He is also stupid. For example before the 2,000 South Carolina primary he could have dropped out and worked for Bush. That way, Dubya would have owed him. Keyes would have gotten a good job in the Bush administration. He would have power and prestige. The media would have given it to him. Instead he stupidly chose defeat and no future.
He chose to fight Bush to the end and ended up not even being allowed on the floor of the 2000 Republican convention. He has not had any influence for several years. He is at best a very minor footnote in history. A failed man with a handful of losers for followers.
Keyes has all the appeal of a right wing dictator. But he failed as I knew he would. He is history. Keyes pitch was the same pitch used by Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Fidel Castro. All dictators argue that the will of the people is misguided. The people are duped by others and the potential dictator is the only one who can set things straight. Dictators, once elected, do what their conscience tells them is right. It does not matter what the public wants for they are certain they are in the right. They promise to follow the dictates of their own conscience. People who follow their own dictates are by definition dictators.
This nation is a nation of the people, by the people, and for the people. We elect public servants.. not public rulers. Our servants are like all servants. They only exist as long as they serve the will of their masters. Here the masters are the voters.
Keyes followers wanted a ruler. A master who would not bow to the will of the people. He and his followers do not trust the public. They disagree with most voters. They can not get a majority convinced to their views, so they want a man who will do as they want and not bother to convince a majority of the people.
In the USA such people are doomed to failure. NO Hitler, Stalin, Castro or Keyes will ever make it in the USA. Keyes is what our founding fathers worked so hard to prevent. They succeeded.