Posted on 10/11/2004 11:11:38 AM PDT by SJackson
I think you're the kook, not Alan Keyes.
Face it. Keyes' message about the true basis for our freedom and our prosperity, morality, is what makes folks like you hate him so much.
Your answer is in your own post. Why would he do things to alienate people of his own party? Keyes is a man of convictions. People are not used to that in a politician. They're used to politicians playing the game & being PC, telling the people what they want to here. I admire Mr. Keyes so much for having the courage of his convictions. And I admire the people who support him, even though they may be called "extreme nut cases" or worse, from their fellow Freepers.
Well, at least there are a million Illinoisans who are ready for a new start with new leadership.
At some point the corruption has to be dealt with. Might as well be now.
Do you think they'll use this as an excuse to have a liberal Republican run next time? I don't believe that Illinois is as liberal as the media would like us to believe.
They'll use any excuse to run liberals.
They never draw the right conclusions from history, ever.
Unfortunately, Obama is not the issue. Keyes, through his misguided campaign, has made himself the issue.
Defintely. She's a total disgrace.
She would make a better chair for the RATs than for the GOP.
How is Obama not the issue? That's ridiculous. I get the feeling that defeating Keyes is more important than having a liberal, socialist democrat win. I think I finally get it. People here hate Keyes, more than they do Obama.
At least a handful of liberal trolls have indeed been zotted off Keyes threads. It is pretty interesting how the anti-Keyes "regulars" come across exactly like them, perhaps even worse, at times.
Also, why do people who don't even live in IL feel such a great need to bash the only conservative Republican in the race? It's freakish.
Keyes is one of ours. Therefore he is an embarrasment to us. Our party selected him to run. Obama is one of the Dems. He may be wrong but hey we didnt nominate him and we certainly arent voting for him. Obama might be a socialist but no one will ever know it when the comparison is to someone so out of the mainstream as Keyes.
"The Republican party in Illinois didn't exist prior to Keyes (President Bush didn't have a campaign effort here until the past month). Our state's party was decimated from within by RINO's over the past 30+ years."
Boy are you right. RINO's are ruining our party here in Illinois. I truly believe they will vote for Obama rather than vote for Keyes. Of course, this will damage Bush who needs as many Pubs as possible in the U.S. Senate. The only thing I take exception to in your comments, is Blagojovich being more conservative. He is in some areas, but now your tolls are going to go from 40 cents to 80 cents on the IL tollways,and truckers are really going to get socked, to fund more highway building & maintenance, even though George Ryan had hit us taxpayers up for the same thing with his Illinois First program a while back. Well, I still find it unfathomable that Illinois Pubs will go into the voting booth on election day and vote for Bush and then vote for Obama? Or not vote for senator at all? They are screwing Bush over by doing this and keeping a Pub out of the Senate. What fools, what RINO's. How disgusting.
"The fact is that Keyes brings nothing to the table which is of interest to a farmer in Ford Co. or a merchant in Macomb.
They want good government, not an out-of-stater yelling at them about stuff that doesn't amount to a pinch if manure to them."
Yeah, and I'm sure Obama will bring all these qualities to the table. Enjoy the next 6 years with a democrat socialist bordering on commmunist. Yeah, you're a real boon to the Pub party. We need more like you (sarcasm oozing).
Because the 17% of Illinois residents who support Keyes are going to cause Illinois two Senatorial seats to be a lost cause for decades. That is two Senate seats that the Republicans nationally have to pick up elsewhere to maintain control and to move towards point where we can shut down filibusters and force votes on Supreme Court nominees and the Bush agenda. A better question is why you have to indulge your fantasies with Keyes rather than run a candidate that would at least keep the state in play.
He didnt need one. Bush had a better chance of winning California or New York. Why waste resources on a state where Keyes is going to depress the Republican vote.
You're a real piece of....work...
Are you actually attempting to claim the folks who vote for Keyes will be to blame for the loss of Senate seats?
Don't confuse him with logic. ;-)
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