Not long from now it will be once again time vote on who leads our country and in what direction it will go. When I first formed my site, Stand For Truth, it was a continuation of my book, Issues That Matter:America's Moral Battleground that released the previous year but there is so much more to it than just a website or a book. Those are the smaller things. I do urge everyone to vote regardless of political party affiliation because America is a free country and we are free to elect our own leaders and that is something that simply should not be taken for granted.
Just as in the 2000 and 2004 Presidential elections, there is a lot at stake in this upcoming November election. I have decided to issue the Stand For Truth Values Voter Report for the very first time this since my sideline of column writing and website affiliation. This is simply a guide to candidates that I, Rob Hood, as founder of STAND FOR TRUTH, have endorsed. I have made my decisions based upon what numerous ideals and other group endorsements. The following 2006 candidates will fall into two categories - one will be U.S. Senate, and the other will be for Governor of a state. I have to the best of my ability, researched each candidate's standing from which I have endorsed them.
The following candidates have been endorsed by my STAND FOR TRUTH project based on their stance on numerous issues. They have been endorsed because they share one or more of these beliefs and have shown to have acted upon those beliefs in the past:
1) Lower taxes benefits everyone
2) Every law abiding citizen is entitled to the guaranteed right to own and bears arms under the Second Amendment of the Constitution
3) The firm belief that we cannot afford to ignore the dangers of terrorism and therefore we must confront the terrorists on their own turf before they come to ours.
4) The firm belief that anyone is free to enter America, so long as they do it legally and that illegal immigration cannot be permitted. We have to secure our borders and confront illegal immigration head on.
5)The fact that our healthcare system needs improvement and that research is to be funded and encouraged more in order to find cures for diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and many other terrible diseases, but we have to do so in a way that is morally ethical, practical, and does not involve taking the life of one to preserve the life of another like embryonic stem cell research does. Adult stem cell research is where the future lies and in that we need to act.
6)Our education system is failing and we need to do something about it.
7) Moral values in America is under attack and we need to preserve these values in order to maintain a morally just society. Such ideas under this topic is the belief that abortion is wrong and it is murder, same-sex marriage is sinful, wrong, and that we need to preserve the traditional family and promote change in America to bring back the good ole days of traditional family values and ethics.
Here are the candidates endorsed by myself under my STAND FOR TRUTH project and by others such as The national Rifle Association, and numerous other groups:
I. First Group - Candidates for U.S. Senate
ARIZONA
Jon Kyl
CALIFORNIA
Dick Mountjoy
CONNECTICUT
Joe Lieberman
FLORIDA
Katherine Harris
MISSOURI
Jim Talent
MONTANA
Conrad Burns
MINNESOTA
Mark Kennedy
MISSISSIPPI
Trent Lott
OHIO
Mike DeWine
NEW JERSEY
Tom Kean
TENNESSEE
Bob Corker
VIRGINIA
George Allen
WASHINGTON
Mike McGavick
PENNSYLVANIA
Rick Santorum
II. Second group - Candidates for Governor of a state
ALABAMA
Bob Riley
ARKANSAS
Asa Hutchinson
COLORADO
Bob Beauprez
GEORGIA
Sonny Perdue
ILLINOIS
Bill Brady
MINNESOTA
Tim Pawlenty
NEBRASKA
Dave Heineman
OHIO
Ken Blackwell
SOUTH CAROLINA
Mark Sanford
TEXAS
Rick Perry
WISCONSIN
Mark Green
Other Sites of Interest / Resources
STAND FOR TRUTH (Christians taking a stand for what is right)
Values Voters (encourages voter registration among citizens concerned about ethical issues)
Christian Votes (encourages voter registration among evangelicals concerned about morality in America)
National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (shows endorements for candidates)
NRA-ILA Fact Sheets (individuals, candidates, groups, and companies that act to deny 2nd Amendment rights)
http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?ID=15
On The Issues (tells how politicians voted for key issues)
FRC Action (Guide to candidates and a 2006 voters guide to the Supreme Court)
FOTF Action ( encourages Christian to stand together on key issues)
RECOMMENDED READING:
Painting the Map Red by Hugh Hewitt
http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?id=3597344890301&isbn=0895260026
The Official Handbook of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy :
The Arguments You Need to Defeat the Loony Left This Election Year
by Mark W. Swith
http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?id=3597344890301&isbn=0895260271
Bias: A CBS Insider exposes Howthe Media Distorts the News by Bernard Goldberg
http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/bargains?id=3597344890301&pid=0060520841
When I was a kid, This was a Free Country by Gordon Liddy
http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?id=3597344890301&isbn=0895261065
The Shadow Party by David Horowitz and Richard Poe
http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?id=3597344890301&isbn=1595550445
110 People that are ScrewingUp America by Bernard Goldberg
http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?id=3597344890301&isbn=0060761296
ABOUT ROB HOODRob Hood grew up in rural Mississippi and was rooted in the doctrine of the Southern Baptist Convention and its teachings of Biblical right and wrong, accountability to a higher authority, and the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He was a participant in Bible Drill for nine years, a Southern Baptist Convention program devoted to educating children and youth with scriptures from the Bible for use in everyday life situations. He graduated from Holmes Community College in Grenada, Mississippi with an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in Electronics Technology and is currently employed as an Electronics Technician with HAM radio equipment manufacturer. He is also a Federal Communications Commission licensed Technician Class HAM radio operator and lives in North Mississippi. Mr. Hood is also the author of Issues That Matter : America’s Moral Battleground and a columnist for six of the news/commentary sites of the Move Off Network at www.moveoff.net and also runs his own site and his own blog. You can check out Rob Hood’s blog at http://robhood.us ( click on blog ). Check out his regular site at www.standfortruthonline.com .
