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Illinois GOP picks Alan Keyes to run against Obama!
illinoisleader.com ^ | August 4, 2004

Posted on 08/04/2004 6:13:51 PM PDT by tame

It's official! Yahoo!


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: alankeyes; alankicksbutt; classicdebates; debatesforhistory; goalan; gopprimary; historicdebates; illinois; keyes
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To: Keyes2000mt
You're attacking Alan Keyes because he made the mistake of getting up this morning, flying to Illinois and being chosen by the State Republican Party.

Be very careful about putting words in my mouth.

and just like Bush-hater, irrational hatred drives you to stay up all night attacking the object of your contempt.

Unlike you, who only did it because you had to, being a state politico and all that?

The only thing I've attacked on this thread is the sheer nerve of those of you who would have us all put aside our opinions and ignore the fact that now that Alan Keyes has a shot at a big job, he's willing to completely ignore what he said about Hillary Clinton in 2000.

I put his quote in context which is not something you or anyone else did.

Which is the main gripe that most of us have had with Keyes; he just doesn't seem to be able to get his point across to us without one of you coming on and telling us what we really should have heard.

For some reason, it gives you in particular some kind of joy to always define those who disagree with Keyes and his tactics as haters; telling, IMO.

1,121 posted on 08/04/2004 11:50:02 PM PDT by Howlin (Saving Private Hamster)
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To: Keyes2000mt

I smell a rat lawsuit challenging the validity of Keyes running in Ill-noise. They will lose it, but they will try just the same. IMHO


1,122 posted on 08/04/2004 11:50:36 PM PDT by DaiHuy (MUST HAVE JUST BEEN BORN THAT WAY...)
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To: TomasUSMC
LOVING THIS!!!!!!! Obama must be crying like a baby now. Hey the whole Democratic Party is shaking now. This will be a NATIONAL DEBATE. Lets Get Alan some support, what is his web site and contact info? The only problem Keyes will have with Obamamyourmamasama is deciding which round he will knock him out in.

I share your enthusiasm, however I doubt that Obama is crying. The fact is, Keyes has not yet accepted the offer to run in Illinois, and even if he does he has a VERY big disadvantage and it will take a minor miracle for him to win. So, please pray.

1,123 posted on 08/04/2004 11:50:46 PM PDT by tame (Are you willing to do for the truth what leftists are willing to do for a lie?)
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To: FITZ
If Keyes showed any sign of winning, the RINO leadership would start funding Obama.

But isn't it the Illinois GOP that is asking him to run?

Yes, so they can say they "tried", but "conservative candidates can't win", thus giving them an excuse for nominating more candidates like Barthwell.

1,124 posted on 08/04/2004 11:51:53 PM PDT by supercat (If Kerry becomes President, nothing bad will happen for which he won't have an excuse.)
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To: Howlin

"I'm kind of glad people like you don't like me; it reaffirms my feeling that I'm doing something right.

And I've been here longer than you have."

I now see that your mathematical abilities are equal to your grammatical abilities. I have now learned from you that July 1, 1999 is earlier than December 5, 1998. Thank you for pointing that out to me. Maybe remedial math would help. It's been a barrel of laughs. Sleep tight (that's assuming you ever get off this thread and go to sleep) and don't let the Keyesbugs bite.



1,125 posted on 08/04/2004 11:51:54 PM PDT by flaglady47
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To: Byron_the_Aussie
WRONG,yet again! Are you EVER going to manage to get anything right..............EVER?

I never said that I didn't want Keyes to rum I said he has absolutely NO chance of winning;not even a chance to come close.

1,126 posted on 08/04/2004 11:52:22 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
E-hem? What does that mean?

It means EGHH HEMMMMMM.

1,127 posted on 08/04/2004 11:52:43 PM PDT by tame (Are you willing to do for the truth what leftists are willing to do for a lie?)
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To: Keyes2000mt
anymore than all the liberals' attacks on President Bush.

You know damn well I wasn't referring to liberals; I am talking about the day in and day out trashing George W. Bush takes on this site from the "real conservatives" and the "true conservatives" around here.

1,128 posted on 08/04/2004 11:52:43 PM PDT by Howlin (Saving Private Hamster)
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To: DaiHuy

The law is clear on this. There is no impediment to his running, legally.


1,129 posted on 08/04/2004 11:53:17 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: tame; Keyes2000mt; EternalVigilance; goldstategop; flaglady47

Goodnight Freeper friends. Thanks for your support of Dr Keyes, and your sunny American optimism. Please don't sink to the level of your opponents on this thread. All the best, By


1,130 posted on 08/04/2004 11:53:20 PM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/popup2.html)
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To: Howlin; nopardons
It's not that I dislike Keyes, I just happen to think that he is unelectable in this situation, and I happen to believe that the GOP made a mistake by asking him to run in Illinois.

Keyes connects with informed political junkies, with the evangelicals, and the intellectually sophisticated voter, but that's not a majority of voters, not enough for a victory. It's only partly Keyes fault; after all it's "we the people" that decide who gets elected.

"But it will be a good race even if Keyes loses because yada, yada, yada..."

Yeah...it will be fun to watch, and I honestly hope that he wins so I'll keep track of it, and at whatever level I can, I'll support him over Obama.

By the way, did you notice that he's already become a single name celebrity?

Elvis, Charo, Madonna, Elmo, Obama...

I'll watch it every night on every network, national prime time coverage. The native son beating the outsider; an outsider brought in from the outside by the GOP to run the lives of the good citizens of Illinois.

And the camera loves this guy.

The DNC will use this race to elevate Obama into a run at the White House as Hillary's VP.

I would have almost rather that the GOP had thrown a local businessman in the race to make it less news worthy.

It's politics, so if you can't avoid losing, you must avoid news coverage.

1,131 posted on 08/04/2004 11:53:31 PM PDT by Luis Gonzalez (Sin Patria, pero sin amo)
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To: nopardons

Keyes was born in Ill-noise?


1,132 posted on 08/04/2004 11:53:42 PM PDT by DaiHuy (MUST HAVE JUST BEEN BORN THAT WAY...)
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To: nopardons

"And dear thread Nanny,THAT was a petty,petulant,and childish post,you just made.Please hand in your nonexistent thread Nanny credentials."

Well, at least you said "dear". That's a start.


1,133 posted on 08/04/2004 11:53:44 PM PDT by flaglady47
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To: Rate_Determining_Step

I'm trying to compare a "Bush Country" county map to a county map of Illinois (The bush Country map doesn't blow up real clearly).

If I'm reading this right...
>the Chicago area went Gore - all lakefront counties;
>Seven counties in Northwest Illinois stretching from Carroll county down to Peoria went Gore;
>A Cluster of counties near East St. Louis went Gore (more heavily black? I know down here in the South the closer to the river a county is the more likely it has a high black population)
>Champaign county (college town, right?)
>Lasalle county and a couple of others (don't know the stories on these)

I could be reading it wrong - a better researcher than me can probably find a rundown on it.

Long story short, there ARE apparently Democrat pockets of note outside of Chicago.


1,134 posted on 08/04/2004 11:53:58 PM PDT by WillRain
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To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
I haven't seen one single person on this thread cheerleading for Obama.

Memo to you: if you question Keyes, you're a cheerleader for Obama.

it's just like wearing "kneepads for Bush." Remember that one?

1,135 posted on 08/04/2004 11:54:15 PM PDT by Howlin (Saving Private Hamster)
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To: Jim Robinson

Never claimed I was one,Jim. :-)


1,136 posted on 08/04/2004 11:54:33 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: EternalVigilance

I am glad of that because I relish the Idea of him debating the Dumbs new "rising star".


1,137 posted on 08/04/2004 11:55:07 PM PDT by DaiHuy (MUST HAVE JUST BEEN BORN THAT WAY...)
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To: Keyes2000mt
E-hem is what's on an e-garment. :)

Argh, Argh :o)

BTW, why was the bicycle leaning against the kick-stand? Because it was two tired. Get it? TOO tired, TWO tired. Yawn :o)

1,138 posted on 08/04/2004 11:55:11 PM PDT by tame (Are you willing to do for the truth what leftists are willing to do for a lie?)
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To: tame

Yep,you're doing a swell job for Obama.


1,139 posted on 08/04/2004 11:55:33 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Jim Robinson

Bravo!


1,140 posted on 08/04/2004 11:55:36 PM PDT by ApesForEvolution (DemocRATS are communists and want to destroy America only to replace it with the USSA)
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