DRAFT CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE
Purpose: The purpose of this questionnaire is to identify those candidates who
will defend our God-
1. Are you aware of the oath of office that you would take if you are elected? Answer: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution and Government of the United States and of the State of Florida: that I am duly qualified to hold office under the Constitution of the state; and that I will well and faithfully perform the duties of _________ on which I am now about to enter. So help me God.”
2. What does it mean to you to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and against whom or what are you defending it? Answer (or some variation thereof): The Constitution is a limit on the federal government. Our federal government has no powers other than those specifically enumerated in our Constitution. Therefore, the Constitution must be protected and defended against acts by the federal government not specifically delegated to it by the Constitution.
3. Are you aware of the few, enumerated powers delegated to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution? Answer: (Hand him or her a pocket copy of the Constitution)
4. Are you committed to protecting St. Petersburg ’s residents against any actions taken by Congress outside those few, enumerated powers delegated to it under Article I, Section of the U.S. Constitution?
5. What is the purpose of government according to our Declaration of Independence?
Answer: To secure each person’s God-
6. Who or what gives Americans their unalienable rights? Answer: The Creator.
7. Do you know what the unalienable rights of Americans are? Answer: Right to Life, Right to Liberty, Right to Property, Right to Freedom of Conscience, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Freedom of Association; Right to Marry, Have Children and Educate those Children According to the Parent’s Choosing, Right to a Trial by Jury, Right to Bear Arms (right to defend one’s inalienable rights by force if necessary); Right to Peaceably Assemble; Right to Freedom of Press; Right to Freedom of Speech; Right to be Free from Unreasonable Search and Seizure.
8. (If the candidate does not know what the unalienable rights endowed to every individual by the Creator): How do you intend to secure every individual’s rights if you do not know what they are? Answer: (Blank Stare)
9. Are the unalienable rights endowed by the Creator to every individual also guaranteed by our State Constitution? Answer: Yes. Article I, Declaration of Rights.
10. What are Florida ’s children to believe about their God-
11. Did you know that Charles Darwin was a theologian, not a scientist?
12. Do you support Florida ’s schools teaching theology as science?
13. What form of government does the Constitution of the United States guarantee? Answer: Republican.
14. Do you know the difference between a democracy and a republic? Answer: A democracy
is rule by a majority. It was described by our founding fathers as a mobocracy,
a form of government unable to secure our God-
15. Are you prepared, if you are elected, to ensure that the unalienable rights of the people of St. Petersburg are not trampled by local, state or federal government?
16. Are you committed to appointing a City Attorney, Assistant City Attorneys, City Clerk, City Administrator, Chief of Police and other administrative officers who are committed to protecting St. Petersburg ’s residents’ unalienable rights?
17. Are you committed to ensuring that neither the state nor federal government tramples St. Petersburg ’s residents unalienable right to bear arms?
18. Are you familiar with the state statute that requires that all Florida schools teach the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, national sovereignty, natural law, inalienable rights and free enterprise?
19. Will you ensure that St. Petersburg ’s schools comply with this state law?
20. How does the American doctrine of the separation of powers operate? Answer: The legislative branch is the only branch that can make law. The judicial branch is the only branch that can apply the law to individuals’ disputes. The executive branch is the only branch that can enforce law. Our executive officers have just as much of a duty to refuse to enforce an unconstitutional law or order as to enforce a constitutional one.
21. How does the American system of checks and balances operate? Answer: Every local, state and federal judicial officer, legislator and executive officer takes an oath to defend the Constitution against intrusion by any other local, state or federal officer, legislator or executive officer or branch of government. We depend upon our constitutional officers at all levels of government to secure our unalienable rights and to prevent tyranny.
22. What is tyranny? Answer: Tyranny is when a government acts outside its legal bounds. Tyranny is when the People are subjected to the arbitrary and capricious rule of a person or group.
23. What is the rule of law? Answer: When the acts of government are limited by law.
24. What is the Supreme Law of the Land?Answer: The Constitution of the United States
25. Is the Constitution a “living document?” Answer: Yes. It can be amended to address future concerns. If, however, it is changed or ignored without being lawfully amended, we are no longer under the rule of law but are then subjected to the arbitrary and capricious rule of a person or group – the very definition of tyranny!
26. Do you support the present system of confiscating and selling a person’s homestead
to satisfy government-
27. Do you understand that you will have an obligation as a constitutional officer to protect any and all individual’s right to life, liberty and property against any and all government actions, including court orders or federal mandates if elected?
28. How do you propose that individuals may hold you accountable to your oath of office?
Add for Florida state candidates: Do you support amending the state constitution
to allow school districts to be smaller than county-