Yes......but is he clean?
Posted on 07/31/2007 8:27:36 AM PDT by Brian Sears
Aims to inspire grassroots support for moral conservative leader
PHILADELPHIA, June 5 /Christian Newswire/ -- An organization calling itself "We Need Alan Keyes for President" has launched a website to press the former Reagan administration diplomat to enter the field of Republican presidential contenders.
According to a statement at the website -- AlanKeyes.com -- the organization's purpose is to "determine and rally support for a presidential candidacy by Dr. Keyes."
The statement adds, "We Need Alan Keyes for President, Inc., is a political action committee . . . not managed by Alan Keyes."
The effort is spearheaded by several individuals at RenewAmerica, a grassroots organization affiliated with Keyes.
Stephen Stone, president of RenewAmerica, said, "At this point, Alan has not indicated that he will run. In fact, he has said that he would run only if enough people at the grassroots come forward to say they want him to run. Our job is to give them a chance to do so."
Added RenewAmerica's legal counsel Steven Voigt, chief of staff to the draft Keyes movement: "Alan believes that the American people, themselves, are the key to restoring the values that are essential to the future of our nation. He has therefore stressed that it's ultimately up to grassroots Americans to decide who they want in the arena. If enough moral conservatives want him, he's indicated he will run."
Stone commented, "We receive e-mails almost daily at RenewAmerica encouraging Alan to run. The writers are moral conservatives disaffected with the current candidates. These messages share a common belief that none of those running truly represents the moral conservative base of the Republican Party."
Stone cited an e-mail from a Florida Young Republican he said was typical of the messages RenewAmerica receives:
"It's time that a true conservative stepped to the plate to combat the left. No one in the field of candidates, Republican or Democrat, has more experience in the realm of foreign policy than Mr. Keyes. No one is more qualified to lead this nation in the war on terror than Mr. Keyes. No one is more qualified to lead this country in protecting the right to life than Mr. Keyes. I'm confident that he is the best candidate for the job. I really hope to see him run."
Stone noted, "We plan to show that there are literally millions of grassroots Americans who feel the same way."
"The bottom line," continued Stone, "is that a lot of people are waiting for a moral conservative leader to stand forth and represent them, and to date, no one appears to be doing so. This is not to question the integrity or credentials of several fine individuals -- mainly among the so-called 'second tier' GOP hopefuls. But moral conservatives appear to see no outstanding leader among the current candidates who energizes and inspires them."
Keyes served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations under President Ronald Reagan. Previous to that, he served as Reagan's ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. He spent 11 years in the U.S. State Department, before being drafted to run for the U.S. Senate from Maryland in 1988. At a fundraising event for Keyes, President Reagan said the diplomat "reflects the values and bedrock principles of this great nation." Keyes also won the Maryland GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate from Maryland in 1992, defeating a primary field of 13 candidates.
Ambassador Keyes ran for president in 1996 and 2000, on a pro-life, pro-family, tax-reform plank. In 2004, he responded to a call from pro-life conservatives in the Illinois Republican Party to challenge Barack Obama for an open Senate seat, replacing Jack Ryan, who dropped out three months before the election.
In recent years, Stone said, "Keyes has stood fast in support of moral conservatives who were battling to defend traditional marriage in Massachusetts, save Terri Schiavo from judicial murder in Florida, restore protection for the unborn in South Dakota, and stop the abuse of federal judicial power against Chief Justice Roy Moore of Alabama."
"Keyes has also made countless appearances before moral conservative groups, championing the work of crisis pregnancy centers, encouraging the role in politics of Christian believers, and calling for the establishment of secure U.S. borders," added Voigt. "He has ceaselessly advanced the need to give top priority to restoring America's moral principles -- by observing the Constitution's protection for the life of our posterity in the womb, and by restoring respect for the procreational family, based on the union, by marriage, of one man and one woman."
Keyes also writes columns that appear at WorldNetDaily.com and RenewAmerica.us.
>>Wasn’t there a post about this a month or two ago?
IIRC Most freepers decided we we do not need Alan Keyes nor his website.<<
I obviously don’t speak for most freepers...
But my take on this is that who Freepers support for President and whether Free Republic will get behind Alan Keyes is a different question than whether its good to have Ambassador Keyes in the race speaking about issues.
Until this week I would have welcomed Keyes into the race. I still would but the administrator from Renew America’s support here on Free Republic of heckling Fred Thompson and 9/11 conspiracy makes me unenthusiastic about any further Presidential activity from Renew America unless Keyes distances himself from the heckling and conspiracies.
Yes......but is he clean?
Remind me again of Keyes great successes in winning elections...
Where’s that ‘Not this s**t, again’ picture?
That had to be the fastest suicide by press (SUP) announcing and killing his Presidential campaign the same day. Biden is truly a moron.
>>Dismissing Obama’s brief and empty career as a national politician, Biden gave the famous madrassa student a backhanded — or should we say blackhanded? — complement: “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”
Yeah, man! Obviously, Biden’s talking about previous Democratic black presidential candidates: Jesse Jackson, who looks like a frog, has a mouthful of marbles and is at least considered to be a low-level crook, and the hilarious lunatic Al Sharpton. But context doesn’t matter in politics, so it looks like it’s time to take off our BIDEN ‘08 trucker caps.<<
I have a clue thank you! Your mentality and mine were the same for a long time but we have to start somewhere and I wish and hope the young folks in America ill come together and throw all these crooks out.
political opportunism and bottom feeding.
Instead of being a “learned elder statesman” he is off into lindon laroush nutcase territory.
Yeah real blend. Keyes a nationalist who can't decide what state he's from and believes all moral issues should be decided by the hacks in DC with Rep. Paul, a conservative states rights federalist. I don't think they would agree on a single thing
I don’t think Alan Keyes would win an election from Freepers.
What makes you think he would win a general election?
No thank you. Never again.
That would cover everything. By the way what is being agreed on nowadays in DC? Please fill me in I must have been out of pocket.
You smoking Crack! Thats against the law.
He already lost to Obama once.
Certificate of Merit
But, that ain't enough for me to ever even consider supporting him, until he runs for a seat he has a chance of winning. I suggested the Tennessee First Congressional which is a Republican lock and needed some new blood after Jimmy Quillen retired.
Instead he went off tilting at windmills and talking reparations. No thanks.
Ron Paul is heads and shoulders above Keyes. He at least held elective office, served in the military, and is a medical doctor. What has Keyes done besides give speeches?
There's already a pro-Constitution candidate in the race, thank you very much. I wouldn't vote for Keyes if he was running unopposed.
Never again.
To be fair, I would not count the MD elections. Due to of a quirk of geography, MD contains both a densly populated urban core (Baltimore) and a rich, liberal suburb of DC (Montgomery County). These two jurisdictions dominate the state electorally. For a Republican to be elected at the state level is a (very uncommon) abberation.
“The effort is spearheaded by several individuals at RenewAmerica, a grassroots organization affiliated with Keyes.”
Alan Keyes — drafting himself to run for President. That’s a new one, but not unexpected from this guy.
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