Keyes– Not all he’s cracked up to be.
chosen to run for Illinois, my first reaction was that I still smarted
over how he treated Bob Jones University
when he visited in the 2000 campaign. I had actually heard the man
speak in the 1996 election campaign. He was at the University in one
of their Academy buildings because there was no time to arrange for a
bigger meeting area. The place was packed, and though I can’t remember
exactly what he said, it was conservative and most of the people that
were there were enthusiastic and agreed with what he said.
Forward 4 years later, he’s back to the same school and denouncing them
from their main platform as being racist. They took the open
opportunity to bash the college while it was down, only to have some
performing groups from the school later go to one of his rallys to help
him!
Now he’s in Illinois. He went back against his
denunciation of Hillary Clinton in her run for NY. I can see his
argument, and could even argue in favor of him by saying that he could
represent the people of Illinios effectively by definition if the
majority of people a) agree with his positions and b) vote for him.
However, this latest stand about slavery reparations via a tax cut– that’s absurd.
It’s not that I think slavery is right– that’s a no brainer. It’s
that I think everyone should be treated equally with no regards to
their skin color! Isn’t that what they’ve always said? Why then do
they want to impose a kind of slavery on non-blacks just because
they’re ancestors were slaves? You would have thought that they would
have learned a lesson! And don’t be fooled, by being tax exempt they
would be imposing taxes just on non-blacks.
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Comments from MInTheGap
bipolrfrenzy said,
Wrote on August 19, 2004 @ 8:51 am
I’m also disappointed to read that about Alan. I thought I’d enjoy the dialogue w/he & Obama, but haven’t even gotten myself to follow it.
On your post on homosexuality…
I definitely agree w/your post. People are responsible for choices and there doesn’t seem to be a cause for homosexuality from either a theological or naturalistic basis. Therefore, it comes down to choice.
Rightwing Nutjob said,
Wrote on August 19, 2004 @ 7:15 pm
I’ve always been impressed with Alan Keyes for his intellect and for his willingness to give black people in America an alternative to the same old tripe the liberals use to “keep them on the plantation.” I can understand his agreeing to run in Illinois. It was not something he sought. The party went to him after at least 3 other potential candidates turned down the chance, and I think he just looked at as a way to do something for the party. I don’t think he will win and I do not believe that he thinks he will win. That makes it all the more confounding for him to pull a Kerry-like flip flop on the issue of reparations. Very very disappointing.