If some GOPer from Ill.had run against Obama and lost,it isn't national news;not even if the that person is white.
Keys is an outsider,he's a black Conservative who has had a place,shallow though it has been,on the national stage.That will be be used during the election and after,by local Dems and talking heads/pundits on T.V. and in newspapers to "prove" that Conservatism/the GOP is 1) not good for blacks 2)not good for anybody 3)is an outmoded/dying philosophy.
Smear tactic?Yes.Incorrect?Yes,again.Dead wrong?You bet!
But this IS how this kind of thing works.
Look at the posts to those here,who aren't squealing with delight and proclaiming that Alan is not only going to win,but he's going to 1) use this win to be president 2)foment a mass conversion to Conservatism by all who hear him 3)change the course of Ill. politics forever,etc.They're vilified,called names,told that they're LIBERALS,working for Obama,and worse.This is just an internet site and those barking this garbage Are either not in politics or are small time hacks.Now,extrapolate that onto the real world and the smear teams of true professional experts.
Try? Sure.
Succeed? not with anyone who thinks for themselves. and the braind dead are liberals already so no great loss.
Two further points:
1. What happens here is hardly representative because this place is refuted to be a bastion of conservatism. I make replies here I'd never bother with on my other favorite site because it has no presumption of conservatism, quite the opposite in fact. That being the case, folks tend to get a bit snippy when their definition of "true Conservative" conflicts with someone Else's. It really has little application in the real world.
2. With all due respect, EV and others have not addressed you and those who agree with you one bit more disrespectfully than you and a few others have addressed them. I have no idea who started it but you are BOTH guilty of over the top rhetoric and emotionalism. You need look no further than your last few CAPITAL LETTER SCREAMING RANTS to see that.
Someone here has to be the first to stand down and be an adult. I'd love to see it be keyes supporters, since they are the ones who need to win converts, but from your point of view, it would behoove you to cool your jets if you are going to play the victim of abusive Keyes supporters.
All this crap serves the reputation of neither side.