Hmmm...This is going to get silly, at best...
Anyway, I bet you and I agree that to some degree, Keyes has made criticisms of the administration on the show. I think rarely and gently, but in any event, I don't agree with "humblethefiend."
I think he's funny and cheerful, but on his fixed idea, wrong.
Cheers,
Richard F.
Since I don't watch the show, and since you all do, I'll just have to take their interpretations of the show and assume he has seen the light.
I think he's funny and cheerful, but on his fixed idea, wrong.
Permit me, rdf, to repeat what I said in my first post to this thread:
As even the most casual of viewers have noticed, Dr. Alan Keyes has not been using his new television show (Alan Keyes is Making Sense) to criticize President Bush or any of the President’s policies. Dr. Keyes has put his “I am not a Bush Republican” days far behind him now and is now solidly back in the President’s camp. He fully supports all of the President’s policies and it is not an exaggeration to say that Alan Keyes is the President’s best friend in the media.
The real Alan Keyes is back in the saddle. He is more mature now. He looks better and he feels better about himself. He has overcome the post-election melancholy that plagued him in 2001. Many of us simply ignored Alan’s intemperate outbursts of criticism against the President last year because we could sense the post-election grief and anguish that enveloped his soul.
Unfortunately, the return of the real Alan Keyes has not been without its share of critics. A few of his fans, known as paleo-Keyesians, are having a difficult time adjusting to the return of the real Alan Keyes. They wait in vain for Dr. Keyes to use his new television forum to castigate President Bush for what they perceive as failings or shortcomings in many areas of our nation’s foreign and domestic policy. Quite simply, they are reluctant to accept that the real Alan Keyes is a Bush Republican after all.
On the other hand, the neo-Keyesians, myself included, knew all along that once Dr. Keyes regained his composure, his silly criticisms of the President would cease. We welcome Alan back and join him in our complete support of the Bush White House.
As the foregoing makes clear, none of my comments are in the least bit extravagant or fixed. At post 65, I suggested that another reader “review the transcripts of the Alan Keyes is Making Sense show [to] see if [he/she could] find any criticisms of President Bush.” All of his/her efforts to find any such criticisms have produced an empty harvest.
The paleo-Keyesians (to the extent that they still exist) need something more than hot air to sustain them. Perhaps you would be good enough to “review the transcripts of the Alan Keyes is Making Sense show and see if you can find any criticisms of President Bush.”