Alan Keyes to announce break with GOP in Hazleton, PA

Alan Keyes for President ^ | April 13, 2008

[Kurt Evans]

McCain - Keyes '08 ? (Probably not.)

McCain - Keyes '08 ? (Probably not.)

[GeronL]

conservatives have no place anymore. McCain will or would happily sign the fairness doctrine as President among numerous other things to give it to conservatives, which he hates

[KoRn]

If I had a dollar for everyone who cared, I’d be broke...

[Eagles6]

He is a good man, far too principled for politics.

[Carry_Okie]

From intellectual force to buffoon in one swell foop.

He's now for certain a dis-appointment to McCain.

[rovenstinez]

Who are some of the folks in the Constitutional party?

[Dumb_Ox]

The Constitution Party is generally anti-war, and Calvinist. Keyes' militarism and perhaps his Catholicism won't help him with them. I lost almost all respect for the man after he accepted the 2004 IL US Senate seat nomination.

The joke is, Keyes is perhaps the most formidable opponent Obama has beaten in an election, so BO's been basically untested.

[guinnessman]

At least he has a place in history as a political trivia question:

Who ran for U.S. Senate against Barack Obama and received only 27% of the vote?

[I see my hands]

Keyes, Kemp, and Gingrich. But that was yesterday, and yesterday's gone.

[Eagles6]

Not sure lately, I’ll have to check them out.

[Stevieboy]

The “GOP” is a joke. Take some time to rethink what America is supposed to stand for.

[TaMoDee]

I just did some research based on the party website.
I didn’t see any name that I recognized.

[Stevieboy]

By the way, as a die hard Ron Paul supporter, I suspect I’ll be thrown out of here - or at least ridiculed - and if that’s the case, call this my swan song.

I’ve found better places.

[Gondring]

Who are some of the folks in the Constitutional party?

These days? They kinda remind me of acorns or cashews.

They used to be okay, but since they chose Michael Peroutka as their nominee, along with all of the soap opera stuff since, they haven't been worth much.

Of course, Alan Keyes--having his daughter come out as a lesbian, etc.--would fit right in with the estrangement of Michael Peroutka with his stepdaughters.

[NonValueAdded]

A heart-felt change or is he just going there because oh, by the way, they need to choose a candidate? Sorry, Alan, but methinks it’s the latter.

[Kurt Evans]

Who are some of the folks in the Constitutional party?

It's just Constitution Party, but here are some names: Howard Phillips, Chuck Baldwin, Jim Clymer, Albion Knight, Herb Titus, Michael Peroutka, Ezola Foster, Jerome Corsi, and formerly Jim Gilchrist and Bob Smith. James Dobson voted for Howard Phillips over Bob Dole in 1996.

[cyborg]

I was planning on voting for Ron Paul. No one else impresses me.

[Gondring]

Peg Luksik got more than 10% of the vote as candidate for Pennsylvania Governor in both 1994 and 1998.

The highest presidential score? Peroutka got 0.12% of the vote for president in 2004.

[Gondring]

Here's a third Ron Paul voter checking in. >wave<

[boycott]

If he couldn’t beat Hussein Obama before, what makes him think he could do it now? All he would do is pull a few votes away from McCain that could help Obama get elected president.

I’ve always like Keyes but I won’t anymore if he pulls one vote away from McCain.