Keyes/Obama Debate 1 of 3 (Live Thread for Keyes Supporters)

10/12/2004 | live thread

[unspun]

DEBATE – Illinois Radio Network Location: Old State Capitol, Springfield listen to live stream from WJBC AM 1230 http://www.wjbc.com/xwjbc-webcasts.htm Will be carried on the following Illinois Radio Network affiliates: Alton - WBGZ AM 1570 Benton - WQRL 106.3 FM Bloomington - WJBC AM 1230 Carbondale - WCIL AM 1020, WJPF AM 1340 Champaign - WDWS AM 1400 Chicago - WBBM 96.3 FM, AM 780 Danville - WDAN AM 1490 Decatur - WSOY AM 1340, 102.9 FM Effingham - WCRC 95.7 FM Galesburg - WGIL AM 1400 Joliet - WJOL AM 1340 Litchfield - WSMI - 106.1 FM Metropolis - WMOK AM 920 Peoria - WMBD AM 1470 Quincy - WGEM 105.1 FM Rockford - WNTA AM 1330 Springfield - WTAX AM 1240 Sterling - WSDR AM 1290 Watseka- WGFA AM 1360 Pending confirmation: Harrisburg - WEBQ Jacksonville - WLDS Salem - WJBD St. Louis - KMOX	Oct. 12 Time: 7 p.m. Illinois Radio Network Location: Springfield Click to see stations Oct. 21 Time: 7 p.m. League of Women Voters of IL and ABC-7 See www.lwvil.org Oct. 26 Time: 7 p.m. City Club of Chicago / WTTW
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Warning:
This thread is for Keyes supporters.
If you are a Keyes detractor, start your own thread
(Keyes supporters will not be liable for your experience, there.)

[Righter-than-Rush]

Keyes made good points on trade. NAFTA and GATT are just shafts for the USA tax payer.

[TomasUSMC]

Exactly the perfect response. You can't expect a general strategy to respond to a unique tragic catastrophic illness.

Yeah against slave jobs and slave good!!!!

[Cheapskate]

Ill pubbie party is not in good shape. The Ryan regime has done terrible damage here

[unspun]

Keyes: the free trade myth....
Obama: "me too!"

[OHelix]

Keyes is nailing the trade issues... Obama says "Currently flawed and we need to do better..."

[lara]

Moderators are WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore, CBS 2's Mike Flannery and the Illinois Radio Network's Jim Anderson.

[Missouri]

Whoa. Keyes sounds like Pat Buchanan on trade. This won't go over to well with some on the FR or Kerry/Clinton democrats.

He presented the issue well.

[Righter-than-Rush]

The mod is questioning tariffs. He just doesn't get it! Why dont lefties understand that competing with slave labor puts good people out of work here?!? What the hell is so hard to comprehend??? Good job or cheap things. You CANNOT have both. Duh!

[unspun]

"Static analysis," to say that (reasonable) tariffs would hurt workers at Wal-Mart (what a funny case, Dellamore brought up).
I have to remember that, "dynamic vs. static analysis." Enlightened.

[Barlowmaker]

I'm not liking Alan's raging protectionism.

[Missouri]

Free trade is a myth. Keyes has taken this issue away from Obama. Maybe a good move.

[unspun]

Keyes is not a Libertarian. (He's a "Classic Liberal," like most FReepers.)

[Gelato]

CBS 2's Mike Flannery

Ugh......that explains it.

[k2blader]

Keyes: "I think [farming] has a great future, because if it doesn't America has no future."

[OHelix]

"I'm not liking Alan's raging protectionism."

I like it... Maybe more on that later, but the free-trade BS is EXACTLY as Keyes represents it...

[unspun]

It's not protectionism so much as "original intent."

[Bonaparte]

"Keyes is going to earn the distinction of getting a smaller percentage of the vote than any other Democratic or Republican candidate in any 2004 House or Senate race."

Nobody ever expected Keyes to win this. However, he's an effective and persuasive spokesman for conservatism. People in Illinois, especially black people, will now have a rare opportunity to hear those ideas. That's why he should be supported.

[Righter-than-Rush]

I love his protectionism. Like I said before, you cant have a strong economy AND equally strong neighbors. It doesn't fly.

[don-o]

Keyes is going to earn the distinction of getting a smaller percentage of the vote than any other Democratic or Republican candidate in any 2004 House or Senate race.

Sadly, you are correct.

[Missouri]

Keyes is not a Libertarian. (He's a "Classic Liberal," like most FReepers.)

He sounds like a nationalist to me.