Posted on 08/09/2004 7:43:52 AM PDT by churchillbuff
Looks like Hastert is pro-Keyes -- hope some of the reluctant Freepers will take the hint.
I love listening to Keyes speak. I get completely hypnotized by him. I wish him well in his campaign. He has a tough road ahead but I have this gut feeling he may just win.
A real conservative vs a real liberal. Alan is firing on all cylinders. Its going to be an exciting three months in the Land Of Lincoln! The fact Dick Durbin is concerned strongly suggests we've found a candidate who can give Barack Obama a run for the money.
Am I totally crazy to think that Keyes has a shot? I really think that once people see who Obama really is, they'll support Keyes. But then again, I'm a Texan, so what is the pulse in Illinois? Can he beat the "rising star of the Democratic Party"?
Sidenote: By the way, the whole "rising star" title drives me totally crazy. The media says he is, but they are the one who made him one. It drives me nuts. I've never seen a media-ordained rising star in the Republican Party (other than "Maverick" Senator John McCain and his "Straight Talk Express".) Alright, I am getting more angry as I sit here thinking about it, so I'll stop.
I'd like some of what you're smoking.
Friends of mine went to the Keyes rally....there were over 500 in attendence. He Wowed the crowd.
Dick Durbin. Now there's a source you can trust. He couldn't find the truth if it was wrapped in hundred dollar bills.
I guess it wouldn't take broken glass to stop you from supporting Keyes, or am I wrong in inferring you don't like him?
ping........
Alan Keyes in Illinois is no better than Hillary Clinton running in New York. All of us Republicans decried her as a lousy carpetbaggger and declared that anyone who voted for her was an imbecile. How can we now support Keyes? He's not from Illinois and has never lived there. He doesn't have a prayer in this election yet a bunch of Republicans will become hypocrites and support him just because he's in the GOP. If we can't find a decent Republican from the state then we deserve to lose it.
I like Alan Keyes. He is a very articulate spokesman for conservative ideas and issues. If he were running for the Senate in the state of his residence, I would support him in his effort. He is doing the same thing HRC did and if it was wrong for her to do so (it was) then it is wrong for him. I'm not into situational ethics.
Yes, yes, and yes. I'm embarrassed for Illinois Republicans and for Amb. Keyes. It's a shame.
Good for Alan - I hope his party has the stones to back him up.
It'll be interesting to see how many here on FR would rather throw the seat to a liberal democrat than have an unapologetic conservative win it.
No, he's answering the Illinois Republicans' call for help. Hillary, in contrast, came in because she was on a power trip - - she pushed people aside so she could claim the prize. The situations couldn't be more different.
In short, yes.
Obama has a record, the record of an extreme leftist.
We will hang him with that record.
People like you would rather have a Marxist represent you than a God-fearing American. If that's case in Illinois, you deserve a Senator who embodies the opposite of everything you believe in simply cause his opponent was born in Illinois. Well I have news for you - neither was Abraham Lincoln.
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