Keyes likens himself to the Firefighters and Police of 9/11...

[SKKY]

This guy is delusional to the point of being truly frightening.

"I had no thought of coming to Illinois to run until the people here in the state party decided there was a need. Just as people faced with a flood, or people in the case of 9/11, would call on folks, firefighters and others to help them deal with the crisis that they were faced with.

The people in Illinois have called on me to help deal with what they regard as a crisis. But from the point of view of my own personal principles, I believe in federalism. And I had to think this through based on my respect for the principle of state sovereignty."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/09/keyes.illinois/

[DenverDem]

1. So, his sacred beliefs take a back seat to partisan political expediency.

And thus proving that anything he says is not worth shit.

[rainy]

2. Keyes sure is getting lots of press time.....

Sure would like to see Obama respond to Keyes statements they keep playing over and over again.

[sandraj]

37. omfg

Is local media whoring for that guy or what?

[hatrack]

3. What an arrogant, self-righteous prick!

This smarmy preening is not going to sit well with IL voters, I suspect.

[Tempest]

4. Keyes is out of his mind

"The people in Illinois have called on me to help deal with what they regard as a crisis."


It was Tom DeLay who called on Keyes to run.

I expect the next polls will have Obama at 90% and Keyes at 10%.

[jgardner]

23. I am one of the "people of Illinois"

and I sure as hell don't want him here!

[davsand]

5. Plus they paid me a HUGE amount of money to run...

I guess he forgot THAT part...


Laura

[Kurt Remarque]

6. and i'm the queen of england

[whistle]

7. Ohoooo, was Alan Keyes actually there at ground zero....

...immediately after 9/11 to help out, risking his life to save lives? Keyes is nothing like the firefighters and police during those days and never could be like them. He is a carpet bagger in the purest sense, the GOP enlisted him to move to Illinois, to run interference and be a spoiler against an unbeatable democratic opponent. Dirty tricks to be supplied by GOP.

[LisaM]

8. Is it just me or is Candy Crowley sounding a little different these days?

She seems nicer somehow.

[fjc]

17. She's a 'heavyweight' conservative.

Can't stand the women.

[gatlingforme]

28. yeah, her right wing slant is disgusting. I can't stand her either

[wicket]

9. Has this guy ALWAYS been like this?

I didn't really get into politics until after 2000, so I don't know much about Alan Kyes

[leQ]

35. jon stewart had a clip of the hypocrite the other night

where he was standing solidly against federalism. i thihk it was in his response about hillary. he's a whore. a crackwhore at that.

[NMDemDist2]

10. he believes in federalism? hmmmm

"And then there's this comment Dems are circulating that Keyes made to Fox News on March 17, 2000, when Hillary Clinton was eyeing a Senate run in her non-native New York: "I deeply resent the destruction of federalism represented by Hillary Clinton's willingness to go into a state she doesn't even live in and pretend to represent people there. So I certainly wouldn't imitate her."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/05/thurs/

[david_vincent]

11. He was interviewed on NPR today

He mocked Obama and said that Obama's rise to prominence in the Democratic party and in national politics "ain't gonna happen." He also used the most inane sophistry imaginable to try to appear as if he's not the titanic hypocrite that he most transparently is, running for a seat in a state other than his own. On top of that, the guy's ego is colossal (based on what?). He's a nut job.

[drdtroit]

12. Anyone have any latest Illinois senate poll results?

[alarcojon]

25. Obama 67%, Keyes 28%

http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/local_story_222175640.html

[gatlingforme]

29. The more Keyes talks the more his percentage will go down

I love it --- as said before in this thread, keep talking

[madmax]

13. Another delusional Republican...must be the water n/t

[msanthrope]

14. And I repeat--Keep talkin' Alan, keep talkin'.....n/t

[stevebreeze]

15. my favorite part is where at the end he declares his victory will be

"for GOD!!" Making the assertion that Democrats are of course evil....Nice guy Keyes. Another one of those "uniters" the GOP is so proud of.
:kick:

[Ducks In A Row]

20. sounds just like bin Laden and George W Bush

they're all insane

[phrenzy]

16. Black Hitler

As an orator and content of speeches : Straight up: Black Hitler

[fjc]

18. This is good.

He's trying to shield himself from his own principles, and the deception will come back to eat him alive. That's the way it is when you hold your principles too tightly over others.

[allalone]

19. carpetbagger pure and simple

the PEOPLE of Illinios didn't call on him. It hasn't struck him yet that he was about the 10th choice. Guess he really wants to go to the prom to ignore that. I saw a headline today that said "Keyes of Illinois decides to run" Hunh??

[Roy]

21. Maybe Obama should label Mr Keys........

"THE HILLARY CLINTON IMITATOR"
And repeat his statements ad nauseum saying he would not be one.

See how freepers like him then

[KC21304]

22. All anyone has to say is THIS MAN HAS NO PRINCIPLES nt

[Cocoa]

24. this analogy is flawed

first, the IL GOP is a bigger disaster than 9/11.

Second, Keyes is going to make it worse.

[smirkymonkey]

26. I'm Brian Fellows!

And That's CRAZY!

[0007]

27. I liken Allen Keyes as that pimp hooked on crack and will

go anywhere to get a lift to struts around his sick whores.

[Terran]

30. "The people in Illinois have called on me..."

Yeah, like even the dumbest non-voter in Illinois doesn't see through that bit of BS immediately. Try harder Alan, try harder!

[rocktivity]

31. Rocknation likens Keyes

to the WTC store looters and T-shirt peddlers of 9/11.

:headbang:
rocknation

[jeanmarc]

32. Nuts....pure and simple

In the span of less than 48 hours, Keyes has said more nutty things than most politicians would ever want attributed to them in a career.

Absolutely, without a doubt, a complete nutjob.

[seasat]

33. Keyes isn't there to win.

He's there to keep Obama occuppied. Obama made such a great national impression and is such an eloquent speaker that without competition, he'd be able to spend most of his campaign working the minority vote for Kerry in other states. Keyes is in the campaign just to attempt to keep Obama from campaigning outside Illinois. I don't think it'll work.

[ContraBass Black]

34. Bwaa Ha Ha Ha!

Please. :eyes:

[Canuckistanian]

36. Doo doo doo doo (Twilight Zone theme)

Picture, if you will, a man so delusional, so confused, and so incomprehensible that he can only come..... from the Twilight Zone.