'{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Chuck Baldwin |image = CBaldwin08.jpg |birthname = Charles Obadiah Baldwin |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|5|3}} |birth_place = [[New York, New York]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[American Independent Party]] (2015–present) |otherparty = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (1980–2000;<br />2011–2015)<br />[[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution]] (2000–2011)<br />[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (before 1980) |spouse = {{marriage|Connie Kay Cole|1973}} |children = 3 |alma_mater = [[Liberty University]]<br />[[American Accrediting Association of Theological Institutions|Christian Bible College]] |website = {{URL|chuckbaldwinlive.com|Official website}} }} '''Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin''' (born May 3, 1952) is an American [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] politician, [[radio host]], and founder-former pastor of Crossroad [[Independent Baptist|Baptist]] Church in [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]], Florida.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McLaughlin |first1=Kathleen |title=How 'Dr. Annie' is dividing the Flathead |url=https://montanafreepress.org/2020/05/07/how-dr-annie-is-dividing-the-flathead/ |publisher=Montana Free Press |access-date=10 June 2020 |date=7 May 2020}}</ref> As of January 2011 he was pastor of Liberty Fellowship in [[Kalispell, Montana|Kalispell]], Montana. He was the presidential nominee of the [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution Party]] for the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 U.S. presidential election]] and had previously been its nominee for [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]] in 2004. He hosts a daily one-hour radio program, ''Chuck Baldwin Live'', and writes a daily editorial column carried on its website, as well as on [[VDARE|VDare]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Chuck Baldwin: Writers |url=https://vdare.com/writers/chuck-baldwin |website=VDARE.com |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref> He is a former editor of NewsWithViews.com. The [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] identifies Baldwin as part of the [[Anti-statism|antigovernment]] movement.<ref name="SPLC">{{cite web |title=Chuck Baldwin |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/chuck-baldwin |publisher=The Southern Poverty Law Center |access-date=10 June 2020}}</ref> [[White supremacy|White supremacist]] [[Randy Weaver]] once counted himself among Baldwin's congregants in the Liberty Fellowship in Kalispell.<ref name="SPLC" /> As a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] member, Baldwin was state chairman of the Florida [[Moral Majority]] in the 1980s. However, during the 2000 campaign of Republican [[George W. Bush]] for U.S. president, Baldwin left the party and began a long period of criticism of Bush. Baldwin endorsed U.S. Representative [[Ron Paul]] for the 2008 Republican nomination for president, and Paul in turn endorsed Baldwin for the presidency in the 2008 general election. He identifies as an anti-Zionist, believing that [[Zionism]] is the main threat to the U.S. He writes that Zionists control the media, "the mainstream Christian religion, and the U.S. government" and that Zionism is responsible for the ills of U.S. society and culture.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/3630/Zionism-Not-Islam-Is-Americas-Biggest-Threat.aspx|title=Columns > Zionism, Not Islam, Is America's Biggest Threat|website=chuckbaldwinlive.com|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref> ==Family and education== Baldwin's father, Edwin J. "Ed" Baldwin, was born on March 1, 1907, in [[Lake City, Michigan|Lake City]], Michigan, to Zora Mary Baldwin (1889–1973) and Arthur Baldwin (1881–1962), a farmer, carpenter, and construction foreman. The family moved to [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], Arkansas, before 1910, after which Ed's four siblings Ruth, Nina, Arthur (Bud), and Eugene (Gene) were born. Ed grew up to marry Sarah L. Baldwin, became a master welder, and was loyal to the [[International Brotherhood of Teamsters|Teamsters union]] and the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wargs.com/political/baldwin.html|title=The Ancestors of Charles "Chuck" Baldwin|author1=Reitwiesner, William Addams|author2=Battle, Robert|publisher=Wargs|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081109092448/http://www.wargs.com/political/baldwin.html|archive-date=2008-11-09|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=bt>{{cite web|url=http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/baldwin/080229|publisher=[[Renew America]]|author=Baldwin, Chuck|date=2008-02-29|access-date=2008-10-20|title=A tribute to my dad|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919080725/http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/baldwin/080229|archive-date=September 19, 2011|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In response to the [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|bombing of Pearl Harbor]], the three brothers volunteered for [[World War II]] on December 8, 1941. At this time, Sarah left Ed because of his years of alcoholism.<ref name=bt/> After the war, Ed left Arkansas and found work in [[La Porte, Indiana|La Porte]], Indiana (where he lived until his death in early 1993); he was the only one of the Baldwin clan (also including his in-laws) not to remain a lifelong Arkansan.<ref name=me/> In 1947, while in poor health, Ed "gave his heart to the Lord" in a salvation experience, and reportedly never drank again. Ed had remarried to Ruth M. Baldwin (née Couch) (1912-1997), and conducted a successful volunteer [[chaplain]]cy in [[LaPorte County, Indiana|La Porte County]] Jail, [[Indiana State Prison]], and other northern Indiana prisons for 35 years; he was regarded as an effective soulwinner and as having a special ministry to black inmates.<ref name=bt/> Ed's life story was dramatized for radio by [[Pacific Garden Mission]] for its "[[Unshackled!]]" series.<ref name=cpt>{{cite web |url=http://www.cptexas.org/sketch.html|title=Dr. Chuck Baldwin: A Biographical Sketch|publisher=[[Taxpayers Party|Constitution Party]] of [[Texas]]|access-date=2008-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725040444/http://www.cptexas.org/sketch.html |archive-date=July 25, 2008}}</ref> Ed's son, Charles "Chuck" Baldwin, was born in La Porte, Indiana, in La Porte County, on May 3, 1952, to him and his second wife, Ruth. Baldwin graduated from La Porte High School in 1971 and attended [[Midwestern Baptist College]] in [[Pontiac, Michigan|Pontiac]], Michigan, for two years. He met Connie Kay Cole there and married her on June 2, 1973.<ref name=cpt/> Though he originally had planned on a career in law enforcement, Baldwin felt called to evangelistic ministry;<ref name=bt/> he moved to the south,<ref name=me/> and enrolled in, and graduated with a Bible diploma from, the Thomas Road Bible Institute (now the Liberty Bible Institute at [[Liberty University]]). He received unaccredited bachelor's and master's degrees in theology through correspondence programs from [[Christian Bible College]] of [[Rocky Mount, North Carolina|Rocky Mount]], North Carolina. Baldwin has received two honorary doctor of divinity degrees, from Christian Bible College and from [[Trinity Baptist College]] in [[Jacksonville, Florida]].<ref name=cpt/> On June 22, 1975, Chuck and Connie Baldwin and four other individuals held the first meeting of what would become the Crossroad Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida; Baldwin was the founding pastor. By 1985 the church had gone through repeated building programs and been recognized by President [[Ronald Reagan]] for its unusual growth and influence.<ref name=cpt/> ==Political activity== Prior to joining the Republican Party in 1980, Baldwin had been a registered Democrat, like his father.<ref name=me/> From 1980 to 1984, Baldwin served as Pensacola chairman and then state executive director of the Florida Moral Majority, organized by the Rev. [[Jerry Falwell]].<ref name=cpt/> Baldwin helped carry the state twice for Reagan electors; he says he helped Falwell register some 50,000 Christian conservative voters.<ref name=b1207/> Baldwin's father, Ed, a lifelong Democrat, expressed grudging admiration for what he saw as Reagan's honesty and courage.<ref name=bt/> In August 1994, Baldwin had a call-in radio show on the Christian Patriot Network.<ref name=adl/> In 2000, however, Baldwin left the Republican Party on grounds that the Bush–Cheney ticket was too liberal. Baldwin has said that many evangelical minds, similarly to ministers in [[Nazi Germany]], have seemingly given Bush "the aura of an American Fuhrer".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin281.htm|author=Baldwin, Chuck|title=Are We Witnessing the Rise of the Fourth Reich?|publisher=NewsWithViews.com|date=2006-02-07|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112025438/http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin281.htm|archive-date=2008-11-12|url-status=live}}</ref> He considered himself an [[independent politician|independent]] affiliated with the Constitution Party.<ref name=me/> At about this time, Baldwin began hosting a local daily one-hour current-events radio program, "Chuck Baldwin Live", which continues today nationwide on the Genesis Communications Network. He writes a semiweekly editorial column carried on its website, on VDare, Chuckbaldwinlive.com,<ref>Chuckbaldwinlive.com</ref> and in several newspapers. He has also appeared on numerous television shows and radio shows, in churches across the country, and as the keynote speaker for the 50th anniversary of [[Normandy landings|D-Day]] at [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]].<ref name=cpt/> ===2004 vice presidential campaign=== In the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]], Baldwin was the running mate of [[Michael Peroutka]] of Maryland and was the candidate for U.S. vice president on the Constitution Party ticket, the [[Alaskan Independence Party]] ticket, and other tickets and qualified [[Write-in candidate|write-in]] slots in 42 states. The two ran on a platform of "For God, Family, and the Republic". The Peroutka–Baldwin campaign publicly spoke out against [[abortion]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://peroutka2004.com/schedule/index.php?action=itemview&event_id=189 |title=An Abortion Free America by January 2005 |date=2004-05-14 |access-date=2008-10-20 |publisher=[[Peroutka 2004]] |author=Peroutka, Michael A. |author-link=Michael Peroutka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006032446/http://www.peroutka2004.com/schedule/index.php?action=itemview&event_id=189 |archive-date=October 6, 2007 }}</ref> [[women in the military]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://peroutka2004.com/schedule/index.php?action=eventview&event_id=206 |title=A Special Memorial Day Message |date=2004-05-29 |access-date=2008-10-20 |publisher=[[Peroutka 2004]] |author=Peroutka, Michael A. |author-link=Michael Peroutka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023035933/http://www.peroutka2004.com/schedule/index.php?action=eventview&event_id=206 |archive-date=October 23, 2006 }}</ref> and the [[Iraq War]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://peroutka2004.com/schedule/index.php?action=eventview&event_id=32 |title=Terror is Not an Enemy. Terror is the TACTIC of an Enemy! |date=2004-02-02 |access-date=2008-10-20 |publisher=[[Peroutka 2004]] |author=Peroutka, Michael A. |author-link=Michael Peroutka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023040155/http://www.peroutka2004.com/schedule/index.php?action=eventview&event_id=32 |archive-date=October 23, 2006 }}</ref> and emphasized the [[Bible]], traditional family values, and the need for Constitutionally limited government. The party{{Which|date=July 2021}} joined with the [[American Independent Party]], the Independent American Party and the Constitution Party to endorse Peroutka–Baldwin as their 2004 presidential ticket.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} Peroutka was also endorsed by many [[Paleoconservatism|paleoconservatives]], the Alaskan Independence Party,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freedomwriter.com/issue29/ak21.htm|publisher=FreedomWriter|title=AIP Elects New Officers: Endorses Constitution Party's Presidential Candidate|author=Chrysom, Mark|date=2004-03-13|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708182317/http://freedomwriter.com/issue29/ak21.htm|archive-date=2008-07-08|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[League of the South]] (accepted by Peroutka at its 2004 national convention), the [[Southern Party]] of Georgia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spofga.org/build/2004/sept/southerners_for_peroutka.phtml|title=Southerners for Peroutka|author=Riley P. Leslie, Jr.|publisher=[[Southern Party]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]|date=September 2004|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929001436/http://spofga.org/build/2004/sept/southerners_for_peroutka.phtml|archive-date=2007-09-29|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Samuel T. Francis]],{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} [[Alex Jones]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indybay.org/olduploads/constitution_party_presidential_candidate_michael_anthony_peroutka.mp3|format=MP3|title=Alex Jones interviews Constitution Party presidential candidate Michael Peroutka|author=Jones, Alex|publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center|date=2004-10-22|access-date=2008-10-20|author-link=Alex Jones (radio)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029034906/http://www.indybay.org/olduploads/constitution_party_presidential_candidate_michael_anthony_peroutka.mp3|archive-date=2008-10-29|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Howard Phillips (activist)|Howard Phillips]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://amconmag.com/2004_11_08/cover3.html |title=Constitutionally Correct Peroutka |author=Phillips, Howard |date=2004-11-08 |access-date=2008-10-20 |work=[[The American Conservative]] |author-link=Howard Phillips (politician) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515163648/http://www.amconmag.com/2004_11_08/cover3.html |archive-date=2008-05-15 }}</ref> and [[Taki Theodoracopulos]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://amconmag.com/2004_11_08/taki.html |title=The Real Deal |author=Theodoracopulos, Taki |date=2004-11-08 |access-date=2008-10-20 |work=[[The American Conservative]] |author-link=Taki Theodoracopulos |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515163703/http://www.amconmag.com/2004_11_08/taki.html |archive-date=2008-05-15 }}</ref> [[Pat Buchanan]] also stated there was a chance he would vote for Peroutka, counting them as "a Buchananite party",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5942180|work=[[Hardball with Chris Matthews]]|date=2004-09-07|publisher=[[NBC News]]|access-date=2008-10-20|author=Matthews, Chris|title=Read the complete transcript to Tuesday's show|author-link=Chris Matthews}}</ref> but eventually endorsed Bush.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amconmag.com/2004/2004_11_08/cover.html |title=Coming Home |author=Buchanan, Patrick J. |date=2004-11-08 |access-date=2008-10-20 |work=[[The American Conservative]] |author-link=Pat Buchanan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006150748/http://www.amconmag.com/2004/2004_11_08/cover.html |archive-date=2008-10-06 }}</ref> The ticket came in fifth with 143,630 votes (0.12%)<ref>{{cite web|title=Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives|publisher=[[Federal Election Commission]]|year=2004|access-date=2008-10-20|url=http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2004/federalelections2004.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019013131/http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2004/federalelections2004.pdf|archive-date=2008-10-19|url-status=live}}</ref> and spent $728,221,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_04+P40003261|title=Peroutka, Michael Anthony|publisher=[[Federal Election Commission]]|year=2004|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031050440/http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_04+P40003261|archive-date=2017-10-31|url-status=live}}</ref> somewhat less per vote than either George W. Bush or [[John Kerry]]. It was the only third party to increase its share of the vote in 2004. ===Interim activity=== In the Constitution Party's April 2006 national convention in [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], Florida, a heated disaffiliation vote forced members to choose between one of two [[Anti-abortion movements|anti-abortion]] positions. The assembly voted not to disaffiliate the [[Independent American Party of Nevada]] over the more exceptive position of its gubernatorial candidate, Christopher H. Hansen. Baldwin voted in favor of disaffiliation, favoring the more conservative position. Baldwin remained with the party, but several conservative state parties subsequently voted to leave the national party, believing it to have unacceptably compromised the anti-abortion plank of its platform;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thirdpartywatch.com/2006/05/03/statement-from-oregon-cp-chair|title=Statement from Oregon CP Chair ...|publisher=Third Party Watch|author=Franke, David|date=2006-05-03|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919214223/http://thirdpartywatch.com/2006/05/03/statement-from-oregon-cp-chair|archive-date=2008-09-19|url-status=live}}</ref> rump factions have been orchestrated by the national Constitution Party in some of these states. On August 30, 2007, Baldwin wrote an informal endorsement for Ron Paul for the GOP nomination: "Conservative Republicans have only one choice for president in 2008: Congressman Ron Paul of Texas";<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=36384|title=Conservative Republicans Have Only One Choice In 2008|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=Haymin, Bill|work=American Chronicle|date=2007-08-30|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212161225/http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=36384|archive-date=2007-12-12|url-status=live}}</ref> more formal endorsement of Paul came in a December video.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c84pJ6E7BYg&NR=1|title=Chuck Baldwin Endorses Ron Paul|via=[[YouTube]]|date=2007-12-19|access-date=2008-10-20|author=Baldwin, Chuck|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520234250/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c84pJ6E7BYg&NR=1|archive-date=2015-05-20|url-status=live}}</ref> That same month, Baldwin said: {{quotation|Unfortunately, it has been the [[Christian right]]'s blind support for President Bush in particular and the Republican Party in general that has precipitated a glaring and perhaps fatal defect: the Christian Right cannot, or will not, honestly face the real danger confronting these United States. . . . On the whole, they fail to understand the issues that are critical to our nation's—and their own—survival. . . . Sadly, this is what the Christian Right just doesn't get: ninety percent of the time, it doesn't matter to a tinker's dam whether a Republican or Democrat wins the White House. . . . All the pro-life, pro-family, traditional-values, conservative talk is just that: talk. Republicans use conservative rhetoric the same way Democrats use liberal rhetoric. Neither party believes what they are telling their constituents. They merely say what constituents want to hear in order to get elected; after which, they set about to do what their elitist, globalist manipulators tell them to do.<ref name=b1207>{{cite web|author=Baldwin, Chuck|url=http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2007/cbarchive_20071207.html|title=Christian Right Just Doesn't Get It|publisher=Chuck Baldwin Live|date=2007-12-07|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927034715/http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2007/cbarchive_20071207.html|archive-date=2008-09-27|url-status=live}}</ref>}} ===2008 presidential campaign=== {{Main|Chuck Baldwin 2008 presidential campaign}} [[File:Chuck Baldwin by Gage Skidmore.jpg|right|thumb|Baldwin speaking at an event in Reno, Nevada.]] Baldwin's vice presidential run, and Peroutka's withdrawal from the national Constitution Party, led to active 2006 speculation that Baldwin would seek the presidential nomination in 2008. Baldwin responded in October that "I have learned to never say never, but I have no desire to run. [It] would require several 'miraculous' signs of reassurance that, frankly, I cannot see happening. However, I am always open to God's will."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://conservativepresident2008.blogspot.com/2006/10/rev-chuck-baldwin-on-republican-party.html|title=Rev. Chuck Baldwin on the Republican Party and Possible Run for the White House|publisher=Conservative President 2008|author=Miller, Ben|date=2006-10-06|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813225816/http://conservativepresident2008.blogspot.com/2006/10/rev-chuck-baldwin-on-republican-party.html|archive-date=2011-08-13|url-status=live}}</ref> He repeated this stance through March 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.millerpolitics.com/6/post/2008/03/baldwin-answers-questions.html |publisher=Miller Politics |title=Baldwin Answers Questions |date=2008-03-25 |access-date=2008-10-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628102010/http://www.millerpolitics.com/6/post/2008/03/baldwin-answers-questions.html |archive-date=2008-06-28 }}</ref> Baldwin announced on April 10, two weeks before the national convention was held in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], that he would make himself available for the party's nomination at the convention, while "not 'running,'" but continuing to seek God's will.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/04/10/chuck-baldwin-declares-for-constitution-party-presidential-nomination/|publisher=Ballot Access News|title=Chuck Baldwin Declares for Constitution Party Presidential Nomination|date=2008-04-10|access-date=2008-10-20|author=Winger, Richard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025181955/http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/04/10/chuck-baldwin-declares-for-constitution-party-presidential-nomination/|archive-date=2008-10-25|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=mp2>{{cite web|url=http://www.millerpolitics.com/6/post/2008/04/baldwin-still-a-number-of-obstacles-in-front-of-my-nomination.html|title=Baldwin: 'Still a number of obstacles in front of my nomination'|publisher=Miller Politics|date=2008-04-17|access-date=2008-10-20}}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A [[Nolan Chart]] writer conveyed speculation that Baldwin's availability may have been responsive to the sudden candidacy of former ambassador [[Alan Keyes]], who strongly favored the [[Iraq War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nolanchart.com/article3570.html|publisher=[[Nolan Chart]]|author=Dance, George|date=2008-04-25|access-date=2008-10-20|title=Ron Paul supporter Chuck Baldwin runs for President|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920092351/http://www.nolanchart.com/article3570.html|archive-date=2008-09-20|url-status=live}}</ref> Baldwin, a [[Non-interventionism|noninterventionist]], admitted others "have urged me to place my name in nomination".<ref name=mp2 /> In a convention speech, party founder Howard Phillips endorsed Baldwin and controversially referred to Keyes as a [[Neoconservatism|neoconservative]] and a too-recent Republican.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4879860832730250338|title=Howard Phillips endorses Chuck Baldwin at Constitution Party Convention|publisher=[[Taxpayers Party|Constitution Party]]|date=2008-04-26|access-date=2008-10-20|author=Phillips, Howard|author-link=Howard Phillips (politician)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418154840/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4879860832730250338|archive-date=2011-04-18|url-status=live}}</ref> Baldwin was nominated on April 26, 2008, after what was described as the most contentious battle in the party's 16-year history.<ref name=kcs>{{cite web|url=http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/11314|title=Constitution Party stunner: Chuck Baldwin KOs firebrand Alan Keyes|work=[[Kansas City Star]]|date=2008-04-26|access-date=2008-10-20|author=Kraske, Steve|series=Prime Buzz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012105929/http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node%2F11314|archive-date=2008-10-12|url-status=live}}</ref> He received 383.8 votes, ahead of Keyes, who drew 125.7 votes from delegates;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/04/26/chuck-baldwin-becomes-the-constitution-party-presidential-nominee/|title=Chuck Baldwin becomes the Constitution Party Presidential Nominee|publisher=Third Party Watch|date=2008-04-26|access-date=2008-10-20|author=Gordon, Stephen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080427004733/http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/04/26/chuck-baldwin-becomes-the-constitution-party-presidential-nominee/|archive-date=2008-04-27|url-status=live}}</ref> Keyes had abandoned the Republicans for the Constitution Party (one month before the Constitution Party convention),<ref name=kcs /> much as Baldwin had done in 2000. Party members such as national chairman Jim Clymer said Baldwin's stands were more in line with party thinking.<ref name=kcs /> Baldwin asked the convention to nominate bankruptcy attorney Darrell Castle of Tennessee as his running mate, and this request was honored.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/political-fix/political-fix/2008/04/at-kc-convention-constitution-party-picks-pastor-for-president/| title=At KC convention, Constitution Party picks pastor for president|work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] Political Fix|date=2008-04-26|access-date=2008-10-20|author=Mannies, Jo |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080530214447/http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/political-fix/political-fix/2008/04/at-kc-convention-constitution-party-picks-pastor-for-president/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=2008-05-30}}</ref> After Ron Paul withdrew from the Republican campaign in June, he remained neutral about making a presidential endorsement. On September 10, Paul held a [[National Press Club (United States)|National Press Club]] conference at which Baldwin, [[Green Party of the United States|Green Party]] nominee [[Cynthia McKinney]], and independent candidate [[Ralph Nader]] all agreed on four principles—quickly ending the Iraq War, protecting privacy and [[civil liberties]], stopping increases in the [[Government debt|national debt]], and investigating the [[Federal Reserve]]—and on their opposition to the Democratic and Republican parties ignoring these issues.<ref>{{cite web|title=We Agree|url=http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=457|date=2008-09-10|access-date=2008-10-20|author=Don Rasmussen|publisher=[[Campaign for Liberty]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023033228/http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=457|archive-date=2008-10-23|url-status=live}}</ref> Paul's advice at the conference was to vote for whichever third-party candidate one has the most affinity to, because "we must maximize the total votes of those rejecting the two major candidates."<ref>{{cite web|title=Ron Paul Statement to the National Press Club: The American Majority|url=http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=456|date=2008-09-10|access-date=2008-10-20|author=Paul, Ron|publisher=[[Campaign for Liberty]]|author-link=Ron Paul|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022212719/http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=456|archive-date=2008-10-22|url-status=live}}</ref> However, on September 22, 2008, Paul stated his neutrality was "due to my respect and friendship and support from both the Constitution and Libertarian Party members ... and I'm a ten-term Republican congressman. It is not against the law to participate in more than one political party." Paul then gave his endorsement to Baldwin: "Unsolicited advice from the Libertarian Party candidate ... has [persuaded] me to reject my neutral stance in the November election. I'm supporting Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party candidate."<ref name=paul>{{cite web |url=http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=547|title=A New Alliance|author=Paul, Ron|publisher=[[Campaign for Liberty]]|date=2008-09-22|access-date=2008-10-20|author-link=Ron Paul|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212045449/http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=547|archive-date=2008-12-12}}</ref> Paul later clarified that though he would vote for Baldwin, he recognized the diversity of his support base and could not bind anyone's conscience. A former Paul primary backer, Houston [[Term limit|term limits]] pioneer [[Clymer Wright]], also contributed to the Baldwin campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/clymer-wright.asp?cycle=08|title=Clymer Wright – $8,500 in Political Contributions 2008|publisher=campaignmoney.com|access-date=January 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211182742/http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/clymer-wright.asp?cycle=08|archive-date=February 11, 2011|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Baldwin wrote specifically against the candidacies of [[Barack Obama]] and [[John McCain]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2008/cbarchive_20080815.html|title=America's Greatest Threat|date=2008-08-15|access-date=2008-10-20|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=Chuck Baldwin Live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918104407/http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2008/cbarchive_20080815.html|archive-date=2008-09-18|url-status=live}}</ref> and those of vice-presidential nominees [[Sarah Palin]] and [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2008/cbarchive_20080916.html|title=Sarah Palin's Answers: Very Troubling|date=2008-09-16|access-date=2008-10-20|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=Chuck Baldwin Live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919032125/http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2008/cbarchive_20080916.html|archive-date=2008-09-19|url-status=live}}</ref> ===2012 campaign for lieutenant governor=== In November, 2011, Republican Montana gubernatorial candidate Bob Fanning selected Chuck Baldwin as his running mate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timesexaminer.com/chuck-baldwin/934-i-am-now-a-candidate-for-montana-lieutenant-governor- |title=I Am Now A Candidate For Montana Lieutenant Governor |publisher=Timesexaminer.com |date=2011-11-23 |access-date=2015-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414213429/http://www.timesexaminer.com/chuck-baldwin/934-i-am-now-a-candidate-for-montana-lieutenant-governor- |archive-date=2015-04-14 |url-status=live }}</ref> Baldwin withdrew his candidacy for lieutenant governor on February 12, 2012, several months before the June primary.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/archives/4482 |title=Columns > Chuck Baldwin's Withdrawal Announcement |publisher=Chuckbaldwinlive.com |date=2012-02-13 |access-date=2015-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406030331/http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/archives/4482 |archive-date=2013-04-06 |url-status=live }}</ref> ===2012 presidential nomination=== In July 2012, the [[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform Party of the United States]]' Kansas affiliate nominated Baldwin as its presidential candidate, though [[Andre Barnett]] was the national candidate. Baldwin received 5,017 votes, or 0.43% of the total popular vote in Kansas. ==Move to Montana== In 2010, Baldwin retired from his position as pastor of Crossroad Baptist Church and announced his intention to move to Montana, because he believed God had told him that the mountain states were the "tip of the spear in the freedom fight".<ref name="godtoldme">{{cite web|url=http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=2209|title=The Hardest Decision Of My Life|access-date=September 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906080119/http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=2209|archive-date=September 6, 2010|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In March 2011, he wrote an article in support of the [[American Redoubt]] strategic relocation movement originated by novelist and blogger [[James Wesley Rawles]]. This plan designates five western states (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, eastern Oregon, and eastern Washington) as a safe haven for conservative Christians and Jews.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin642.htm |title=Chuck Baldwin – The American Redoubt |publisher=Newswithviews.com |date=2011-03-31 |access-date=2015-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409092526/http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin642.htm |archive-date=2015-04-09 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://survivalblog.com/move_to_the_mountain_states-t/ |title=Move to the Mountain States–The American Redoubt |publisher=SurvivalBlog.com |date=2011-03-28 |access-date=2015-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225223634/http://survivalblog.com/move_to_the_mountain_states-t/ |archive-date=2014-12-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In a June 9, 2011 article, Baldwin outlined his reasons for choosing the [[Flathead Valley]] of western Montana for his family's home. He cited Montana's freedom-loving people, its recognition of the [[right to keep and bear arms]], and a feeling of strong conviction, following prayer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=3662 |title=ChuckBaldwinLive.com |publisher=ChuckBaldwinLive.com |access-date=2015-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305035806/http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home?p=3662 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Political positions== ===Foreign policy=== Baldwin supports American sovereignty and is an opponent of what he sees as the [[New World Order (conspiracy theory)|New World Order]]. He has stated that fighting against one-world government is his top priority. He believes [[globalism]] in government has led to many connected threats and issues, among which he lists [[illegal immigration]], the [[United Nations]], the [[NATO|North Atlantic Treaty Organization]], the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]], [[Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement|CAFTA]], the [[North American Union]], the [[Trans-Texas Corridor]], the Iraq War, China,<ref name=mt>{{cite news |url=http://www.montanasnews.tv/articles.php?mode=view&id=11063|publisher=Montana News Association|title=Baldwin 2008 Presidential Campaign Kicks Off|date=2008-05-22|access-date=2008-10-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501073923/http://www.montanasnews.tv/articles.php?mode=view&id=11063|archive-date=2011-05-01}}</ref> the [[Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America|Security and Prosperity Partnership]], and the [[Free Trade Area of the Americas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baldwin08.com/Issue-Preserving.cfm|title=Preserving An Independent American Nation|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=Baldwin 2008|year=2008|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023014552/http://baldwin08.com/Issue-Preserving.cfm|archive-date=2008-10-23|url-status=live}}</ref> He would also effect [[United States withdrawal from the United Nations]] and has pledged to push the UN out of its New York City offices.<ref name=kcs/> Baldwin believed that "the invasion and occupation of Iraq was absolutely unnecessary"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baldwin08.com/Issue-ForeignPolicy.cfm|title=A Free And Sovereign Republic, Not A World Empire!|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=Baldwin 2008|year=2008|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023014740/http://baldwin08.com/Issue-ForeignPolicy.cfm|archive-date=2008-10-23|url-status=live}}</ref> and said his presidency would result in troop withdrawal from Iraq.<ref name=kcs/> Baldwin argues that [[Iran]] is not an enemy, saying "Our enemy is those warmongering miscreants in Washington, D.C., Tel Aviv, Riyadh and London." And that "when did the terrible 'terrorist' state of Iran shoot down a U.S. passenger jet and murder nearly 300 innocent civilian passengers? You can't remember? Well, you can't remember, because Iran did NOT shoot down an American passenger jet; it was America that shot down an Iranian passenger jet."<ref name=":Iran">{{Cite web|url=https://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/3893/The-Iranian-People-Are-Not-Our-Enemy.aspx|title=Columns > The Iranian People Are Not Our Enemy|website=chuckbaldwinlive.com|access-date=2019-08-11}}</ref> He has written that "the Mexican government is deliberately and systematically working to destabilize and undermine the very fabric and framework of American society."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin293.htm|title=Forget About Civil War In Iraq, One Is Coming To America|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=NewsWithViews.com|date=2006-04-11|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014091202/http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin293.htm|archive-date=2008-10-14|url-status=live}}</ref> He strongly opposes "amnesty" for illegal immigrants and would try to end illegal immigration.<ref name=kcs/> Baldwin has suggested reopening the investigation into the [[September 11 attacks]], believing that the [[9/11 truth movement]] has a right to have "alternative" 9/11 theories investigated, including those that raise the possibility of U.S. government involvement in the attacks.<ref>{{cite web|author=Weigel, Dave|url=http://reason.tv/roughcut/show/436.html|title=Candidates for Truth!: The Constitution Party's Chuck Baldwin questions 9/11|publisher=[[Reason magazine]]|date=2008-05-29|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530150927/http://reason.tv/roughcut/show/436.html|archive-date=2008-05-30|url-status=live}}</ref> Baldwin has long been a critic of neoconservatism,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/3387/What-Is-A-Neocon.aspx|title=Columns > What Is A Neocon?|publisher=chuckbaldwinlive.com|access-date=2017-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522213715/http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/3387/What-Is-A-Neocon.aspx|archive-date=2017-05-22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/3452/A-Politically-Incorrect-Analysis-Of-Neoconism.aspx|title=Columns > A Politically Incorrect Analysis Of Neoconism|publisher=chuckbaldwinlive.com|access-date=2017-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223231335/http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/3452/A-Politically-Incorrect-Analysis-Of-Neoconism.aspx|archive-date=2016-12-23|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/3498/The-War-Party-Is-Nonpartisan.aspx|title=Columns > The War Party Is Nonpartisan|publisher=chuckbaldwinlive.com|access-date=2017-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027153738/http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/3498/The-War-Party-Is-Nonpartisan.aspx|archive-date=2016-10-27|url-status=live}}</ref> and argues that recent wars that America has fought in the middle east are "waged on behalf of the Zionist state" [of Israel].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/3740/Seventy-Years-Of-Turmoil-Treachery-Death-And-Destruction.aspx|title=Columns > Seventy Years Of Turmoil, Treachery, Death And Destruction|website=chuckbaldwinlive.com|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref> He is especially critical of attempts at regime change in Iraq, [[First Libyan Civil War|Libya]], [[Syrian civil war|Syria]] and Iran, considering American involvement therein to be intended to assist Israel in the creation of a "[[Greater Israel]]" that would make "Israel the dominant political and military force in the region".<ref name=":1" /> He also opposes [[Donald Trump]], calling him a "Zionist puppet";<ref name=":1" /> he believes that Trump has betrayed his previous campaign promises to keep America out of wars, even going so far as to argue that "Trump is making all of the overtures of taking us into the [[World War III|Third World War]]"<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/3745/Perpetual-War-A-Racket-For-Politicians-Bankers-And-War-Profiteers.aspx|title=Columns > Perpetual War: A Racket For Politicians, Bankers And War Profiteers|website=chuckbaldwinlive.com|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref> and speaking favorably of [[Smedley Butler|General Smedley Butler]]'s [[Anti-war movement|anti-war]] book ''[[War Is a Racket|War is a Racket]]''. === Anti-Zionism === Baldwin argues that{{cquote|Zionists heavily influence--if not outright control--the mainstream news media, the major motion picture industry, the popular entertainment industry, mainstream Christian religion, and the U.S. government. I’ll say it straight out: Zionism is not only a “clear and present danger” to the liberties of the American people; it is the BIGGEST danger to the liberties of the American people.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/3630/Zionism-Not-Islam-Is-Americas-Biggest-Threat.aspx|title=Columns > Zionism, Not Islam, Is America's Biggest Threat|website=chuckbaldwinlive.com|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref>}} Pastor Baldwin argues that [[Israel]] is a fascist apartheid state that "commits mass murder against defenseless Palestinians"<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/3743/How-Zionist-Israel-Celebrated-Its-70th-Anniversary.aspx|title=Columns > How Zionist Israel Celebrated Its 70th Anniversary|website=chuckbaldwinlive.com|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref> and is responsible for the deaths of innocent Palestinians and hundreds of thousands of other Arabs,<ref name=":3"/> as well as thousands of Americans.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/3630/Zionism-Not-Islam-Is-Americas-Biggest-Threat.aspx|title=Columns > Zionism, Not Islam, Is America's Biggest Threat|website=chuckbaldwinlive.com|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref> He considers Israel a creation of the Jewish [[Rothschild family|Rothschild]] dynasty, to which he also ascribes much of the blame for the Russian Revolution.<ref name=":1" /> In a similar vein, he believes the [[Israel lobby in the United States|Israel Lobby]] exercises a harmful influence over US politics, and he opposes attempts to criminalize [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions|boycotts of Israel]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theintercept.com/2017/07/19/u-s-lawmakers-seek-to-criminally-outlaw-support-for-boycott-campaign-against-israel/|title=U.S. Lawmakers Seek to Criminally Outlaw Support for Boycott Campaign Against Israel|last1=Greenwald|first1=Glenn|last2=Grim|first2=Ryan|date=2017-07-19|website=The Intercept|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref> arguing that laws against such boycotts violate Americans' civil rights.<ref name=":0" /> He has argued that neoconservatives and "Zionist billionaires" "prop up" former Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], whom he labels a "warmonger" and "criminal"<ref name=":2" /> Baldwin believes that "Zionism has killed more Americans (not to mention the hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women, and children throughout the Arab world) through our perpetual wars-for-Israel; destroyed the Christian faith of generations of America’s youth; destroyed the sanctity of the traditional family; infested America with every kind of moral rot and sexual perversion; and has Judaized the Christian Church in America to the point of turning the fascist Zionist State of Israel into an object of worship."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/3630/Zionism-Not-Islam-Is-Americas-Biggest-Threat.aspx|title=Columns > Zionism, Not Islam, Is America's Biggest Threat|website=chuckbaldwinlive.com|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref> He also argues that Zionism is a fascist and communist movement, writing: "Anyone who claims to be opposed to globalism and neoconism but denies the pernicious part that Zionism plays in globalism and neoconism is either badly ignorant of what globalism and neoconism really are or is knowingly providing cover for the Zionists--and is, therefore, controlled opposition for Zionists. I believe the latter is true in far, far too many cases. And never forget the fact that at their center Zionists are fascists and communists."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/3630/Zionism-Not-Islam-Is-Americas-Biggest-Threat.aspx|title=Columns > Zionism, Not Islam, Is America's Biggest Threat|website=chuckbaldwinlive.com|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref> He also blames "Zionist influence" in "America's entertainment industries, economic policies, educational systems, news networks (including and maybe especially [[Fox News|FOX News]]) and America's political and religious institutions" for what he perceives as a decline in "America's family/moral culture, educational culture, economic culture, entertainment culture, political culture, and, yes, Christian culture". He argues that "[[Christian Zionism]]" is a "false theology" and is distinct from what he terms "traditional Christianity", which in his view does not recognize the modern state of Israel as a fulfillment of Biblical prophecy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://player.fm/series/whtt-podcasts/pastor-dr-chuck-baldwin-rejects-christian-zionism|title=Pastor Dr. Chuck Baldwin Rejects Christian Zionism WHTT Podcasts podcast|last=FM|first=Player|website=player.fm|language=en|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref> He argues that "Christian Zionists" are influenced by the [[Scofield Reference Bible|Scofield Bible]], which he considers heretical.<ref name=":3" /> He is highly critical of media personality [[Ben Shapiro]], calling him a "Zionist Christ-rejecting blasphemer", comparing him with the [[Pharisees]],<ref>{{Citation|last=LibertyFellowshipMT|title=Pastor Chuck Baldwin exposes the Zionist Christ-rejecting blasphemer Ben Shapiro|date=2019-04-24|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqTNvrwMoSQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/KqTNvrwMoSQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2019-05-09}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and arguing that Shapiro is not a true conservative. ===Economy=== Baldwin says he would end all federal [[income tax]]es and phase out the [[Internal Revenue Service]].<ref name=kcs/> In an interview, he said, "What I would propose is an across-the-board, general 10 percent tariff on all imports and that would meet the Constitution's prescription for financing the federal government—duties, imposts, tariffs",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/2431-interview-with-chuck-baldwin|author=Kenny, Jack|publisher=[[The New American]]|year=2008|access-date=2008-10-20|title=Interview With Chuck Baldwin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209210423/http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/2431-interview-with-chuck-baldwin|archive-date=2013-02-09|url-status=live}}</ref> which, he claims, would also help keep jobs in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baldwin08.com/Issue-Jobs.cfm|title=American Jobs: Chuck Baldwin supports a tariff policy that will protect American jobs|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=Baldwin 2008|year=2008|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023014815/http://baldwin08.com/Issue-Jobs.cfm|archive-date=2008-10-23|url-status=live}}</ref> His website also says that "a tariff on foreign imports, based on the difference between the foreign item's cost of production abroad and the cost of production of a similar item produced in the United States, would be a Constitutional step toward a fair trade policy that would protect American jobs and, at the same time, raise revenue for our national government."<ref>{{cite web|last=Baldwin|first=Chuck|title=American Jobs|url=http://baldwin08.com/Issue-Jobs.cfm|access-date=2008-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023014815/http://baldwin08.com/Issue-Jobs.cfm|archive-date=2008-10-23|url-status=live}}</ref> He has said that as president he would streamline the federal government and tap oil reserves in Alaska, [[the Dakotas]], and the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. He believes the United States should return to the [[gold standard]].<ref name=kcs/> ===States' rights and characterization of the Civil War=== Baldwin believes that "the South was right in the War Between the States" (referring to the [[American Civil War]]), and that the leaders of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] were not racists.<ref name=me>{{cite web|url=http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin297.htm|title=Me in a Nutshell|author=Baldwin, Chuck|date=2006-05-02|access-date=2008-10-20|publisher=NewsWithViews.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103042453/http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin297.htm|archive-date=2008-11-03|url-status=live}}</ref> He uses the term "[[Names of the American Civil War|War for Southern Independence]]".<ref name="indep">{{cite web|url=http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=2645|title=Enemy Within The Gates|access-date=2010-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104053955/http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=2645|archive-date=2011-01-04|url-status=live}}</ref> He criticized George W. Bush's failure to rescind executive orders{{Which|date=July 2021}} by [[Bill Clinton]] that Baldwin argued undermined [[states' rights]] and [[private property]] rights.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin20.htm|title=More Facts Conservatives Will Choose To Ignore|date=2002-04-30|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=NewsWithViews.com|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061121223722/http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin20.htm|archive-date=2006-11-21|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Individual liberties=== Baldwin "believe[s] the federal '[[war on terror]]' and '[[war on drugs]]' are mostly a cover for power-hungry, Big Government zealots to trample constitutional government and squash freedoms and liberties, which are supposed to be protected by the [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]] and [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=1522 |title=ChuckBaldwinLive.com |publisher=ChuckBaldwinLive.com |access-date=2015-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407065442/http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=1522 |archive-date=2014-04-07 |url-status=live }}</ref> He opposes the [[Patriot Act]] and related legislation and orders, saying that it "deprives the people of their rights secured under the [[Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourth]] and [[Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fifth Amendments]] under the guise of 'combating terrorism' or 'protecting national security'".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baldwin08.com/Issue-PersonalFreedom.cfm|title=Personal Freedom in America|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=Baldwin 2008|year=2008|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023014538/http://baldwin08.com/Issue-PersonalFreedom.cfm|archive-date=2008-10-23|url-status=live}}</ref> In relation to airplane captain [[Donald J. Carty|Don Carty]] profiling a customer's credentials and behavior, Baldwin stated that "[[racial profiling|profiling]] of all sorts is a very necessary tool for effective law enforcement. Only morons would try to hamper a lawman's ability to bring criminals to justice by removing this tool from them."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2002/cbarchive_20020108.html|title=Profiling, Pompousness, and Presidential Madness|date=2002-01-08|access-date=2008-10-20|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=Chuck Baldwin Live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018152755/http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2002/cbarchive_20020108.html|archive-date=2008-10-18|url-status=live}}</ref> Regarding the [[separation of church and state]], Baldwin believes that "America was deliberately and distinctively founded as a haven for Christians"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin153.htm|title='Happy Holidays'—Bah! Humbug!|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=NewsWithViews.com|date=2004-12-23|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926061011/http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin153.htm|archive-date=2008-09-26|url-status=live}}</ref> and he supports the public display of the [[Ten Commandments]] in government buildings.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} He says that [[freedom of association]] in health care is important: "I strongly support the freedom of choice of practitioner and treatment for all citizens for their health care. ... The government should not have the power to [[Vaccine controversy#Individual liberty|force people to receive immunizations or vaccinations]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baldwin08.com/Issue-HealthCare.cfm|title=Freedom Of Choice In Health Care|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=Baldwin 2008|year=2008|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023014903/http://baldwin08.com/Issue-HealthCare.cfm|archive-date=2008-10-23|url-status=live}}</ref> He also would eliminate the [[Food and Drug Administration]] as unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/Chuck_Baldwin.htm|publisher=[[On the Issues]]|date=July 2008|access-date=2008-10-20|title=Chuck Baldwin on the Issues|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019204513/http://www.ontheissues.org/Chuck_Baldwin.htm|archive-date=2008-10-19|url-status=live}}</ref> Baldwin supports freedom for [[homeschooling]] and private schooling and wants to disband the [[United States Department of Education|U.S. Department of Education]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baldwin08.com/Issue-The_Education_of_Young_Americans.cfm|title=The Education of Young Americans|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=Baldwin 2008|year=2008|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023014605/http://baldwin08.com/Issue-The_Education_of_Young_Americans.cfm|archive-date=2008-10-23|url-status=live}}</ref> he says that he would be the best friend homeschoolers have ever had in the [[White House]].<ref name=kcs/> Baldwin believes that the [[right to keep and bear arms]] should not be infringed by the government: <blockquote>A Baldwin Administration will uphold the right of the citizens to keep and bear arms and will oppose attempts to prohibit ownership of guns by law-abiding citizens, and, further, will stand against all laws which would require the registration of guns or ammunition. . . . [[Richard Henry Lee]], a signer of the Declaration, once said, "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." Just as the right to bear arms is necessary in the defense against tyranny, so [too] is that same right vital for the purpose of self-defense. ... Firearms are used 60 times more often to protect the lives of honest citizens than to take lives. ... The vast majority of the time (92%), the mere presence of a firearm helps to avert a major crime from occurring. That is what Congressman [[Roscoe Bartlett]] (R-MD) concluded after extensive research. According to Rep. Bartlett, the number of defensive uses is four times the number of crimes reported committed with guns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baldwin08.com/Issue-Firearms.cfm|title=The Second Amendment Protects Our Liberty|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=Baldwin 2008|year=2008|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022152652/http://baldwin08.com/Issue-Firearms.cfm|archive-date=2008-10-22|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote> Baldwin had already begun promoting [[American militia movement|militia movement]]s on his radio show as early as 1995.<ref name=adl>{{cite web|url=http://www.courttv.com/archive/legaldocs/misc/militia.html|publisher=[[Anti-Defamation League]]|year=1995|access-date=2008-10-20|title=Beyond the Bombing: The Militia Menace Grows|author=Strassler, David H.|display-authors=etal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202082016/http://www.courttv.com/archive/legaldocs/misc/militia.html|archive-date=2008-12-02|url-status=dead}}</ref> He says that in his opinion, people like [[Morris Dees]], head of the Southern Poverty Law Center, try to "pander the market of fear, trying to convince everybody that anyone with a gun, any person who wants to own a gun, and anyone who would consider themselves part of a citizen militia is a threat to our government and to our society".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/chief.html|date=1997-05-28|access-date=2008-10-20|title=Chuck's Interview with Chief of Police, Joe Hendricks|publisher=Chuck Baldwin Live|author=Baldwin, Chuck|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015170744/http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/chief.html|archive-date=2008-10-15|url-status=dead}}</ref> Baldwin firmly opposes abortion and ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''. He favors Ron Paul's [[Sanctity of Life Act]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baldwin08.com/Issue-The_Sanctity_of_Life.cfm|title=The Sanctity of Life|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=Baldwin 2008|year=2008|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023014752/http://baldwin08.com/Issue-The_Sanctity_of_Life.cfm|archive-date=2008-10-23|url-status=live}}</ref> and says his presidency would end abortion.<ref name=kcs/> He takes a critical view of the federal government's handling of Randy Weaver, the [[Waco siege|Branch Davidians]], and [[Hutaree]].<ref name="hutaree">{{cite web|url=http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=1177|title=The Hutaree Militia Raid|access-date=April 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028074017/http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=1177|archive-date=October 28, 2010|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> ==Personal views== Baldwin has several beliefs typically distinctive of Independent Baptists, such as the primacy of the local New Testament church, counting [[homosexuality]] as a moral perversion, strict abstinence from drinking and smoking, and strict diet and exercise;<ref name=me/> though unlike most independent Baptists, he rejects [[premillennial dispensationalism]]. He believes that America has evolved into "a matriarchal society"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2004/cbarchive_20040521.html|title=A Serious Deficit of American Manhood|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=Chuck Baldwin Live|date=2004-05-21|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019005159/http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2004/cbarchive_20040521.html|archive-date=2008-10-19|url-status=live}}</ref> and that it is losing the "inner toughness" of masculinity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2006/cbarchive_20060126.html|title=Whatever Happened to Masculinity?|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=Chuck Baldwin Live|date=2006-01-26|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808141713/http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2006/cbarchive_20060126.html|archive-date=2008-08-08|url-status=live}}</ref> Baldwin says his only organizational memberships are to his church, the Constitution Party, [[Gun Owners of America]], and the [[National Rifle Association]].<ref name=me/> In 2002 he wrote a booklet, "What Every Christian Should Know About Islam." Baldwin summarizes [[Muslim persecution of Christians]] by saying, "Only communism rivals Islam in sheer numbers of people persecuted and killed".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.covenantnews.com/baldwin020201.htm|title=What Every Christian Should Know About Islam|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=Covenant News|date=2002-02-01|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927022210/http://www.covenantnews.com/baldwin020201.htm|archive-date=2008-09-27|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, more recently, he has argued that Zionism constitutes a greater threat to America than Islamic terrorism, and urged Christians to draw distinctions between different sects of [[Islam]].<ref name=":0" /> In his spare time, Baldwin enjoys hunting, recreational fishing, and watching the [[Green Bay Packers]].<ref name=me/> Among his favorite movies are ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2004/cbarchive_20040309.html|title='The Passion of the Christ' is a Must See Film!|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=Chuck Baldwin Live|date=2004-03-09|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019005031/http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2004/cbarchive_20040309.html|archive-date=2008-10-19|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[Gods and Generals (film)|Gods and Generals]]'', stating that the latter "has the power to change the hearts of millions of people who disdain the Old Confederacy, who misunderstand Southern slavery, and who hold Christianity in contempt".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2003/cbarchive_20030218.html|title=You Gotta See This Movie!|author=Baldwin, Chuck|publisher=Chuck Baldwin Live|date=2003-02-18|access-date=2008-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017105718/http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2003/cbarchive_20030218.html|archive-date=2008-10-17|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Bibliography== * {{cite book|title=The Freedom Documents|editor=Baldwin, Chuck |others=[[Abigail Adams]], [[John Adams]], [[Samuel Adams]], [[Patrick Henry]], [[Robert E. Lee]], [[Abraham Lincoln]], [[Thomas Paine]], [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Theodore Roosevelt]], [[Mark Twain]]|location=[[Pensacola]], [[Florida]]|publisher=Chuck Baldwin Live Radio Talk Show|year=2001|oclc=212793142}} * ''Let's Look at Legalism''.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} * ''Subjects Seldom Spoken On: 11 Messages That Will Stimulate Your Mind and Stir Your Heart'', 1990.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} * ''This Is the Life'' (a verse-by-verse [[Exposition (literary technique)|exposition]] of the [[Epistles of John]]).{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== * {{Official website|http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/}} *{{C-SPAN|chuckbaldwin}} {{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=Curtis Frazier}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution]] nominee for [[Vice President of the United States]]|years=[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]}} {{s-aft|after=Darrell Castle}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Michael Peroutka]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution]] nominee for [[President of the United States]]|years=[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]}} {{s-aft|after=[[Virgil Goode]]}} {{s-end}} {{United States presidential election, 2008}} {{Constitution Party (United States)}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Baldwin, Chuck}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:20th-century American journalists]] [[Category:20th-century American male writers]] [[Category:20th-century American non-fiction writers]] [[Category:20th-century Baptist ministers]] [[Category:21st-century American journalists]] [[Category:21st-century American male writers]] [[Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers]] [[Category:21st-century American politicians]] [[Category:21st-century Baptist ministers]] [[Category:2004 United States vice-presidential candidates]] [[Category:American anti-abortion activists]] [[Category:American anti–illegal immigration activists]] [[Category:American anti–Iraq War activists]] [[Category:Independent Baptist ministers]] [[Category:American Christian writers]] [[Category:American foreign policy writers]] [[Category:American gun rights activists]] [[Category:American hunters]] [[Category:American male journalists]] [[Category:American male non-fiction writers]] [[Category:American political journalists]] [[Category:American political writers]] [[Category:American talk radio hosts]] [[Category:Anti-corporate activists]] [[Category:Anti-Zionism in the United States]] [[Category:Baptist ministers from the United States]] [[Category:Candidates in the 2008 United States presidential election]] [[Category:Christians from Florida]] [[Category:Christians from Indiana]] [[Category:Christians from Montana]] [[Category:Constitution Party (United States) presidential nominees]] [[Category:Constitution Party (United States) vice presidential nominees]] [[Category:Critics of neoconservatism]] [[Category:Drug policy reform activists]] [[Category:Florida Constitutionalists]] [[Category:Florida Republicans]] [[Category:Former evangelicals]] [[Category:Homeschooling advocates]] [[Category:Indiana Democrats]] [[Category:Indiana Republicans]] [[Category:Journalists from Montana]] [[Category:Liberty University alumni]] [[Category:Militia in the United States]] [[Category:Montana Constitutionalists]] [[Category:Montana Republicans]] [[Category:Non-interventionism]] [[Category:Paleoconservatism]] [[Category:People from Kalispell, Montana]] [[Category:People from La Porte, Indiana]] [[Category:People from Pensacola, Florida]] [[Category:Writers from Indiana]] [[Category:Writers from Montana]] [[Category:Writers from Pensacola, Florida]]'