American Independent Bummer

Wow. I messed up! Thinking I had signed up as a strictly independent voter when I recently moved, I was surprised today to realize that I'd signed up for the American Independent Party. Such a rookie mistake! Only by checking 'decline to state' was I a member of an independent party. Not, 'the' independent party. I (hopefully) worked it out today at the polling place. But, I had to go home and do some research on the so called American Independent Party. They call themselves the fastest growing party. And, they may be- by simply tricking voters into joining their party instead of simply remaining an independent voter.

Anyway, here are the tenets of the American Independent Party, of which I'm currently a mistaken member until I can finish my online change application and sign it.

America and California need the leadership of the American Independent Party (California affiliate of the Constitution Party). We pledge to:

Reduce immigration, and stop all government subsidies to illegal aliens; no driver's licenses for illegals;

Immediately terminate international trade agreements such as NAFTA, WTO, CAFTA and the proposed FTAA, and stop sending high paying American jobs to foreign countries;

Stop the undeclared wars which are daily costing American lives and billions of tax dollars;

Protect the right to life of the innocent unborn;

Uphold traditional marriage and family values;

Defend America's moral values; keep God in the pledge of allegiance;

Defend Second Amendment rights;

Get rid of the Federal income tax, and restore a tariff based revenue system;

Stop reckless spending, including foreign aid, and take care of America's domestic needs;

End debt financing of both Federal and State governments;

Restore a debt free, interest free money system;

Support high standards in education, including encouragement of private schools and home schooling;

Stop the pillage of consumers and taxpayers by the energy/utility monopolies;

Wow. These are not my views at all. But, because of a semantic issue on a registration form, it's possible to accidentally join this party.