Alan Keyes…big ass hypocrite?

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » August 8, 2004, 8:15 pm

Wasn’t he the one that bitched about hillary Clinton running for Senate to represent a state she has never lived in nor new much about? Now his ass, with the opportunity goes around and does the same?
Either way, the African goat herder dude is gonna beat his ass, hard

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » August 8, 2004, 10:29 pm

Keyes in 2000: "I deeply resent the destruction of federalism represented by Hillary Clinton's willingness to go into a state she doesn't even live in and pretend to represent people there, so I certainly wouldn't imitate it."

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » August 8, 2004, 10:39 pm

he must be getting something out of this, cause he has no chance of winning.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » August 9, 2004, 3:03 am

he is a republican. since when do they ever do anything if they aren't going to get anything out of it? you do something one time without getting anything in return, the next thing you know you turn around and there's fifty or sixty thousand single black welfare mothers with their hands out chasing you around!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » August 9, 2004, 5:45 am

I'd vote for the black guy.

Kluden · Post by **Kluden** » August 9, 2004, 9:03 am

Well, they had to have someone run...can't let the image fall

XunilTlatoani · Post by **XunilTlatoani** » August 9, 2004, 11:41 am

You know your political career is dead when you are the second choice behind Mike Ditka.

Krimson Klaw · Post by **Krimson Klaw** » August 9, 2004, 4:31 pm

Heh I remember agreeing with Keyes when he said that, now look at him. Someone needs to quote that for him on live television so we can see him choke.

edit- HAHA, watching him live on CNN right now and he just got asked that very same question! He says he is doing it differently than Hillary did. He says state sovereignty comes second to doing whats best for the nation, WHAT A SCUMBAG!

Metanis · Post by **Metanis** » August 9, 2004, 4:36 pm

XunilTlatoani wrote:You know your political career is dead when you are the second choice behind Mike Ditka.

What's wrong with Mike Ditka?

Metanis · Post by **Metanis** » August 9, 2004, 4:44 pm

Krimson Klaw wrote:Heh I remember agreeing with Keyes when he said that, now look at him. Someone needs to quote that for him on live television so we can see him choke.

/agree

I've got nothing against Keyes but shouldn't a Senator BE from the state he/she plans to represent? If I were Illinoisian I would be offended by the Republicans bringing in this outsider.

Krimson Klaw · Post by **Krimson Klaw** » August 9, 2004, 4:51 pm

Hehe read my edit Metanis, it owns.

Kluden · Post by **Kluden** » August 9, 2004, 4:54 pm

I saw him on Fox News this morning before I left for work. They threw him a bunch of soft balls, and yet he still answered all of them like a huge, bloated, blow-hard.

Tough choices in Illinois this year...

Krimson Klaw · Post by **Krimson Klaw** » August 9, 2004, 4:56 pm

When he had his own show, 'Allan Keyes is making sense', he spoke normally. Now he tries to make every tv spot into a Shakespearean performance. He's too fake.

Kaldaur · Post by **Kaldaur** » August 10, 2004, 12:46 pm

The Republicans had two options in Illinois. They could either have left the space open so it appeared that Obama would win uncontested. Then the concerted attack against his ability to run a campaign against an actual opponent would begin. Or, they could run a black man against him, therefore showing the voters of Illinois that they do care about the minority vote. Now, instead of one black who brought himself up from middle class America to politics running against a wealthy white guy, it's two blacks. No longer can the race card apply. It's really rather ingenious, until you realize who the Republicans are running and then want to shoot yourself in the face. He might as well rename himself Alan Ryan to fit right in with the Republicans in Illinois.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » August 10, 2004, 3:10 pm

that and, by having him have some opposition, Obama can't spend as much of his campaign dollars and time on the national level on Kerry's behalf.

So the Republicans had to do something, and Keyes is taking one for the team for sure, because Obama is a very energizing figure, and the GOP wants to keep him as occupied as they can in Illinois, which is smart.

Metanis · Post by **Metanis** » August 10, 2004, 3:19 pm

Voronwë wrote:that and, by having him have some opposition, Obama can't spend as much of his campaign dollars and time on the national level on Kerry's behalf.

So the Republicans had to do something, and Keyes is taking one for the team for sure, because Obama is a very energizing figure, and the GOP wants to keep him as occupied as they can in Illinois, which is smart.

I hadn't thought of the angle about keeping Obama busy locally and thus out of the national picture. Very good point of view.

It still backfires that they chose an obvious hypocrite for the job.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » August 10, 2004, 3:48 pm

well nobody who has a political future wanted to throw themselves in front of the bus i think.

i'm betting they made a bunch of phone calls before they got to Keyes, and got a lot of "hahah no thanks"