Alan Keyes starts "grassroots" effort to draft...Alan Keyes for President

[jefferson_dem]

:spray: What a freaking :+ !



Keyes supporters plan presence at Iowa Straw Poll

August 6, 2007

AMES — Supporters of Alan Keyes plan to attend the Iowa Straw Poll Aug. 11, to get Keyes' name before the public as a possible Republican presidential candidate.

"We Need Alan Keyes for President," an organization of grassroots volunteers conducting a petition drive to draft Keyes, will hand out literature, donation forms, and sign-up sheets and show video clips of the former Reagan administration diplomat.

Keyes — who in 2000 drew 14 percent in the Iowa Caucus and averaged 16 percent in his best ten states during the presidential primaries — says he is open to the possibility of running, if enough support exists at the grassroots for his candidacy.

"I've told my supporters — who, by the way, are undertaking this effort on their own — that if they can demonstrate sufficient grassroots support for me to run, I will do so," Keyes commented.

Stephen Stone, head of the draft-Keyes movement, said, "A recent AP poll suggested that the leading candidate among GOP hopefuls is 'none of the above.' One-fourth of respondents rejected all the current hopefuls — including Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, and John McCain — none of whom drew more than 21 percent. The poll also indicated that no candidate has a clear lead among Christian evangelicals."

"I predict that as the primaries approach, once the current candidates have been fully scrutinized, the GOP will find itself without a candidate who excites the party's conservative base," Stone said. "That spells a loss for Republicans in the general election."

Stone continued, "Alan Keyes has the ability to inspire the Republican base, because he shares their values and priorities, and has a record of leading out in defense of the most important conservative issues. The more people learn about this remarkable statesman — not the caricatures or misconceptions created by his opponents, but the real truth — the more they like him and endorse his deeply-held moral conservatism."

BLAH BLAH BLAH>>...http://www.alankeyes.com/articles/070806iowa.php

Hat tip to Josh at http://talkingpointsmemo.com/ ...for bringing us this little giggle...

[Tom Joad]

1. Into the Mosh Pit for Alan!

[proud patriot]

3. LOL , I just saw that recently

:rofl:

[flyingfysh]

2. was it Keyes who ran against Obama in Illinois?

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I remember Keyes. Obama won by some ridiculous margin.

[jefferson_dem]

5. Yup. That's him. Obama spanked him by 40 something percentage points.

I guess old Alan has a hankering for a rematch.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

6. 70%-27%.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/IL/S/01/index.html

:rofl:

[Tom Joad]

8. so i guess we can say Illinois was evenly divided?

well, that could be the spin, at least.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Does he have a "kick me" sign taped to his back ????

Wow.. he just does not get it.

[Mz Pip]

7. Yes, we need Alan Keyes

for president about as much as we need an epidemic of bloody diarrhea. Though you can take meds for that. Alan Keyes is incurable.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[gumby]

9. I REALLY did LOL at the OP

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Beware: the C-Span callers will be out in force. I've never seen/heard anything like the 'enthusiastic' 'support' for Keys that has been heard on 'Washington Journal.' It's like Keys has his own personal 'WJ' phone bank!!!

[Mojambo]

10. Sign me up

I'm a HUUUUUUUGE fan of Alan Keyes.


Crazy like that don't come around every day.

[madrchsod]

11. moderate republicans in northern illinois voted for obama

over keyes. keyes and his backers were the straw that broke the back of the republican party in illinois..

[Bitwit1234]

12. Lets start a contest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See who can come the closest to guessing how many times Keyes has run for something.

[provis99]

13. I've met a few of his supporters

They're even more lunatically enthralled with the leader than the looneytarians are with Ron Paul. All we need now is Newt Gingrich running, and we'd have a Republican trifecta of cult weirdness.

[TankLV]

14. Yeah - THAT'S what we need now....

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

It just gets better and better...

[draft_mario_cuomo]

15. Gingrich-Keyes

:evilgrin:

[NV Whino]

16. OMG

:rofl: