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Live, From Hazleton, Pennsylvania: It's Alan Keyes!!
Alan Keyes informed supporters this week he is leaving the GOP and will join the Constitution Party to campaign for the presidential nomination at its national convention on April 23. He will be holding a press conference in Hazleton, Pennsylvania on April 15 to officially announce his intentions.
For those of us entertained by the unstoppable blowhard's shenanigans and unintended witticisms, this is great news. We can look forward especially for the Keyester to make an amusing nuisance of himself in the Fall when he tries to participate in the Republicrat debates (he may try to get himself arrested for trespassing at a debate which happened in 1996 the first time he ran for president).
For John McCain he'll have to sweat waiting to see what reactionary bible-thumpers like James Dobson will do. The latter has said he'll never support McCain, so Keyes might be his only alternative. It's a sure bet some of the "values voters", the Taliban wing of the GOP, may desert McCain for Keyes at the ballot box in enough states like Florida where the final result may hinge on just a few hundred votes.
Comments (2)
Brilliant. Perhaps a counter to any effect Nader might have?
March 29, 2008 10:22 AM | Reply | Permalink
Um, there will be no more "Republicrat" debates.
March 29, 2008 10:33 AM | Reply | Permalink
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