"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 people there, so I certainly wouldn't imitate it."
--Alan Keyes, former Ambassador to the U.N. Economic and Social Council and the U.N. General Assembly, on former First Lady (and Democrat) Hillary Clinton's decision to run for the New York Senate in 2000, though she'd spent most of her life as an Arkansas resident. Clinton is now one of fourteen women in the Federal Senate.
Formber Ambassador Keyes (of Maryland) is now a Republican candidate for the Illinois Senate. He will face Democrat and State Senator Barack Obama in November.
This is, you'll recall, after the original Republican candidate, Jack Ryan, bowed out of the race after his divorce papers (he was married to Seven of Nine) had some embarrassing allegations, etc. etc. etc.
[Pause.]
Can things get any more weird in this Senate race?! Seriously. I wouldn't be surprised if sex change operations come next. Borg nanoprobes are good for something, after all.
Posted by James at August 8, 2004 10:49 AMI didn't really care for Hillary's sudden move to New York in order to run for office all that kosher, but it's typical to see that Keyes is blind to his own hypocrisy.
I agree with Zach though. A whack-job like Keyes doesn't stand a chance.
Posted by: mike at August 12, 2004 06:39 AMKeyes will be lucky to get 40% of the vote.
Posted by: zach at August 10, 2004 09:50 AMThanks for posting this! I knew that Keyes was 'against' out-of-staters running for office but hadn't been able to find such a damming quote.
Posted by: Shane at August 9, 2004 08:23 AM
