As we see in the political world almost daily, a politician's words usually end up coming back to haunt him - whether it's John Kerry voting for the $87 billion, then against it, or George W. Bush being against a constitutional ban on gay marriage in 2000, then promoting one in 2004.
After the Jack Ryan sex scandal (the GOP's ex-senatorial candidate from Illinois who was formerly married to actress Jeri Ryan, not the character from the Tom Clancy novels), the GOP did not have a candidate to run against Barack Obama, one of the Democrats' rising stars.
As of Wednesday night, August 4, the GOP extended their invitation to conservative talk-show host Alan Keyes.
You might remember Keyes from his attempt to get the Republican Presidential nomination in 1996 and 2000. Or you might remember him as being one of those 10-Commandments supporters who arrived in Montgomery, Alabama during the Roy Moore controversy (where you could hear individuals in the crowd say how "articulate" he is, with the rest of the sentence being "for a black man".)
Alan Keyes accepted the GOP's offer, and is planning to move from his home state of Maryland to Illinois so that he can run for Senate...to...um...represent the people of Illinois.
One could say that in politics there is a fine line between irony and hypocrisy...enter Alan Keyes.
Alan Keyes appeared on Fox News in March of 2000, and had this to say of Senator Hillary Clinton:
"I deeply resent the destruction of federalism represented by Hillary Clinton's willingness to go into a state she doesn't even live in and pretend to represent the people there...So I certainly wouldn't imitate it."
Of course not, Mr. Keyes, and we would not expect you to.
more info:
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Illinois GOP offers Senate nod to Alan Keyes
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