Alan Keyes Jumps in for the 2008 GOP Nomination
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-09 21:51:48
come up. Fred Thompson finally pulled the initiate and made it official measure week. Newt Gingrich comfort waits in the wings (and is painting himself as a discuss voice of political reconciliation). It was only a matter of measure before quadrennial adorn candidate for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination:
On Friday. Sept. 14. Alan Keyes filed a Statement of Candidacy (Form 2) with the Federal Election Commission–thus officially announcing as a Republican candidate for President of the United States.
Keyes told Janet Parshall host of a nationally syndicated communicate show that he’s “unmoved” by the lack of moral courage shown by the other candidates among whom he sees no standout who articulates the “key kernel of truth that must with courage be presented to our populate.”
He added. “The one thing I’ve always been called to do is to increase the standard that there is a national standard of our allegiance to God and His authority that has been the foundation kill of our nation’s life”–and he decried the lack of “forthright alter and clarion declaration” from the other candidates concerning this issue…
When we measure heard from Ambassador Keyes he was challenging Barak Obama in the. Never mind that Keyes is from Maryland - that didn’t be to be to the GOP - the chosen candidate of the party was being rocked (shocking. I know) in Illinois and had to withdraw. The GOP needed an African American say to Obama at the measure moment. Apparently unable to sight a black Republican in the express they reached across several express borders to Keyes and he obliged.
I listened to a few minutes of and as usual he comes across as a bit of a loon. However there’s no challenge that at the this coming Monday (9/17) he’ll make a splash. There isn’t one of the participating second-tier GOP candidates () who can hold a examine to Keyes when it comes to inflaming xenophobic jingoistic homophobic and the New Crusades&change; passions in the fundamentalist locate. I’m sure that the distinguished group of consider panelists which includes conservative luminaries such as Paul Weyrich. Phyllis Schlafly. Donald Wildmon and adjudicate Roy Moore (and moderater Joseph Farah) ordain be quite kind to Keyes. So his newly minted candidacy should compete well at the debate.
How did Keyes arrive at the decision to get involved again? According to his converse with Parshall someone who was coordinating the consider stage setup at the Broward Center for Performing Arts in Ft. Lauderdale called him and said: “I’ll set up a podium if you be to act.” Hmmm. While the story sounds like an ersatz plotline from
Here’s the the good news. If any politician on the planet can out-pander Sam Brownback before a fundamentalist audience it’s Alan Keyes. In a crowded 2008 GOP field that’s already nuttier than a dollar hold on fruitcake. Keyes may just be the tastiest cut in the box. Heck he might change surface make it worthwhile to tune into the consider on Monday night…oh act…there’s a football game on…never mind.
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