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Alan Keyes Drops Presidential Race
By John McElhenny
Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, July 25, 2000; 6:09 p.m. EDT

BOSTON -- Alan Keyes expressed his support for George W. Bush's choice of a running mate Tuesday - and said he had dropped his own campaign against Bush for the Republican nomination.

Keyes won no primaries last winter and spring, but he had remained on the campaign trail spreading his conservative message.

Asked Tuesday if he still considered himself a candidate, Keyes said, "I am not."

A campaign spokeswoman said Keyes had not yet filed withdrawal papers with the Federal Election Commission.

Keyes said he supports Bush's choice of former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney as his running mate, adding that Cheney's anti-abortion views mirrored his own. He said he would join other Republicans to unite behind Bush at the party's convention in Philadelphia next week.

Keyes, who also ran for president in 1996, apparently won 21 delegates this year though the final count could change by a delegate or two. His best showing was in the Iowa caucuses, where he won 14 percent of the vote.

A spokeswoman had said he would consider leaving the Republican Party if Bush chose a running mate who favored abortion rights.

Keyes said Tuesday, "It won't come to that."

He was in Boston to support conservatives who criticized a workshop held for gay teens at Tufts University in March. The workshop was sponsored by a national gay organization but included two members of the state Department of Education's HIV/AIDS awareness program.

Keyes said the workshop's teachings violated the rights of parents who believe homosexuality is immoral.

Nifty. Keyes supports Cheney. It is almost as if we were back around 1800, when support of a VP vis a vis the presidential candidate had import, since in theory the VP candidate could get the gold, and in the case of Mr. Burr, almost did.

Well, there you go again.....with the same article....let's read it, shall we?

"BOSTON -- Alan Keyes expressed his support for George W. Bush's choice of a running mate Tuesday - and said he had dropped his own campaign against Bush for the Republican nomination."

Hmmmm, there seems to be something, shall we say, missing in that support?

"He said he would join other Republicans to unite behind Bush at the party's convention in Philadelphia next week."

Now, I'm quite sure if he did, in fact, do that.....with all the documentation, and the emails sent to his followers etc, someone could prove it?