I am afraid Alan Keyes will win

[xray s]

Alan Keyes is going to win over all the independents in Illinois and win in November. Alan Keyes will then go on to be the Republican nominee in '08 and win that race too.

Alan Keyes has the "key" to Republicans winning for years and years to come. If the Republicans make Alan Keyes the keynote speaker at their convention we are doomed. Boy, I hope Republicans don't do that!

What are we going to now that Alan Keyes defines the Republican party in the minds of the voters?

[oasis]

1. What independent/swing voter is going to vote for a right wing, whacko?

He will not get 10 percent of that group. Being black he likely won't get all of the staunchly conservative GOP votes either since they are basically racists.

Keyes will be embarrassed come Nov. 2. He is already an embarrassment.

[Dhalgren]

8. Wait a minute, there, Oasis, I think

there might be something to this. If Alan Keyes becomes the main spokesperson for the Republican Party (wink*wink) there will be no way to stop the GOP juggernaught (nudge*nudge). I sure hope the Republicans don't put Mr. Keyes front and center, no sirree, that would spell doom for the Democrats. Doom! I tell ya'! Doom!

[oasis]

18. Oh...I see.

I'm just so conditioned to react to all of the worry wortism going on over here.

got it. :hi:

[DaveFL99]

32. If he had David Duke as his running mate in 2008 we'd be doomed.

That would wrap up the southern vote.

[xray s]

36. DAMN YOU!

Must we help our enemies!!?!!?!!!!?

[Jacobin]

44. Ahem, I beg to differ

David Duke got his ass kicked when he ran for office in Louisiana. He just got out of jail for tax fraud.

BTW, he got most of his campaign money by making speeches and raising money in rural Wisconsin, so careful how you further malign the much-maligned already south.

[DaveFL99]

47. Wisconsin and The South. Impressive !!

He' a pefect maych for Keyes. Can't you just see them hugging at the podium.

[Trajan]

55. LMFAO ! ....

The 'Keyes/Duke 2008' campaign train is a-leavin station ....

All ABOARD ! .....

[calico1]

66. You know they could be reading this forum.

Don't give them any ideas!

[kwolf68]

2. What

What are we going to now that Alan Keyes defines the Republican party in the minds of the voters?

That is something that should probably (hopefully not) be posted on Republican message boards all across the land.

What "WE" as in Democrats are going to do now that Keyes defines the Republican Party?

WIN A HELL OF A LOT OF ELECTIONS

I predict Keyes will get 12% of the vote...

[calico1]

I just don't know.

But I am very worried too. Obama doesn't have a chance now! :scared:

[LiberalBushFan]

3. I'm afraid you're right. Too bad, Obama woulda been great.

Like you say, the Republicans found the Keyes to unlock the path to victory once again. Maybe after Keyes retires from the Senate to become President then Obama can run again.

[Walt Starr]

4. Hey dude

You may need to add a /sarcasm tag for the humor impaired.

[xray s]

10. I hate to give encouragement to Republicans, but...

...I am so scared they have found a winning message I just want to hide under my bed.

If they take Keyes message national...oh, we will never win another election!

[Walt Starr]

13. Yes, yes, you are correct

The Reparations in the form of no taxes for two generations is a winning message.

[Mz Pip]

5. I hope you're joking

I can't imagine why Independents would vote for Keyes.

I actually hope that Keyes does become the face of Republican Party. The Dems would clean up.

MzPip
:dem:

[LuminousX]

28. No Joke -- If Keyes's message went national...

There would be no stopping the GOP.

[unfrigginreal]

6. Me too

If we let Keyes become the main spokesman of the GOP, it'll be lights out for Democrats. I pray everyday that the Republicans will keep him off of the talk shows, I'm not sure how we'd counter that kind of an offensive.

[geek tragedy]

7. We're doomed if the Repubs let him speak during prime time in NYC.

I sure do hope they're not reading this!

[fujiyama]

9. OMG!

This is the funniest thread I've ever seen.

Alan Keyes attracting moderates and independants? HAHAHA he's even losing his RW base because of his reperations thing...

I'd be disappointed if Obama doesn't get 70%!

[LiberalBushFan]

12. It's this kind of cockiness

on our part that persuaded them to run Keyes and doom our party, at least in Illinois, and maybe later on the national level. We should be more careful in the future. Now that we've built Obama up, it's be even more shameful for the Democrats and Keyes wins in a landslide.

[Hippo_Tron]

23. I seriously hope that you're joking

If Illinois were a swing state this would be a different story. Illinois is one of the most liberal states in the country and Obama is probably one of the best politicians that we have. Not to mention that Keyes isn't from Illinois and he said that he disapproves of people running in states that they aren't from. I would say that Alan Keyes has less of a shot of winning, than the democrats do of taking back the house.

[EST]

93. Do you notice

your leg just came off in someone else's hand?

[janx]

11. You're right...

Nobody will be able to pass up this turn-key opportunity, let alone the Keyes to the Kingdom of God.

[kwolf68]

Shit

Keyes is so horrible I'd propse we should have had him speak at our Convention. LMAO.

[WilliamPitt]

14. Obama is leading 70-30

I'm sorry, x ray, but this thread is now my own personal bull-moose gold-medal-winning all-time-champion of Chicken Little threads.

[janx]

16. It only LOOKS as if he's losing by a large margin.

You have to realize that there are many conspiracies at play. That poll itself was probably bogus.

Edit: In the home stretch, he will pull a (black) rabbit out of his hat and furiously trump Obama.

[LiberalBushFan]

17. It's funny how the same people who say all polls are whorish crap

are quick to float the ones that artificially raise Obama's expectations to increase that shame of our coming loss. The Repubs are about to lock the Illinois Democrats in a cell and throw away the Keyes. Not funny business.

[WilliamPitt]

19. I think you need to go outside

It's reality out there. Dig it.

[Walt Starr]

22. Will, read post #4.

Please.

[Old and In the Way]

77. Sorry Will, I normally respect your political opinions, but I

think you're missing the Keyes jaugernaut we are facing. Damn, of all the candidates the RNC could have fielded, this is the one I was worried about.

Let's all pray for Obama :-(

[Walt Starr]

20. Will, you simply do not understand

Alan Keyes is fast becoming the face of the Republican Party in Illinois, and this race has gone national.

do you have any clue whatsoever having Alan Keyes as the national face of the Republican Party will do to the democratic Party?

;)

[xray s]

21. Sure, you see those poll numbers

You might even think he is becoming a laughing stock...and may have to drop out.

But Republicans are too smart for that. Nope. keyes will whip us.

[WilliamPitt]

34. Wanna bet?

I will give a $1,000 donation to DU in the name of whatever DUer you choose if Keyes wins against Obama.

[xray s]

50. Too rich for my blood

You think anyone can afford to bet like that with Republicans running the economy?

[LuminousX]

41. Whip us... especially if given a chance to be the keynote speaker

Whip us if given even half the attention Obama got at the DNC.

We are so screwed... our only hope is if the GOP don't realize how powerful Keyes is and keep him under lock and, er, key.

[LuminousX]

33. The Race has just started

and Obama got a head start. Keyes will come on strong, especially if given a primetime speaking slot at the RNC. We have to hope and pray the GOP don't give Keyes a high profile.

[amber dog democrat]

15. yup yup its all over - he is going to end up the Emperor of Everything.

I bow in abject submission to the austere majesty of Keyes Almighty - the sunkist, the chicken of the sea. Ruler of the whole wide sky and Akron Ohio.


hail

hail.

[janx]

26. That man will set a river afire before he's finished.

Wait and see...

[LuminousX]

24. I'm afraid you are right

If Keyes were to speak in the primetime at the RNC, we in Illinois would be royally screwed and Obama wouldn't have a chance.

Luckily the RNC are stupid and won't do that. Instead they'll give time to Michael Reagan.

[Walt Starr]

29. If Bush hitches his ride on Keyes coattails by endorsing him

we're doomed. Doomed, I say!

[LuminousX]

35. Could you imagine Bush and Keyes, together, on stage

embracing like Bush and McCain did? I shudder to imagine how that might consolidate the electorate. It may even launch Bush into a second term with a landslide.

[Walt Starr]

40. OH THE HORROR!!!!

NO, no, don't even suggest such a thing!

[amber dog democrat]

68. D-0-0-M-E-D doomed,

oh please, please, don't let Keyes speak and the RNC.

we are so toasted.

[LiberalBushFan]

25. Oh and I forgot to mention

that Keyes has already turned around nearly the entire national black vote 180 degrees to the Repubs, so even if we win this Senate race, we lose.

[SemperEadem]

27. exploit it

because exploiting it will cause the rupture between the moderate and ultra right wing rethugs to deepen... it will cause the moderates to distance themselves, thus causing the rethugs party to split in two.

tar them all with the same brush and sit back and watch them divide themselves.

[Trajan]

30. We are DOOMED ! ....

Aw shucks ! .... There we go again ...

We HAD to let that damned Obama run in Illinois, and NOW look what happened ! ..

We played RIGHT into their hands ....

DAMN us ...

DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN us ....

ALL is lost ....

*sniff sniff* .....

On the other hand: threads like this just fuckin make my day ....

That is: If it werent for that damned Keyes making that keynote speech, and drawing all those moderate independents into the GOP fold, and forvever dooming us to infinite GOP government ....

Other than THAT: This thread is the freekin BOMB ! ...

[buycitgo]

31. joke thread, right?

jesus

all you have to do is listen to him

he has NOTHING but wedge issues to run on

nothing

and he blames the rise of nazi Germany on HOMOSEXUALITY

[LuminousX]

37. Joke? No Joke. Keyes is the GOP secret weapon

Pray they don't give him a prime time speaking slot... pray!

[janx]

87. I have been praying. God forbid they put a real patriot in a

KEYnote speaking position...one who is up against--as he himself labeled Obama--a racist!

[Walt Starr]

39. It's no joke that Alan Keyes is becoming the new face of the GOP!

He is a seriuos threat to the Democrats.

[tavalon]

103. We could be so lucky

If they put Alan Keyes up as the new face of the Republicans, people will quickly understand just how whacked out the Republicans are. Alas, we will not get such a great break. They aren't quite that stupid.

[WilliamPitt]

38. This is an impressive thread

Unless *everyone* in it is being sarcastic, I am going to write down some names that appear in this thread, and add them to the ever-growing list of people whose opinions on politics I never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever listen to under any circumstances. I'm talking those people say "Water is wet" and I stick my hand in the toilet to make sure.

[Walt Starr]

42. Read post #4, Will

:evilgrin:

[Trajan]

46. LMFAO ! ...

You, above all people, should recognize false irony and extreme sarcasm ....


*Everyone* is .... cept for you ....

[xray s]

61. remember to flush first!

:)

[Padraig18]

43. Alan Keyes doesn't have a snowball's chance in Hell of winning!

:eyes:

[LuminousX]

45. That's what they want you to think, relying upon overconfidence

but if Keyes were allowed to speak in primetime during the GOP national convention as the new face of the Republican Party... Obama would lose big. We don't want Keyes to speak in primetime, on national tv to the country at the convention, do we?

[Walt Starr]

53. And if Bush forced it into the national debate by endorsing Keyes

We'd be doomed. Doomed I tell you!

[Padraig18]

73. Sorry, I'm 'on the ground' in Illinois....

Even Republicans are planning on voting for Obama, and in large numbers. Former governors Thompson and edgar refuse to endorse the man. Keyes is toast, so spread some jelly on him...

:eyes:

[LuminousX]

78. You may want to take note of post #4

*nudge, nudge* Don't throw me in that briar patch.

[Padraig18]

84. My bad.

*blush*

:P

[WI_DEM]

48. how do you reach this conclusion?

Are you Dem_Strategist?

[LuminousX]

52. He is the new face of the GOP

and if this race were taken to a national level, if Bush and Keyes were to share a stage, shake hands, nay! HUG like he and McCain hugged, there would be no stopping Keyes in Illinois or the GOP in America.

[LuminousX]

49. Our Only Hope... A Keyes Truth Squad

but dammit... he is too good. There are no holes in his message.

[unfrigginreal]

51. I wish the mods would lock this thread

I think we're giving the GOP too much advice here. We are royally screwed if they're reading this thread and put Keyes on that stage in NY. Don't see how we'd ever dig out of the hole if that happens.

[LuminousX]

54. Oh crap, you are right... once again we've been hoisted by our own pittard

Dang loose lips sinking ships.

[unfrigginreal]

58. Can you just imagine the damage if they put those two Godly men...

Bush and Keyes on the stage together? I shudder the thought. :scared:

[LuminousX]

62. We should all hope that THAT doesn't come to pass

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

56. Keyes truly does scare me. His message resonates as well as his show did.

[LuminousX]

59. Obviously, we had to get that show cancelled

I wrote many letters in opposition to that show. His message was too powerful. I pulled every string I could to get his show removed from the air. I know thousands of other liberal minded people like myself who feared Keyes, even back then, who did the same thing.

[LiberalBushFan]

57. Rove's best move yet.

The Republicans have always found the most moderate, interesting, and agreeable people, like Alan Keyes and Ann Coulter (imagine the damage done to us if both Keyes and Coulter spoke at the RNC, both endorsing Bush as a Crusader of God), prop them up as important figures and fool everyone into thinking their party is mainstream. I gotta congratulate that bastard on this move. Also, please stop making comments like "I hope you're joking" and "You're being sarcastic, right?" If you have facts to argue with, use them. This is not freerepublic.com.

[LuminousX]

60. Rove outsmarted us again

Keyes, Coulter - if the Democratic Party is to have any future, these two better not speak primetime at the convention.

[janx]

95. Keyes and Coulter are the backbone of the Republican party.

If we're lucky, the managers of the RNC won't let them speak.

[unfrigginreal]

63. OMG! Keyes is on CNN now!

Promoting his reparation idea...we are truly screwed.

[Robroy]

64. And he can sing, too..

saw and heard him on the George Stephanopolis (sp) show Sunday. We're doomed.

[LuminousX]

65. Triple Threat

A politician, a singer, and a Voice of Reason in These Troubled Times.

[janx]

96. Near-End Times, in fact.

.

[0rganism]

67. If he teams up with Ashcroft for a duet, we're DOOMED!

Seriously, it might signal the coming of Ragnarok or something. Let's hope they don't try it.

[amber dog democrat]

72. Let the Eagle Soar over us doomed, doomed democrats.

please don't let them sing Let the Weasel Soar....

doomed doomed doomed. pop goes the eagle. .....

[MoonRiver]

69. Surely you jest?

If so, that was really a good one! :D

[BringEmOn]

70. Dammit! Kerry should have gotten out ahead of the curve and tapped

Keyes for VP!

[Walt Starr]

71. WE'RE REALLY SCREWED NOW!!!!

Rumor has it on Crossfire he played the "God sanctioned 9/11 because of abortion in America" card!

We are so doomed!

[realisticphish]

74. i could easily see keyes as president

i mean, he's black! whoa! i sure hope the RP doesn't post his picture all over the place, and run him endorsing bush constantly. in a few years, keyes could just smile, and he has the black vote...

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[calico1]

75. OMG! I just had another thought.

Supposing Bush drops Cheney and picks Keyes as his VP running mate. OMG, can you imagine? Oh just the thought gives me shivers. Could Edwards even sound half intelligent debating Keyes? :scared:

[Rich Hunt]

80. no, he couldn't

Edwards could never go against Keyes, because Keyes is so articulate and all.

[Algorem]

76. ALLEN KEYS COULD VERY POSSIBLY GET MORE VOTES

than Alan Keyes

[Rich Hunt]

79. I am afraid

...that we will once again be smitten by Alan Keyes' god if we don't do his bidding and vote for him.

[Uzybone]

81. All you people wringing your hands

better stop. We need to find a way to smear Keyes. Seriously, if the nation hears his message we not only lose the presidency, we lose more seats in congress and possibly governorships too. What do we do????

[5thGenDemocrat]

91. What do we do?

I guess we do what we always do -- rely on the liberal media to save us.
Damn. We went through all that hard, subversive work to smear the noble, God-fearing, moral family man Jack Ryan -- only to have it blow up in our faces.
Curse you, Alan Keyes!!
John
Has anyone let our colleagues in the Kremlin know that the Forces of Good and Decency are on to us, BTW?

[genius]

82. Let's just not under-estimate things. The CA Dems were over-confident

last year that Arnold didn't have a chance. One state senator named Joe Dunn discussed Arnold's guaranteed failure in great detail and the Dems just shone on the race as if it were a cake-walk for the Dems.

[xray s]

86. If Arnold ran on Keyes's platform...

...he would be working on Terminator 4 right now...

[Warren DeMontague]

98. That particular event was unique and does not have a whole lot of meaning

beyond itself.

Just ask the CA GOP, who are scratching their head because they can't figure out why the popularity of Arnold, the pro-choice, socially liberal mega film star, isn't rubbing off on the idiotic, inept pro-life candidates that make up the rest of the party. Actually, Arnold being in the governor's house is a real blessing in disguise this year... because Gray Davis, bless his soul, was about as popular as a bad rash-- in part, yes it's true, because he had the personality of a garden slug and he really didn't do a whole helluva lot to keep his fellow democrats happy- he spent most of his time playing patty-cake with the prison guard's union. So, now the CA GOP doesn't have him as a convenient foil, and as a result the people of California are not distracted from the fact that the agenda of the Republican party is grossly out of whack with what the majority of Californians believe. Now, I firmly believe that the whole Arnold thing was a setup with Enron and Kenny Boy Lay (and probably Cheney, skulking around there somewhere) but we will deal with that, and Ahhhnold, at the appropriate time- in 2006.

[Amaya]

83. You are kidding... Right?

[retread]

85. Keyes is a perfect example of a modern Republican and should be

showcased.

[Dr Fate]

88. Obama will politely crush him...

Keyes is a mad-man & everyone knows it.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

89. You are the master of reverse psychology. All must bow down! n/t

[janx]

90. MORE BAD NEWS--Look at this media coverage:

Keyes Will Force Debate On The Real Issues

By THOMAS F. ROESER

CHICAGO — In football terms: With his back to the goalposts, limping with injuries and the clock running out, the Illinois GOP’s quarterback faded back hurriedly and threw a long, spiraling pass far over the heads of the players to a lone receiver whose arms were extended in a seemingly hopeless attempt to receive it. It was, in fact, truly a "Hail Mary" pass brilliantly completed. Who was the quarterback? An amalgam of several all-but-faceless Republican committeemen. Yes, I know, like you I wince whenever sports commentators refer to last desperation tosses as "Hail Mary." Or when Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf referred to it in a military briefing. Used for sports or battle, it seems irreverent.

But for a party to recruit the nation’s most articulate defender of the Judeo-Christian ethic, one of the outstanding lay Catholics in the nation today, the term fits. And the Hail Mary pass completed here two weeks ago was a final appeal to a superbly equipped intellectual athlete to rescue a party that once stood for human rights. And draft pick Alan Keyes (a frequent speaker at Wanderer Forums) jumped up in faraway Maryland to catch the ball, becoming the first candidate in modern U.S. history to be truly begged by his party to run for the Senate.

Other recent out-of-state candidates, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Robert Kennedy, had arranged for inside pals to "urge" them to run. Keyes had literally no one on the 19-member Republican State Central committee who knew him personally. One did — only by reputation. But that reputation, for courage and brilliant cognitive acumen, was enough.

In an earlier piece I reported somewhat on the agony of the state GOP. Henry Hyde and a few others notwithstanding, Lincoln’s party here has fallen upon evil days. For decades its fortunes were in the hands of pro-abort relativists, Governors Jim Thompson and Jim Edgar, whose bywords were to meld indistinguishably with the ascendant liberal Democratic philosophy.

(There's more at the link, if you dare...)

http://thewandererpress.com/a8-19-2004.htm

[delete_bush]

92. Bump...

to keep this thread buried from the prying eyes of GOP strategerists.

Shhhhhhh!

[EST]

94. For anyone who missed all the snorting, cackling,

and wiping of eyes, I am a proud, rural southern Illinois voter. I listened to Obama speak twice, and I found him to be the proud owner of a nimble, agile mind, eloquent and forceful. I found his convention speech, contrary to all the adulation, adequate to good. I voted for him in the primary, over several others who seemed to be better equipped. He is a good man who will win the election. I've also seen Keyes a few times over the years, and noticed he has one gear- you push this button, he plays this tape, that button, that tape. His mouth seems to flap on command with no direction and apparently no control. Also no originality. He reminds me of the ex mayor of east St.Louis. With absolutely zero redeeming social value. His only purpose in this round is so, at least, Obama doesn't fall into the job with no opposition whatsoever.

[Warren DeMontague]

97. Yes, this is truly worrysome. Especially if

the GOP decides to throw LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY (not to mention media attention) at Mr. Keyes. Why, with a big barrel full of cash that could be spent elsewhere, on less important races, there's no telling what that towering intellect could do to Barak Obama!

GOD, I HOPE THE REPUBLICANS DON'T START SENDING BIG DONATIONS TO KEYES --- EN MASSE!

[RetroLounge]

99. I fear after the Alan Keyes juggernaut kills liberalism

as we know it with a huge landslide in Illinois, followed by the Presidency in '08, that the GOP will begin naming things after him, beginning with changing O'Hare airport to Keyes Field. Oh, the groundswell of support is amazing.

Keyes on Mt. Rushmore! I can see it! Right next to Reagan!

We're Doomed I say! Doomed!

RL

[Zynx]

100. This is a joke, right? If Keyes couldn't win Maryland, then he can't win

IL. They are about the same percent Democratic.

[Strawman]

101. Yes. I was just at the watercooler talking about Federalism

with a co-worker. Despite the recent 70% staff reduction, all anyone wanted to talk about was the 10th Amendment. Keyes has truly struck a chord with the electorate.

Snicker if you will at your own peril. Remember, people laughed at Blankman at first. Alan Keyes is that kind of political superhero.

[tavalon]

102. LOL

Against Obama? Not!

[tavalon]

104. Time to go spend a bit of time in my real life

I've become humor impaired. Of course this was a joke. My, I feewl siwwy.

[terrya]

105. The Obamas might as well start house hunting in Washington.

Alan Keyes has as much chance of winning in November as Paris Hilton has of winning an Oscar. This is a done deal. I just hope Keyes hasn't signed a longterm lease on that Calumet City property he's calling "home" during his stay here.

[kimchi]

106. You are so right, my friend.

His eloquent and sensible style of talking to us little people could sway all of America. Obama is just too darn intellectual; and he doesn't stand a chance.

Man, I hope the freeps don't read this thread!

[rullery]

107. Falwell and Robertson at GOP Convention

I saw an interview with Jerry Falwell recently. He said that he and Pat Robertson would be at the convention and that they would be pleased to offer prayer, and to address the convention if asked. However so far, he said, that invitation has not been forthcoming. I guess we can breathe a sign of relief that these holy men have not been invited to address the convention. However if that changes, then we are DOOMED! They might well annoint George II as our new king and Savior, recognizing that GOD speaks to him! Then with Saints Keyes and Coulter and Cheney at his side, who would DARE not vote for the Anointed of GOD???

[kimchi]

108. Welcome to DU, rullery!

Yup. DOOMED!

[rullery]

109. Thanks, kimchi

I'm new here, but enjoying the information and wit at DU!:)

[allalone]

110. mmm I don't think so

judging from the reaction he got at the parade on the south side of Chicago the other day, he'll be lucky to get run out of town on a rail. It's an old Chicago tradition called I think the Billikin parade.

[sampsonblk]

111. Yayaya, what are the IL polls looking like? nt

nt