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FRIDAY OCTOBER 22 2004 10:02 AM

Illinois GOP Tries To Forget Their Senate Candidate

Submitted by jake_lex

Edited by legionnaire

The Illinois Republican Party sent a circular out to thousands of homes showing pictures and mentioning the names of Republicans running for key offices in Illinois, including President Bush and all House candidates. However, they kind of forgot about someone.

The Illinois Republican Party left U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes off a campaign mailer that touted Your 2004 Republican Team, but both sides insist the omission was not a snub.

The promotion, which doubled as an absentee ballot application, went to hundreds of thousands of homes and mentioned President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and candidates in congressional and legislative races.

GOP leaders said Keyes was not included in the mailer because he planned to send out comparable materials.

People are reading too much into this, Illinois GOP spokesman Jason Gerwig told the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday. We did our mailing and congressional candidates helped coordinate it. The Keyes campaign is doing its own thing.

OK, whatever you say. I'm sure a string of bizarre statements including excoriating Dick Cheney for tolerating his daughter Mary's lesbianism as reports that his own daughter is a lesbian too surfaced, and the fact that he trails Democratic opponent Barack Obama by 40 points in many polls has absolutely nothing to do with it. I'm sure it was a simple oversight.

Comments

Shal

Los Angeles, CA

October 2002

OCT 22, 2004 10:37 AM

If I'd done something as ridiculously stupid as appointing Alan Keyes to run against Barak Obama, I'd be trying to forget about it and pretend it never happened, too...

SignalNoise

USA

February 2004

OCT 22, 2004 10:41 AM

yea. alan keyes. whoo boy. this is like such a non-race ...

magilla

Congo

May 2003

OCT 22, 2004 11:06 AM

No accident my ass. The guy is a putz and an embarassment. Back to Maryland with him.

r00kers

Nederland, CO

February 2003

OCT 22, 2004 11:06 AM

Yes the GOP conceded this one when Mr. Hedonism II tube-steaked his campaign into the ground. They also get to throw the Keyester a bone. "Heres a sort of national forum to take your carpetbag to"

Dead_Ringer

I'm lost

September 2004

OCT 22, 2004 11:48 AM

why wern't the cheneys outraged when keyes bashed their daughter in public?

scooter11

USA

OLD SKOOL

OCT 22, 2004 11:55 AM

dead_ringer said:
why wern't the cheneys outraged when keyes bashed their daughter in public?

Because you're only a homophobe if you say a lesbian is a "Child of God." Viciously attacking homosexuals is perfectly OK. Just ask principled gay rights crusader Pat Buchanan! [/Republican hack]

[Edited on Oct 22, 2004 11:56AM]