Keyes fires up GOP faithful..."the victory is for God"

[Q]

Keyes fires up GOP faithful

August 9, 2004

BY MAUREEN O'DONNELL AND SCOTT FORNEK Staff Reporters

Alan Keyes strode onto the Illinois stage Sunday and began one of the speeches of a lifetime with two little words: "Thank you."

"Thank YOU!" the crowd roared with gratitude at finally having a GOP candidate for U.S. Senate.

Keyes, a Maryland resident, doesn't even have a home here yet, but he boomed dramatically: "I have confidence because the victory is for God."

With the fire of a general ordering his troops into the valley of death, Keyes promised "a battle like this nation has never seen," and an ongoing debate unequalled since Lincoln vs. Douglas.

Keyes stirred the crowd of party faithful, anti-abortion activists and homeschoolers with a speech that started with media-bashing and hit strong on the issues where he considers Democratic challenger Barack Obama vulnerable: gun rights and abortion. --- http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-sen09.html

[skooooo]

1. pretty fucking pathetic

[The Zanti Regent]

26. I can't wait for the Boondocks to tear KKKeyes to pieces!

Aaron is going to cry all the way to the bank on this!

[Catfight]

2. LITTLE minds, think alike. eom.

[LittleApple81]

3. I am convinced that repugs are nuts. I saw Keyes on TV last night

sweating like crazy and spouting absolute crap... I cannot believe the republicans there were applauding and had happy faces listening to this clown.

[NC_Nurse]

4. I'm sure God is thrilled

that these pathetic jerks once again use Him/Her as a political football.

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Q]

5. How arrogant and (delusional) can one man be when he declares...

...his winning would be a 'victory for God'?

[Zeke]

16. Yea, Verily...

Keyes sounds like some folks we know: Osama and Ex-judge Roy Moore.

These people woul dbe huge leaders if they joined the Taliban.

[Walt Starr]

6. Watch, just about every person who will vote for Keyes

showed up at his announcement "rally".

Edgar and Thompson are both PISSED OFF and probably will not endorse Keyes. There are even rumors that Edgar MIGHT endorse Obama.

If that happens, Keyes will be a distant third this year.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

7. They might have done better...

Nominating a Chicago Hot Dog.

[lottie244]

8. That's the same thing Osama says. The similarities are amazing

Keyes stands for everything that Osama Bin Laden stands for...lets elect Osama to the Senate. Gun rights and abortion. Anyone see the irony in this?

[sui generis]

9. somebody send him to Afghanistan

I think religious oligarchies are great and people who want them should go live in them -- somewhere far far away from America.

He is a nutjob -- and a fucking racist and a bigot; oh, I mean, a typical Republican. The only way he can get any following whatever will be to incite hatred and fear. He hates gays, and he hates liberals, so expect him to point out the "evils" of society as part of his powermad grab for glory.

I just hope that Obama's "hope" trumps Keyes' "hate".

[cynatnite]

10. Who's Dumb & Dumber?

I can't figure out who is the bigger idiot/idiots. I mean...he acts like he thinks he's got a snowball's chance in hell of winning?

Is that like delusional or what?

I've got a friend in Chicago and she couldn't stop laughing over it.

The rebugs are really dredging the bottom of the barrel, you know.

I can't think of which is more pathetic...

Keyes' thinking: I gotta let everyone think I know I'll win. If I do, then if they think I can win, they'll all vote for me....I'm gonna get my ass kicked ;(


The audience/potential voters: You schmuck. Let's let him think we believe he'll win. I hope nobody sees me here :scared:


Cyn:)

[tabasco]

11. Keyes is in it for the money.

He knows he doesn't have a chance and doesn't care. He will pay himself a hefty salary from campaign donations. This nutjob is nothing but a scam artist. When will people learn?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. Can You Believe This Clown Has A PHD From Harvard?

NT

[DinahMoeHum]

17. Well, the clown in the WH has an MBA from Harvard. . .

an Ivy League degree these days doesn't mean diddly-squat.


:evilfrown:

[WI_DEM]

13. at this point all he can hope for is the far right base

and that is what he is playing to.

[Walt Starr]

15. Manuy on the far right base are pissed at him, too

because he's carpetbagging.

[flordehinojos]

14. Keyes' Heresy

A nun once defined heresy as using the name of God for evil purposes.
Alan Keyes is just as much a heretic as George Bush is. They each use the name of God for their own greedy, evil purposes! The sad thing is that there are people stupid enough to buy their ungodly stances.x(

[Cha]

18. Bullshit...you swarmy hypocrite!

[hatrack]

19. Geez, Keyes - go slaughter a goat and burn it on an altar or something

Go make a sweet savor in the nostrils of your Lord elsewhere, you pompous, pathetic blowhard.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. Would You Believe That Clown Has A Harvard PHD?

NT

[Monte Carlo]

21. Pray not that God is on our side, but that we are on His.

I think that was the single best line from Kerry's speech, quoting Abraham Lincoln - it is not our place to claim God's consent. Mr. Keyes must have skipped the humble part of being a Christian.

[ISUGRADIA]

22. Check with God on November 3rd

Record Senate Win in Illinois:

Obama 67%

Keyes 28%

Other 5%

Keyes does not wear well over time.

[The Zanti Regent]

25. Watch Keyes get fewer votes than Mickey Mouse!

It would be a treat to see him come 4th behind the Libertarian and Mickey!

[zulchzulu]

23. I almost want to give Keyes money for his campaign

He's a perfect example of the Theocratic Homophobic Neocons that really are pulling the strings for the GOP. They need to be exposed.

The upcoming convention will be presented as a roomful of moderates. That tells you that they know they suck and need to hide their theocratic agenda behind the curtains.

[Nexus7]

24. Annotated crosspost ed reply from chi.general

Thought y'all might like my annotations to the news article referred to in the parent.




On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 14:48:37 -0500, Nexus7 wrote:

> On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 10:04:48 -0400, LeMod Pol wrote:
>>
>> Keyes fires up GOP faithful
>> >> in the presidential sweepstakes]
>
> And not even close either time.
>
>> BY MAUREEN O'DONNELL AND SCOTT FORNEK Staff Reporters August 9, 2004
>>
>> Alan Keyes strode onto the Illinois stage Sunday and began one of the
>> speeches of a lifetime with two little words: "Thank you."
>
> Imaginative bugger.
>
>> "Thank YOU!" the crowd roared with gratitude at finally having a GOP
>> candidate for U.S. Senate.
>
> This reporter is funny.
>
>> Keyes, a Maryland resident, doesn't even have a home here yet, but he
>> boomed dramatically: "I have confidence because the victory is for God."
>> With the fire of a general ordering his troops into the valley of death,
>> Keyes promised "a battle like this nation has never seen," and an
>> ongoing debate unequalled since Lincoln vs. Douglas.
>
> It's a Senate race, not a crusade on Osama. Perhaps the pompous fool is
> confused.
>
>> Keyes stirred the crowd of party faithful, anti-abortion activists and
>> homeschoolers with a speech
>
> No in-breeders?
>
>> that started with media-bashing and hit strong on the issues where he
>> considers Democratic challenger Barack Obama vulnerable: gun rights and
>> abortion.
>
> Guns, God, and gays. Since their jobs have gone to Mexico, the the workers
> in East Moline, IL have plenty of time for that.
>
>> Keyes said he was initially reluctant to enter the race, but "what
>> finally arrested my attention and forced me to consider
>
> was the opportunity to use campaign funds to erase his not inconsiderable
> debt. Might get him arrested too.
>
>>. . . was when I learned that
>> had actually in April 2002 apparently cast a vote that would
>> continue to allow live-birth abortions in the state of Illinois."
>
> Abortions are always on live fetuses. More detailed descriptions should be
> left to the educated knife wielders.
>
>> In fact, Republican Jim Oberweis, ... called the race with Obama no less
>> than "a debate between good on the right and evil on the left."
>
> Stick to communing with the cows.
>
>> Meanwhile, House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) launched an attack
>> against Obama, his strongest to date, during an interview Sunday on
>> NBC's "Meet the Press." He accused Obama of voting against stiffer
>> penalties for drug use, drug dealing and for people who kill emergency
>> workers in the line of duty.
>
> The sweaty wrestler is lying to the people again. Anything to support the
> many-splendored fool, I suppose. As I've said before, this race captures
> the fundamental dynamic of the repub party, and it is just as well that
> its rotten innards complete with crawling maggots and trough feeders get
> exposed, even if only on Meet the Whore.

[Kool Kitty]

27. Gee, it's a shame, isn't it-

done and over already, and he just started. :eyes: Sad, sad, sad.

[CaTeacher]

28. He was a great choice!

Now our guy will win by 70% of the vote instead of 60%. Keyes probably will not do as well as the kinky sex guy would have.

This guy is barely coherent when he gets going! I can hardly wait for a debate or two--they should put them on pay for view--because people would be willing to see this guy get creamed.

[tomfodw]

33. The "kinky sex guy",

aka Jack Ryan, probably would have run Obama a heck of a lot closer than Keyes will. Ryan was a moderate, not some true-believer wingnut.

What we need to get out of this is not just Obama in the Senate, but a few extra Democrats in the House.

[PurityOfEssence]

29. Separation of Church and delusional states...

godgodgodgodgodgodgod.

It's everywhere. It's sickening.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

30. Do the repubs have a death wish?

:wtf:

[tedoll78]

31. THIS ROCKS!

Here's the deal:
Keyes WILL get attention this election season. He will, to some extent, be seen as a representation of the Republican Party. And if he continues getting this high level of media attention, he will turn-off swing voters across the country.

I'd propose that we contact him and encourage him along this current line of craziness..

[Warren DeMontague]

32. And, with any luck,

Republicans will be dumb enough to throw actual MONEY at this clown.

[AntiCoup2K4]

34. God never relocated to Hell to run for office

Not that I'm saying Illinois is Hell, neccessarily :evilgrin: