Comments on: Keyes, kooks, and keffiyehs

By: Ed Brayton

Ed Brayton — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:56:41 +0000

Steve Shulin wrote:

I met a lot of fine folks at the Constitution Party convention, and I urge all God-fearin', liberty-lovin', sovereignty-coservin' Americans to join in the effort to get Alan Keyes on the ballot as a choice for President in as many states as possible.

And I'm urging all sane people to point and laugh at Alan Keyes as often as possible.

By: Minehaha Forman

Minehaha Forman — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:47:32 +0000

Hilarious That whole scarf thing is a fad. Should we ban it along with sagging pants?

By: RockvilleSteve

RockvilleSteve — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:05:19 +0000

Keyes is a great choice for President I support Alan Keyes' decision to leave the Republicans. I think you mischaracterize his reason. The reason is that Sen. McCain doesn't come close to being a minimally acceptible candidate. I was delighted when Keyes became a candidate back in October. I've found his twice-weekly town-hall-style public conference calls to be uplifting in many ways. I encourage all of good will to dial-in and ask him about the issues that are important to them. The calls are Tuesday and Thursday nights starting at 10 pm ET. Call 231-962-8000 and enter code 340794#

I recall when three leaders of the Constitution Party -- their national chairman, their national communications director, and a national field coordinator -- came on these calls to invite Alan to seek their party's nomination. They invited Keyes supporters to volunteer to help the party in their home states in the meantime. I was one of those who responded to that invitation, and due mainly to the relative lack of Constitution Party organization in my state, I ended up being the only representative of my state at the Constitution Party's national nominating convention a few weeks later. It turned out that Dr. Keyes was not a good fit for many of the other delegates who wanted a candidate who would pull the US out of the UN immediately, and pursue various other policies that are much too isolationist to be wise, IMHO. Dr. Keyes invited all delegates to talk with him about these and other issues in conference calls before convention week. It is my understanding that some of the state chairmen were so opposed to Keyes that they did not even pass on the invitations to their delegates. I met a lot of fine folks at the Constitution Party convention, and I urge all God-fearin', liberty-lovin', sovereignty-coservin' Americans to join in the effort to get Alan Keyes on the ballot as a choice for President in as many states as possible.

I think the GOP is dead. For example, here in my own Congressional District, we had a special election in June to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by former Rep. Wynn. A mere 16,000 votes, total, would have been enough to take this seat away from the Democrats. But the GOP didn't even come close.

Best wishes,

MARYLAND INDEPENDENT PARTY

Steve Schulin,

Candidate for Congress - Maryland's 4th District

http://www.MarylandI...

liberty-lovin@md2008.net

By: RockvilleSteve

RockvilleSteve — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Keyes is a great choice for President I support Alan Keyes’ decision to leave the Republicans. I think you mischaracterize his reason. The reason is that Sen. McCain doesn’t come close to being a minimally acceptible candidate. I was delighted when Keyes became a candidate back in October. I’ve found his twice-weekly town-hall-style public conference calls to be uplifting in many ways. I encourage all of good will to dial-in and ask him about the issues that are important to them. The calls are Tuesday and Thursday nights starting at 10 pm ET. Call 231-962-8000 and enter code 340794#

I recall when three leaders of the Constitution Party — their national chairman, their national communications director, and a national field coordinator — came on these calls to invite Alan to seek their party’s nomination. They invited Keyes supporters to volunteer to help the party in their home states in the meantime. I was one of those who responded to that invitation, and due mainly to the relative lack of Constitution Party organization in my state, I ended up being the only representative of my state at the Constitution Party’s national nominating convention a few weeks later. It turned out that Dr. Keyes was not a good fit for many of the other delegates who wanted a candidate who would pull the US out of the UN immediately, and pursue various other policies that are much too isolationist to be wise, IMHO. Dr. Keyes invited all delegates to talk with him about these and other issues in conference calls before convention week. It is my understanding that some of the state chairmen were so opposed to Keyes that they did not even pass on the invitations to their delegates. I met a lot of fine folks at the Constitution Party convention, and I urge all God-fearin’, liberty-lovin’, sovereignty-coservin’ Americans to join in the effort to get Alan Keyes on the ballot as a choice for President in as many states as possible.