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War in Iraq splits Wilson, Lefemine, Ellisor:

three candidates for South Carolina District # 2 U.S. House seat

Republican (inc.) Joe Wilson – pro-Iraq War and pro-Bush

Constitution Party Steve Lefemine – opposed to Iraq War and Bush

Democrat Michael Ray Ellisor – opposed to Iraq War
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http://www.beaufortgazette.com

War in Iraq splits three candidates for U.S. House seat

Published Wed, Oct 27, 2004

By OMAR FORD
Gazette staff writer

The three candidates for a South Carolina seat in the U.S. House of Representatives are drastically split in their views of the war in Iraq and the future occupation of the war-torn country.

Democratic nominee Michael Ray Ellisor, Constitution Party candidate Steve Lefemine and incumbent Republican Rep. Joe Wilson are vying for the congressional seat that stretches from Columbia to the coast, including Beaufort and Jasper counties.

Ellisor, a criminal defense attorney from Lexington, and Lefemine, a retired Army officer

[correction by Lefemine campaign: Steve Lefemine served five years active duty in the US Army, and remained in the US Army Reserves, mostly the IRR, for another 10-11 years, but is not retired Army]

from Cayce, both strongly oppose the war, while supporting the effort is Wilson, who has held the congressional seat since 2001 when he was elected to fill the unexpired term of Floyd Spence who died in office.

Ellisor is calling for a full withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.

“I saw no reason for us to go to war in Iraq,” he said. “Iraq is going to be another Vietnam quagmire.”

Ellisor said participating in this war without “justification” has led the United States to destroy valuable relationships with other countries.

Also critical of the war, Lefemine said the advisory resolution Congress approved to give the president authority to use military force in Iraq was “unconstitutional.”

Wilson said he supports America’s presence in Iraq and President Bush.

“I support (the president’s) decision to fight the terrorists wherever they are,” Wilson said. “He has shown great courage and leadership, and he has made the right decisions to protect American families.”

The three also differ when it comes to the No Child Left Behind Act, which ensures federal funding to schools that meet adequate yearly progress standards. If school districts don’t meet these standards that support could be threatened.

“Right now (No Child Left behind) is under-funded and sets impossible standards,” Ellisor said. “We’ve got to spend more money on education. We’ve got to adequately fund it.”

Wilson argues that the program has led to a rise in teacher quality in South Carolina because of its rigorous standards.

“We understand the importance of a quality education for each child,” he said. “This is why I have supported (No Child Left Behind) which has brought high standards to our schools that require results.”

Lefemine said he doesn’t believe in most government programs like No Child Left Behind, Social Security and Medicaid since the Constitution doesn’t call for them.

He said he’d like to dissolve all of the federal government’s powers to oversee education and leave those responsibilities to the state.

The candidates do agree on preserving the state’s military operations, which could be on the chopping block with next year’s scheduled round of base closures.

Closure of Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Beaufort Naval Hospital and Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort would mean a $454 million loss to Beaufort’s economy every year.

Wilson said that he has been lobbying in Washington, D.C., to keep area bases open.

“It’ll take a cooperative effort to keep these bases going, with the county, municipal leaders the chambers of commerce and retired military’s support,” he said.

Ellisor said since the 2001 terrorist attacks the need for the state’s military bases have increased.

“After 9/11 it’s now time in this country to have more ground troops and strongly support those bases,” he said.

Contact Omar Ford at 986-5538 or oford@beaufortgazette.com. __________________________________________________

No King but King Jesus !
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Steve Lefemine
Constitution Party candidate for US House Second District (SC)

Lefemine For Life for Congress
P.O. Box 50358 Columbia, SC 29250
(803) 765-0916

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Hi, I’m Steve Lefemine, Constitution Party candidate for Congress. If your present Congressman is Joe Wilson, you have a real choice to make, especially on two issues, the Sanctity of Human Life and the War in Iraq.

I am pro-life and anti-abortion. Joe Wilson is NOT. Joe Wilson is NOT a co-sponsor of the Right to Life Act to end abortion, and he is voting for bills that fund abortion and fund abortionists, like Planned Parenthood.

Thanks to the anti-life actions of Joe Wilson, George Bush, and the Republican-majority Congress, Planned Parenthood gets over $100 MILLION of your tax money each year.

On November 2, if you oppose abortion and taxpayer funding of it, please vote for Steve Lefemine For Life for Congress.

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Constitution Party candidate for US House Second District (SC)

Lefemine For Life for Congress
P.O. Box 50358
Columbia, SC 29250
(803) 765-0916

“War in Iraq”

Hi, I’m Steve Lefemine, Constitution Party candidate for Congress. If your present Congressman is Joe Wilson, you have a real choice to make, especially on two issues, the Sanctity of Human Life and the War in Iraq.

I would have voted against the unconstitutional Iraq War Resolution that Joe Wilson Voted FOR in October 2002 before President Bush illegally ordered our troops into combat the next March. Only Congress can declare war, according to our Constitution. I oppose the War and support speedy withdrawal for our troops.

It was President Bush Sr. in Gulf War I who spoke publicly of a “new world order.” Now over 1,000 American troops have been killed in Gulf War II. We don’t need even one more soldier to die for the Illuminati elites’ “new world order.”

Joe Wilson is a big supporter of George W. Bush, who will keep us perpetually at war for years to come.

On November 2, if you are opposed to the Iraq War and support speedy withdrawal for our troops, please vote for Steve Lefemine for Congress.

“RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTETH A NATION”

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“RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTETH A NATION”

October 15, 2004

“Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” Proverb 14:34

Greetings to the people of the Second Congressional District in South Carolina,

I am Steve Lefemine and I am running for US House District # 2 as the Constitution Party candidate. I believe that for America to survive and prosper as a nation, we must accept the same essential truth that our founding fathers understood, that God’s Law must rightly be the moral foundation of all our human laws. We cannot call evil ‘good’ and call good ‘evil’ and expect to survive, much less prosper, as a nation. The very first sentence of the Declaration of Independence states our right to exist as a separate and equal nation was premised in 1776 upon “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.”

If the people of Lexington, Barnwell, Allendale, Hampton, Jasper, and Beaufort Counties, and parts of Richland, Aiken, Calhoun, and Orangeburg Counties would be pleased to elect a man who supports the goal of the Constitution Party, I would be blessed and honored to serve in the United States Congress, working to restore our constitutional republic, which at one time was rooted in Biblical law, but which is now far adrift from those secure moorings. The goal of the Constitution Party is: To restore American jurisprudence to its Biblical premises, and to limit the Federal Government to its delegated, enumerated, specified powers and authority. I ask for your vote on Nov. 2nd.

How did we as Americans ever get to the place where for over 31 years now, we have legitimized child-murder-by-abortion, slaughtering over 45 million unborn babies in the wombs of mothers in America, by surgical abortion alone? How did we ever get to the place in America where we are debating whether those who engage in perverse, immoral behavior by committing the crime of sodomy should be able to be “married” !!?

The Eight-Point Platform of my Campaign for US House # 2 can be seen on-line at:
http://www.lefemineforlife.net/.

Steve Lefemine for US2 Congress

No King but King Jesus !

Steve Lefemine
Constitution Party candidate for US House Second District (SC)

Lefemine For Life for Congress
P.O. Box 50358
Columbia, SC 29250

(803) 765-0916

How You Can Help Restore Constitutional Government Rooted In God’s Moral Law

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LEFEMINE FOR LIFE for Congress CAMPAIGN REPORT

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Saturday, October 2, 2004

SUBJ: 1. LEFEMINE FOR LIFE for Congress CAMPAIGN REPORT, and

2. The 60-second graphic anti-abortion Peroutka 2004 campaign TV ad – OPPORTUNITY

TO REQUIRE THE MEDIA TO ‘SHOW THE TRUTH’ ABOUT CHILD-KILLING






1. LEFEMINE FOR LIFE for Congress CAMPAIGN REPORT

(SteveLforUS2@sc-online.net)

Enclosed are the Eight Campaign Points that I am running on this time. In 2001, I ran in the US House 2nd District special election and received around 400 votes. I ran over 20 of the graphic, anti-abortion TV campaign ads, and it stirred up enough controversy to merit a front-page story on The State, SC’s largest newspaper here in Columbia. In 2002, I ran in the US House 5th District election, which did not have a GOP candidate running against the CFR Democrat incumbent, and I received over 8,800 votes. Again I ran the graphic anti-abortion ads, this time in both the Charlotte, NC and Columbia, SC media markets, although the lack of funds limited the number of ads run to seven. No front page story in The State ran this time.

I will not be running the graphic ads this campaign, though I would like to – pictures of the ‘hard truth’ of the victims of the violence of abortion do save lives and employ God’s spiritual principles for exposing evil (Ephesians 5:11-13, Ezekiel 22:2). However, I am trying to help get the Peroutka 2004 campaign TV commercials aired in South Carolina. I need your help if this is to be achieved (see below).

In addition to hand-out campaign cards, and opportunities to speak with media during the campaign, I am trying this year to also put out yard signs. So far I have ordered 25 corrugated plastic signs, 1 ½ ft x 2 ft. The cost of these 25 “corex” signs is $200 plus tax, and then the wires to stick them in the ground are another $0.85 each. They will likely be ready for pick-up in a week or so. Some of the money I had available to pay for these signs I am planning to spend on sending out this campaign letter. Please help me fundraise additional money to pay for the signs. In addition, if I could raise another $255 plus tax, I would be able to order 50 more heavy-duty cardboard signs. The wire frames for those are another $0.75 ea. If you would like to help me place these signs around Lexington County, and possibly also Beaufort County, the two largest source of votes in US House # 2, please consider contributing to: Lefemine For Life for Congress, PO Box 50358, Columbia, SC 29250. If you get this letter by e-mail, you can see a graphic of what the campaign yard sign looks like in the attachment.

On Monday, September 27, I scheduled a campaign-opening news conference on the north steps of the SC State House, but it was largely rained-out from the effects of Tropical Storm Jeanne. The SC Radio Network (statewide) did send a reporter however. Interestingly, she keyed in on incumbent Congressman Joe Wilson’s claim that he was pro-life, contrasted to my claim that he was not. When I re-scheduled the news conference for September 30, I re-focused the media advisory on two key illustrations of Joe Wilson’s anti-life record: 1) Wilson is not a co-sponsor of HR 579 – the Right to Life Act(http://thomas.loc.gov)/, which recognizes the legal right to life, and God-given, unalienable legal personhood of unborn human beings from the moment of fertilization (without ‘exceptions’), and would therefore end abortion in America if passed, and 2) Congressman Wilson has voted for HHS Appropriations bills which fund selected surgical abortions, chemical abortions, and also fund Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest perpetrators of child-murder by abortion, with over $50 MILLION dollars per year through just the Title X population control and Planned Parenthood funding program, which gives birth control for unmarried adolescents to fornicate, even if their parents object. Joe Wilson is NOT Anti-Abortion ! Joe Wilson’s votes aid and abet child-murder before- the-fact. He is an accessory to the murder of unborn human beings and should NOT be re-elected !!

Additionally, for those who err in claiming George W. Bush is pro-life, the federal funding for the Title X population control and Planned Parenthood funding program has increased in the Bush years over the Clinton years !! In 2001, the last budget year impact by the Clinton administration, Title X was funded at $254 MILLION dollars, of which over $58 MILLION dollars went to Planned Parenthood. In 2002, the first full budget year of Bush administration, Title X was funded at $265 MILLION dollars, more than $11,000,000 MORE than the last year of the Clinton administration ! Congressman Joe Wilson VOTED for this appropriations bill, and President George W. Bush signed it – the blood of the innocent is on their hands ! (The Bible says God hates hands that shed innocent blood – Proverbs 6:16,17) Furthermore, in 2004, Congressman Joe Wilson and President George W. Bush funded Title X at $280 MILLION dollars, more than $26,000,000 MORE than the last year of the Clinton administration ! Joe Wilson is NOT Pro-Life and Anti-Abortion !

George W. Bush is NOT Pro-Life. How can funding Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest child-murder organization, slaughtering well over 200,000 unborn human beings each year just by surgical abortion alone each year be considered Pro-Life ?? !!! The very thought is outrageous.

Another clear distinction between incumbent Republican Congressman Joe Wilson, and Constitution Party challenger Steve Lefemine is our positions on the Iraq War. Congressman Joe Wilson voted for the unconstitutional Iraq War Resolution on October 10, 2002. I stated publicly at a news conference on November 1, 2002, over four months before the start of the war in March 2003, that I would have voted “NO” to this unconstitutional, oath-breaking transfer of the sole power of Congress to declare war under Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution, to the President / Executive Branch. Had my view prevailed in Congress, and kept President Bush from unconstitutionally launching an attack against Iraq, which had not attacked us, and which had no operational connection to Al-Qaeda’s attack on 9-11, there would be over 1,000 American servicemen alive today who have instead been killed as part of the still-rising body count in this unnecessary, wasteful war. It is worse than wasteful, it is counter-productive. It was and remains, a distraction from the war on Al-Qaeda, who are reported to be the ones who actually attacked us on September 11, 2001, NOT IRAQ ! I therefore support the speedy withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq. We should support our troops by bringing them home from a war they should not be fighting. By contrast Republican Joe Wilson is a Bush-man through and through. He supports the War in Iraq.

Joe Wilson is NOT Pro-Life. Joe Wilson is PRO-Iraq War.

Steve Lefemine IS Pro-Life. Steve Lefemine is AGAINST the Iraq War.

Voters of the Second Congressional District in SC, “take your pick on November 2” !

In summary then, if you support abortion; if you support taxpayer funding of abortion, and birth control for unmarried minors, and funding the child-murderers at Planned Parenthood; if you support the War in Iraq, and George W. Bush’s new world order agenda, then Joe Wilson is your man on November 2nd. However, if you are opposed to abortion; or if you oppose taxpayer funding of abortion, birth control for unmarried minors, and funding the child-murderers at Planned Parenthood; or if you oppose the undeclared, and therefore unconstitutional and illegal War in Iraq; or if you oppose George W. Bush’s new world order agenda, then I ask for your vote as the Constitution Party candidate for US House District # 2 – Vote Steve Lefemine on Nov. 2nd.





2. The 60-second graphic anti-abortion Peroutka 2004 campaign TV ad – AN OPPORTUNITY TO REQUIRE THE MEDIA TO ‘SHOW THE TRUTH’ ABOUT CHILD-KILLING –


The federal ‘Reasonable Access Law’ applies only to federal candidates during election season



How many times over the years have pro-lifers wished the media would ‘Tell the Truth’ about abortion ? How many times over the years have we wished the media would simply ‘Show the Truth’ about what abortion really is ? Well, there is a provision available in the law where the television stations are required to air the truth about abortion – it is called the ‘Reasonable Access Law’ where the content of the campaign ads of candidates for federal office (US House, US Senate, President, Vice President) cannot legally be censored. Dr. Patrick Johnston from Columbus, Ohio has been instrumental in putting together an excellent Peroutka 2004 campaign TV ad with graphic pictures of aborted children, facts concerning George W. Bush’s anti-life record, and a strong pro-life statement at the end by Constitution Party Presidential candidate Michael Peroutka (http://www.peroutka2004.com)/, who has promised to make ending abortion his priority on the very first day of office in January 2005 if elected. In 2002, my average cost for airing 30-second ads was $328. Each ad aired during a local evening newscast reaches literally tens of thousands of households. If you would like to help me get these Peroutka 2004 campaign ads aired in SC, please make your checks out to: “Peroutka 2004” and address the envelope to: Steve Lefemine, POB 50358, Columbia, SC 29250. For each contribution of $100 or more, I’ll send you a VHS or DVD copy of the TV ad.



Thank you, Steve Lefemine

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MEDIA ADVISORY – NEWS CONFERENCE – Thursday, September 30, 12:00 noon, SC State House

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MEDIA ADVISORY – NEWS CONFERENCE – Thursday, September 30, 12:00 noon, SC State House

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 27, 2004

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Lefemine 8-Point US House Campaign Platform

PRESS CONFERENCE: South Carolina State House, north steps
Thursday, September 30, 2004 – 12:00 noon

Eight-Point Campaign Platform:

1. RULE OF LAWAcknowledgment of God’s Law as the moral foundation of our laws

2. DEFEND SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFEEnd Abortion

Will co-sponsor HR 579 – Right to Life Act – recognizes the God-given, unalienable, legal personhood of all human beings beginning at fertilization, thereby ending ‘legalized’ abortion. Incumbent Congressman Joe Wilson is not a co-sponsor of HR 579, the Right to Life Act.

Furthermore, Congressman Wilson has voted for HHS Appropriations bills which fund
selected surgical abortions, chemical abortions, and also fund Planned Parenthood, the nation’s
largest perpetrators of child-murder by abortion, with over $50 MILLION DOLLARS per year
through just the Title X population/birth control program, which provides birth control for unmarried
adolescents to fornicate, even if their parents object. Joe Wilson is NOT Anti-Abortion !

3. END WAR IN IRAQOppose America’s undeclared, unconstitutional, illegal War in Iraq

4. DEFEND SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE – Prevent sodomite so-called “marriage”

5. SECURE AMERICA’s BORDERS – Oppose Bush’s amnesty plan for illegal aliens

6. SAVE AMERICA’s JOBS and MANUFACTURING – Revoke NAFTA and WTO

7. RESTORE AMERICA’s CIVIL LIBERTIES – Revoke Bush-Ashcroft “Patriot” Act

8. RESTORE AMERICA’s SOVEREIGNTY – removes US from UN; and UN from US

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LEFEMINE FOR LIFE for CONGRESS – Constitution Party Candidate for US House District 2 (South Carolina)

Eight-Point Campaign Platform:

1. RULE OF LAWAcknowledgment of God’s Law as the moral foundation of our laws

Will co-sponsor HR 3799Constitution Restoration Act (http://thomas.loc.gov/) removes jurisdiction from US supreme Court and lower federal courts from preventing acknowledgment of God (would prevent court rulings such as Great Falls case criminalizing prayers in Jesus’ Name).

2. DEFEND SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE – End Abortion

Will co-sponsor HR 579 – Right to Life Act which recognizes the God-given, legal personhood of all unborn human beings from fertilization, thereby ending ‘legalized’ abortion.

3. END WAR IN IRAQ – Oppose America’s undeclared, unconstitutional, illegal War in Iraq

As stated publicly in November 2002 before the commencement of major combat operations in March 2003, I would have OPPOSED the unconstitutional, oath-breaking, Iraq War Resolution passed by Congress on October 10/11, 2002. I support the speedy withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq.

4. DEFEND SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE – Prevent sodomite so-called “marriage”

Support HR 3313 Marriage Protection Act passed by US House on July 22, removing jurisdiction from the US supreme Court and the lower federal courts from overturning the Defense of Marriage Act.

5. SECURE AMERICA’s BORDERS

Support immediate temporary moratorium on immigration. Support securing American borders using US troops withdrawn from the War in Iraq, especially the Mexican border. Support enforcement of immigration laws and deportation of illegal immigrants. Oppose Bush’s amnesty plan for illegal aliens.

6. SAVE AMERICA’s JOBS and MANUFACTURING

Support immediate revocation of America’s involvement in NAFTA and WTO. Completely oppose Bush’s FTAA and any New World Order scheme to turn the Western Hemisphere into another EU.

7. RESTORE AMERICA’s CIVIL LIBERTIES

Support repeal of the Bush-Ashcroft “Patriot” Act, and McCain’s Campaign Finance “Reform” Act.

8. RESTORE AMERICA’s SOVEREIGNTY

Will co-sponsor HR 1146 – American Sovereignty Restoration Act – removes the US from the sovereignty-stealing, New World Order-advancing United Nations; and removes the UN from US soil.