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Saturday, July 10, 2004

Peroutka for President!

Katolik Shinja is endorsing Michael Anthony Peroutka of the Constitution Party for President of the United States in the 2004 election.

Why vote for Mr. Peroutka and not President Bush? Mr. Peroutka's own words, from The Religious Right Goes Wrong:
"We are totally pro-life, with no exceptions, whereas Mr. Bush is not. We are totally pro-family and pro-traditional marriage --- completely against homosexual "marriage" in any shape or form ---, whereas Mr. Bush is in favor of "civil unions" between members of the same sex. And we believe we are even more pro-American --- in the original sense of this word --- because we believe the Constitution of these united States should be strictly obeyed, whereas Mr. Bush, by his actions, has shown that he does not believe this."

Furthermore, while I think President Bush is basically a decent and honest fellow, he needs to called to task for his mishandling of the "War on Terror" and his dreadfully mistaken invasion of Iraq. From Terror is Not an Enemy. Terror is the TACTIC of an Enemy!, here are Mr. Perouka's words:
"'Nation building' is not a permissible function of the United States Government under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

"As President, I would follow the Supreme Law of the Land, the United States Constitution, and bring home our troops."


While the Average Joe Schriner Campaign stands for many important issues, including an economy more on the the lines of Distrubutism, that candidacy seems to suffer from a certain lack of clarity.

For the above reasons, Katolik Shinja is proud to endorse Michael Anthony Peroutka for the next President of the United States.

I realize Mr. Peroutka's ideas may not be for everyone, but I encourage all disaffected and principled voters on the Left and Right to choose a third party in November (see Nader and Peroutka: Throwing a Left-Right Counterpunch at the Establishment's Jaw in 2004). To quote that eminent political philosopher Chuck D, "neither party is mine, not the jack-ass or the elephant."