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Will Alan Keyes Bolt The GOP? (possible Constitution Party run)
Radar Online (New York) ^ | March 7, 2008 | Nick Curran

Posted on 03/07/2008 11:58:49 PM PST by Kurt Evans

Presidential candidate Alan Keyes may be leaving the GOP. In a conference call last night, Keyes is said to have told supporters that staying in the Republican Party would be "an occasion of sin" and he's ready to bolt. Keyes ... reportedly wants no part in selecting the "type of deodorant we need to make a stinking candidate acceptable to conservatives." A Keyes supporter confirms to Radar that the former Reagan administration official "stated in the conference call that he could no longer remain in the Republican Party."

As for what's next, a third party bid seems like a good bet. Keyes hinted at the possibility on a radio program in January, and an e-mail sent out by the campaign after last night's conference call ... included a link for supporters who "want to vote for Alan as your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice on the Constitution Party presidential poll." A Keyes message board commenter who claims to have been on the conference call last night said regarding the possibility of a Constitution Party run that, "Alan asked us to pray about it." ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; alankeyes; alternative; backlash; conservatism; constitutionparty; founders; foundingfathers; gop; illinois; johnmccain; keyes; minorparties; nobama; obamasama; osamabama; prophetjeremiah; revolt; screwmccain; spoiler; thirdparty; truechoice
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To: fabian

agree


21 posted on 03/08/2008 12:25:23 AM PST by Global2010 (Election 2008 like playin Shoots and Ladders (ages 5 and up))
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To: Keyes2000mt

I’ve been talking to you here at Free Republic and reading your work at Renew America, but I hadn’t made the connection between the two until today. I’ve enjoyed the columns.


22 posted on 03/08/2008 12:27:15 AM PST by Kurt Evans (This message not approved by any candidate or candidate's committee.)
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To: fabian

I’ve seen the same thing in him. He used to be the finest speaker in the land. Now he just rants at everyone.


23 posted on 03/08/2008 12:28:24 AM PST by Dahoser (America's great untapped alternative energy source: The Founding Fathers spinning in their graves.)
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To: Nateman

Yeah, I’m sure folks will be keeping THAT promise...


24 posted on 03/08/2008 12:29:45 AM PST by MitchellC (Put a Freeper in Congress! Freepmail me to join the John Armor for Congress ping list)
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To: Kurt Evans

Yawn.


25 posted on 03/08/2008 12:37:54 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: Kurt Evans

Yawn.


26 posted on 03/08/2008 12:37:55 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: Dahoser
It's not ranting. He's there to explain a position. When the press cuts him short or liberal crowds mock and jeer, he asserts that he will continue.
27 posted on 03/08/2008 12:39:23 AM PST by endthematrix (He was shouting 'Allah!' but I didn't hear that. It just sounded like a lot of crap to me.)
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To: roamer_1
Wow. Yeah. A rock-ribbed, righter than right Conservative losing to a Communist in bright blue liberal Illinois. Who'da thunk it?

The incumbent was a Republican

28 posted on 03/08/2008 12:39:41 AM PST by Soliton (McCain couldn't even win a McCain look-alike contest)
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To: Chunga
You enjoy your constitution-shredding, free-speech restricting, illegal alien loving and open border lobbyist (Praise Allah!), global warming believing sell-out, embryonic-butchering, corrupted Keating-5 McCain.

Vote freedom or vote "Republican"... the choice is yours.

29 posted on 03/08/2008 12:39:57 AM PST by CounterCounterCulture (Keyes for President)
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To: Kurt Evans

Keyes rocks!


30 posted on 03/08/2008 12:41:30 AM PST by Gene Eric
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To: Kurt Evans

Below is directly from the Const. Party site and their platform. Just what Obama and Hitlery are saying.

You are sitting safe in So. Dak. 15 miles south of me are Federal troops and battles going on in the streets of
Tijuana that look like Bagdad two years ago.
Also kidnappings, beheadings, etc are part of the scean.

This also spills over to the American side here in San Diego.

These people also support the IslamOfascists in the Middle East.

Saving money is nice but when the enemy takes over because you have pulled back from the world, you are finished.
They don’t make pockets in shroudes.

(From the CP platform)

America is engaged in an undeclared war with an ill-defined enemy (terrorism), a war which threatens to be never ending, and which is being used to vastly expand government power, particularly that of the executive branch, at the expense of the individual liberties of the American people.

The “war on terrorism” is serving as an excuse for the government to spend beyond its income...

Foreign Involvement

The Constitution Party has consistently opposed American involvement in conflicts in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Central and South America. The United States has no interest in these areas which would justify the sacrifice of Americans on foreign battlefields


The Const. Party perverts our constitution.
The Const. Party is no better than what the far left anti war liberals are advocating.


31 posted on 03/08/2008 12:44:35 AM PST by SoCalPol (Don't Blame Me - I Supported Duncan Hunter)
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To: CounterCounterCulture
Vote freedom or vote "Republican"... the choice is yours.

Your phony "freedom vote" will give us Jamie Gorelick on the Supreme Court, the abolition of The Electoral College, a return to treating terrorism as a police matter, Socialized Medicine, the highest taxes the country will have ever seen and legalized partial-birth abortion on demand.

Enjoy your "freedom"...and stop praising the deity of a death-cult. It's not funny or clever, even in jest.

32 posted on 03/08/2008 12:46:59 AM PST by Chunga (Vote Republican)
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To: Kurt Evans

I respect Keyes and support him.I can’t say what I want to post.I left the pubs 2 days ago.Wanted to be an independent but could not vote in Pa as an indi.So I am a democrat and have decided to check out Obama:)Heehee


33 posted on 03/08/2008 12:49:20 AM PST by fatima
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To: Kurt Evans
Doesn't Keyes have a temper problem of his own?
Click
34 posted on 03/08/2008 12:54:43 AM PST by Krankor (kROGER)
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To: CounterCounterCulture

“Keyes would mop the floor with McCain, as he did in 2000.”

Video excerpts from the 2000 Arizona debate:
http://www.alankeyes.com/video?clip=0000991206debate


35 posted on 03/08/2008 12:54:53 AM PST by Kurt Evans (This message not approved by any candidate or candidate's committee.)
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To: fatima

PS,My vote is for sale.I want a hi-def flat screen TV.


36 posted on 03/08/2008 12:59:31 AM PST by fatima
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To: fabian
"weaknesses that he sees in the republican party"

That's no perception. We don't call 'em RINO's for nothing! They've abrogated core values like moral authority, self-defense (RKBA), fiscal discipline, corruption and protecting national sovereignty.

37 posted on 03/08/2008 1:00:42 AM PST by endthematrix (He was shouting 'Allah!' but I didn't hear that. It just sounded like a lot of crap to me.)
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To: Chunga
We'll have to hold our nose in two more elections for the equivalent. Socialism...Pubbie style.
38 posted on 03/08/2008 1:07:47 AM PST by endthematrix (He was shouting 'Allah!' but I didn't hear that. It just sounded like a lot of crap to me.)
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To: SoCalPol

“The Constitution Party has consistently opposed American involvement in conflicts in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Central and South America.”

As opposed to McCain, whose aggressive military interventionism would make Cheney look like Gandhi:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=U-ptjl3ZQwM


39 posted on 03/08/2008 1:12:02 AM PST by Kurt Evans (This message not approved by any candidate or candidate's committee.)
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To: Nateman

Nader and Keyes should be the nominees.


40 posted on 03/08/2008 1:12:35 AM PST by ROTB (Front Runner=rich guy who doesn't hate evil and strives to offend no one, & WILL SELL YOU OUT.)
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