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Illinois GOP picks Alan Keyes to run against Obama!
illinoisleader.com ^ | August 4, 2004

Posted on 08/04/2004 6:13:51 PM PDT by tame

It's official! Yahoo!


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: alankeyes; alankicksbutt; classicdebates; debatesforhistory; goalan; gopprimary; historicdebates; illinois; keyes
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To: rwfromkansas
He can respond that he was drafted.

If you recall, Charlie Rangel "drafted" Hillary.

321 posted on 08/04/2004 7:32:55 PM PDT by Howlin (Saving Private Hamster)
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To: harrowup
And Daley and his pals are not a bit worried.

Tell them hello.

322 posted on 08/04/2004 7:33:12 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (John Kerry's America: "Weaker, Deader, Dumber")
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To: EternalVigilance

But I am of the sort that believes that most elections are winnable if the right sort of campaign is run.



It will help the President's campaign with select groups I'm sure. I suspect you'll see President Bush on the stump with Keyes at some event[s] there...

Are you and Connie going to be involved?

Good luck.


323 posted on 08/04/2004 7:33:15 PM PDT by deport (Please Flush the Johns......)
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To: John Lenin
This is unbelieveable, Keyes should win this race.

A state that elected Dick Durbin will NOT elect Alan Keyes, especially after he tells the voters that most of them are moral reprobates.

324 posted on 08/04/2004 7:33:16 PM PDT by sinkspur (IF we were as good as our dogs think we are, what a wonderful world it would be!!)
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To: MJY1288

The spin will paint Keyes as mean.

Keyes would win in a fair fight. Unfortunately, Illinois and media bias wins it for Obama.


325 posted on 08/04/2004 7:33:19 PM PDT by sayfer bullets
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To: pogo101

Yes. Illnois Repubs asked him to run. Geez, read your own arguments.


326 posted on 08/04/2004 7:33:22 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: Howlin

Of course it's opportunism.
THAT cannot be denied.

I hope he wins.


327 posted on 08/04/2004 7:33:28 PM PDT by onyx (JohnKerry -- the standard bearer for the unbearable)
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To: lavrenti

Yep,he'll lose and lose badly.Obama is a lock.


328 posted on 08/04/2004 7:33:39 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Howlin
Don't be so hard on Alan, he once took a call from IL:

"Let's go to Susan in Illinois. Susan, welcome ..."

SUSAN, ILLINOIS: "Hello, ..."

KEYES: "... to MAKING SENSE."

SUSAN, ILLINOIS: "... hello, Alan? My comment is..."

329 posted on 08/04/2004 7:33:45 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: sinkspur; gilliam
Not good. Keyes will come off as strident and dogmatic, as he always does, and Obama will be smooth as silk and calm.

Agreed completely. Also, Keyes tends to be a one-trick pony, anti-abortion, which won't play well in Chicago. He debates well, but he always ends up back on his single issue which scares off a lot of people - all the democrats and enough republicans to make a big difference.

330 posted on 08/04/2004 7:33:49 PM PDT by Spyder
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To: AppyPappy
Quit thinking of ways to lose.

Where have I said that I think he would lose? For all I know about Illinois politics, he may well be able to win.

331 posted on 08/04/2004 7:34:08 PM PDT by Howlin (Saving Private Hamster)
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To: Senator Pardek
Our senior senator, Dopey Dickie Durbin, is waaay too far left for Illinois. But we have a really inept Republican Party here and a really demoralized base.

If Keyes would expose Obamas voting record and talk ISSUES, I think he could inspire people to register AND vote.

333 posted on 08/04/2004 7:34:25 PM PDT by cfrels
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To: Howlin
No, I don't think Keyes has ever had a home there.

You're right that there are differences in the situation, but the Dick Cheney residency thing has some similarities. Cheney didn't set out to become the GOP VP, he was picked after it was clear the other names he and Bush looked at wouldn't do. He had to do some maneuvering in residency to qualify under the Constitution for a position he hadn't previously sought for, but it was legal and ethical.

Same with Keyes. He didn't seek this position (and therefore isn't a carpetbagger), and he has to change his residency to qualify under the Constitution. The Illinois GOP picked him. In November, Illinois voters will decide whether he represents their state more or less than Obama.

334 posted on 08/04/2004 7:34:34 PM PDT by Gelato
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To: AppyPappy

Ryan would have gotten blown out too.

Some races you can win - and some you can't. This race is one that the GOP can't - short of a novel candidate like DIT-KA!


335 posted on 08/04/2004 7:34:45 PM PDT by pittsburgh gop guy
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To: tame

Alan Keyes is an excellent choice as a candidate; his conservative principals are beyond approach, and if I lived in Illinois he'd have my vote...

Having said that, and having the deepest respect fo Mr. Keyes, Illinois is the midwest bastion of liberalism... Dick Durbin; what a joke... The arrogant ass*ole... If I'd of ever lived in Illinois I would have moved away as soon as I could have seen my shoelaces...


336 posted on 08/04/2004 7:34:54 PM PDT by gatorgriz ("The world is full of bastards - the number ever increasing the further one gets from Missoula, MT")
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To: harrowup

Come on, be a sport. Take one for the cause!


337 posted on 08/04/2004 7:35:01 PM PDT by Howlin (Saving Private Hamster)
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To: LandOfLincolnGOP

A valid point. But there is a distinction, however fine, between being drafted into an extraordinary situation of need, and arrogantly inserting yourself into a state which has no need of you to win the seat or represent your views.


338 posted on 08/04/2004 7:35:29 PM PDT by WillRain
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To: Howlin
Keyes having decided once and for all that the residency laws of all states don't apply -- let's have at it.

It is the Constitution that defines qualifications for national office, not state laws.

But I'm with you. Let's have at it.

339 posted on 08/04/2004 7:35:31 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (John Kerry's America: "Weaker, Deader, Dumber")
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To: Howlin

You are arguing against a Republican. Remember Reagan's 11th commandment.


340 posted on 08/04/2004 7:35:38 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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