There is a surge of support for the GOP candidate, Scott Brown and he now has a chance to win.  It might be decided by a point or two.  Gary Bauer at the Campaign for Working Families has indicated his support of Brown even though he is “less solid” on values issues.  I respect Bauer very much.  I also do not like Attorney  Martha Coakley; she’s a typical liberal Democrat who played the Bush card shamelessly and disingenuously in a prior debate.  The Bush tax cuts helped the wealthy; Bush ran up deficits blah blah blah…  Actually, the rich pay most of the taxes in the USA.  What programs will Senator Coakley cut in DC?  As for me, to quote a great man, “I’d start with the departments:  The Department of Education, Department of Energy, Homeland Security..” 

Speaking of Ron Paul, there is a third candidate:  A libertarian with the ironic name of Joe Kennedy.  He has a great platform.  One I almost totally agree with.  But Kennedy has virtually no chance to win.  I would have easily suggested voting for Kennedy if Brown was far behind in the polls. 

I also reject this sordid notion that terrorists ought to tried before military tribunals for the duration of an indefinite “war on terror.”  Sounds like a great recipe for authoritarian rule in the United States.  The USA Patriot Act has already eroded our liberties.  But Brown is using it in a manner as shamefully as Coakley invoking Bush.   But Brown is willing to consider voting against Obamacare. 

So what do I do?  So, my heart rises at the idea that Brown can win over Coakley.  But Kennedy is my hero for running and taking the Ron Paul message in hostile territory.  Thankfully, I do not vote in Massachusetts.  I always pray about my vote and I urge my fellow believers and fellow libertarians in Massachusetts who read my blog (that’s all two of you!) to vote your conscience. 

Sandy the Conflicted Libertarian

However, I heard this on Rush Limbaugh and saw a portion of it on Gary Bauer’s End of the Day email.  (Here’s where to subscribe to it!)  It is from George Washington’s Thanksgiving proclamation. 

“…I do recommend and assign Thursday, the twenty-sixth day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these United States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be. That we then may all unite unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation… for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and … for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed…”

President Washington was acting out the express will of the First Congress, who passed and sent to the states the First Amendment with the Establishment Clause.  I’d suggest today this type of proclamation might draw a lawsuit!

Here, from Rush’s website is the entire proclamation.  Here it is from Washington’s papers website.

Have a blessed Thanksgiving and may all my readers know Jesus Christ as their Personal Savior and Lord!  (Here’s how if you need it from Billy Graham’s website.  Here’s more info  from the same place if you have done so!)

Hoffman has been endorsed not only by the Assistant Blogger but by other conservatives such as former Senator Fred Thompson, former Governors Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty and Congressman Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota.  Hoffman has been endorsed by the newspaper Alexander Hamilton founded, the New York Post, the Club for Growth, and former Reagan administration official Gary Bauer.

UPDATE:  Here is Doug Hoffman’s web site.  GO DOUG GO!