I'm looking forward to voting for Alan Keyes -- finally, a black candidate I can vote for! It gets lonely living as a black Republican in Chicago. At the same time, I don't have much hope for Keyes's candidacy. Unless something drastically changes, he will be crushed by a margin of 2:1.
what? There's no white candidates you can vote for?
I can hear the cries now if I wrote "Finally, a white candidate I can vote for!"
Democrats have controlled almost all of the large cities where large black populations have been trapped by liberal policies...can you convince them it's about time to give some thought to trying something else?? Is it just that the word "Republican" has been so demonized that they can't imagine being affiliated with "it"?
Hang in there.
I hear you BackInBlack, fight the good fight. And know that you live in the finest city in the USA. I get out there quite a bit.
Don't hope with the glass half empty.
Alan Keyes is the Frank Lautenberg of Illinois.
finally, a black candidate I can vote for! ....
Please help those of us non blacks in distant states to understand the situation. I would seem that a conservative, black or white or plaid has no chance in your state.
In your mind, are there many others who hold the same view or do the traditional bonds and chains to the Democrat party prevent consideration of a conservative.
I hope Keyes focuses on winning a larger percentage of blacks by hammering issues like abortion, school choice, gay marriage, etc. Go Keyes!
The benefit that is good though is he will be heard and his arguments will make people think and question things.
There is nothing but an upside with Keyes being there.
He is a fantastic person and will keep his Democrat opponent at home instead of campaigning elsewhere.