Keyes’ asked for the Libertarian nomination for US Senator from New York. NEW YORK PEOPLE!
And they turned him down.
Let me repeat:
Kevin Roy: When Pat Buchanan suggested on fox news channel in march of 2000 that he run for senate in New York, Keyes responded “I deeply resent the destruction of federalism represented by Hillary Clinton?s willingness go into a state she doesn’t even live in and pretend to represent people there, so I certainly wouldn’t imitate it.” That is from Alan Keyes three years ago. Now, he is scheduled to meet with the republican central committee at 2:00 this afternoon. They are expected to announce the final decision sometime later today.
I’m speechless.
UPDATE: Jeff’s still confirming the story is completely accurate, but someone put Keyes name up. More later I’m sure over at Random Acts of Kindness.
UPDATE 2: Another bit of information on the 1998 New York Libertarian Convention:
Then came the “race” for US senator (D’Amato’s seat). Alan Keyes didn’t show up at the convention; a spokesman for him did, although he didn’t impart much information of use to us. There was doubt expressed as to how libertarian Keyes is, but in general attendees thought there was little info by which to judge. So someone nominated me. I thought for a few seconds and said I’d accept; again it looked like we had nobody else. Then someone nominated Bill McMillen. He similarly thought a few seconds and accepted. The choice then became a decision over the possibility of Alan Keyes. When asked, I said we’d have to find out more about him, but that if Alan Keyes was considered seriously by our committee to fill vacancies, I’d consider my judgement about of equal weight to any of them, and decline my nomination in favor of Keyes’s if we thought it best. Bill said he’d not decline the nomination. He then won the nomination fairly handily.
You know, when the libertarian nut jobs don’t want you…
Pardon me Gail, but Lyndon LaRouche is a Democrat and a bigger “nut job” than any Libertarian. And two Lyndon LaRouche “nut jobs” WON the Illinois Democrat primary for Lt. Gov. and Secretary of State in 1986. Does that then make the majority of Illinois Democrats “nut jobs” for nominating Lyndon LaRouche candidates? Why yes it does. Careful with the name-calling ’cause it’ll bite you every time.
Oh yeah, I’m still not 100% sure that Keyes himself instigated seeking the LP Senate nomination in NY for 1998. All their notes say is that a Keyes “spokesman” was at the convention, but it is still unclear if he put up Keyes without his knowledge. I tend to believe Keyes sent the spokesman, but I could be wrong. I have calls in to people that were at the 98 convention trying to verify the info.
Jeff, that’s exactly what I was talking about when I said it’s all about perceptions based on little or no knowledge of the facts.
I was actually referring to Alan Keyes being a massive nut job, beyond the top scale of nutjobness. Illinois Republicans are not typically nut jobs, which is why its completely nuts that they chose him.
I didn’t live in Illinois then, but I’m willing to agree that Lyndon LaRouche is a nutjob.
More Keyes on federalism:
http://www.renewamerica.us/archives/speeches/02_09_24utah.htm
I go through all of this because I feel myself always in a little bit of an awkward position when I come into a state like this to campaign for people, because after all is said and done, I believe in federalism, and I think that the folks we send off to Washington from Utah’s Second District, and from Utah’s First District, ought to be people that reflect the views and choices of the people of Utah.