Chuck Baldwin

[[File:CBaldwin08.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Elect Chuck and defeat the New World Order.]]
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'''Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin''' {{lived|1952}} is the founder and former pastor of the Crossroad [[Baptist]] Church in Pensacola, [[Fun:Florida|Florida]], later moving to [[Fun:Montana|Montana]] in 2010 because it didn't have any freedom-hatin' city folk living there.<ref>Baldwin, Chuck. [http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin652.htm "Why We Chose The Flathead Valley Of Montana."] ''News With Views'', 9 June 2011 (recovered 24 May 2017).</ref> He is a prominent [[conservative talk radio|talk radio]] [[wingnut]], and was the 2008 presidential nominee for the [[Constitution Party]]. He is a staunch [[paleoconservative]], [[fundamentalist Christian]], and [[End Times|rapture ready]] nut, but his pet issue is taking the fight to the [[New World Order]] and all its various manifest [[conspiracy theory|conspiracies]] — the [[United Nations]], the [[North American Union]], [[NAFTA]] and its [[NAFTA Superhighway|superhighway]], the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], the [[secure the border|Mexican-American border]], [[FEMA concentration camps]], etc. His writings and show make for a good game of NWO [[crank]] bingo. He also calls the [[American Civil War]] the [[Lost Cause of the South|War for Southern Independence]]. In [[stopped clock]] mode, he does oppose the [[Patriot Act]], the [[War in Iraq]], and the [[War on Drugs]].

He was endorsed by [[Ron Paul]] in the 2008 elections.

In November, 2011, Bob Fanning who was running for Governor of Montana selected Chuck Baldwin as his running mate in the Republican primary.<ref>http://www.timesexaminer.com/chuck-baldwin/934-i-am-now-a-candidate-for-montana-lieutenant-governor-</ref> Baldwin withdrew his candidacy for lieutenant governor on February 12, 2012, several months before the June primary.<ref>http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/archives/4482</ref> He was replaced on the ticket by  Joel Boniek, former State Representative.<ref name=krtv>{{cite web|url=http://www.krtv.com/news/long-list-of-candidates-running-for-u-s-house-and-mt-governor/|title=Long list of candidates running for U.S. House & MT Governor|date=March 12, 2012|accessdate=February 12, 2015|publisher=KRTV|first=Marnee|last=Banks}}</ref> Fanning went on to receive 2.3% of the vote in the Republican primary.<ref name=MTSOS>{{cite web|url=http://sos.mt.gov/Elections/2012/Primary/2012_PRIMARY_STATEWIDE_CANVASS.PDF|title=2012 STATEWIDE PRIMARY ELECTION CANVASS|accessdate=February 12, 2015|work=Secretary of State of Montana}}</ref>

==External links==
*[http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/ Baldwin's radio show and columns]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20081218014324/http://www.baldwin08.com/ Baldwin's old campaign site], courtesy of the Internet Wayback Machine
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/Chuck_Baldwin.htm On the Issues: Chuck Baldwin]
*[http://www.stufffundieslike.com/2010/09/famoust-fundies-chuck-baldwin/ Famous Fundies: Chuck Baldwin]

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