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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 05:07 PM
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why is keyes getting so much free media time?
why is the media promoting his candidacy's launch unlike any other in history (except maybe hillary's)?

is it because his insanity makes for good tv? is it the fact that two african americans are running? or are they rooting for the nutjob to stop obama?
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NWHarkness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 05:09 PM
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1. He's good copy
You have to admit, he isn't boring.
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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 05:11 PM
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4. he's like the ed wood movie of candidates
Edited on Tue Aug-10-04 05:11 PM by ann_coulter_is_a_man
he's so unbelievably awful that you can't stop watching him

jon stewart's going to have a lot of material btween now and november
especially inthat last month when ol' alan gets completely desperate
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K-W Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 05:09 PM
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2. Several reasons.
The conservatives are pushing him.
Obama is news, so his challenger is news.
Keyes ran for president a couple times.
First all black race.
Keyes has media connections.
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lastknowngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 05:11 PM
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3. Everybody likes to watch a train wreck
n/t
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Jim Sagle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 05:12 PM
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5. Because he's a Republican.
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 05:17 PM
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7. Yep. Imperial Amerikan Pravda is so bad, so Orwellian that IS the
answer.

Good Lord, how did things get so bad so FAST?

Or were they getting bad long ago and we just failed to notice.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 05:21 PM
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8. I second your thought! (nt)
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 05:15 PM
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6. He blotted his sweaty brow with a paper napkin.....
...now wing-nut republican operatives are bidding up the prices on Ebay. Another Karl Rove publicity stunt. These neo-cons will stoop to any level to get publicity. I wouldn't be surprised if Rove asks Keyes take a dump into a dogie bag and put that up for auction to get more press coverage.
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 05:29 PM
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9. Who cares?
The more he speaks, the more contrast people will see in his RW extremism and Obama's thoughtful modertion. Hopefully, this will reflect nationally in the way people perceive Republicans and Democrats.

It might be a good thing to let this guy get plenty of airtime....and help define Republicans as the Party of war-mongering wackos.
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fujiyama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 05:52 PM
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10. He's entertaining
He's like a circus performer. He's so bizarre and twisted. He rambles on and on.

He's a tried and true nutcase -- a candidate running for anything and everything, who has seemingly failed at everything.

This should a lot of fun...and my guess is Obama is finding this amusing as well.
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tedoll78 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 05:59 PM
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11. I'm THOUROUGHLY enjoying him!
To many, he will embody the GOP. And he will turn them off from voting for the GOP. That's great for us.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 06:01 PM
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12. 'Man bites dog'sells newspapers, etc. .
It's a freak show now, with Keyes being the Freak-in-Chief. The media has a new toy to play with, but they'll get bored with it soon enough...

:shrug:
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