Obviously the Keyes backers, before the convention, were not intested in Bush's chances of securing victory over Gore, they were planning on beating Gore themselves. And what this is called is not weakening and sabotaging the President's nominating campaign, it is called trying to defeat Bush's efforts to be nominated. That is called the democratic election process. Perhaps where you come from people inherit political office, but this does not happen in this country.
Let's not get personal now.
Anyone has the right to run for political office, even a novice like Alan Keyes. But once it became obvious, that Keyes had no chance of securing the nomination, he should have showed some class and halted his campaign. He chose not to. Instead, Keyes and his supporters decided it was more important to attack the Bush campaign and show their utter contempt for his presidential candidacy. They demonstared that over and over, right there on FreeRepublic. Frankly, it was embarassing behavior and the Keyesters should be ashamed of themselves.