Keyes challenges Constitution Party to 'create new possibility for America'

renew america ^ | January 8, 2007 | alan keyes

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Somebody still gets it. I am encouraged.

[mhx]

I am glad these guys exist. Someone needs to be saying it.

[IronJack]

Listening to Alan Keyes talk is an energizing experience. He has a clarity of vision, a consistency of logic, and a talent for expression reminiscent of history's most famed orators. I pride myself on my ability to articulate a point of view, but I stand humbled by a true master.

[WalterSkinner]

..if the CP sheds its paleo-con isolationist leanings in foreign policy, maybe I'll take a look at them...

[peyton randolph]

Obama 70%
Keyes 27%

Yes. Great contributor to conservatism. /sarc

[mosquewatch.com]

"The republic is not in danger of collapse, but has already begun to collapse. And what we shall decide in the course of the next couple of years is whether or not that collapse shall move along to an irretrievable conclusion. I believe that this is going to result in a great crisis of our nation and of our political institutions."

BINGO!!

[Graymatter]

Oh yes, we definitely need a third party spoiler. But the line forms to the left, please. Spoil their chances.

[Man50D]

It's becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish the Republicans from the Democrats thanks to the RINOs.

[Howlin]

With Keyes, it's ALL about $$$$.

[Graybeard58]

I voted for him in the primary in 2000 and then again in the Illinois senate race, I just wish he were more electable.

[TomGuy]

Unless the Constitution Party has changed their foreign policy planks, they are very isolationist.

They have a good domestic policy. But in the modern world with the US maintaining some 22% of the entire world GDP, and with the War on Terrorism, isolationism just isn't a viable plank. If they maintain their isolationist position, they are a party out of touch with reality.

[babygene]

"Oh yes, we definitely need a third party spoiler."

It wouldn't be a third party if we got rid of the second one...

[goldstategop]

A quarter of Illinoisians still subscribe to conservative values. Don't sell them short. We've got a lot of work ahead to reclaim America.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[tfelice]

..if the CP sheds its paleo-con isolationist leanings in foreign policy, maybe I'll take a look at them...

If the GOP sheds their big government ways maybe they'll still be viable come '08.

[tomcorn]

I can see from the staggering number of posts to this thread that Keyes speech was a real barn burner. I don't believe I have ever encountered anyone from the "Constitution Party" either. Rumors of the imminent demise of the GOP are amusing.

Mr.Keyes, while now predicting the collapse of the GOP was not shy about taking GOP money during his abortive Senate run.

[Graymatter]

It's a pity. I tend to agree with him on the collapse having already begun. But I wish he'd confine himself to lecturing Republicans, not encouraging third parties on the right.

[Graymatter]

That has to happen from the grass roots, babygene. Not from the top with one individual running for president.

[tfelice]

Not an imminent demise, but moreso a melding of the two major parties.

40% of the GOP caucus in the House voted for the Minimum Wage Bill. Tell me how can a party that claims to be conservative have 40% of its members vote for a socialist bill?

[tomcorn]

Mr. Keyes is a supporter of any party who has a negotiable check. His current speaking fee is now 7,500 dollars down from a peak of 20K during his presidential run.

It astonishes me that anyone takes Keyes seriously.