For decades to come, the United States will forever be offered the same choice every election cycle: a socialist, totalitarian globalist and one who is pretending he isn’t. The fake conservative who uses a few key conservative punchlines like “I’m pro-life”, “we must have a strong, robust national defense to protect our freedoms”, “taxes are too high and our economy is in shambles because of over-regulation”, etc. are, make no mistake, what we suspected they were the first moment they opened their mouths: fake. Fake as Hillary “Once Goldwater-Girl, Always a Politician” Clinton. And you know who I’m talking about…after the more principled voices from the primary season have been weeded out, conservatives of the party which has numerous reasons to be the “anti-establishment party” have ended up with the likes of Bush, McCain, Romney, and Trump. One cannot honestly look at those names and say, “oh thank you, finally some principled conservatives with integrity to re-align our country in the right direction.” They are none of those things. Let’s face it.

But we’ve been told that these Republican nominees are eons better than (insert corrupt progressive statist here). They say that voting otherwise means that our crucial American values will be shredded overnight in the next presidency; thus, we must bite the bullet for just this one election…and the next…and the next. We will be able to vote our conscience one day, but not this election. How well has this way of thinking worked out for us who support traditional values such as the Constitution, the right to life, religious freedom, fiscal responsibility, and individual opportunity?

Not sure if you’ve noticed, but big-government progressives have been consistently winning as a result. The compromises have never evolved toward a greater protection of liberty, toward traditional values, or toward responsibility. Government has expanded far beyond its constitutional limitations in the realms of healthcare, education, social issues, and gun control–with lopsided victories for the authoritarian, FDR-style progressives under both Republican and Democrat presidents. Bush Jr. didn’t exactly work tirelessly for–say–the pro-life cause or the restoration of the Bill of Rights; understandably, since he was busy doubling the debt, expanding federal government power in education (No Child Left Behind), expanding corporate welfare by billions, and circumventing the 1st and 4th Amendments (remember the Patriot Act?). Obama’s administration has been even more disastrous: the debt has doubled, the federal government has expanded further into education (Common Core), billions have been spent on corporate welfare, and the 1st and 4th Amendments have been consistently eroded (remember the NDAA?). Well, at least the Republicans always stand strongly for the Second Amendment by comparison, right? Guess again. George W. Bush supported assault weapons bans and national background checks. https://mises.org/blog/gun-control-obama-looks-reagan-and-bush So did Romney. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/may/18/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-exhibits-marked-change-gun-rhetoric/ Tired of Obama’s current compromises on the Second Amendment? So are we, yet the left-leaning Republican nominees haven’t been consistent 2nd Amendment advocates.

But for good measure, how about some icing on the cake for conservatives: the federal government has funneled tax dollars into organizations that provide abortions, such as Planned Parenthood, through every Republican presidency since Nixon, despite all “pro-life” and “anti- crony capitalism” rhetoric which was required for those Republicans to earn our vote. However, this election is different. Donald Trump has vigorously defended the taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood during Republican debates and is working to ensure as many exceptions as possible to the right to life in the Republican platform (http://www.lifenews.com/2016/04/21/donald-trump-absolutely-wants-to-change-gop-platform-to-promote-abortion-in-cases-of-rape/ ). When he speaks of abortion, anyone who has fought for the pro-life cause can tell that he has given little thought to the pro-life philosophy. Is he actually pro-life? Better yet, is he actually conservative? In general, can we trust his conversions from right before this election season? How about his conversions DURING this election season?

It doesn’t matter. We shouldn’t have to. Conservatives–better yet–the American people and American values deserve better than that.

But what are we going to do, vote for Hillary Clinton? No, but we must not be taken for fools by voting for her donor who supports corporate welfare and socialized medicine.

Has he experienced a complete ideological shift since supporting the policies and candidacy of Clinton? Let’s ask Donald Trump during this election season what he believes, at his core, to be the primary functions of government: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/29/donald-trump-lists-top-three-functions-of-government-security-security-security-but-also-healthcare-and-education/ Thank you, Mr. Trump, we know today’s public schools teach the same thing, and thus, we are eternally grateful to our savior Franklin Delano Roosevelt for ensuring that the government exclusively handles those things.

So now that we’re past the point of denial and realize that Trump doesn’t truly represent us, we may feel voiceless. And in terms of the mainstream candidates who appear in national polls, we are. Our voices must be heard, and Trump is not our voice. There is, however, a presidential candidate who consistently represents our ideology, who respects the Constitution in its entirety, who believes in American sovereignty, who believes in personal and fiscal responsibility, who has a conscience and doesn’t ignore his faith in the political setting, and who proudly subscribes to the newly-radical idea of protecting all life, liberty, and property from tyranny at home and abroad. His name is Darrell Castle.

Would you, by chance, agree with…

“The Constitution is the charter of liberty for the American Republic. It is much more than just a piece of paper or just a legal document. It is evidence of the grand design the founders left us and it secures the rights that God granted to us.”

Or how about…

“The general government was created by the sovereign states for a specific purpose; that purpose was to protect our God-given rights. Anything that runs afoul of that purpose is therefore illegal and unconstitutional. And since virtually everything this government does runs afoul of that purpose, virtually everything it does is illegal and unconstitutional.”

And as a proud spokesperson for those who can’t defend themselves and 3-time participant in the March for Life in Washington DC, this one hits home…

“If you’ve ever made a statement that you will never vote for someone who is not pro-life, or who supports abortion, and if you are really serious about that statement, then you only have one choice in this election. I am the only candidate of any party that is 100% pro-life or even close to it.”

For some dark humor, what if Donald Trump said…

“If God raised me up and made me President of the United States, what I told the states, what I told you I would do, I will do, or die trying. So help me God.”

– Darrell Castle

The author of these statements is running for president of the United States as the nominee of the Constitution Party…and regardless of “electability” arguments, this is who represents us. Have you sold your soul to the Republican Party? Or will you let your voice be heard?

You decide. Discern, research, pray about it, think about it. Meanwhile, I’ll just leave this here: http://castle2016.com/