by a billion dollars and instituted a socialist healthcare plan that has decimated the Massachusetts economy.

All proof source links here

Here’s the 45 second video of Romney lauding conservative icon, Ted Kennedy at the signing of Romneycare (makes me ill to watch).

Anybody who won’t protect and defend the God given right to life for all, can’t be trusted to protect and defend any other God given right.

Bottom line…End of story….Case closed….Period!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mitt Romney belongs behind bars for signing free and $50 child murder into “law” (even though he apparently thought it was quite the hoot in the picture above) not gallivanting around the country in his private jet running for president.

“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil.”

Romney’s Fully Documented Far Left Wing Social and Fiscal Record Here

2. After running for president for the past half decade and outspending all his opponents combined by at least 10-1, Romney got 10% less of the vote in his “home state” than he did 4 years ago.

3. Romney may either split or even lose the delegate count in his “home state.”

4. Christians who voted for Romney evidently don’t care that as governor, Romney signed into law $50 co-pay elective surgical abortions (3 year after his alleged “pro-life conversion,”) illegally implemented same-sex “marriage” (falsely claiming the court ordered him to), forced Catholic Hospitals to issue chemical abortion pills, forced Catholic Charities to place children with sodomite couples, opposes bans on homosexual scoutmasters, boosted funding for homosexual and transgender “education” starting in kindergarten, sponsored “youth gay pride events,” and signed into law the very model on which Obamacare was based…Ted Kennedy-Hillary Clinton-Planned Parenthood-approved, Romneycare (which actually was to the left of Obamacare in that Romneycare underwrites free and $50 co-pay child murder...( all of which is, no doubt, “severely conservative.”)

5. If the Rockefeller RINO-liberal-elites who currently run the GOP think that a guy who couldn’t get more than 4 out of 10 voters to vote for him in his own “home state” after running for president for half a decade can beat Obama in November, they’re smoking crack….

I have written recently on why I as a Christian cannot vote for Romney under any circumstances mainly because Christians are never permitted to “do evil that good may come of it.”

But for the sake of argument, I will concede the point that Christians are permitted to vote for the “lesser of two evils” and ask the question, based on their actual records, which the more evil of the two is…Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

On many social and economic issues Obama and Romney are virtually indistinguishable.

Obama supports homosexual “education” in public schools. As governor, Romney boosted funding for homosexual and transgender “queer education” starting in kindergarten and sponsored and issued proclamations for “youth gay pride” events.

Obama and Romney Both:

Support state level ENDA (Employment Nondiscrimination Act) legislation that would force religious organizations to hire homosexuals, lesbians, bi-sexuals, and transgenders or be fined or put out of business.

Oppose legislation banning openly homosexual Boy Scout Masters.

Made promises to the homosexual Log Cabin Republicans to advance their agenda in return for their endorsement. Romney promised them he could out-gay Teddy K when running for Senate against him in 1994 and promised them that in return for their endorsement for governor in 2002 not to oppose “gay marriage.”

Have been strong supporters of “gun control.”

Criticized Joint Chiefs of Staff, Peter Pace for saying that homosexual behavior is “immoral.”

Opposed the Bush Tax Cuts.

Supported Bush-McCain-Kennedy Amnesty.

Supported McCain-Lieberman “Cap and Trade.”

Supported McCain-Feingold “Campaign Finance Reform.”

Stated that they believe “global warming” is anthropogenic.

Nominated open homosexuals to the courts.

Documented Proof Links Here

So, I guess at this point, if one were keeping score, Obama and Romney would be in a virtual dead heat in terms of their support for and advancement of evil (assuming, as I assume most Christians and conservatives would, that support for and advancement of godless and immoral “laws” could rightfully be considered evil).

But there are a few major areas where Romney actually pulls ahead of Obama in the area of promoting and advancing evil.

Gregg, come on. Now you have gone too far! What are you talking about? After all, our leading celebrity conservative talker/pundits tell us all the time that Obama is the most evil president we have ever had. And virtually none of them in the national media has ever once even mentioned the types of “evil” things you are attributing to Romney.

Well, which is more evil? Obamacare? Or its harbinger, Planned Parenthood-Teddy Kennedy-Hillary Clinton endorsed Romneycare that served as the very model for Obamacare but went even further to the left of Obamacare in that Romeycare subsidizes free and $50 co-pay elective surgical abortions?

Which is more evil? Obama’s recent attempt to force Catholic Hospitals to cover “emergency contraception” (chemical abortion pills) or Mitt Romney who was actually the first to force Catholic Hospitals to issue abortafascients even though he was not permitted to by law which even Mike Dukakis has stated publicly?

Which is more evil? Obama who claims that he supports limiting marriage to one man and one woman but supports reciprocal benefits and civil unions or Mitt Romney who, as governor, unilaterally, illegally, and unconstitutionally implemented same-sex “marriage” falsely claiming the court forced him to and forced Catholic Charities to place children with homosexual couples, again, even though he was not required to by law?

On balance, I think a very plausible argument could be made that, based on their actual records and stated positions above, Romney has actually accomplished significantly more evil than Obama.

So if we as Christians and conservatives should support the “lesser of two evils” in November, does that mean we should vote for Obama in November if Romney is his opponent?

Something to think about…