Alan Keyes was the forerunner. He was Alinskyed by the Obama faction and this same Republican establishment quite some time ago.
And lots of "conservatives" helped.
I hope all of those who participated in trashing Alan five or six years ago are happy with themselves. I know for a fact that some of them are the ones being trashed themselves now. Levin and Malkin are among them.
“Alan Keyes was the forerunner. He was Alinskyed by the Obama faction and this same Republican establishment quite some time ago. “
Keyes left the Republican Party two years ago during his presidential run. He did not withdraw his candidacy after John McCain won the necessary 1,191 delegates to the Republican National Convention since he was no longer campaigning for the Republican nomination. Keyes’s campaign website began displaying the Constitution Party’s logo, along with a parody of the trademarked GOP logo in the form of a dead elephant. Keyes confirmed his split from the Republican Party and his intention to explore the candidacy of the Constitution Party. However, he lost the bid for nomination to the Constitution Party as he came second to Chuck Baldwin. But instead of dropping out, Keyes formed a new third party, America’s Independent Party, for his presidential candidacy. In the federal election held on November 4, 2008, Keyes received 47,694 votes nationally to finish seventh. 86% (40,673) of the votes he received were cast in California. Upon losing, Keyes filed a lawsuit on November 14, 2008 against the California Secretary of State, then-President-elect Barack Obama, then-Vice President-elect Joe Biden, and California’s 55 Democratic electors, seeking to challenge Obama’s eligibility for the US Presidency.