Posted on 09/17/2007 11:54:58 AM PDT by Borges
Alan Keyes, a Republican whose two previous runs for president ended in failure, is making a third try for the White House.
The Maryland conservative announced on his Web site that he filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Friday to make his candidacy official. He joins a crowded Republican field of nine candidates and is scheduled to participate Monday night at a debate involving lesser-known candidates in Florida.
Keyes, a former State Department official under President Reagan, made unsuccessful presidential runs in 1996 and 2000. He also has been a Senate candidate from Maryland, and, in 2004, he suffered a 43-percentage point loss to Democrat Barack Obama in the Senate race in Illinois. Republicans drafted Keyes after primary winner Jack Ryan dropped out amid a scandal.
In an interview with radio talk show host Janet Parshall, Keyes noted the wide-open nature of the GOP race. "There isn't a standout," Keyes said. "I'm like a lot of folks, who have just looked at it and been unmoved."
Keyes again? Please God, no.
I guess he is playing off the success of his senatorial run? Perhaps he won’t ask for reparations this time around.
Welcome Ambassador Keyes.
how DARE he try to crash Barack Obama’s party.
Pointless.
I get the same feeling every time I’m behind someone buying lottery tickets. I think “Why don’t you just give me the money. You’ve got almost the same odds of winning.”
Well this changes the whole game! I can’t decide between Keyes or John Cox. Decisions, decisions!
Gearing up for the rematch against Obama no doubt.
That's the way I feel about the current crop. Now seeing Alan debate, that's worth tuning in for.
Geez, Alan, give it up already!
and Katherine Harris for VP!
When he recieves them, they are called campaign contributions.
Say it ain’t so! Keyes is great in an intellectual support role like Newt, but who needs another throwaway candidacy? His speaking skills will be wasted in the current silly debate format and ignored by the Drive-Bys.
Another down to the wire, closely contested race. I just hope it doesn't come down to a recount
(/maximum sarcasm tag)
The reality show we've been waiting for!
Waste of time, he must be doing this for material and publicity for a new book of his.
He’s a nice man, but needs to stay home. He can’t begin to compete.
I guess Keyes wants to live in a world of expensive hotel suites and luxurious dining again at contributor’s expense!
Keyes is definitely on the correct side of most issues, but there is something wrong with him, methinks.
GO FOR IT AK
(if only to raise the intelligence level of the debates)
Keyes is a fraud, someone who keeps running for races he knows he can’t win because he makes his living by milking the gullible. It’s amazing how many advocates of the free market can’t seem to hold down a private sector job, where someone is actually willing to pay them to do something.
Well from here it looks like Alan’s third attempt to provide Democrats the Keyes to the White House.
Alan, tell your staffers no this time will ya. What makes you think you have more of a chance today? Seriously!
As a 1996 and 2000 Keyes supporter, let me just say “ALAN — QUIT IT ALREADY!!!”.
He lost me when he pulled out the “race card” in the 2000 cycle, and then his disastrous Illinois campaign pretty much sealed him as a political non-entity. This is a pure vanity campaign, and one wonders why Keyes continues to do this.
YIKES! LOL!
Just a chance to party on OPM, I guess; pretty much Biden’s motivation, no?
There's a lot more needed for good leadership.
Don't think Keyes has it.
1992 “Perot can’t win” —> National Debt Increases + Border Wide Open
1996 “Keyes can’t win” —> National Debt Increases + Border Wide Open
2000 “Bauer can’t win” —> National Debt Increases + Border Wide Open
2004 “[Insert Name] can’t win” —> National Debt Increases + Border Wide Open
2008 “Keyes can’t win” —> National Debt Increases + Border Wide Open
So, we just keep declaring as viable, and voting for people who spent their entire lives chasing after money (what Jesus said directly competes with affection for a holy God), instead of getting behind straight talking patriots like Hunter, Tancredo, Keyes, and (gasp!) Paul.
Recipie for someone who will sell you out:
1) chase after money and help nobody but yourself, so you become very wealthy, and conservatives get behind you, and think you are “a contender”, and conservatives also brush off those who are not rich
2) since you have no morals, (after all, you chased after money to the exclusion of everything else), you never feel or speak with any passion about the evil in the world, so you never say anything the least bit offensive, so nobody can ever say, “wow, he’s really out there! I can’t get behind him!”
Bush, Clinton, Bush, all sold us out, and every alternative was declared a loser from launch, because our expectations are in the gutter.
If this negativism keeps up, our next president will run up the national debt, and leave the borders open, abandon the unborn, and act as if the ACLU are harmless hacks.
All of you are better than this. You’ve simply forgotten that settling for sellouts who can “win”, actually causes you to literally lose.
Many in California voted for Arnold because unlike the real conservative Tom McClintock, “he could win”. But did the voters really win since Arnold eventually revealed himself as the liberal *we* *knew* *he* *was* during the recall election?
Hopefully, your expectations will be higher this time, than voting for a “front-runner” who can “win”, but will just sell us out.
You’re better than that. That’s why you are here on FR and not at DU. You either know that values come from our Creator, or you know that society is toast without them.
Where's Connie Hair when he needs her?
yitbos
Look at my tagline. I’m supporting the best man to run for the presidency since RWR.
Fools and their money...
It sure scares these people to death when a true conservative enters the race. I am soooooooo tired of hearing that “Only Rudy can beat Hillary! America is doomed if you vote for anyone else!!! Doomed I tell ya!!!”
He probably won’t win the bid at this late date, but I feel that he is doing conservatism a great service by livening up the debates and moving the conversation to constitutional/conservative matters. I also think Dr. Keyes would make a fine running mate for Hunter or Thompson.
Like I said, I love the sound of bleating RINOs!
“Doomed I tell ya!!!!!!!”
You’re some kind of Christian nut. Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesars. You’re creeping me out. You’re a Theocrat. Go back to Iran with your religious zealotry. You’re intolerant. That constitution doesn’t mean anything, it’s a living document. The A(Civil Liberties)U is a great organization. What do you have against Civil Liberties. I can’t tolerate you. Go back to DU with that stuff.
Sorry. Just wanted to preempt some of the comments you’re going to get. I’ve seen many responses like these and I’ve added some which align with said responses. Your post is great and is what every conservative ought to think about.
LOLOL!
Yessss!
Keyes is such a verbal bomb thrower that he could make social conservatvies vote fo Rudy Giuliani like he did for Obama.
No thanks, Alan.
Hmmmmmmmmmm
I don’t care. He’d still be a better president than Mitt,Fred,Rudy,McCain.
You must have an extra chapter in your 'True Conservative Handbook' that is for reparations.
Of course “Keyes again”....he makes a lot of money running. He travels for free, stays in the top hotels....for free, eats.....for free and pockets all he can. He has no other income...other than charity. He’s not even a real preacher.
Sorry...didn’t mean Preacher....I meant “Politician”.
While I agree with your sentiment, perhaps we have too many “real politicians” in the race and running America already.
It was Pat Brown who made fun of Reagan for being an actor when he ran for Governor.
Don’t get me wrong I’m not going to run out the door supporting Keyes, but to categorically downplay him for not being a “real politician” is silly.
“Perhaps he won’t ask for reparations this time around.”
“When he recieves them, they are called campaign contributions.”
...which Keyes has a history of turning into personal salary.
Alan Keyes long ago crossed the line between being a committed ideological conservative and a loose cannon in need of being committed.
Please, please, spare us, Alan. Write a book, host a reality show, date Paris Hilton - whatever! Just don’t run for President again!
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