You said it.
I think conservatives that denounce Keyes are either unfamiliar with his policy positions or not conservative. It seems to me that all of the arguments against Keyes boil down to ad hominem attacks because no one can beat him on substance, just like all the kids have to make fun of the child genius on the playground or he will eventually, on purpose or inadvertently reveal what idiots we all are.
“””no one can beat him on substance””
(Family member still has his MD Senate campaign bumper sticker...we loved his first entry on the public stage)
Sadly, just like Newt - the MSM somehow manages to manipulate quirky personal idiosyncracies against such geniuses......and it always works.
One has to wonder if biased TV pundits would have demolished Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln.
I denounce Keyes because he was a carpetbagger who made Obama a star. If Obama didn't rack up 70%+ against him, he'd be just another two bit senator like Carol Mosely Braun or Dick Durbin. Now this jerk may be our next president.
Forget this poor Keyes victim BS too. Anyone who runs for office needs to know the rules of the game. Keyes lost at least twice for Senate in Maryland, three presidential elections, and a senate seat in Illinois. For some reason, people are not buying what he's selling.
Yes, Alan is “guilty” -- like the child genius -- of being exceptionally bright, and worse, refusing to hide his erudition from the more dull among us.
And he’s probably also guilty of the "sin" of being impolitic (read:honest)from time to time. (wasn't Reagan ‘impolitic’ when he called Russia ‘the evil empire?’)
The question I have is this:
Are we going to let a few human imperfections — that we all share to some extent — get in the way of our electing a candidate that stands for constitutional principles, and the American traditions that we all, supposedly, support?
I don’t believe we should.
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Or perhaps we’re just sane.