I don’t fault Alan Keyes for what happened. What he didn’t realize (for whatever reason) was that he was being used, and he should’ve told the IL GOP to take a long walk off a short pier. He was put on the ticket without surmising that they had no intention of lifting a finger to help him, it was all window-dressing. In fact, I’d say most of the card-carrying Combiners from the RINO rump voted for Emperor Zero in the general election of 2004 (including Judy Topinka). If anything, it was sad to see a good man like Keyes not know he was the only one not in on the joke.
As for Jack Ryan, although he may have had some kinky fantasies, what he was accused of in the divorce records (which should NEVER have been unsealed, if only because accusations raised in the heat of divorce always involve outlandish allegations), they did not involve his watching other men have sex with Jeri. Their marriage fell apart because she wanted an acting career out on the west coast while his career was in Chicago, and one could predictably see where such an impasse was headed. Needless to say, there was nothing Ryan did that should’ve disqualified him from the Senate nomination he won. If a sour marriage was an excuse, a huge number of elected officials would be out on their butts.
How, do you suppose, Ryan's divorce records got unsealed and released?
Might it have had something to do with a certain community organizer...???
Looking over the old CNN story, I found this gem:
One Republican, Rep. Ray LaHood, had even called for Ryan to withdraw from the race.
Shocker.