Posted on 08/04/2004 6:13:51 PM PDT by tame
Good on you, Tame. Put it straight on the naysayers' middle stump, as we say here in Australia.
No wonder it's so difficult to organise a cohesive effort when you have a bunch of little rain clouds trailing around after positive posters like yourself, whining and complaining and looking for the downside in everything. I note that when you right-click on their posting history you find it's their perennial MO. Don't let 'em get you down, cheers, Byron
"As much as I respect and like Dr. Keyes, I don't think this will work."
I agree. I do respect Alan Keyes, but his positions are solidly based in his beliefs. From what I saw of Obama, he is a say anything kind of guy if it will get him elected. Keyes won't back off where he comes from and he will make a great debater, but in Illinois he won't get much of a listen I fear.
Can you BELIEVE that thing they call the Ill. Republican Party actually did this? You couldn't make this up....!
Yes, I know state law says he only needs to be a resident as of election day, but a candidate only gets a certain number of elections to be considered credible. Keyes has run for senator from Maryland, presidential candidate and now senator from Illinois while being a Maryland resident.
Keyes needs to run for a state house or state senate seat first and then try for higher office.
I wish him well, but at most he will receive 30% of the vote. Think about it, how many candidates have you voted for that are not residents from the jurisdiction they are running for?
Awesome! Dr. Keyes will be an outstanding standard-bearer for the GOP in Illinois. And he will confront Obama on the issues and unmask him as the liberal extremist he is.
It is not.
Some of us remember it, distinctly.
I have to laugh, EV. You Keysters are twisting yourself in knots trying to say that what Keyes said in 2000 has no application in 2004.
I wonder how he feels, knowing he's the fifth choice for the Illinois GOP?
Fine. There are plenty of other places that your funds are needed.
But don't join with the defeatists and the Keyes-haters to pull down the Republican nominee.
Hillary.....white courtesy phone
To blunt the carpetbagger charge, Keyes should move here to Hillary's hometown of Park Ridge. Maybe her old house on Washington Street is for sale!
Yes, Hillary IS a carpetbagger. She wanted elected office so badly, she landed her broomstick where she thought she could win.
This situation in Illinois is different. Keyes didn't look for this. The Illinois GOP came to HIM. Desperate times, and all of that.
He will be beaten to a pulp but unfortunately for the body politic he will keep siphoning off enough cash to bask in Jamaica all winter.
You misquoted him. That's the simple fact.
Grow up.
That could not be further from the truth. Alan will sweep a huge number of votes in the southern part of the state. And the Catholics in Cook County will come to him in droves.
Done deal guys. There's a real conservative coming to the Senate from Illinois.
The state of the state isn't terrible. The state of the state party is terrible. You would think from this decision that there were no good candidates in Illinois. Not true. There were just no good candidates who were willing to enter the race with ZERO support from the state party and ZERO support from the national party.
Keyes will make mincemeat out of Obama.
We have a chance to win this one folks. This is great news!!!!
Yeah Keyes is Black, so therefore he must be supported by loons.
Try turning off your TV and try listening to your Radio.
The man makes sense, consistently.
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