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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: nutmeg
Doesn't he have to move to Illinois from Maryland?

Yes. Anytime before the election IIRC.

121 posted on 08/04/2004 6:45:19 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (Kerry lied, while good men died. Go to www.kerrylied.com)
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To: tame

We owe Alan Keyes. This is pretty much a no-win fight, but it will be a great opportunity for our best spokesman to make our case. Thanks Alan for taking this on.


122 posted on 08/04/2004 6:45:20 PM PDT by Arkinsaw
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To: LandOfLincolnGOP
But they should consider the following info from illinoisleader.com before they goon crying that the GOP did not pick Barthwell:

Don't be so dramatic. None of Illinoisans who are unhappy with Keyes wish that it was Barthwell. (At least, I can't imagine that any of us do.)

We're angry that the state party and the national party screwed Illinois up so badly that we need to import someone from the East Coast instead of developing local conservative talent.

When will the ILGOP finally hit bottom? I fear we aren't there yet.

123 posted on 08/04/2004 6:45:26 PM PDT by LandOfLincolnGOP
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To: tame

Repeal the 17th amendment!

http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_bartlett/bartlett200405120748.asp


124 posted on 08/04/2004 6:45:44 PM PDT by Brizick
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To: sinkspur
So, even Keyes himself recognizes he's backing down from a very strong previous stance.

Sure enough.

Downright practical of him, ain't it...

He might surprise alot of people in this race.

125 posted on 08/04/2004 6:45:56 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (John Kerry's America: "Weaker, Deader, Dumber")
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To: AppyPappy

Jay Rockefeller isn't from, nor has he ever lived, in West Virginia.


126 posted on 08/04/2004 6:46:05 PM PDT by mabelkitty
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To: Bonaparte
Is the GOP going to fund him or hang him out to dry?

They've always hung him out to dry before --- what would change? Keyes is excellent, I hope he never gives up.

127 posted on 08/04/2004 6:46:15 PM PDT by FITZ
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To: ArmyBratproud

50% don't beat 100%. Obama may have the name but if he wants to play racial politics Keyes has the genes.


128 posted on 08/04/2004 6:46:18 PM PDT by Bogey78O (Kerry lied and if elected people will die.)
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To: sinkspur

As stated. He was asked to run by the IL GOP. He was drafted. HE didn't impose himself.


129 posted on 08/04/2004 6:46:57 PM PDT by Bogey78O (Kerry lied and if elected people will die.)
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To: tame

Let me know where I can get my bumper sticker and yard sign!


130 posted on 08/04/2004 6:47:19 PM PDT by Dengar01
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To: tame
Obama's people will throw Keyes' very own words about Hillary in 2000 back in his face.

No, I don't like Keyes. He referred to George W. Bush in a speech in 2001 at the Hyatt Regency, DFW Airport, as an evil man for his stem cell decision.

He's an egomaniac, who cannot resist, in his speeches, insulting the very people he's expecting to vote for him. He talks down to people, as if he were some kind of national preacher.

He will lose, and lose badly, and this will be the end of him, politically.

131 posted on 08/04/2004 6:47:29 PM PDT by sinkspur (IF we were as good as our dogs think we are, what a wonderful world it would be!!)
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To: MJY1288

We are fine...still slugging away with our home improvements...just about done....


132 posted on 08/04/2004 6:47:48 PM PDT by mystery-ak (The most dangerous place in the world...between Moore and Ronstadt in the buffet line!)
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To: sinkspur
So, even Keyes himself recognizes he's backing down from a very strong previous stance.

Maybe he realizes the stakes are just too high to be held back by niceties and the unwritten "rules" of politics. This is war! The Democrats must be defeated. We MUST prevent the Democrats from taking the Senate, just as we MUST keep Kerry from taking White House.

If Keyes had backed away from an opportunity to help under these circumstances, that would be a disservice to the things he stands for.

133 posted on 08/04/2004 6:48:12 PM PDT by Gelato
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To: B.O. Plenty

The IL GOP asked him.


134 posted on 08/04/2004 6:48:18 PM PDT by Bogey78O (Kerry lied and if elected people will die.)
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To: Gelato

The seat is a goner. Keyes ain't gonna win or even come close, but it helps us two-fold: puts heat on Obama to not have a free ride and forces him to make promises he'd rather not make; and Keyes actually will help Bush -- because, otherwise, the downballot could have been a disaster with GOP voters (including black GOP voters) just staying home.


135 posted on 08/04/2004 6:48:37 PM PDT by mwl1
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To: sc2_ct

http://www.declaration.net/

Check this site for Keyes


136 posted on 08/04/2004 6:49:25 PM PDT by franky (Pray for the souls of the faithful departed. Pray for our own souls to receive the grace of a happy)
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To: unspun
Are you two possessed by the spirit of Puddleglum?

It's not puddleglum to insist my state party do better. It's not puddleglum to be offended that an East Coaster is coming to my state just because the national party didn't want to invest in Illinois talent. This situation was avoidable, but the party screwed it up.

My beef isn't really with Keyes. It's with the circumstances that bring him to the race.

137 posted on 08/04/2004 6:49:31 PM PDT by LandOfLincolnGOP
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To: tame
Well I don't see a problem here...

Keyes spoke out against a practice in 2000 that voters decided otherwise, in the largest state east of the Mississippi. So now it is now an ACCEPTABLE practice.

Everyone shops the whole country nowdays for the best possible talent.

School districts do it for Superintendents, Police departments do it for new chiefs of police, Airport commissions, Library boards, et. cetera...

Let the voters HEAR his ideas and presentation, and judge for themselves how effectively he would represent Illinois!

Keyes can be one of the greatest Senators ever! Other states should be so fortunate.

138 posted on 08/04/2004 6:49:32 PM PDT by Future Useless Eater (FreedomLoving_Engineer)
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To: tame
Great news. I always said that he should be in the US Senate.

What's the best way that we can get behind this?

139 posted on 08/04/2004 6:49:44 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid (Semper Fi)
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To: dubyaismypresident

You're memory has prevailed.
He can move anytime before the election.

I hope he wins.


140 posted on 08/04/2004 6:49:48 PM PDT by onyx (JohnKerry -- the standard bearer for the unbearable)
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