Hate group endorses Michael Peroutka for President in 2004

The League of the South, a neo-secessionist hate group, had a special guest speaker at their 11th Annual national conference - Michael Peroutka.

Peroutka, the Constitution Party’s presidential candidate, said that getting the support of the League was an “easy task.” The League, like Peroutka, takes the Constitution literally, favoring “outlawing abortion, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service and making America a Bible-based republic."

While Peroutka believes that the GOP is “committed to an anti-American agenda,” he supports Republicans like Tom Parker (surprised?) and Roy Moore.

“Principles over politics” is Peroutka’s party’s motto, so he says he is not against all Republicans.

Concerning Tom Parker’s ties to hate groups (like the one he was addressing at this conference), Peroutka called the allegations “nonsense,” saying that the rebel flag “stands for justice, decency, integrity, and honesty.”

He went on to say, "There are those who have said it represents something else, but I believe that's historically inaccurate, a perversion."

While Parker doesn’t claim to be affiliated with the League of the South or the Council of Conservative Citizens (which in his case would be like attending a church every week without actually “joining” it), Peroutka is more open about his membership in the League.

A “multi-organisational (sic) group of Southern Leaders and Conservative Activists,” under the name “Southerners for Peroutka” has a banner ad on their web site that says:
“Effective January 21, 2005,"
“Illegal Immigrants: Deported."
“Roe v. Wade: Ignored."
“Sodomy-based Marriage: Voided."
“IRS: Abolished."
“Department of Education: Abolished."
“2nd Amendment: Shall Not Be Infringed."
“Can all this really be done?"
“President Peroutka 2004”

First of all, I can’t seem to make sense of a League of the South having a national conference. Is it national or is it just Southern? Is Peroutka running for President of the United States, or President of the South? President of the Confederacy? President of the ignorant racists and bigots?

Next, the Amendments are part of the Constitution, so if you take the Constitution literally, you cannot advocate a Bible-based republic. Read the First Amendment, and take it literally. Then read the Fourteenth Amendment, and take it literally. Oh, but I forgot – On yet another racist web site that supports Peroutka, they referred to the “bogus passage of the 14th Amendment.” So, I guess to Peroutka and his Constitution Party, taking the Constitution literally really means taking the parts you like literally and calling the parts you don’t like “bogus.”

When the statement was made that "There are those who have said [the rebel flag] represents something else, but I believe that's historically inaccurate, a perversion,” he was speaking to a neo-secessionist group who hates the 14th Amendment, which freed slaves. The League of the South are the ones who are “misrepresenting” the flag – and he’s a member (And let’s not forget about Tom Parker. We’ll call him an “honorary member.”)

Some say that ignorance is bliss. Peroutka wants to abolish the Department of Education. Hhhmmmmm…..

More info:
Montgomery Advertiser's article on the League's "national" conference (with a whopping 150 people in attendance)
Peroutka's propoganda on the web
[Ignorant]Southerners for Peroutka
Racists call the 14th Amendment "bogus"

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