Sounds like typical republican to me. Do enough small stuff that is considered a bit conservative with one hand, to please most of the voters, while pushing us hard with the other hand in sync with the democrats right into a tyrannical, socialist state.
Alan Keyes looks better and better all the time. The only reason he couldn't win was because everyone was saying he couldn't win. It had little to do with reality. If all the real conservatives who supported Bush had worked to get Alan elected I daresay things would be a little different. Change isn't easy folks, we're going to have to work at it if we don't want the two wings of the same bird of prey beating us into submission, slowly on the one side and rapidly on the other.
I campaigned HARD for Dr. Keyes in New Hampshire, many a cold day holding one of his signs.
I'll tell you what was the most chilling on those days leading up to the Primary.
It was talking to the bow tie and oxford wearing Bush supporters who gaped at me in horror when I defended the need for a SECOND AMMENDMENT.
Think we're sorry this afternoon ?
Just wait until Dianne Feinstein submits a Bill to repeal the NEXT Ammendment.
I can hear Bush now, "Over My dead body will they infringe upon Your Right to own a gun!"
Sure ...
That lost him some votes of course but the real reason he didn't and doesn't get any traction is his personality. Many conservatives don't like or trust him.
As what?
The only reason he couldn't win was because everyone was saying he couldn't win.
It couldn't have had anything to do with the fact that he had NO experience, could it?
If all the real conservatives who supported Bush had worked to get Alan elected I daresay things would be a little different.
But they didn't, did they? Does that make them NOT real conservatives because they didn't vote for Keyes?
Keyes should be happy he has a show on TV -- for now.
Waddya think?
Amen. He's looking better than ever.
And he feels better about himself now. The horrible post-election depression that he suffered last year is a thing of the past.
He has his own TV show now. He has abandoned all of the crazy criticisms of the President that we heard from him last year. He now supports our President and all of his policies. He knows that George W. Bush is "the Lincoln of our generation."
Yes sir, the real Alan Keyes is back and he's unquestionably the President's best friend in the media.
Alan Keyes talks a good game - but has he ever actually done anything besides talk?
I'm beginning to agree with an editorial I read a while back that opined that he only ran to get enough publicity to raise his profile and his speaking fees. I'll bet his creditors would appreciate it if he'd use some of that money to pay off his campaign debts.
My question, however, is how Keyes would gain the political capital necessary to get enough legislation passed to really change anything - or would he just veto everything that came his way?