January 4th, 2010

Arizona Gov. Candidate becomes Oath Keeper

POLITICS-TWEETS I was first introduced to the Oath Keepers prior to their establishment and knew it was a honorable group that wants to uphold our Constitution. As a student and defender of the Constitution, it is only appropriate that I make my commitment personal and public.

Though the Oath Keepers is mainly focused on reaching out to military and law enforcement, citizen members have an unique place within this association. As citizens, we can ask our military and law enforcement to remember their oath.

Furthermore, as a candidate for public office, I have the ability to influence and remind other candidates, as well as public officials, to honor and defend the Constitution at all costs!

John Paul Mitchell

NOTE FROM STEWART: Oath Keepers does not, at this time, endorse candidates and the posting of the above testimonial does not constitute an endorsement. However, it truly is absolutely necessary that we all become fully involved in our communities, and that includes politics. You should not support or vote for any candidate who will not keep their oath, regardless of party. Supporting an oath breaker is a violation of your own oath. You should support only those who will keep their oath. That is fundamental and far more important than what party they are in. Support constitutionalists – those who understand and have a sincere devotion to following the Constitution.

And, if there are not sufficient honest, honorable constitutionalists running for election in your area, then you may have to step up and do it yourself, either by recruiting someone you know has integrity and encouraging them to run (the constitutionalists who does not want the office is oftentimes the best candidate) or by running yourself, as John is doing.

John, thank you for your testimonial and for your commitment to keeping your oath.

For liberty and the Republic,

Stewart Rhodes

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4 Responses to “Arizona Gov. Candidate becomes Oath Keeper”

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Eddie Gilbert Says:
January 4th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
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Hey John,

Welcome to Oath Keepers !

I just wanted to thank you for standing up for your beliefs.

Eddie Gilbert
USMC SSgt 70-78
Peace Officer 97-present
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Richard Says:
January 4th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Just what Arizona needs, another whackjob ideologue involved in our government. Not!
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Curtis Hartwell Says:
January 4th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
Welcome and good luck to you, sir! I truly hope that someone with integrity prevails in the next election.
As Stewart’s disclaimer points out, EVERY governor, senator, alderman, mayor, dog catcher and other official in the country SHOULD, by definition, be an OathKeeper.
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Pennsylvania Patriot Says:
January 7th, 2010 at 8:38 am
Richard (#2) wrote: “Just what Arizona needs, another whackjob ideologue involved in our government. Not!”.

I’m not from Arizona, but it’s comforting to know there are political candidates who truly are committed to upholding the Constitution, as opposed to Arizona’s left-wing ex-governor (and current US Homeland Security Director) Napolitano attempting to shred the Constitution by labeling veterans and conservative Christians as potential domestic terrorists, as these groups overwhelmingly oppose our President’s policies.

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This site is dedicated to the memory of John William Adams (1925-2006), Marine and Oath Keeper extraordinaire.

John Adams, at the age of 16, lied about his age to join the Marines so he could fight against Imperial Japan in the Pacific. His enlistment date was December 10, 1941, just three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor (see below). As a Marine rifleman, he fought the Japanese from island to island, across the pacific, including at Iwo Jima. We may have good men, but we never had better.

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Click here to read full length version. 1. We will NOT obey orders to disarm the American people. 2. We will NOT obey orders to conduct warrantless searches of the American people 3. We will NOT obey orders to detain American citizens as “unlawful enemy combatants” or to subject them to military tribunal. 4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a “state of emergency” on a state. 5. We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state that asserts its sovereignty. 6. We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps. 7. We will NOT obey any order to force American citizens into any form of detention camps under any pretext. 8. We will NOT obey orders to assist or support the use of any foreign troops on U.S. soil against the American people to “keep the peace” or to “maintain control." 9. We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies. 10.We will NOT obey any orders which infringe on the right of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble, and to petition their government for a redress of grievances.
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OATH KEEPERS: ORDERS WE WILL NOT OBEY

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1. We will NOT obey orders to disarm the American people.

2. We will NOT obey orders to conduct warrantless searches of the American people

3. We will NOT obey orders to detain American citizens as “unlawful enemy combatants” or to subject them to military tribunal.

4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a “state of emergency” on a state.

5. We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state that asserts its sovereignty.

6. We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps.

7. We will NOT obey any order to force American citizens into any form of detention camps under any pretext.

8. We will NOT obey orders to assist or support the use of any foreign troops on U.S. soil against the American people to “keep the peace” or to “maintain control."

9. We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies.

10.We will NOT obey any orders which infringe on the right of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble, and to petition their government for a redress of grievances.

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Founder Stewart Rhodes

He is a former firearms instructor and former member of Rep. Ron Paul’s DC staff.

Stewart previously wrote the monthly Enemy at the Gates column for S.W.A.T. Magazine

Stewart graduated from Yale Law School in 2004, where his paper “Solving the Puzzle of Enemy Combatant Status” won Yale’s Miller prize for best paper on the Bill of Rights. He assisted teaching U.S. military history at Yale, was a Yale Research Scholar, and is writing a book on the dangers of applying the laws of war to the American people.