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Keyes makes 3rd bid for presidency
Yahoo - AP ^ | 9/17/07

Posted on 09/17/2007 11:54:58 AM PDT by Borges

Alan Keyes, a Republican whose two previous runs for president ended in failure, is making a third try for the White House.

The Maryland conservative announced on his Web site that he filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Friday to make his candidacy official. He joins a crowded Republican field of nine candidates and is scheduled to participate Monday night at a debate involving lesser-known candidates in Florida.

Keyes, a former State Department official under President Reagan, made unsuccessful presidential runs in 1996 and 2000. He also has been a Senate candidate from Maryland, and, in 2004, he suffered a 43-percentage point loss to Democrat Barack Obama in the Senate race in Illinois. Republicans drafted Keyes after primary winner Jack Ryan dropped out amid a scandal.

In an interview with radio talk show host Janet Parshall, Keyes noted the wide-open nature of the GOP race. "There isn't a standout," Keyes said. "I'm like a lot of folks, who have just looked at it and been unmoved."


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To: Borges

Keyes is such a verbal bomb thrower that he could make social conservatvies vote fo Rudy Giuliani like he did for Obama.


41 posted on 09/17/2007 1:05:45 PM PDT by Kuksool
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To: Borges

No thanks, Alan.


42 posted on 09/17/2007 1:14:37 PM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Want authentic 1st century Christianity? Visit a local, New Testament Independent Baptist church!)
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To: Drumbo

Hmmmmmmmmmm


43 posted on 09/17/2007 1:15:04 PM PDT by Titan Magroyne ("Shorn, dumb and bleating is no way to go through life, son." Yeah, close enough.)
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To: elizabetty

I don’t care. He’d still be a better president than Mitt,Fred,Rudy,McCain.


44 posted on 09/17/2007 1:17:59 PM PDT by demshateGod (Duncan Hunter for president)
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To: Borges
Oh yeah, I want to say this, too, about Alan Keyes' latest fiasco run for the Presidency. Everyone who is not a Keyes supporter (i.e. the other 99.7% of the Republican party) can expect to endure 20 months of badgering from the Keyes people about how, unless we throw our support behind this three-time loser, we're "not patriots", we "hate America", we "don't believe in the Constitution" and we're "anti-Christian". Mark my words, folks. You think Ron Paul supporters are obnoxious? Just wait till the Keyes campaign gets rolling.
45 posted on 09/17/2007 1:19:37 PM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Want authentic 1st century Christianity? Visit a local, New Testament Independent Baptist church!)
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To: FreeInWV
It sure scares these people to death when a true conservative enters the race.

You must have an extra chapter in your 'True Conservative Handbook' that is for reparations.

46 posted on 09/17/2007 1:31:35 PM PDT by Rita Hayworth (Vote for a guy who had 399 House Bank overdrafts totaling $129,000? Yeah right!!)
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To: pissant

Of course “Keyes again”....he makes a lot of money running. He travels for free, stays in the top hotels....for free, eats.....for free and pockets all he can. He has no other income...other than charity. He’s not even a real preacher.


47 posted on 09/17/2007 1:42:53 PM PDT by RC2
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To: RC2

Sorry...didn’t mean Preacher....I meant “Politician”.


48 posted on 09/17/2007 1:43:34 PM PDT by RC2
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To: RC2

While I agree with your sentiment, perhaps we have too many “real politicians” in the race and running America already.

It was Pat Brown who made fun of Reagan for being an actor when he ran for Governor.

Don’t get me wrong I’m not going to run out the door supporting Keyes, but to categorically downplay him for not being a “real politician” is silly.


49 posted on 09/17/2007 1:49:59 PM PDT by Reagan79 (Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys)
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To: NeoCaveman

“Perhaps he won’t ask for reparations this time around.”

“When he recieves them, they are called campaign contributions.”

...which Keyes has a history of turning into personal salary.

Alan Keyes long ago crossed the line between being a committed ideological conservative and a loose cannon in need of being committed.

Please, please, spare us, Alan. Write a book, host a reality show, date Paris Hilton - whatever! Just don’t run for President again!


50 posted on 09/17/2007 1:51:36 PM PDT by DangerDanger ("Libertarianism is the Heart and Soul of Conservatism." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: pissant

Oh C’mon, Keyees is a good man and can maybe help split the smart vote vs the dumb vote.


51 posted on 09/17/2007 1:52:33 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: Borges

Maryland? What happened to Illinois?


52 posted on 09/17/2007 1:57:53 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes (Some people are too stupid to be ashamed.)
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To: RC2

Sorry...didn’t mean Preacher....I meant “Politician”.


Well he’s neither one, a Preacher nor a Politician..... Keyes is more the ‘Elmer Gantry’ type, imo.


53 posted on 09/17/2007 2:02:06 PM PDT by deport (>>>--Keep your powder dry--<<< [ Meanwhile:-- Cue Spooky Music--])
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To: ROTB

1) I voted for McClintock.
2) Ron Paul is decent on economic issues but hopelessly naive on national security / foreign policy.
BTW, the recent FR Presidential Poll results appear to be absurd (15.1% for Paul, neck-and-neck with Hunter?). Something fishy is going on there.


54 posted on 09/17/2007 2:04:16 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Nothing is better than eternal happiness. A ham sandwich is better than nothing. Therefore...)
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To: Borges

Ego?
Matching funds?
Just what is it? This guy has no clue or chance.


55 posted on 09/17/2007 2:07:50 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: kevkrom

Well, in fairness to Keyes, he was brought into the IL senate campaign because Judy Barr I’llstinkya refused to support Jack Ryan fight against some particularly heinous RAT tactics. There was no hope right from the start, frankly. I’llstinkya willingly gave the seat to Obama, RINO that she is.

But I agree with all your other points.


57 posted on 09/17/2007 2:18:05 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (PUT AMERICA AHEAD! VOTE FOR FRED!!)
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To: lesser_satan
Keyes/Stassen 2008!


58 posted on 09/17/2007 2:24:29 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Hunter 2008)
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To: A CA Guy
"He’s a nice man, but needs to stay home. He can’t begin to compete.

I am no expert on Keyes, but he always said the right thing whenever I heard him speak.

Why can't he compete? Money?

59 posted on 09/17/2007 2:29:59 PM PDT by Radix (Nothing else to do but raise eyebrows and wreak havoc on FR.com)
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To: FreeInWV

Cut it to size for you

 

 


 

56 posted on 09/17/2007 5:15:10 PM EDT by FreeInWV

60 posted on 09/17/2007 2:37:16 PM PDT by Radix (Nothing else to do but raise eyebrows and wreak havoc on FR.com)
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