Obama is Alive and Hiding in.....Pakistan? (Serious vanity...:-)

EV | September 28th, 2004 | EV

[EternalVigilance]

Obama is spending very little time in IL. He's running from all but two debates. He has not been able to drive a message. He spent all his money building name ID, and now he and his cohorts think it's over.

The Dems are complacent.

Let's take advantage of that.

Just don't tell 'em...shhhhhh....

;-)

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Actually, it's a huge compliment to the President.

I'm sure you believe that.

[EternalVigilance]

Alan Keyes talks about George Bush a lot; but I've never heard George Bush mention Alan Keyes, have you?

Why would he?

But anyway, I've seen them in private conversation.

George W. Bush is a great listener, and a very fast learner.

The Florida election debacle, and then 9-11, changed the man considerably.

To his everlasting credit, he rose to the challenge of leadership like a true patriot.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/12004f.asp

[Howlin]

I really have to laugh. This reparations thing is so blown out of proportion

I have to laugh, too. Apparently Alan Keyes is the most misunderstood politician to ever walk the face of the earth.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

George would be lost without him. Well, actually we all would. Even Reagan wouldn't have been able to accomplish the Cold War victory without him. Just ask.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

All great men are.

[malakhi]

I can't think of a single high-profile Republican I've heard talking about Keyes in quite some time

If the truth were to be known, they're all closet Keyesians. I wonder why they are so obdurate about giving credit to their mentor. :o)

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

But anyway, I've seen them in private conversation.

George W. Bush is a great listener, and a very fast learner.

The Florida election debacle, and then 9-11, changed the man considerably.

This is so condescending. Compared to this President, Alan Keyes is a nobody, yet you make it sound as though everything he ever needed to know, he learned from Keyes. This is a two-bag hurler disguised as a compliment, EV. Unbelievable.

[Amelia]

You do realize that Alan Keyes has been at the center of the intellectual policy debate in this country for many years now, right?

Frankly, I didn't realize that.

I have no doubt that he's been talking about policy, but I didn't know that his ideas were necessarily taken seriously, or even considered, by those responsible for formulating policy, at least since he resigned from the State Dept. back during the Reagan administration.

Do you have any evidence to back up your statement? I ask this sincerely.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I have never seen anything like this. I'm just shaking my head.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

If Keyes is responsible or even near on par with GW, why is he only getting 15%, and why didn't he run in his home state.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Well, you know how it is. Dog eat dog and all that. ; )

[Howlin]

Why would he?

I see you missed my point; Keyes has trashed Bush on several occasions, but I've never heard George Bush say one word about him, much less something derrogatory. But anyway, I've seen them in private conversation.

So you've said; private meetings or group meetings? Since Bush has been in the White House? Talking policy? You've been in meeting with George W. Bush?

George W. Bush is a great listener, and a very fast learner.

Are you implying that Alan Keyes is teaching George Bush about being the president?

The Florida election debacle, and then 9-11, changed the man considerably. To his everlasting credit, he rose to the challenge of leadership like a true patriot.

Yes, he has; he had a great set of friends and family who gave him the knowledge and courage to be the man he is. But, again, I think you're insinuating that he is the man he is because of Alan Keyes' help; although you'd love to associate Keyes with that, of course, you're going to need some proof to back that claim up.

[malakhi]

This is so condescending. Compared to this President, Alan Keyes is a nobody, yet you make it sound as though everything he ever needed to know, he learned from Keyes. This is a two-bag hurler disguised as a compliment, EV. Unbelievable.

But this is how the diehard Keyes supporters see things. The adulation goes beyond the typical relationship between a politician and his supporters.

[EternalVigilance]

I have to leave right now for a meeting. But the fact is that this administration is chock full of people who have been allied with or greatly influenced by Alan.

People forget that he is a DC insider, and has been for many years.

I appreciate the sincerity of your question, and wish I could give you a fuller answer. I'll try to later.

[Howlin]

And I'd appreciate it if you'd answer this question:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1229892/posts?page=200#200

How is it you claim that Keyes has formulated George Bush's foreign policy.

[Howlin]

But the fact is that this administration is chock full of people who have been allied with or greatly influenced by Alan.

Name some.

[Howlin]

I actually know some people who have been in "private consersations" with George Bush and they aren't out claiming that Bush formulated his foreign policy because of it.

[TOUGH STOUGH]

If you are not going to vote for Keyes then who will you vote for?

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Wow. You know, he may very well have had a right to be angry - but he doesn't help himself when he allows himself to beat up on a newsman who on the surface appears to be reasonable and gentlemanly. You find yourself feeling sorry for the reporter, even though the reporter probably had it coming on some level. A little of that style of confrontation would have been okay, but he takes it too far, imo - I say this just because I think he ends up hurting himself.