Christian Voters Deserve Better than McClintock's Poseur Candidacy
By: Reed R. Heustis, Jr.
September 2, AD 2003

Now that Bill Simon has left the race for California Governor, Tom McClintock emerges as the perceived conservative Republican candidate and the only alternative to conservative-in-name-only Arnold Schwarzenegger. Conservative Republicans all across the state are urging folks to unite behind McClintock so that conservative issues will prevail in the event that Gray Davis is recalled.

Christians should not be fooled by this poseur candidacy though.

McClintock is merely the "perceived" conservative. He is not the real deal.

A casual perusal of McClintock's website (www.tommcclintock.com) reveals that McClintock intentionally ignores the issues that matter most to Christian and conservative voters. As of today (September 2, 2003) McClintock only mentions the car tax, the energy crisis, worker's compensation, and government waste. Nothing more.

Surely, these are very important issues for Californians.

But where is any mention of the abortion issue? Over 40 million babies have been slaughtered since 1973, many of them Californians. It is impossible for our land to prosper when the blood of our innocents continues to be shed. Why doesn't McClintock lead on this issue by exposing the holocaust realities of abortion?

Where is any mention of the gun confiscation issue? Californians have been stripped of their rights to keep and bear arms and are prisoners in their own state to thug violence and lawlessness. Why doesn't McClintock lead on this issue by educating voters about their Second Amendment rights?

Where is any mention of the immigration issue? Immigration is probably the single most important issue to Californians as our culture becomes diluted daily by foreign influence. Why doesn't McClintock lead on this issue by condemning the use of public funds on illegal aliens and making immigration reform a top priority?

McClintock intentionally ignores these issues - unless asked.

Recently, Terry Anderson, Southern California radio host, said that unless a candidate leads with our issue, he does not deserve our vote. If we are required to ask what that candidate believes on a particular issue, Anderson basically said, then he is not our man.

We deserve a champion - a candidate who will lead with our issues with a passion and fire in the belly so that the entire state will know what he believes and what issues are important to him.

Even if the candidate loses the election, at least our issues will have come to light and could spark debate and contemplation amongst the electorate for long after the election itself.

Unless we talk about our issues, voters will have no reason to consider our positions now or any time thereafter.

Ignoring the issues means contentment with the status quo.

Obviously, McClintock does not see the issues of abortion, gun confiscation and immigration as important. Otherwise, he would create media attention and set himself apart from other candidates.

We need a candidate whose name will become synonymous with our issues.

If asked in media interviews about a particular subject, McClintock routinely answers with his pre-packaged sound bite intended to placate conservatives and Christians.

This, by the way, is the typical Republican approach to quelling that "annoying" right wing and keeping them in the party. For us, it is always to the back of the bus. The Republican Establishment tells Christians, You should be satisfied for what you've got, And don't you dare vote for a third party candidate lest you elect one worse.

The typical fear tactic.

Well, this writer won't be bamboozled into voting for a phoney-baloney conservative who ignores our most important issues.

It is time to put principle above politics.

The Constitution Party affiliate, the American Independent Party, offers a candidate who is much more deserving of our votes: Diane Templin. As voters can see from visiting Templin's website at http://www.votefordiane.org, Diane is unafraid to mention these and other issues that matter to Christian Constitutionalists. [Note from Author: On 9/10/2006, I resigned from the Constitution Party, and have since joined the American Heritage Party, America's only explicitly Christian party.]

Endorsed by 100% Pro-life PAC, Templin is the only candidate who will come out on these and other issues that matter to our cause.

The principled voter will vote accordingly.

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