Posted on 09/11/2011 10:10:13 PM PDT by Maurice Tift
WASHINGTON – Thousands of Celebrity Millennium passengers on a cruise to Alaska got an unexpected entertainment treat last week when WND columnist and former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Victoria Jackson performed a comedy routine in the ship's main theater and an even bigger surprise when she was joined in the middle of her set by fellow WND columnist, former presidential candidate Ambassador Alan Keyes, who sang "Over the Rainbow."
The entire act was recorded by Celebrity – with this exclusive clip offered to WND, since both performers were participants in WND's "Tea Party at Sea" contingent, which also included Joseph and Elizabeth Farah, David Kupelian, Jerome Corsi, Aaron Klein, Alaskan U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller, Floyd Brown and others.
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Not great but not bad either. I may be biased though, because I LOVE Alan Keyes. He would make a great President or VP. :)
If it weren't for the Illinois Combine we would have had Senator Jack Ryan...
But thanks to the Combine we got Senator Obama and now president Obama... Thanks Alan Keyes, you carpetbagger!!!
Well you are in a red state. Most of us in IL respect Alan Keyes but he was the WORST candidate to run against Zero in 2004. If Jack Ryan stayed in the race we may have a Cheney Administration right now...
He may be a Diablo, RINO or whatever but when I spotted Pat Quinn my blood pressure spiked and I had to have my dad calm me down otherwise I may have ran on the field.
On the other hand I've met with Mark Kirk in person and so far he is to the right of Scott Brown, the Maine Twins, McCain/Grahmnesty and Lugar.
DJ when you and I got into it a long time ago I told you Mark was a history buff and I really did believe he was legit. I'm starting to drink my own kool-aid and believe he only voted socialist for that hell hole district up North (all who are Cubs fans mind you...)
:D
Oh and for impy.... GO BEARS!!! SUPERBOWL 2012!!!
I love Vickie and Alan..
Shes still beautiful even porked out a little..
What in the world are you talking about? Ryan dropped out because he had taken his wife to sex clubs, or so it was alleged. If this was not true, why did he drop out? If true, he was a sleazebag. Even Republicans acknowledged that whoever replaced Ryan had little chance of catching up. Keyes had only about 4 or 5 months to start and run a campaign. Given enough time, he might have had a chance. As such, it was a hopeless cause. They should have run someone with a higher profile, someone who had already been a senator, the way Lautenberg jumped into the 2002 New Jersey race at the last minute.
You’re being a little rough on Amb. Keyes. He didn’t realize he was being used (or playing Charlie Brown to Judy Topinka’s Lucy with the football). I think he sincerly believed he could beat Zero, the Marxist radical of unknown origin and protege of domestic terrorists.
They haven’t released the voting numbers for this year, but Brown got a 74 last year from the ACU and Kirk got a 62 (a bit high if you ask me). I have more respect for Brown than Kirk, however. Kirk & Quinn were the anointed bipartisan Combiner choices for their respective offices, and we both know how they got “chosen.” At least Quinn doesn’t pretend to be a Republican.
It’s not Keyes’ “fault” per se but he let himself be used as a pawn so deserves some of the blame. They decided to go with a conservative they knew would get reamed so they could say “see a conservative can’t win in Illinois”. See corrupt Republicans in this state would rather have the democrat win than a reform Republican like Fitzgerald was and I guess they were worried about Jack Ryan too otherwise they probably would have defended him from the super scandalous allegations of wanting to have sex with his own wife (allegations she made in sealed divorce proceeding with getting the kids being her goal).
It’s absolutely not true not that no one could have beat Obama after Ryan quit, someone FROM THE STATE who didn’t have a “hard right” reputation would have had a chance. Obama was the ultraliberal with a weird name, the Republican would only have needed to run 6 points ahead of Bush, very doable against a Chicago cipher with an African name, I think Fitz would have done it if the combine hadn’t driven him away (and I’ve criticized him for leaving though I understand why he did). This was all before his Majesty’s majestic coming out speech at the rat convention were he was elevated to demigod status. At this point his only claim to fame was winning the rat primary against the (then untested in a competitive election) State Comproller and some millionaire who beat his wife or something (Blair Hull, I forget what he was alleged to have done)
Make no mistake, the Republican bosses in this state chose to just give the seat to Obama. They weren’t just being stupid choosing Keyes they wanted him to lose and lose big. I was young and stupid so I was happy and even went to a Keyes rally. There was no chance Keyes could come close to winning.
That’s really fabulous.
Ryan was a dork who didn’t think being married to 7 of 9 was good enough.
Also DJ do you have a page where we can see Kirk's voting record? From what I've heard he's stuck with the GOP but that's just what I heard, I've been out of the game (thank God) so I'm out of the loop. I will admit I cheered Mark Kirk at the Bears game and loudly booed Pat Quinn along with tens of thousands of other Bears fans. Hmm, maybe Pat Quinn can put a 10% tax on all Bears items...
Back to Keyes. There were two people the Combine were going to choose Keyes and some black woman I've never heard of and you know I know most of the power players in this state.
In 2004 we had many options they could have dug up Jim Edgar (RINO but not zero), Peter Roskam (look at him now he's in the House Leadership!!!)
But no, they had to pander to blacks and choose only a black candidate so they IL GOP came off as Politically Correct.
I respect Alan Keyes however there are certain FReepers including some Mods who worship Alan Keyes more than they Worship Jesus Christ. Yeah, he is a great man with great principles but you can't have a carpetbagger that no one in this state knows run for office with 3 months of campaigning and expect him to even get 40% of the vote. One FReeper who will go nameless since he'd probably ban me cuz he is a mod is a Keyes worshiper and was convinced Keyes would win with 90% of the vote.
In order to live in this state and understand politics, ESPECIALLY with the Combine which so many are ignorant to, we have to live in the real world and not the land of elves and fairies where we think every (R) will win because everything is happy and wonderful!
The combine is a vicious machine, this next cycle with the gerrymandering will be a true test to the hard core grass root conservatives that I'm pinging.
I already told you guys Judy is going to run in the 11th and I guarantee she will win, she has more money than any other politician in this state (besides probably the Madigan family). Her only close race was against Roskam in the 1998 Primary for Harris Fawell's seat.
Other than that Judy has smashed the competition and I think the gerrymandering will possibly backfire. Look at the race to replace Weiner in communist land! A Repub is leading by 6!!! My dream would be to knock some more rats out! We shall see what happens.
To the Keyes supporter, I have nothing against Mr. Keyes. he just wasn't the right candidate for IL Senator. Carpetbagging worked for Hillary because she knew she had NYC in the bag since half the city would vote for Joseph Stalin if they had the chance.
Keyes was an embarrassment for two reasons A) Showed that the GOP were cowards and would pander. B) Had as much chance at winning as I have of being a pro bowl linebacker.
I suggested Ryan should’ve stuck it out, but I also understood the reason why he didn’t was because he knew what side the Combine was on and that the allegations made (for which we STILL don’t know are true or made up) would’ve been front and center throughout the campaign.
As for the voting records, I was merely referring to the ACU website, which tends to grade about two dozen key votes (and as a result, in doing so, some members can vote “right” on these handful of issues and be terrible on those that aren’t graded). I believe there are other websites that document votes but don’t grade them.
Getting back to 2004, frankly there should’ve been some sort of national party investigation (why don’t we have those ?) that should look into “eccentric” so-called leadership and decisionmaking at the state level. If a state party is willfully mismanaged, I would favor someone at a higher level stepping in (in this instance, removing all the key party officials, appointing new temporary officials and calling for new party leadership elections and most importantly, prohibiting the election of those that caused the problem). States like Illinois and Massachusetts are prime examples of state parties that need to be investigated and leadership removed.
In June 2004, the IL GOP State Central Committee should have nominated a state legislator, for the U.S. Senate. At that time, three of the previous four U.S. senators, from Illinois, had been state legislators. Those three were Peter Fitzgerald, Carol Moseley-Braun, and Paul Simon. The exception was Dick Durbin. The SCC should have asked then-State Sen. Steve Rauschenberger to run. If he declined, they should have asked ex-Sen. Pat O’Malley to run.
BRAVO!!! You and DJ hit the nail on the head! 2004 was a joke, for those that don't believe in the combine what better example is there than the 2004 Senate Election? Ryan was great, and I agree with DJ we don't know if the stories were true, his ex-wife never verified them.
And as hardcore IL FReepers you guys remember Mike Ditka was gung ho on running and suddenly dropped out? There is no doubt in my mind that the Obama/Axelrod machine got dirt on Ditka, far worse than flicking off a camera during a Bears game. (For the record during the 2004 election between Keyes and Zero I wrote in Mike Ditka and I stand by that decision proudly!!!)
One thing I hate is hypocrisy. We all were pissed and screaming carpetbagger when Hillary ran for the Senate in NY. IMO Alan Keyes was worse because the Combine chose him based on his color not his chance of winning.
And to EV who is a mod from what I'm told. I respect and have nothing but good things to say about Keyes however, I will always stand by my gut. He was the wrong choice. We had many other options to oppose Zero but the stupid IL GOP run by the Country Club Republicans decided to pander. The alternative to Keyes was a no name black woman. The Combine made the entire 2004 Senate election about race.
It will go down in history as one of the worst examples of political correctness to occur on planet Earth.
Mark Kirk is to the left of Lugar, Brown, and FAR to the left of McCain & Graham, political scorecards don't lie.
On EVERY issue you can think of that McCain & Graham are bad on (sucking up to illegals, activist judges, etc.), Kirk has an equally bad record. However, there are many more issues where McCain & Graham supported the GOP whereas Kirk sided with the enemy. They are polar opposites on those issues. Graham has a solid pro-life record won a pro-life leadership award from South Carolina right-to-life in 2008 whereas Kirk gloats about his 100% rating from Planned Parenthood. Graham gets high ratings from gun rights groups whereas Kirk is so liberal on gun control that Jim & Sarah Brady endorsed him over Giannoulias. Graham was one of the most outspoken supporters of the surge in Iraq whereas Kirk led the fight AGAINST it. And so and so and so on. Look at where they stand issue-by-issue and educate yourself. It's silly when freeprs claim Graham is the most liberal Republican ever whereas Kirk is a "moderate". In reality, Kirk would have to move about 20X to the right to be as liberal as Lindsey Graham.
>> DJ when you and I got into it a long time ago I told you Mark was a history buff and I really did believe he was legit. I'm starting to drink my own kool-aid and believe he only voted socialist for that hell hole district up North (all who are Cubs fans mind you...) <<
You are starting to drink the kool-aid, Dengar. Looking at Kirk's voting record, the claims that Kirk would be more "moderate" once he represents "the whole state" have been proven false. In fact, Kirk has actually moved LEFTWARD since getting statewide office. As a Congressman, he opposed gays serving openly in the military. As a Senator, he voted in favor of it. As a Congressman, he supported making the Bush tax cuts permanant. As a Senator, he actually voted AGAINST it (the ONE issue that "fiscal conservative" Mark Kirk claimed to be COMPLETELY on "our side"!) Remember, in spite of Kirk supporter delusions, Illinois as a whole is actually more liberal than his district, not less (McCain won by 1% more in Kirk's "liberal" district than Illinois as a whole). Kirk now represents the entire city of Chicago and votes accordingly to please his combine masters in Chicago. Partial-birth abortion loving Mark Kirk doesn't vote this way because Illinois citizens are all card-carying ACLU members that demand it. Step away from the kool-aid, my friend.
As for the ACU ratings, Brown's 74% and Kirk's 61% are both higher than I expected. They base it around 24 or so pieces of legislation, perhaps the conservative bills they picked this year were less polarizing and therefore "easier" for "moderates" to support. In any case, Brown has been a disappointment on many important bils, but yes he is still better than a combine yes-man like Kirk. Kirk only votes with the GOP when it's "safe" to do so and won't change the outcome of the bill. The Maine twins may be worse than Kirk this year, but I haven't checked up on them lately. According to recent studies, "Republican" Lisa Murkowski is the worst of all and has gone from borderline RINO to full fledged DIABLO, but that's because she defeated the GOP nominee and is now a free agent. She caucuses with Republicans but she is not an elected Republican despite the media claiming she is a "Republican". She's a corporate-owned big government liberal who can screw over the GOP all she wants for the next six years.
>> Back to Keyes. There were two people the Combine were going to choose Keyes and some black woman I've never heard of and you know I know most of the power players in this state. In 2004 we had many options they could have dug up Jim Edgar (RINO but not zero), Peter Roskam (look at him now he's in the House Leadership!!!) But no, they had to pander to blacks and choose only a black candidate so they IL GOP came off as Politically Correct. I respect Alan Keyes however there are certain FReepers including some Mods who worship Alan Keyes more than they Worship Jesus Christ. Yeah, he is a great man with great principles but you can't have a carpetbagger that no one in this state knows run for office with 3 months of campaigning and expect him to even get 40% of the vote. <<
Freeper Therightguy was asking about the 2004 campaign lately. Needless to say, the selection process after the combine drove Jack Ryan out of the race was fixed. The choice was between Keyes and Dr. Andrea Barthwell (that's the unknown black women who was a Democrat in GOP clothing), so of course conservatives were going to recommend Keyes given those "finalists". This led to the myth that "conservatives wanted Keyes", when in reality he was set up by the combine to take the fall. Keyes ran a lousy campaign but no Republican could have won other those circumstances. (I think a Republican who mounted a credible campaign would have gotten around 45% instead of 29% though). Now the official memo from the Kirk loving combine is to use Keyes as the boogeyman that proves "conservatives can't win" Illinois, nevermind the fact he was an 11th hour replacement candidate from out of state. You will note that in 2008, the hand-picked "electable moderate" U.S. Senate, Steve Sauerberg (a lifelong Illinoisan who had monthes to campaign against Durbin during the February primary), did even worse than Keyes and won a pathetic three counties against Dick Durbin. But the combine and media will ignore that fact, since it goes against the "moderates do better in Illinois" narrative. Just like they will ignore that solidly pro-life and pro-gun Dan Rutherford was the biggest vote-getter in Kirk's district during the 2010 campaign. The general public will never hear about that unless they read FR.
Yes that was hilarious, they decided it has to be a Black candidate and they find 1 RINO nobody in the entire state and ultimately choose to import a candidate. Might as well have picked a candidate off the street.
As for Kirk don’t forget as Billy mentioned, his district was *more* Republican than the state at large. His 2010 rating from 1 organization (though I value their ratings) doesn’t mean he’s moved to the right. I definitely believe Brown is better than him, but I’d give him the nod over the Maine twits.
Easy, because that would make too much sense.
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