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America First Party
1630 A 30th Street #111
Boulder, Colorado 80301
http://www.AmericaFirstParty.org
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Party Endorses Presidential Candidate
Boulder, CO - At a meeting of the America First National Committee held
Tuesday, October 12, 2004, the America First Party gave its endorsement
to the Presidential candidacy of Michael A. Peroutka. The America First
National Committee is the governing body of the America First Party at
the national level. It consists of representatives from every
Affiliated State Party.
National Chairman Dan Charles stated, "It is clear to our membership in
46 states that neither President Bush nor Senator Kerry will learn the
lessons of 9/11 and secure our borders. Neither one will promote our
unique American culture and protect the most innocent among us from
dismemberment by either the abortionist or the embryonic stem cell
researcher. Both support the unconstitutional invasion and occupation
of Iraq. Both have misused our troops and have thus failed to support
them. And both President Bush and Senator Kerry support trade policies
that abandon our workers and their families and engage them in a great
race to the bottom of the wage scale. "
Mr. Charles continued, "When carefully examined, there is little
difference between the policies of President Bush and Senator
Kerry. Their disagreement amounts to little more than a pillow fight
over who will out bid the other in the auctioning off of America, her
sovereignty and people, their freedom and rights--which flow from the
Creator of all things. Of the candidates to choose from, only Mr.
Peroutka has endorsed the policies that put America and all Americans
First. A vote for Michael Peroutka will send a powerful message."
Since its founding, the America First Party has adopted a strategy
which differs from that of other third parties, by focusing its
resources on elections it can win or affect. Consistent with that
strategy to build a viable party, it has chosen not to field a
presidential candidate this election cycle. However, the party
recognizes that it must provide leadership to its members and other
principled citizens. Thus, the AFNC adopted a resolution last night
which reads in part:
"That the America First National Committee accepts the endorsement of
the Principles and Platform of the America First Party by Constitution
Party Presidential Candidate Michael A. Peroutka; and
"That we hold that pro-life, pro-family, pro-Constitution political
parties have a responsibility to extend a hand of friendship and
support to candidates of political parties of similar outlook, when
those parties' candidates are not in competition with each other,
regardless of whether those other parties reciprocate or not; and
"That the America First National Committee does hereby endorse and
recommend that its members and all other citizens of good conscience
and principle cast their vote for Michael A. Peroutka and Chuck Baldwin
for President and Vice President of the United States, because it is
the right thing to do; and
"That in making this endorsement for President of the United States of
America, the America First Party is not endorsing the Preamble,
Platform, Structure, Party Building Strategy, or Electoral Strategy of
the Constitution Party."
The complete text of the resolution is available here.
Contacts:
Dan Charles, National Chairman, 1-866-SOS-USA1, ext. 4
Romelle Winters, Press Secretary, 1-866-SOS-USA1, ext. 2
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