Alan Keyes Running For President

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Daniel wrote on September 16, 2007 1:37 PM:

Keyes is completely insane. This will just prove (if proof is still needed) that the GOP has gone completely insane.

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someparisian wrote on September 16, 2007 4:29 PM:

"Entering late has worked for Thompson, it's gotta work for me!"

Michael Jones wrote on September 16, 2007 5:15 PM:

Jeebus, the Value Voters folk are fasting in preparation for the debate.

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Join in a fast beginning TODAY. Whether you give up dessert, television or your favorite activity or food, we need to let God know we're serious about restoring righteous leadership to our land. Pray He uses the V² Debate to reveal His choice.

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Crazy man talks to starving gullible idiots. Scary.

eli wrote on September 16, 2007 5:47 PM:

Keyes is undeniably conservative, and he's undeniably black. Y'never know, the eventual GOP nominee might choose him as a running mate, his wingnutry notwithstanding, especially if Obama ends up on the Dem ticket. Not a whole lot of diversity on the GOP short list. Worst case, it'll give Keyes some fresh material to take on the lecture circuit after the election. Man's gotta earn a living, and only Dems get welfare.

jeffgee wrote on September 16, 2007 6:23 PM:

Maybe he can revive the Raving Looney party of England's late Screaming Lord Sutch.

Bobfrgsn wrote on September 16, 2007 6:25 PM:

Completely unbelievable. The man is a crazy person .. the the sort the radical right wingnuts can support.

Doug wrote on September 16, 2007 6:36 PM:

Um...that's strait jacket.

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sam wrote on September 16, 2007 6:44 PM:

God bless him!!! Just what we need (oops,,,what they need) another strong conservative. At least he should liven up those boring repub debates. I say bring it on Alan. LOL

r€nato wrote on September 16, 2007 6:46 PM:

well, at least you can't say any longer that the GOP field is a bunch of rich white old men. It's a bunch of rich white old men and one crazy brother.

r€nato wrote on September 16, 2007 6:47 PM:

I wish Newt would get in the race too, because the GOP contenders just aren't ridiculous enough yet... though Keyes goes a long way to getting them there.

Matt wrote on September 16, 2007 6:50 PM:

Doug: It's actually straitjacket.

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Henry wrote on September 16, 2007 6:56 PM:

Doug--

Duly noted. But our headline writer might have been punning about Keyes' weird-ass variety of homophobia. According to PFAW (according, in turn, to a website run by NNDB, whose accuracy I have no way to vouch for, so take this with a grain of salt), Keyes gave us this original insight:

"Hitler and his supporters were Satanists and homosexuals. That's just a true statement. [...] The notion that is involved in homosexuality, the unbridled sort of satisfaction of human passions [leads to] totalitarianism, Nazism, and Communism."

http://www.nndb.com/people/092/000025017/

That is pretty highly refined wingnuttery.

And, by the way, it's straitjacket. But that's carrying pedantry too far.

slowpoke wrote on September 16, 2007 7:11 PM:

Dare I say it: members of the left blogosphere should throw some money Keyes' way in order to give him the opportunity to clearly present the mainstream wingnuttia platform to the national electorate, much as he did in Illinois a few years back? I've heard that as a result he converted many a diehard repub to dem.

chalmers wrote on September 16, 2007 7:13 PM:

Crazy? There once was another Republican who lost an Illinois Senate race than ran for the White House.

Then again, Lincoln didn't lose by 60 points.

Old 33 wrote on September 16, 2007 7:15 PM:

He's the only declared candidate to appear in the Borat movie!

TheraP wrote on September 16, 2007 8:03 PM:

Ok by me! The more the merrier! The more loony, the better!

Doc Rock wrote on September 16, 2007 8:20 PM:

Great, elect Keyes and we'll have the inmates run the asylum forever!

Bugs wrote on September 16, 2007 8:29 PM:

Time to page Pat Paulsen for his Point/Counterpoint segment.

Roger wrote on September 16, 2007 8:31 PM:

At the risk of seeming nit-picky, could I implore you to refrain using the term "values voters" in the future unless you use quotation marks, even if it is the proper name of an event? The right's use of the term is unbelievably offensive to me and I would guess every other thinking human on the planet who happens to have "values" of some kind that aren't their values. We liberals need to stop using their terms, their frame, their narrative, because we hand them victories when we do.

Regarding Keys, does this mean there are now two candidates in the race that CNN and the networks will do "Is he black enough?" stories about?

VeGe wrote on September 16, 2007 8:44 PM:

Keyes running again? Well, with all those candidates, in the race, not to mention the "Thompson surprise". The GOP race is still open. When is Newt going to jumb in!! Well, Keyes usually speaks his mind-- I am ready to be entertained. Keyes on the right, Obama on the left. Newt to be added.

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VeGe wrote on September 16, 2007 8:46 PM:

Keyes running again? Well, with all those candidates, in the race, not to mention the "Thompson surprise". The GOP race is still open. When is Newt going to jumb in!! Well, Keyes usually speaks his mind-- I am ready to be entertained. Keyes on the right, Obama on the left. Newt to be added.

www.vernasmith.blogspot.com

tc wrote on September 16, 2007 9:24 PM:

I think the guy is funny. Most of them are really.

kjoe wrote on September 16, 2007 9:29 PM:

I think this is groundbreaking.

TPM posts a story about a black presidential candidate!!!!!!

It's a start.

Gee, I hope nothing about Hillary got bumped.

Jack Schaller wrote on September 16, 2007 9:46 PM:

Oh Dear Me -

This is such wonderful news - Alan Keyes is the gift from the Repubs that just keeps on giving. All progressives should cheer him on - I'd just love to see him up on the Repub debate circuit defending throwing his daughter over the side 'cause the poor dear said she was a lesbian.

He's such a pathetic slut, and I love him working so hard to undermine the family values of the Repubs.

He couldn't beat Charles Manson or the Boston Strangler in a fair election. Let him run..........we love it.

Salmon Jack

Henry wrote on September 16, 2007 9:50 PM:

And according to that same NNDB page on Keyes, his campaign manager for his first race for Senate in 1988 was his college roommate: William Kristol.

Jack Schaller wrote on September 16, 2007 10:04 PM:

To Nenry -

That's very intersting - Keyes and Kristol together...wonder what that means ....well, we'll see I guess in the fullness of time.

PretzelsOne wrote on September 16, 2007 10:07 PM:

I have been trying to think of something clever to say about this, but words fail me. Given the insanity running rampant in the Republican Party these days, he may well be the most electable one of the whole bunch. A little Jesus, a little family values, a little fiscal responsibility, a little fear mongering, a little hate. It's worked before; it could work again.

EH wrote on September 16, 2007 10:12 PM:

What eli said. He'll be used as an attack dog against Obama. Repubs probably feel a bit with their backs against the wall, people are going to be starting to get on the "old white guy" liability.

Carl Nyberg wrote on September 16, 2007 10:18 PM:

Sure, putting Keyes on the ticket in response to the Dems nominating Obama makes perfect sense. How badly did Obama beat Keyes last time around?

Keyes won't put a glove on Obama and will become a metaphor for how desperate the GOP is that he's even considered a candidate.

How many times has a person who has never been elected governor or to Congress been taken seriously as a presidential candidate when he lost his last Senate race, garnering only 27% of the vote.

Tony Shifflett wrote on September 17, 2007 8:58 AM:

This is gonna be good. Now I HAVE to watch the values debate, in order to see Keyes in action.

Captain-Sky wrote on September 17, 2007 8:59 AM:

Ah Hah Getting Nervous About Keyes Exposing Obama For What People Like You Failed To Register Obama Only Cares About Obama,He Used Ophra & A Host Of Other Multi-Millionaire,It Was No Coincidence He Happen To Run Across Ophra At The Airport And Strike Up A Conservation With Her.Let Me Return You People Back To Reality,Muslims Are Very,Very,Very Cunning They Come To America Attend Our Most Prestiges University's And Become Engeneers,Doctors,Lawyers And It's Beginning To Look Like Presidentual Canidates.Then They Return To The Holly Land And Start Their Terroist Net Work And Guess Who The Target Is,Give That Man A Prize,Yup Americans,You Know It Scares Me That This Man Could Actually Win The Highest Office In The Land.Are Ya'll Ready To Risk Finding Out Which One OBAMA Is Terroist Or American.I Can See It Now Osama Bin Laden-Secretary Of State,Omar Zahari-Vice President,Amjahamedid-Secretary Of Defense,Fidel Castro-Transportation Secretary,And Finally But Not Least Hugo Chavez-Chief Of Staff,And To Think Americans Like You Put Him There.

aleks wrote on September 17, 2007 10:40 AM:

Captain-Sky,
I assume you're just another poor Colbert imitator, but in case you're trying to be serious you should know (among other things) that Zahari couldn't be Vice President as he was not born in the U.S. and is not eligible to become U.S. President, the primary job of the VP.

phil james wrote on September 17, 2007 12:38 PM:

Captain-Sky! Excellent rant...but why are you even concerned about the 2008 election? Don't you realize it will be indefinitely postponed due to a national emergency declared by Dick Cheney (acting for Dubya who had to be shuttled off quickly to an undisclosed location) when the FBI uncovers a plot by seven Kansas laundromat operators to do something nasty.

Virginia Dem wrote on September 17, 2007 12:47 PM:

Keyes was the only enjoyable part about the Repub debates last time he ran. I also remember that he was the only one who spoke as if he meant what he said not trying to remember a stock answer. That is both refreshing and scary as all hell because he is crazy.

Keyes his own self wrote on September 17, 2007 12:58 PM:

They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa
To the funny farm. Where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be
happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they're
coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!!!

ink cannery girl wrote on September 17, 2007 3:42 PM:

This seems an opportune time to link to "The Crazification Factor" (references Obama vs Keyes senate election):

http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2007/01/repost-crazification-factor.html

opeluboy wrote on September 17, 2007 6:28 PM:

I think it's great Keyes is going to run. Watching a Republican debate in which none of the contenders are seriously bug-eyed brings it down to just another bunch of run-of-the-mill drooling maniacs yakking. His particular dementia is a much needed ratings boost, and will assure those still considering voting Neanderthal Party that they are not racists.

Now they just need someone openly gay.

Oh wait. They've got Giulianni.

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