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Alan Keyes Is Not Giving Up
Alan Keyes wants the world to know he is still a presidential candidate and plans to make a last stand against John McCain in the land of the Alamo on March 4. Last week he spoke at the Texas A&M College Republicans meeting. "I feel sorry for you young folks," he said. "Where this country is headed is a place that leaves me wondering, by the time you're my age, I wonder whether you will still be living in a free country, or whether you're still living in a republic right now."
The Keyester spoke about the state of liberty in America. He said that nothing like the United States had existed before in the history of humanity. He contrasted governments of dictators scoffing at the common man - where, he said, some people counted for everything and others for nothing. The difference, Keyes said, lays in the Declaration of Independence, where it explicitly states certain inalienable rights endowed to us by our Creator and none other.
The problem is that if Alan Keyes has his way he'll return America to the time of the Declaration; women were disenfranchised, Africans were slaves, Natives were driven from their homes or exterminated, and Presidents were elected by an Electoral College consisting of political hacks appointed by state legislatures comprised of propertied white males.
Some Republic.
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