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My paraphrase of what I just saw on Brit Hume's show. Brit: Barak Obama said today that not only would he beat Alan Keyes in the upcoming election, but his victory will be a defeat over the kind of scorched-earth, negative campaigning that creates an atmosphere that prevents anything getting done in Washington. Here's what Alan Keyes had to say in response: Alan: Christ would not vote for Barak Obama. Christ could never possibly vote for him.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes caused a storm of controversy at his party’s national convention in New York Wednesday by reiterating comments that Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter Mary engages in selfish hedonism if she’s a practicing lesbian. The following is a transcript of Keyes fielding questions from Illinois reporters Wednesday morning: Q. Is Mary Cheney a selfish hedonist? A. “The question that was asked of me was my position on gay marriage. I think the challenge is not the challenge of homosexuality, but the challenge of maintaining a proper understanding of marriage. The heart of marriage is the...

Alan Keyes, the Republican candidate for a vacant U.S. Senate seat in Illinois, said Tuesday that Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter Mary is a "selfish hedonist" because she is a lesbian. His comments came during an interview with SIRIUS satellite radio. Keyes said: "The essence of ... family life remains procreation. If we embrace homosexuality as a proper basis for marriage, we are saying that it's possible to have a marriage state that in principal excludes procreation and is based simply on the premise of selfish hedonism." Asked whether that meant Mary Cheney "is a selfish hedonist," Keyes said: "That...