Alan Keyes: So Batshit Crazy he makes Bachmann seem sane!

[WeDidIt]

The eligibility case Obama wants no one to hear

April 2, 2010 · 11 Comments

Sec. 64. But what reason can hence advance this care of the parents due to their off-spring into an absolute arbitrary dominion of the father, whose power reaches no farther, than by such a discipline, as he finds most effectual, to give such strength and health to their bodies, such vigour and rectitude to their minds, as may best fit his children to be most useful to themselves and others; and, if it be necessary to his condition, to make them work, when they are able, for their own subsistence. But in this power the mother too has her share with the father. (John Locke, Second Treatise, Chapter VI)

On matters arising under the Constitution of the United States, the Federal courts have the power and duty to examine and decide issues of law (including the natural law) where such decisions are essential to achieving the goals set forth by the people in the Preamble to the Constitution. It was reasonable to expect that once the issue of Obama’s eligibility was brought before them, members of the Federal Judiciary, who have a sworn duty to uphold the Constitution, would examine the very real issues involved in this case and offer an opinion. That they have refused, and are still refusing to do so is dereliction of such magnitude that it threatens the very core of their authority- which lies ultimately in the respect the people owe and extend to them on account of the integrity of their faithful adherence to the Constitution from which their authority is derived.

Yet, as I have pointed out before, this dereliction extends to officials in every branch and at every level of government in the United States. The logic of the Constitution’s Framers leads to reasonable arguments that would allow a reasonable judgment to be made about Obama’s eligibility, one way or the other. Of course, the questions involved require serious examination. They cannot be prejudged until all the evidence has been gathered, and the facts it supports ascertained. These questions also involve a prudential judgment that weighs the people’s natural right to secure the blessing of liberty against the consequences of those individual rights connected with parental ties and obligations.

Neither I nor anyone else can honestly say that they are certain what that prudential judgment will or ought to be. We don’t have the facts. What is more, most of us have, in any case, no Constitutional authority to make the judgment. But those who do have the authority also have the obligation to make use of it as the public good requires.

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You just can't make this batshit crazy shit up!

[grantcart]

1. Shows you what practice can do.

[opihimoimoi]

2. Lame Attempt at sounding intelligent....NO DEAL....NO PASS

[WeDidIt]

4. This fucker takes "batshit crazy" to an entirely new level

It's chieropteran fecal dementia!

[opihimoimoi]

11. Is it the SHOCK VALUE THINGY??? he is demented

[Walk away]

3. What made him this way?

I would just like to know where this comes from in his life.

[WeDidIt]

6. Obama beat him so badly in the Senate race

It's jealousy because Obama got nearly three votes for every one vote Keyes got in the Senate campaign, then Obama went on to become the first African American president.

His egomaniacal persona cannot abide Obama's success, so naturally there are nefarious forces at work.

[pnorman]

9. "Obama beat him so badly in the Senate race"

I completely forgot that! Thanks for the reminder.

[pnorman]

12. Here's the Wiki on that senate race:

Obama vs. Keyes

Keyes, a conservative Republican from Maryland, faced an uphill battle. First, Keyes had few ties to Illinois political leaders. Second, during the time when Obama had no opponent, he had campaigned throughout the more conservative downstate regions to build up name recognition. Third, Keyes was seen as a carpetbagger, only establishing legal residency in Calumet City, Illinois days before running. The Chicago Tribune in an editorial, stated that "Mr. Keyes may have noticed a large body of water as he flew into O'Hare. That is called Lake Michigan."<27> In 2000, Keyes had attacked Hillary Clinton for running for US Senator from New York even though she had never lived there, calling her a carpetbagger.<28> Keyes attacked Barack Obama for voting against a bill that would have outlawed a form of late-term abortion.<29>

Obama ran the most successful Senate campaign for a non-incumbent in 2004, and was so far ahead in polls that he soon began to campaign outside of Illinois in support of other Democratic candidates. He gave large sums of campaign funds to other candidates and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and sent many of his volunteers to work on other races, including that of now-Congresswoman Melissa Bean who defeated then-Congressman Phil Crane in that year's election. Obama and Keyes differed on many issues including school vouchers and tax cuts, both of which Keyes supported and Obama opposed.<30>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois,_2004

[Carnage251]

10. That carpetbagger got his ass kicked 70% to 27%

[KharmaTrain]

16. Also His Daughter Came Out During That Campaign

I joke with my rushpublican acquaintances around here as to where Alan Keyes is these days. Thought he said he would settle down in Illinois...ya know, not a carpetbagger. The crickets are massive.

Another reason I think Keyes is so vindictive is that it was during this campaign that his daughter came forward about her sexuality that really embarassed Keyes. Not only was this an "embarassment" during the election (especially with the rushpublicans) but also with his "conservative" bretheren...like this was "his fault". Sheesh.

[craigmatic]

5. Well he has to turn it up a notch the crazy repub spokesmen are just bringing it too hard now a

days. Keyes is a small fish in a big conservative pond. It's hard to stand out and get that publicity money.

[Ken Burch]

7. Scary thought...

If Keyes and Bachmann mated, what would the offspring be like?

(...and no, "Michelle Malkin on crystal meth" would NOT be an acceptable answer...)

[LeftWingPunk]

8. have any of you guys been to Keyes website?

www.renewamerica.us

the website's ideas is to restore America to its founding ideals. That in and of itself isn't a bad thing but it is what they think is the founding ideals is what I hate about it.

[gateley]

13. Are there no sane politicians any more? Oh, how I long for Lee Mercer, Jr. (all three). nt

[rpannier]

14. Sad part about Keyes

When he had a show on MSNBC, I got it here in Korea.
His was the only American news show I saw where there was opposition to the Patriot Act -- Keyes did oppose it because he felt it was too much power in the hands of one man and that there was no coherent explanation as to when the Act would cease to be used.

Now he's just pathetically weird

[Enthusiast]

15. Certifiable. nt