Introducing……
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Battier than your belfry
Crazier than Carrie Fisher
Nuttier than Jimmy Carter’s farm
Wackier than Jerry Lewis on Speed
Madder than Maryland could handle
ALAN KEYES, YOUR 2004 ILLINOIS US SENATE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE
I need a drink.
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The Deep, Deep Abyss
Apparently, It’s Keyes. Pascoe has found another gravy train, I’m sure Proft will be along for the ride too.
UPDATE: Even better. In comments, he hasn’t accepted yet–he is thinking about it. LOL. So, what happens if he says no? I think he will run because he is that much of an egomaniac, but either way this could be delicious.
On Vasyl’s Advice
Just start combing through here for the low hanging fruit for oppo on Keyes. It’s awfully nice of him to put it in one central place for everyone, isn’t it?
From Comments
Is Tom Cross disqualified anyway because he’s not a fruitbat?
Why, yes, I think that is why he is disqualified.
Trying to Make Sense of This
Austin-Mayor makes a very good effort to find a reason the GOP is seriously considering Keyes.
My only issue here is, have we seen the Illinois GOP actually show any evidence of that level of thought in the last few months?
Highlights of the Leader Coverage
Prospective candidate Jim Oberweis is there with a supporter* carrying, ?Mexican Americans for Oberweis? signs. [*IllinoisLeader.com originally misidentified a “supporter” as an “assistant” when identifying Rosanna Pulido who was carrying a sign in support of Oberweis. Our apologies.]
I got nothing. It speaks for itself.
From The Inbox: It Gets Better
On ABC 7 in Chicago today:
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.
If You Ever Have A Friend Lose A Heartbreaking Election
Thank God for the Illinois Republican Party’s existence to return you to hysterical laughter.
Putting all the pieces together, one has to wonder if Pascoe’s engineering of this fiasco isn’t a way to get Jack! back in the race. I have no idea if that is legal/possible, but I will say that at this point I have given up saying anything is unrealistic.
That’s Democratic
If anyone is stupid enough to argue Democrat is the appropriate term for the Democrat Party, please take it up with the OED:
2. U.S. politics. (With capital D.) Name of the political party originally called Anti-Federal and afterwards Democratic-Republican, initially favouring strict interpretation of the Constitution with regard to the powers of the general government and of individual States, and the least possible interference with local and individual liberty; in opposition to the party now (since 1854) called Republican (formerly called Federals and Whigs). b. Pertaining to the Democratic party, as ?a Democratic measure?.
Rich Miller Thought He Was Living in A Sane World
Rich Miller’s Capitol Fax reported yesterday:
The latest semi-hoax played on the media about Jack Ryan’s replacement is that Alan Keyes could be tapped. Keyes is a conservative African-American Republican who got trounced in the 2000 presidential primaries and isn’t from and does not now live in Illinois. Not gonna happen
No, it wasn’t a semi-hoax. It’s a mass hysteria.