Posted on 09/15/2007 4:08:21 AM PDT by Man50D
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – After two previous runs for U.S. president, former Reagan diplomat Alan Keyes has announced he's again seeking the White House in the 2008 election, and he'll take part in Monday night's Republican presidential debate here.
Keyes told syndicated radio host Janet Parshall he's "unmoved" by the lack of moral courage shown by the other candidates, among whom he sees no standout who articulates the "key kernel of truth that must, with courage, be presented to our people."
He added, "The one thing I've always been called to do is to raise the standard ... of our allegiance to God and His authority that has been the foundation stone of our nation's life" – and he decried the lack of "forthright, clear, and clarion declaration" from the current crop of presidential contenders.
As a result, Keyes said, "We're putting together an effort that's not going to be like anything before, because it's going to be entirely based on citizen action. We're going to be challenging people to take a pledge for America's revival," and elevate them from spectators in the political arena to participants.
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Wow! This bumps Duncan Hunter all the way up to second-to-last!!!
The Founding Father's never intended to give the right of secession.
The 10th Amendment made it clear what the limits of Federal responsibilities were-nothing explicity granted.
The power of the States to limit Federal intrusion lie in the Senate, which was then elected by the State Legislatives and was to represent each State.
What undermined Federalism was the direct election of Senators.
The nation was fighting a rebellion and thus, habeas corpus could legally be suspended.
Lincoln did far more to defend individual liberties during the war than Jeff Davis did.
The Government went back to its constitutional limits after the war.
And 4 million human beings were freed who were not granted any Constitutional rights and were being denied the basic rights that were stated very clearly in the Declaration of Independence.
Dr. Keyes had my support in 2000, would’ve this year too if not for Duncan Hunter.
Thank you. That’s very gracious.
I’ve never been one that worried much about competitive primaries. They help the party, not hurt it, in most cases.
Dr. Keyes’ involvement elevates the debate, and raises the standard.
I can tell you with certainty that Dr. Keyes highly respects Duncan Hunter, and would support him with all his might were he the nominee.
Don’t pay any attention to anything the Democrat Media says. They just want to divide and conquer us.
Listen only to what Alan says.
Don’t forget to watch the Values Voter debate tonight.
A live stream will be available at the American Family Association’s site, the Values Voter site, and various links can be found at http://www.renewamerica.us
This is going to be interesting. I can only imagine the lack of coverage Dr. Keyes is going to get, the way he’s going to be portrayed when he does get coverage and of course what “Republican” pundits are going to have to say about him. As much as I respect Dr. Keyes, I just don’t understand him running at this point, to me it kind of takes more of the focus off the “lesser knowns” running. I am going to watch the debates with a little more interest now, that’s for sure and I hope what Dr. Keyes candidacy does is allow whomever the nominee is going to be to take a step back and say, “Am I a true conservative?,” because Alan Keyes is a true conservative.
If you will recall Jack Ryan was running against Obama. Jack got caught up in a sex scandal and dropped out. No Illinois republican had the balls to step up and take Ryan's place, hence they went outside the state fo a candidate.
Exactly . . . but Keyes was completely wrong-footed over the fact that he was not in fact familiar with the state in the way a long-time resident would be. When asked why he was running in IL, he should have blasted the Democrats for having fished in troubled waters, getting a friendly judge to unseal the records of a messy divorce. Talk about intruding on private life!! It was completely unjustified, and precisely counter to stated Democrat principles.Keyes was in a position which was indefensible in ordinary terms, and the only possible approach was to go on the offensive over the reasons why the IL Republicans were forced to consider an unconventional candidate such as himself. But instead he went on the defensive - and, quite naturally, got swamped. At least that's how it looked from here (Long Island, NY).
Join his campaign and help him win?
Oh, I’ll agree with you. I’m just saying that the name calling, ie, carpetbagger, was and is totally uncalled for. Keyes went to Illinois at the request of the Illinois GOP. How he handled his campaign is a different story.
The only reason to have Keyes on a ticket is to counter balance the black vote Obama will get. Unfortunately, Keyes won’t draw any black votes because he is too “white”. Keyes will only appeal to guilt ridden whites and evangelical Christians.
However, there may be a few evangelical black votes out there.
Seriously, you didn’t just say that? Alan had himself on the payroll of his last campaign and paid himself out of donations.
No candidate EVER does that. The brazenness of it surprised even his supporters, but continued questioning about his campaign finances have been mt with silence.
BTW - Ties to The Declaration Foundation is responsible for driving the Minutemen into the ground.
“I don’t understand why someone else would announce to run now. They already missed some of the deadlines to get on the primary ballots in states that moved their primaries up.’
Because it’s not about the Presidency, it’s about the lottery.
Our political system has really become sad.
>>>BTW - Ties to The Declaration Foundation is responsible for driving the Minutemen into the ground.
This is true! Bump for emphasis.
If an articulate ideological conservative is what America wants/wanted Keyes would have been elected president long ago.
It will be fun watching him intellectually b$tchslap most of this completely underwelming field around, but in the end, he doesn’t have a prayer.
But will be fun to watch.
Thanks for rescuing Illinois from Obama, assclown.
We all talk a good game, but when push comes to shove many in this thread alone will cast aside reason and reflection in exchange for invective and misrepresentation. If I can only count the charges being leveled against someone who has dared to challenge those people and institutions no one else dared to challenge!
We should be reminded that it is not the candidate's job to win elections. It is our job to put the person in office whom we feel would be most likely to advance our causes. If we do not, we will lose, even if the candidate we "supported" is elected. Whatever the case, we will wind up with exactly the sort of government we deserve.
Those of you who prefer Duncan Hunter (or any other conservative candidate) to Alan Keyes respectfully, I readily acknowledge that we are on the same side. I look forward to seeing what happens when these two are in the same room. I expect them to agree more than disagree.
To the rest of you who feel compelled to serve lies about or otherwise misrepresent the circumstances surrounding a good man, you ought to be ashamed.
Here's a smattering of lies offered so far on this post that I was unfortunate enough to skim:
That's the short list. I'm really disappointed in this board, but only because I had been holding out hope that enough reasonable, passionate people remained to have an intelligent discussion about the issues at stake. The attacks on Keyes' character are out of line and undeserved.
Once again, assuming this is still a board that appreciates truth and conservatism, all we really seem to covet is power. As long as this is true, except by happenstance, we will always have a government that works in the interests of their own power, not the people's will. And we still will deserve the government we get.
If you support a different candidate on principle and refuse to be swayed by the lies posted in this thread, then this post does not apply to you.
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