Keyes' "clarification" shows that he is pandering. Period.
As I said last night, I lost a bit of respect for Keyes yesterday.
It really does suck, because I had a lot of respect for him until I found out about this brainfart. I supported him for years, chewed people's ears off telling them about him... I admired the guy, and now I guess I feel somewhere between really let down hard, and betrayed.
He's treating the campaign like an academic cocktail party throwing out ideas --rather than plans -- without understanding (or caring, probably) about the political ramifications.
I think that's about the only thing the Illinois campaign is good for from a conservative perspective. If he can keep the attention of the media for the next two months he might get out some more important things like Planned Parenthood's genocide.
Now, I don't think the way he addressed this particular issue was particularly shrewd, but so help me at least he's in the ring and we have got to start cuttng our people some slack. If you or me were running for office and facing an unremittingly hostile media (& judicial system for that matter considering what happed to Jack Ryan) we'd likely say or do something that would tick off a good part of FR.
Sorry to hear that Mike, for you know I respect your opinions