Roeser: Hypocrite Extraordinare

[KharmaTrain]

I couldn't wait to see this today and here it is:

http://www.suntimes.com/output/roeser/cst-edt-roes07.html

From the poison pen of Chicago's resident Repugnican crumdegeon...here's some gems...

If Alan Keyes accepts the Illinois GOP's bid to run for the U.S. Senate -- as he is expected to do Sunday -- the nation will be the beneficiary. Not since Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Stephen A. Douglas have two more sharply differentiated people run for the Senate. That the state that gave the nation and world the Lincoln-Douglas debates can now present an updated version is truly an exciting prospect. The human rights parallel then and now is rich with significance.

First, the so-called carpetbagger issue. When he criticized Hillary Clinton for destroying the concept of federalism, Keyes was in fact wrong. It was for good reason that the founding fathers did not draw a strict requirement on residency for the U.S. Senate. Then as now, people were always on the move -- ambitious politicians among them: Lincoln from Kentucky to Indiana and then Illinois; Douglas from Vermont to Illinois. Sam Houston was congressman and governor of Tennessee before he moved to Texas, becoming president when it was a republic, and finally senator.

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Now the contest itself: If Keyes accepts, it will be the best opportunity the nation will have to listen to two eloquent men debate an enduring question that has been nullified by too much political timidity: Is the culture of the country declining or improving? Certainly, Barack Obama has every expectation that he will be elected. But if he is, it doesn't mean his side of the culture wars will have won, any more than because Stephen Douglas emerged victorious in 1858, the issue of human rights for slaves was won. Lincoln's views ultimately coincided with the national ethos. And make no mistake: Obama's voting record in the state Senate will be the yardstick by which the campaign will be fought.

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For allowing this truly Great Debate to take place, many people deserve the thanks not just of our state but the nation, beginning with House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert and extending through state central vice chairman Steve McGlynn, who played a decisive role in the Keyes selection, with state Chairman Judy Baar Topinka, who under law has no vote, playing the role of the honest broker. State Sen. Dave Syverson was an influential contact with Keyes, and Board of Tax Appeals member Maureen Murphy also weighed in on the election.

With Keyes' acceptance, the agony of the GOP over these many weeks will not have been in vain. And as for the liberal critics who shout ''carpetbagger,'' if it were Colin Powell, they would not be dismayed at all.



Well...I'll reserve my comments, but are curious of yours. BTW, the kindly Scrooge Roeser has a radio show on WLS Fascist Radio Sunday night at 7...I'm sure he'd like to hear from his friends at DU...LOL!!!

Cheers!

[madrchsod]

1. tom is so full of bullshit

it`s not funny..looks like ol`e tom is getting a little "touched"in the head

[KharmaTrain]

7. I've had the "pleasure" to deal with "him"...

Let's say he's not a very nice man. LOL.

I call him the Chicago equivelent of Tom Donohue, the New York Catholic bigot...part political hack, part religious hypocrite. He thugged his way up the ranks of the area GOOP and now feels he's the ultimate Repugnican, and of course is far more moral than either your or I.

As usual, he puts a very tight measure on his critics and won't hesitate to berate them when they stray from his arrogant view, but when it's his "pals", then another set of rules apply. Yep...ones of those who thinks lies about sex (and anything sex for that matter...that's another story) is far more immoral than lying about starting wars.

I expect he'll be out doing an hour-long commercial for Keyes on WLS tomorrow night with the revelation that Barak Obama is a practicing heterosexual who matriculated regularly as a youth and rumors has it was a thespian at one time. That's why we need Alan Keyes. LOL!

[iconoclastic cat]

2. I harass him every week via email.

He has yet to respond. Putz.

[davsand]

3. Abraham Lincoln lived in Indiana for 14 years...

...from the age of 7 to the age of 21. He moved to Illinois in 1830. He was a practicing lawyer in Illinois when he entered the race that made him President. (Additionally he'd spent eight YEARS in the Illinois legislature and two years as a congressman representing Illinois prior to the Lincoln Douglas debates in 1858.)He won the White house in 1860.

I would HARDLY call him a Carpetbagger...

Compare and contrast that with Keyes who will be unable to vote for himself (if he runs) because he moved to Illinois too late to even register to vote.

Such misrepresentation serves no one, Mr. Roeser...

Fell free to call him with THAT statement. It is long distance for me--and he's not worth the cost of the call.


Laura

[dogman]

4. One thing

He has until October 2 to register to vote. I was out registering voters today. They only have to live in Illinois 30 days before election.

[davsand]

5. Thank you for that correction!

I blew that one--and you are correct. It's been a while since I went over the election code here. For some reason I had it in my head that the cut off was earlier...

In any event, Keyes better get moved and registered if he wants to vote for himself--and that is a big difference between Lincoln and Keyes!

Laura

[dogman]

6. The spin is unbelievable.

Who would have thought the state GOP would be this disorganized, But the Dems are in control such a short time and ready to eat their own also. The entrenched power brokers take everything for granted and we the people have to push them past the infighting. Obama is clearly a symbol of the right message from the grassroots.