BUMP!
Posted on 06/17/2010 1:13:18 PM PDT by Seadog Bytes
Alan Keyes and the Neocon Destruction of Third Parties
By Maggie Bloom
Sacramento Central Committee
American Independent Party
I’ve really come to dislike Alan Keyes. He says all the right conservative things but what he does is destructive to the Constitutional movement. I have trouble believing it is not planned.
First time I noticed it was in 2006. Illegal immigration had finally hit the main stream media as an issue. Citizen border patrol groups sprang up and huge amounts of money were donated to build an Israeli style fence along the Mexican border. The money was all funneled through a non profit called Declaration Alliance chaired by Alan Keyes. (see: Alan Keyes and the Minuteman Morass) The money disappeared, the fence was never built and the movement has all but died.
Then Ron Paul decided to run for President in 2008. It lit a fire under Constitutionalists that even the main stream media had to pay attention too. With Constitutional issues being brought to the forefront, third parties were in a good position to become a viable alternative to the Ds and Rs.
The American Independent party, as the third largest party in the nation, in affiliation with the Constitution Party was poised to strike at the heart of the status quo system. The Constitution Party put forth well known conservative Pastor Chuck Baldwin. In steps Alan Keyes to (wreak) his destructive havoc.
The leadership of the American Independent Party pushed for Keyes to be the Constitution Party nominee even though the AIP electorate had chosen Don Grundmann as their candidate. So much for holding a primary. The leadership, in its allegiance to Keyes, felt no obligation to support the rightfully elected candidate.
When the leadership of AIP, now referred to as the Robinson faction, failed to push Keyes’ candidacy on the Constitution Party, they chose loyalty to Keyes over Constitutional principles and split the party in two. The split took Pastor Baldwin off the ballot in California and replaced him with Alan Keyes.
The destruction continues. The King faction of AIP wants to remain with the Constitution Party. This election year they tried to regain control of AIP by putting up a bunch of candidates for office. Not only were the candidates like Chelene Nightengale great candidates but it would have effectively given control of AIP over to the King faction.
Alan Keyes needs to retain ballot access in California though. Mark Seidenberg and Markham Robinson, the Robinson faction, have moved to disenfranchise these newly elected candidates. They plan to have the State Convention prior to the candidates being certified by the Secretary of State keeping them off the State Central Committee and prior to the election code mandated county organizational meetings. This allows Seidenberg and Robinson to fake a quorum by filling “empty” spots with their cronies, keeping the Constitution Party out of California and Alan Keyes on the ballot.
So much for viable third parties.
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Guess who was Barak Obama’s opponent in the Illinois Senate race...
Third Parties are STUPID!
I want Third Parties, on the RIGHT to be destroyed.
I want HUNDREDS of Third Parties, on the LEFT!
Sounds like a bit of a mess.
“With Constitutional issues being brought to the forefront, third parties were in a good position to become a viable alternative to the Ds and Rs.”
Anyone believing third parties are/were/willbe viable is delusional.
>Guess who was Barak Obama’s opponent in the Illinois Senate race...
Alan Keyes?
I don't understand how anyone could have watched the UK's latest election and still think that elections with an abundance of boutique parties is a good thing.
You're right and I agree. I love liberal third parties. Without them, it's remotely possible Bush wouldn't have won in 2000. But, conservative third parties are EXACTLY what the Democrats wish for everyday.
Bfltr
>“With Constitutional issues being brought to the forefront, third parties were in a good position to become a viable alternative to the Ds and Rs.”
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>Anyone believing third parties are/were/will be viable is delusional.
Incorrect. Look at the Republican portion of the 111th Congress and tell me that they would be a good endorsement/choice for a Constitutionalist; same for the Democrat portion.
A “third party” may be the only thing that can save the Constitutional Republic w/o bloodshed/CWII.
Third parties are for “conservatives” who like seeing liberal Dimocrats win.
Third parties are for “conservatives” who like seeing liberal Dimocrats win.
Attacking the Dems in the media, over and over and over again.
But please, never running for President.
This is a pipe dream. They were in no such position and still aren't. Not because of Alan Keyes or NeoCons, but because the Libertarians, et al do not do what it takes to build a solid party. I just recently had a discussion with a Libertarian about what the party isn't doing: it's not recruiting good candidates, it's not raising money, it doesn't have a message that resonates with voters, etc. Same for all these other 3rd parties.
Why didn’t this guy beat out Obanothing in the Illinois election? We would have seen the end of his nothingness! Impeach the intruder-in-chief.
What is a Neocon? Since you put this up at the authors request, would you please ask the author for the definition of Neocon as used in the article?
Thanks
How can you believe that anything so insignificant that it could be destroyed by Alan Keyes was ever viable?
You’re assuming that I accept the author’s premise that Alan Keyes is responsible for AIP’s downfall...
You’re also assuming that AIP is what I was referring to.
The only thing I made clear reference to was Constitutionalism; do you think that Alan Keys destroyed THAT>
Keyes was a carpetbagger running for the senate from IL, and he endorsed reparations in a televised debate. I was watching and my jaw dropped open. My wife confirmed it. We sat out that election.
As a lifelong Chicagoan I had barely heard of Obama, but I figured he was a typical Hyde Park Leftist. That’s what we got for POTUS.
It’s hard to grade him on being a state or US Senator since he never did anything in either job. Now that he has a job, I wished I had held my nose and voted for that iddiot Keyes.
No third parties on the right? ...Even though I have been holding my nose and supporting them for years, the ‘pubbies haven’t been ‘doin’ it for me very well either. I get your point, but what’s the solution then?
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