Cory Burnell
Shouting From the Mountaintop

A field of 10 candidates will vie for the Republican presidential nomination in a debate tonight... wait, which year is this? Is it 2008 already? It should be glaringly apparent to Americans that something is TERRIBLY wrong with our political system if the fruits of public service are so valuable as to drive competitors to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on campaigns for TWO YEARS. Why do they do this? It's simple: billion dollar government contracts, benefits and protections are at stake. You don't have to be a professional financial advisor such as myself to discern that investing $100 million for billion dollar returns is extremely prudent. And when one considers that the vast majority of the $2.7 trillion in annual federal expenditures (not to mention the additional $3 trillion in annual accrued liabilities) are flagrant violations of the constitutional limitations upon federal power, then we should be angry enough to join Christian Exodus, concentrate our efforts in South Carolina, and see to it that no such federal intrusions are allowed within our jurisdictions.

Even more telling about the state of America than the rampant greed represented by presidential campaigns is the tone politicians necessarily take with the American people. They condescend to the level of stupidity of the American populace. Consider this quote from Mitt Romney on The Tonight Show:

"And so, for me, the message is all about making America stronger: strengthening our military, strengthening our economy and making sure we have strong families. Because in my opinion, the best work that's being done for the future of America is the work that's going on within the four walls of the American home. So, strength!"

OOOOHHHH YAY - STRENGTH! That is the level of intellect that the American people possess. We now need to boil campaigns down to stupid, meaningless, one-word slogans like "strength"? Who among us is NOT for American strength in some way shape or form? That means NOTHING! We hear this same malarkey EVERY campaign season - meaningless drivel about making America better with absolutely no game plan for actually doing so. And by the way, just how might we ask does a president strengthen FAMILIES? Oh for crying out loud! That's the job of churches, friends, charities, private foundations, and dare I say - FAMILIES themselves! Such a novel concept, yet in our cradle-to-the-grave nanny state called the USA we expect politicians to campaign for president on a plank of strengthening families. If you're sensing my frustration and anger, you aint seen nothing yet! Just wait until we discuss whether ANY provision of the U.S. Constitution provides the president with ANY power whatsoever to meddle with the economy or families! That's what upsets me the most about presidential campaigns - no discussion ever occurs about whether the candidates have any lawful authority to fulfill their socialist promises!

I provide the above rant to once again demonstrate that Christian Constitutionalists (paleo-conservatives) in America live among a very apathetic, ignorant and stupid people incapable of any more complex political thought than "strengthen America." Therefore, because the American people are the problem the only solution at our disposal is to change the makeup of the electorate, and hence Christian Exodus to the rescue.

OK, that's enough ranting for now. I'll end this column on a positive note. Praise God that Congressmen Ron Paul and Tom Tancredo will be in tonight's debate. I encourage every one of you to contact your family and friends and watch in the hope that some truth from these statesmen might squeeze into the debate between the load of manure from Romney and the brainless ramblings of Giuliani. You can watch the debate on MSNBC or online at http://www.politico.com/ at 8:00pm Eastern.