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I fail to see the importance of reposting 399. All it says is Keyes sent out email on 10/19/00 supporting Bush and on 05/18/00 Keyes continues to run for the presidency. Neither of these makes mention of when Keyes made the decision to support Bush.

Are not we parsing hairs here? If Keyes really, really, wanted Bush to win, wouldn't he have appeared with Bush on TV with his arm draped on his shoulder? Instead, we are engaged in this sterile debate as to precisely when Keyes subscribed to some impersonal communication suggesting that he had a preference for Bush over Keyes. If it had been done with ruffles and flouishes, we wouldn't be having this sterile discussion now would we? As it was, the rather sub rosa endorsement was probably rather meaningless, since those supporters of Keyes who decided to support Bush probably had already done so long before, given how poltically engaged and aware the rather small band of Keyes supporters actually was. Just my thoughts.

Well, look above you. You're saying he did it before, yet the only email he sent out was dated October 19th. I think it's pretty important to find the one where he said he was no longer campaigning and that all of his supporters should support Bush, like the rest of the candidates did.

But so far the only evidence of that has been posted on October 20th.