[outlawcam]

This is why he is a great man, but a lousy candidate.

For crying out loud people! Why on Earth are you frightened to express what you believe?! Have we truly become so wish-washy?

I am of the express opinion that were voters really able to get a sense of the views of each of the candidates, they would choose Keyes. The media bias is an issue, but it is not insurmountable. Perhaps voters would be persuaded to read the article instead of just the headline if they weren't convinced by members of Keyes' own party that he can't win.

On the other hand, perhaps a headline like this is exactly what Keyes needs to get their attention. If that gets them to read, then perhaps it is not as damaging as you might think.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Keyes believes that people should be able to carry weapons around "as long as they are properly trained".

Trained by whom exactly?

Who gets to define what "properly trained" entails, and how do we separate those "properly trained" from those not "properly trained"?

Thus far, Keyes has come out in favor of reparations, and now seems to support government control of who gets to own and carry.

Some conservative...

[sharktrager]

Did you read what I said?

The issue is not saying what you believe, it is not saying things that will so easily be used against you.

Keyes can be pro-gun rights without dropping sound-bites about how great the US would be if everyone walked around with Uzis, which is guaranteed to cost him votes.

[Don Joe]

For crying out loud people! Why on Earth are you frightened to express what you believe?!

Can someone please answer the man's question?

(I tried to make sure I didn't include any "recently departed" in the "To:" list...)

[Luis Gonzalez]

"Why on Earth are you frightened to express what you believe?!"

Because EV will try to get you thrown out of the forum if he doesn't agree with what you say.

[nopardons]

We're forbidden to explain this to you,here on FR.

And it's the WRONG question anyway.