It would be a mistake for anyone to accuse you of having an underdeveloped sense of loyalty. And loyalty can be a virtue.
Don't you think that a lot of the hostility that Keyes encounters around here involves perceptions about his sense of loyalty?
What matters now is defeating the radical socialist Barrack Obama.
While I may not agree with Alan on this, this disagreement is far from a disqualifier for this conservative. It's not even close. He's just plain right on so many other things.
You have to deal with things as they are, not as you wish them to be.
And if this helps Alan crack into the black vote, one of the keys to this race, I'll take it.
One of the interesting advantages to this brouhaha is that within the Chicago black community, this has inspired talk of Obama's heritage.
Whether someone is descended from slaves of the pre-civil war era or a later transplant to America is not that important to you or me. But that isn't necessarily the case in that community.
Ever heard the talk about Colin Powell, for example?
Many just don't consider him to be an 'American black' at all.
Alan knows this better than most, up close and personal.