Posted on 05/29/2002 6:43:29 PM PDT by RenewAmerica.tv
Ever been to LeMars, Iowa, the ice cream capital of the world?
They have the best Rocky Road around...
;-)
Here's a clue: Check their profile pages.
I have given up on the Keye's threads because of his supporters. However; your statement above is the most intellectually insulting piece of sophistry I have seen about Alan Keyes, even by the most rabid Keyester.
What??? A Freeper is running against Daschle? Seriously???? Who? Is this a joke?
Disagree. We have all the time in the world...
whether we spend it as a free people or in bondage is the question.
It would be far too presumptious of us to think that we behold the end of history.
We don't deserve that honor.
Who, then, would you list as THE leader of the Revolution?
I think more important than the leader is the IDEA...or the IDEAL...being aimed for. If the leader is the all-important thing, without him or her the movement falls apart. If the IDEA or GOAL is the most important thing, then as long as all members have the same goal and are working toward it, the movement continues.
If Renew[ing] America depends upon Alan Keyes, then if (heaven forbid) he were killed in a plane crash tomorrow, our country is doomed. If it depends solely on returning to the ideas and ideals of our Founding Fathers, THOSE are the basis of the movement, not who says what about them.
My other point, you will call "bashing", but before you dismiss it as such, please hear me out. The other problem with Alan Keyes as leader is that he offends many people - note Joe Brower's post above in which he says "Some people think he's overbearing, condescending, whatever. Well grow a skin." You can see in the early posts on this thread that even Symix - and Dr. Keyes has no greater fan than Symix! - thought on the first viewing that Dr. Keyes was rude to his guest on the show last night.
Symix later changed his mind & said his first impression was incorrect, but you know from reading these threads that others have gotten the same impression - and for some, the first impression is the one they carry forever.
I know that no one person can appeal to everyone, but beginning a movement with someone who impresses many as rude, condescending, or arrogant is dooming that movement to failure.
Better, IMHO, to tie the movement to IDEAS, or to SEVERAL leaders, than to one man.
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