*headdesk*

The goals of the Council on Foreign Relations are best described by its very own members.

Bill Clinton’s Georgetown mentor and CFR member Carroll Quigley says in his book Tragedy & Hope: “The Council on Foreign Relations is the American branch of a society which originated in England… (and) …believes national boundaries should be obliterated and One World rule established.”

Mr. Quigley is only different from Bill Clinton, George Bush and the rest of them in the fact that he thinks they shouldn’t try to hide this any more.

These groups brag and laugh about how America’s two-party system allows for both groups to be controlled at the highest level but still operate like bitter rivals.

As Quigley says, this gives the voters the chance to “throw the rascals out at any election without leading to any profound of extreme shifts in policy.”.

Controlling Washington elite allowed private central banks to ” dominate the political system… …and economy of world as a whole” and implement a new system of “feudalist fashion” through “secret agreements”. Although he believes the CFR’s intentions should be more public, Quigley understands the average person doesn’t understand feudalism or serfdom and will never read his book.

Allright, now that you know what the C.F.R. is up to here’s a list of 2008 Presidential Candidates that are members of the Council on Foreign Relations:

Fred Thompson
Rudy Giuliani
John McCain
Mitt Romney
Jim Gilmore
Newt Gingrich

Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama
John Edwards
Joe Biden
Chris Dodd
Bill Richardson

Of course, considering that ‘doomed 3rd party runs’ helped swing Presidential elections in both 1992 and 2000, I’d say it’s a topic worth considering and discussing–especially in light of the cult-like fanaticism of the Ron Paul folks (to say nothing of his surprisingly hefty war chest) and the dissatisfaction of said theocons with the current GOP crop o’ candidates.

YMMV, of course.

Regardless, I hope you can find it in your *ahem* heart to forgive us for so impudently straying off the reservation.

Note: Mike I would take that very non valuable bet.

Am I missing something here?

More importantly, are you?

Here’s some details on the Theocratic Hoedown in Salt Lake City.

On my dizzying flight across the continent today I had some time to think (not much else one can do while pinned down for five hours by the pregnant woman in front of me who decided she had to test the limits of the recline function on her seat). Based solely on the response we received in the past two days from the Ron Paul Nation I would bet…. well… something not very valuable, that when Ron Paul loses the Republican nomination he has the support to pull a third party run. Now this is just my crushed-by-a-pregnant-woman-gut here but we have written about each and every candidate at this point and not a one has generated the kind of enthusiasm that we have seen from the Ron Paul Nation.