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Archae

(46,301 posts)
Fri May 15, 2015, 10:45 PM May 2015

Alan Keyes wonders why Barack Obama clobbered him in an election?

Alan Keyes out-spent Barack Obama during their Senate campaigns, 2-1.
Keyes lost by 3-1, he kept saying a "vote for him was a vote for God."

Alan Keyes: Obama Is A Serial Killer In The Mold Of Hitler And Stalin

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Friday, 5/15/2015 12:05 pm

Reflecting on his 2004 U.S. Senate campaign against Barack Obama, Alan Keyes writes in WorldNetDaily today that it was during that race that he became convinced that Obama is “a hardline socialist ideologue, in the ruthless, self-worshiping mold Hitler and Stalin had in common.”

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/alan-keyes-obama-serial-killer-mold-hitler-and-stalin#sthash.CVdjwYEC.dpuf

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Alan Keyes wonders why Barack Obama clobbered him in an election? (Original Post) Archae May 2015 OP
.... Historic NY May 2015 #1
I voted against you Keys! irisblue May 2015 #2
How does Alan Keyes even earn a living? kwassa May 2015 #3
Wing nut welfare. Hassin Bin Sober May 2015 #5
He is a former Ambassador, believe it or not. A HERETIC I AM May 2015 #7
When he ran against Obama, murielm99 May 2015 #8
Alan just hasn't yet found the best way to communicate his bold ideas to the public struggle4progress May 2015 #4
I am surprised to hear that Keyes outspent Obama. StevieM May 2015 #6

kwassa

(23,340 posts)
3. How does Alan Keyes even earn a living?
Fri May 15, 2015, 11:35 PM
May 2015

He is local to here, supposedly living in nearby Darnestown, but he is unknown locally. I've never seen him, or know of anyone who has.

And what does he do to get paid?

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,311 posts)
5. Wing nut welfare.
Fri May 15, 2015, 11:52 PM
May 2015

He probably has a newsletter or some such BS - Send $300 dollars to help defeat Obamastalinhitler!!!!

A HERETIC I AM

(24,362 posts)
7. He is a former Ambassador, believe it or not.
Sat May 16, 2015, 12:08 AM
May 2015

He may very well get a pension from the Government.

He also does speaking engagements.

You can hire him to speak at your next soiree' !!

murielm99

(30,717 posts)
8. When he ran against Obama,
Sat May 16, 2015, 05:09 AM
May 2015

he allegedly moved into an Illinois suburban neighborhood. I knew people there. They kept looking for him discreetly, and never found any evidence of him.

Also, when my son was commuting, he went to a train station where the Keyes campaign was giving out free coffee and donuts one morning. Keyes' first name was spelled "Allen" on the cups. It made my son's day.

struggle4progress

(118,228 posts)
4. Alan just hasn't yet found the best way to communicate his bold ideas to the public
Fri May 15, 2015, 11:47 PM
May 2015

in a way that resonates

I humbly suggest he apply for the Mars One mission and then, wearing an astronaut helmet, hold a press conference to discuss how terraforming other planets fits into his visions of a revitalized middle class

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
6. I am surprised to hear that Keyes outspent Obama.
Sat May 16, 2015, 12:07 AM
May 2015

I remember thinking at the time that the Illinois GOP nominated him in order to embarrass Obama and make his victory meaningless, since it was over a joke of an opponent. Obama had been on track to badly defeat his GOP opponent, Jack Ryan, before a scandal drove him from the race.

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