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Rich Miller has a poll up to guess what you think Keyes will get in November.
The real question maybe who can FREEP it the best.
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Where will Keyes come out on O’Hare expansion and exactly will he connect it to Natural Law, The Declaration and, of course, moral principle?
Doh.. Rodney forgot to check the law
Taking a moment away from kicking a man while he still thinks he’s standing, Rodney Alexander switched parties as the last minute before filing. This didn’t allow any Democrats to get in the race.
A voter in Louisiana is filing a legal challenge to defective Congressman Rodney Alexander’s ballot qualification, and seeks an injunction preventing the Secretary of State from issuing ballots printed with his name. The petition, filed by a voter and based on both Louisiana statute and prior precedent, rightly argues that Alexander’s SECOND filing 20 minutes before the deadline is in effect a withdrawal of his candidacy under Louisiana law since candidates are prohibited from amending their ballot qualification in any way once it has been made. Others in Louisiana have been tossed for just this kind of behavior in the past. Look for a news releases from multiple parties soon…
Or as James Carville pointed out:
James Carville said Alexander “was known as the stupidest Democrat in Louisiana, which would probably make him the smartest Republican in Washington.”
I don’t care much if you switch parties, but that was pretty sleazy and it may just backfire.
As AM points out in comments, Rodney may want to think about a race here in Illinois in 2008. Dick Durbin will need an opponent and we see how these things are going.
36% of Leader Readers Think
Barack more closely reflects the Illinois voters’ views
Don’t look at me–I voted for Keyes!
Funny, Keyes Fans Don’t Even Bother With Me
Mike Murphy takes a swing at his mail box which is filling with pro-Keyes diatribes:
Median Voter Theorem, people, median voter theorem.
Complaint two is fun:
“Dear Secular Satan, you and your godless pals at the NY Times don’t get it. Alan Keyes is a beacon of moral clarity in a time when dark forces portend a holocaust upon the innocent unborn. Trash like your so-called article doesn’t belong in The Weekly Standard. It is an honor and credit to the GOP that Amb. Keyes is running with such great courage and . . .” etc, etc.
The Weakly Joyce
Calling Dr. Johnny Fever, Calling Dr. Johnny Fever, the phone cops are on the way.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Go to the videos to see Alan Keyes singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Make sure it’s in full screen mode for the full effect.
I’m going to stop myself before making showtune jokes.
But he has never lost in November in Illinois, has he? Well, has he?
BUT LOOP FANS CAN HELP! Yes, it’s the first Loop Carpetbagger Deflection contest.
Keyes needs a sound-bite explanation for his gracious assent to move to the Land of Lincoln. Something like: “I’ve always been a Cubs fan; I decided to come clean now because I could no longer pretend to like the O’s.” Or: “Lake Michigan has no jellyfish.” Or, you can go negative: “Why, we’re practically neighbors. That joker was raised in Hawaii. You know how far Honolulu is from Chicago?” (About 6,400 miles.)
This is a two-day contest. So it’s e-mail only. Entries — to intheloop@washpost.com — must be in by 10 a.m. Friday. And you must put home, work and/or cell phone numbers on your entry. As usual, Hill and administration folks can enter on “background” or even “deep background.”
The 10 best entries will receive one of our highly coveted In the Loop T-shirts and, who knows, maybe even an invite to Keyes’s swearing-in.
Best Editorial To Date
The whole thing is good, but this is the kicker:
We are often called upon to wonder whether politicians are cynical or stupid. The Illinois Republican leaders, in their case, have made that choice unnecessary.
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