what statements?
To the contrary he helped Bush to the election in 2000 by derailing McCain in the debates (read the transcripts). Moreover, over the entire campaign he has supported Bush at every opportunity even though he disagrees with some of his policies and tactics. Keyes is no Buchanan. In fact Keyes support for Bush in 2000, I am convinced, diminished Buchanan's impact in that election. We should be thankful to Keyes that we do not live under the reign of Gore.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1205976/posts?page=302#302
preposterous.
"We should be thankful to Keyes that we do not live under the reign of Gore."
keyes saved bush's candidacy?
idiot of the day award?
idiots abounding these days.
We should be thankful to P Diddy that we don't live under the reign of Al Gore.
Let's thank Barry Bonds, Brett Favre, Mel Gibson, and a host of others.
They had as much to do with Gore losing as Keyes did.
You can adore and support the man forever,but please don't lie about the facts.
I agree with your apt observations about the kind of affect Keyes had in 2000 --pretty ludicrous to attack you and call you childish names for stating them. Of course we have millions of people to thank: every Bush voter, etc., not to mention God Himself.
The Keyes bashers refer I think to comments he made during his campaign in 2000 (and yes he did his true damage to McCain's candidacy) also the comments he made during the Bush administration before 9.11. They don't seem to know how to put those comments into context and realize he was not being ad hominem. He was characterizing Bush by implication, but based upon his view of how well Bush was repsonding to moral priorities, regarding issues. That was what he was addressing: issues, not persons, just as when he stepped into the Mary Cheney ambush, this week.
The moral priorities of political issues and the causes and effects in them are nearly always Keyes' subject matter, whatever issues he addresses.
BTW, I was about 12 feet away from Alan Keyes during Bush's acceptance speech, Friday. He applauded (for just about everything but Bush's comments on incremental income tax adjustments) at times, standing.
Often, instead of speaking on the subject people want to hear about and in ways they want to hear it, Keyes tries to change people's priorities (to the valid priorities of a morally sane and principled people). This is how he has given the media ammunition to use against him.