A few snippets from
http://www.campusprogress.org/rws/5057/alan-keyesThough his Birther protests are by far the wackiest of his antics, perennial loser Alan Keyes has been spouting nonsense for decades.
Keyes failed in his 1988 Maryland Senate race but tried—and failed—again in 1992. During his 1992 senate run, he made waves by taking a salary out of his campaign fund. He also ran unsuccessful presidential bids in 1996, 2000, and 2008. During his 1996 bid for the White House, he tried to force himself into a debate in Atlanta and failed.
Some startlingly offensive moments came when Marylander Keyes carpetbagged over to Illinois in 2004 to become the nominee of a Republican party that could not find another candidate to challenge Barack Obama for an open U.S. Senate seat. During an interview with Sirius radio about homosexuality, the interviewer brought up Mary Cheney, the openly gay daughter of the former Vice President Dick Cheney. Keyes quickly confirmed that she was, like all other homosexuals, a “selfish hedonist” “by definition.” Rebuked by Republicans and Democrats alike, Keyes shunted responsibility to the interviewer for bringing up Mary Cheney in the first place. He also declared that “Jesus would not vote for Obama.” When he lost, he refused to make the customary congratulatory call to his opponent.
Keyes’s daughter, Maya, came out publicly as a lesbian (and a liberal). Keyes soon kicked Maya out of the house, refusing to pay her college tuition and essentially disowning her. Maya had deferred her start at Brown to help him with his campaign, but now was left on her own to afford college. Though Maya seemed to understand her father’s decision, saying that she knew he couldn’t condone or support her activities, it seems as if Keyes was only too happy to drop his family values to keep his sense of morality intact.
Keyes’ latest 2008 loss ushered in his Birther era. Not only does he claim that Obama is not a citizen of the United States and that he’s ineligible to be president, but he brought an actual lawsuit against the president to court that was quickly dismissed.
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