Chuck Baldwin in The Cleveland Plain-Dealer

On Budget & Economy: Wall Street “banksters” have violated the law

The candidates, cordial among themselves, took aim at corporate greed on Wall Street and agreed that President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should face criminal charges for their handling of the economy. They accused the current administration of chronic financial irresponsibility. Barr found it curious that the Department of Justice has been absent during the nation’s financial crisis. Baldwin agreed, saying that many of these “Wall Street banksters” have violated the law. Source: 2008 third-party presidential debate; Cleveland Plain Dealer Oct 31, 2008

On Foreign Policy: Our sovereignty hangs by a very precarious thread

The trio of third-party candidates voiced concerns about the ills of big government, diminishing civil liberties and what they considered the flawed global economy. Baldwin said the “two major parties will do nothing to thwart or diminish what is currently happening.”

“I believe with all my heart that our sovereignty and our national independence are hanging by a very precarious thread,” said Baldwin, a talk-show host and founding minister of the Crossroads Baptist Church in Pensacola, Fla.

Source: 2008 third-party presidential debate; Cleveland Plain Dealer Oct 31, 2008

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