Alan Keyes Update 2/11-18/08

Keyes is still persevering in his quest for the White House. He continued campaigning in Texas this week, speaking at a Texas A&M College Republicans meeting on Tuesday. At the meeting, Keyes explained what, in his mind, makes the United States different from other democracies. He said the “certain inalienable rights endowed to us by our Creator and none other”[1] in the Declaration of Independence “’uplifts every human to a status of dignity.’”[2] Last week after Mitt Romney dropped out of the race, Keyes said he would not vote for any of the Republican candidates. With regard to Romney and Guiliani, Keyes told Seattle radio host Thor Tolo he was “’not buying into this whole phony business that's been going on.’”[3] As for the two remaining Republicans, he thinks McCain “’ [has] betrayed conservatism in the name of bipartisanship, but actually in the name of trying to serve his own presidential ambition,’”[4] and Huckabee’s “’liberal’” views on everything except abortion are characteristic of what he calls “'big government conservatives.'”[5]


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[1] http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2008/02/13/News/Keyes.Ponders.Countrys.Future-3206156.shtml
[2] http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2008/02/13/News/Keyes.Ponders.Countrys.Future-3206156.shtml
[3] http://www.alankeyes.com/articles/080211tolo.php
[4] http://www.alankeyes.com/articles/080211tolo.php
[5] http://www.alankeyes.com/articles/080211tolo.php

Alan Keyes Update 2/19-25/08

Alan Keyes’ presidential campaign labored on for another week in continued obscurity. Though his name did not appear on last week’s major primary in Wisconsin, it appears Keyes is focusing his time and energy on the upcoming Texas primary. His campaign is still based in the Lone Star State.

Keyes' days

Mr. Keys spoke Wednesday to a Texas A&M College Republicans meeting where he said that by the time the attendee reached his age it would be questionable whether or not they would be living in a free country. He then went on to wonder the state of our nation and whether or not it was a republic anymore. Mr. Keyes then went on to praise America's system and how it was formed. The whole assertion of Mr. Keyes' speech was that American liberties and rights were under attack. Friday a nurse seconded the opinion that Jesus Christ would not vote for Sen. Obama because of the Senator's support of abortion. The nurse then went on to state the Obama supported infanticide recalling the Born Alive Infant Protection Act which Obama voted against. Mr. Keyes has issued a statement saying the he cannot support Sen. McCain without abandoning his conservative principles.

Alan Aims for Success

Alan Keyes, on the ballot in 24 states, maintains his indomitable enthusiasm in the race for the Republican nomination. Today, Keyes will be holding a rally in Beaumont, Texas to rouse support for his cause. He believes that Texas could be a wellspring of support for his conservative principles, so he plans to keep touring the state before the primary on March 4th. In an interview with the Beaumont Enterprise, Keyes detailed some of his views on the other candidates, remarking, "The Republican party is being hijacked" before going on to note, "Huckabee is pro-life, but liberal on other issues" and "McCain is moving in the direction of becoming a Democrat wearing a Republican label." Indeed, with Romney out of the race and Huckabee maybe to follow, Keyes may have the chance of garnering their voters. Besides his work in Beaumont, Keyes was also campaigning in the Texas cities of Lubbock and Kerrville this week. In his interview with the Beaumont Enterprise, he concluded by announcing that as of right now he has "no plans beyond winning the Texas primary and moving on to the convention, where I believe that the conservatives will come together in order to nomiinate the kind of alternative that America needs."