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To: Gelato
Have you ever seen Alan Keyes tear another person down? Of course not. He doesn't do it!

I've seen him snipe at Bush over petty stuff, and it's clear I'm far from the only one who has come away with that impression. Your interpretation - that "he doesn't do it!" - is quite different than mine, but Gelato, that does not make me wrong.

539 posted on 01/08/2002 9:48:04 PM PST by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
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To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
I've seen him snipe at Bush over petty stuff, and it's clear I'm far from the only one who has come away with that impression. Your interpretation - that "he doesn't do it!" - is quite different than mine, but Gelato, that does not make me wrong.

I've never seen it. Honestly! And I've read dozens of his speeches and interviews, and have watched him closely for the past two years. I even met him twice, and I even volunteered for his 2000 campaign. Alan Keyes isn't perfect, but he's one of the most remarkable people I've ever seen--intellectually, morally, and politically--and he has my respect.

I really don't see what you have against him. Maybe you could point me to it, and enlighten me?

In any case, I invite you to watch his show, and I hope you can appreciate what this good American is doing to help our country, through education centered on the Declaration of Independence. No, he's not going to kiss up to Bush on the show--that's not his style--and I wouldn't expect him to even talk about the President much. (If you look at his speeches, he rarely ever mentions Bush. I can only remember him doing so in two speeches the whole last year, and that was to critize the President's policies on things like stem cell research.) But if it turns out that he criticizes Bush's policies occasionally, who cares? What's the big deal? Aren't we free in this country to hold our governmental officials in check? Isn't that what a "republic" is--government by the people, with the leaders equal to the people?

I certainly hope we haven't be reduced to the mentality of Iraq, where one bad word against the president gets your tongue cut out.

547 posted on 01/08/2002 10:24:43 PM PST by Gelato
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