Posted on 11/03/2004 11:19:39 AM PST by Thebaddog
With all due respect, I didn't ask you. The question was meant for the other freeper and it was more rhetorical than anything else. If you are going to relish someone's ass getting kicked then perhaps thinking about one's own life and accomplishments and committment to moral values and beliegs is wise.
I work at a good paying job, I have a family and we own our own home. I'm not a millionaire but I'm not a parasitic leech on society either.
And I'm not being hateful of Keyes. Keyes, however, put greed ahead of his famous "principles" by allowing a corrupt Illinois Republican party to use him to run for a Senate seat because they knew he'll attract out-of-state dollars. Keyes shouldn't have took the bait, and besides, he's not politician material, IMO. He's better off as a conservative commentator or an appointee.
Well, I'm asking you. What are Keyes's tangible accomplishments? I really don't understand the level of hero worship of Keyes among some Freepers. What has he done to deserve it? Pretty words are cheap.
I don't care if she is married to a DemocRAT. Michelle Obama is a hottie! She certainly got my attention last night. I look forward to seeing more of her. I'll just turn down the sound on the telly.
Ok I do not mean to argue with a fellow freeper. I truly do not know that he is a muslim. He might be and he might not be. I do believe he is a socialist. So thats enough right there for me to not trust a word he says. I also bet that many muslims are lieing about their faith in order to gain positions of power in America.
So the possibility does exist that he might be a muslim. Many blacks have converted to the muslim faith and they have been doing it for a long time. Most of those muslims are not the radical type. I do question on whos side they are on when it comes right down to it. I for one will chose my faith over my country if it came down to that.
Visit his website. He was also an ambassador. I wasn't worshipping ANYONE. Please don't put words in my mouth. Hero worship for those who do it is about as bad as HATE. Something I saw spewed against Keyes constantly from day one. So you don't like him. FINE.
Is she a regular columnist, or some random nutjob they pulled off the street?
Fair enough. I'm just a bit annoyed that republicans don't support more conservatives. Maybe not Keyes, but even in my own state, Chuck Schumer got in easy thanks to spineless republicans!
After last night, it's going to be Obama/Clinton. And it might be a tough ticket to beat.
I read somewhere that the Keyes vote total is the indicator for the rock ribbed Republican vote in Illinois. I voted for him just to be counted. It can only get better from here, if Judy Judy Judy gets launched.
I'm right here in the belly of the fricking beast, so tell me something I don't already know. We had a good conservative Senator here, but he wouldn't kiss the backsides of the rotten party leadership. We had solid conservatives running in the primary but we went with the pretty boy with skeletons in his closet. Any hope we had of even being competitive was lost at that point, even if it wasn't lost before that when the media (and the public at large) lost their minds about Barack Obama. And as inadequate as Keyes' candidacy may have been, it was the only thing standing in between Obama and the Senate. It was the only choice we had. Slam Keyes all you want -- on the issues that should matter to conservatives, he would have been on the right side.
Even though your Feingold has some national prominence, I seriously doubt that, even with his years in the national eye, he is a star of the same magnitude as Obama. A year ago, he was an obscure Illinois state senator. He had a stroke of luck with the implosion of Blair Hull's scandal ridden campaign. Before a vote had been cast, Obama was touted as a future vice president or president. Even National Review today called him a star. So here I am, stuck with a suave and handsome hard-left media creation to be my Senator probably for the rest of my life, unless he goes on to bigger or better things. If he does, consider him my gift to America.
If there is an upside to Keyes "getting his ass kicked" it is that we may have an opportunity to rebuild the Republican party from the ground up. We have some very attractive (conservative) possibilities for statewide office in '06. Now if we can only sweep out the phonies and has-beens that pass themselves off as party leadership.
Umm, can anyone of these lefty idiots stop slobbering on this guy's shoes long enough to tell me one thing he's done?
He was appointed American ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, not ambassador to the UN, let alone a real country. In other words, a low-to-mid-level political appointee. Color me unimpressed.
I wasn't worshipping ANYONE. Please don't put words in my mouth.
I said "among some Freepers". If the shoe doesn't fit, then don't put it on.
Hey, I just thought of something! He's really good at fundraising.
There's a distinction? ;o)
That's good news!
That's good news!"
And that's why we in Illinois need to celebrate the Bush victory and the fine performance of Republicans across the country, get a few good nights' sleep, and get to work.
Look, I do support conservatives. But there are times, in certain races in certain states like IL, where Republicans have to stop preaching one-note songs about abortion and gay marriage. They're already going to get votes from the conservatives in that state, so why try to preach to the other huge, liberal/moderate who'll be turned off by it? I'm not suggesting Keyes should have ran as a RINO, but he could have focused on meat-and-potato issues.
BTTT
They never bothered to be critical of Kerry's record, so I don't know why we'd expect them to critically examine any 2008 Democrat candidates.
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