Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

Alan Keyes

 
Who2 Biography: Alan Keyes, Political Figure / Radio Personality
Home > Library > Miscellaneous > Who2 Biographies
Alan Keyes
Source

  • Born: 7 August 1950
  • Birthplace: New York, New York
  • Best Known As: African-American conservative and sometime presidential candidate

Alan Keyes was one of the U.S. representatives to the United Nations during the Ronald Reagan administration. In the 1990s he became one of the more well-known conservative African-Americans, thanks to his radio talk program, The Alan Keyes Show. His career as a political pundit on the TV and lecture circuit included a 2002 program on MSNBC, Alan Keyes Making Sense, but has been periodically interrupted by campaigns for elected positions. A Republican, Keyes ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in Maryland in 1988 and 1992, for the Senate in Illinois in 2004 (against Barack Obama), and for U.S. president in 1996 and 2000.

Though Keyes is sometimes called "Ambassador Keyes," the title can be a bit misleading: he served as the American ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, not as ambassador to the U.N. as a whole or to any individual nation... Opposed to a homosexual lifestyle, Keyes made headlines in 2004 when he publicly chastised Vice President Dick Cheney's gay daughter for "selfish hedonism." By the end of 2004 it became public knowledge that Keyes's own daughter, Maya, is gay.

Search unanswered questions...

Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics

Black Biography: Alan L. Keyes
Top
Home > Library > History, Politics & Society > Black Biographies

politician; lecturer; writer

Personal Information

Born Alan Lee Keyes, August 7, 1950, in New York, NY; married Jocelyn Marcel, 1981; children: Francis, Maya, Andrew.
Education: Harvard University, B.A., 1972, Ph.D., 1979.
Politics: Republican.
Religion: Catholic.

Career

U.S. Department of State, foreign service officer, 1978, consular office, Bombay, India, 1979-80, desk officer, Zimbabwe, 1980-81, policy planning staff, 1981-83, U.S. representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UNESCO), 1983-85, assistant secretary of state for International Organization Affairs, 1985-88; Republican nominee for U.S. Senate from Maryland, 1988, 1992; Citizens Against Government Waste, president, 1989-91; public speaker, lecturer, 1990- ; Alabama A&M University, interim president, 1991; WCBM Radio, Owings Mills, MD, host of nationally syndicated "America's Wake-Up Call" show; candidate for president of the United States, 1995-96.

Life's Work

After a decade of service in the U.S. Department of State, two unsuccessful bids for the U.S. Senate, and a vigorous campaign for the Republican Party presidential nomination, Alan Keyes still refused to describe himself as a politician. Calling himself instead a "moral populist," Keyes has used the fiery oratorical style of an old-time revival preacher to bring his message of conservative family values to the American public. It is a message that captured the interest of many people disillusioned with the state of American society.

Keyes was born the youngest of five children on August 7, 1950, in New York City. As a member of a military family, Keyes lived in several locations in the United States and Italy during his childhood. The Keyes family stressed education, and Alan was a high achiever from the start. At his high school in San Antonio, Texas, Keyes was president of the student council. By the time he was a teenager, Keyes had already embraced conservative political views. At the age of 16, he was elected president of the American Legion Boys Nation, the first African American ever to hold that post. He used that position to deliver resounding speeches in support of the Vietnam War. Keyes's speech "The Blessings of Liberty, the Blessings of Life" won the Legion's annual contest during his junior year in high school.

Upon graduation from high school, Keyes enrolled at Cornell University, where he became a disciple of Allan Bloom, author of the best-selling book, The Closing of the American Mind. In 1969, Keyes's freshman year, black militants took over the student center at Cornell. Keyes chose to speak out against the takeover. Taken aback by the tactics employed by the militants, he quit the university's African American Society. Keyes's opposition to the militancy on campus did not go over well with some activists, and, after receiving threats from fellow black students, Keyes left Cornell.

After spending a year in Paris, Keyes returned to the United States and enrolled at Harvard. He spent most of the next decade at Harvard, eventually earning a Ph.D. in political science. Upon completing his graduate studies, Keyes went to work for the U.S. State Department in 1978. The big break in his diplomatic career came within a couple of years, when he was serving as U.S. vice consul in Bombay, India. When visiting diplomat Jeane Kirkpatrick came under verbal attack during a meeting, Keyes used his rhetorical skills to defend her. She returned the favor by serving as a mentor to Keyes. By the time Kirkpatrick became the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (UN) in 1981, Keyes's career was on the fast track.

His meteoric rise in the State Department included a spot as desk officer for southern African affairs, membership on the department's Policy Planning Council, a stint as ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and a position as assistant secretary of state for International Organizational Affairs. At the State Department, Keyes was an ardent supporter of U.S. president Ronald Reagan's policies concerning South Africa, and he was often chosen to articulate the administration's argument against imposing economic sanctions. Because of his support for Reagan, Keyes was frequently criticized by African American leaders. Rep. George Crockett of Michigan, for example, was quoted in the Washington Post as stating that Keyes was merely the black man that the Reagan administration liked to "trot out" to put forth policies "hated by the overwhelming majority of blacks."

In 1987, Keyes was the highest ranking African American in the State Department. However, he abruptly resigned after a confrontation with deputy secretary of state John C. Whitehead. The dispute focused around the issue of how U.S. funds should be allocated to different agencies within the UN. Keyes also believed that Whitehead snubbed him at a meeting, addressing questions to his white subordinates rather than directly to Keyes.

In 1988, Keyes ran for the U.S. Senate against Maryland Democrat Paul Sarbanes, a popular incumbent in a heavily Democratic state. The Senate campaign was managed by William Kristol, Keyes's roommate at Harvard. Kristol, who resigned as Secretary of Education William Bennett's chief of staff to direct the campaign, would later become chief of staff for Vice President Dan Quayle and a top Republican Party strategist. Keyes lost the election, receiving only 38 percent of the vote. However, he became a more recognizable figure outside of the diplomatic arena.

Keyes served as president of Citizens Against Government Waste, a Washington-based organization founded by newspaper columnist Jack Anderson and businessman J. Peter Grace, from 1989 until 1991. He also worked extensively as a public speaker, a role in which he had always excelled. According to the Washington Post, Jeane Kirkpatrick referred to Keyes as "one of the most dramatically articulate people I've ever known in my life." Richard Kennedy, a New Hampshire State Representative, remarked in the New York Times that Keyes "makes [Jesse Jackson] sound like he stutters." Keyes was able to command as much as $7,500 for each speaking engagement.

In 1992, Keyes made another run for the U.S. Senate against Barbara Mikulski, a Democratic incumbent from Maryland. He was defeated again, receiving only 29 percent of the vote. Following the 1992 election, Keyes was criticized for his handling of campaign finances. Many contributors became angry when it was revealed that Keyes paid himself a generous salary of $8,500 per month from the campaign fund. In addition, a campaign debt of about $44,500 was never repaid, much to the dismay of businesses that had provided Keyes's campaign team with essential services.

Following his second unsuccessful Senate campaign, Keyes decided to try a new outlet for his oratorical skills. He became host of his own talk radio show, "America's Wake-Up Call: The Alan Keyes Show," at WCBM Radio in Baltimore. Airing weekdays from 9:00 AM until noon, the show provided Keyes with a forum for his staunchly conservative views on everything from foreign policy to the deterioration of the family structure in the United States.

As a result of his radio show, Keyes was able to drum up tremendous grass roots support for his conservative causes. On March 26, 1995, he formally announced his candidacy for president. By entering the race, Keyes became the first African American in the twentieth century to run for president as a Republican. In his campaign rhetoric, Keyes tended to focus almost entirely on moral issues and the decline of family life in the United States. His key campaign platform was his adamant opposition to abortion. Drawing from his background as both a devout Catholic and a career diplomat, Keyes's speeches were likely to invoke the Bible and the Declaration of Independence with equal frequency.

Keyes's presidential campaign gained new supporters when a February of 1995 speech he delivered in New Hampshire was replayed on the Christian radio show "Focus on the Family" by its host, James Dobson. The speech, in which Keyes decried the decline of morality in the United States, aired on approximately 1,500 stations nationwide and sparked a flood of supportive phone calls to the show. Throughout the campaign, Keyes received his strongest support from members of the Christian right, a group that is almost entirely white and Protestant. To those familiar with Keyes and his constant willingness to go against the political grain, that odd marriage made perfect sense.

Works

Writings

  • Masters of the Dream: The Strength and Betrayal of Black America, Morrow, 1995.

Further Reading

Sources

  • Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, May 20, 1995, p. 1446.
  • Jet, April 17, 1995, p. 6.
  • Los Angeles Times, June 5, 1995, p. A1.
  • MultiCultural Review, September 1995, pp. 24-27, 53-56.
  • Nation, October 30, 1995, pp. 500-503.
  • National Review, May 1, 1995, pp. 30-32.
  • New Republic, April 17, 1995, pp. 16-18.
  • New York Times, September 18, 1987, p. A3; March 27, 1995, p. A8; August 9, 1995, p. A16.
  • Washington Post, September 18, 1987; September 11, 1988; August 25, 1992, p. B1.

— Robert R. Jacobson

Wikipedia: Alan Keyes
Top
Home > Library > Miscellaneous > Wikipedia
Alan Lee Keyes

In office
November 6, 1985 – November 17, 1987
President Ronald Reagan
Preceded by Gregory J. Newell
Succeeded by Richard S. Williamson
Born August 7, 1950 (age 58)
Long Island, New York
Nationality US citizen
Political party Republican (1968-March 26, 2008)
Constitution (March 27, 2008-April 26, 2008)
America's Independent (April 27, 2008-present)
Spouse(s) Sara Keyes
Children three, including Maya Keyes
Residence Maryland
Religion Roman Catholic
Website http://www.alankeyes.com/

Alan Lee Keyes (born August 7, 1950) is an American conservative political activist, author and former diplomat, and perennial candidate for public office.[1][2] He ran for President of the United States in 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2008, and was a Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1988, 1992, and 2004. Keyes served in the U.S. Foreign Service, was appointed Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations under President Ronald Reagan, and served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1985 to 1987.

Contents

Personal life and family

Born in a naval hospital on Long Island, New York,[3] Keyes was the fifth child to Allison and Gerthina Keyes, a U.S. Army sergeant and a teacher. Due to his father's tours of duty, the Keyes family traveled frequently. Keyes lived in Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Virginia and overseas in Italy[citation needed].

After high school, Keyes attended Cornell University, where he was a member of the Cornell University Glee Club and The Hangovers. He studied political philosophy with American philosopher and essayist Allan Bloom and has said that Bloom was the professor who influenced him most in his undergraduate studies.[3] Later, Keyes received death threats for opposing Vietnam war protesters who seized a campus building.[4] Keyes has stated that a passage of Bloom's book, The Closing of the American Mind, refers to this incident,[5] speaking of an African-American student "whose life had been threatened by a black faculty member when the student refused to participate in a demonstration" at Cornell.[6] Shortly thereafter, he left the school and spent a year in Paris under a Cornell study abroad program connected with Bloom[citation needed].

Keyes continued his studies at Harvard University, where he resided at Winthrop House, and completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in government affairs in 1972. During his first year of graduate school, Keyes's roommate was Bill Kristol. In 1988, Kristol ran Keyes' unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign in Maryland.[7]

Keyes earned his PhD in government affairs from Harvard University in 1979, having written a dissertation on Alexander Hamilton and constitutional theory, under Harvey C. Mansfield.[8] Due to student deferments and a high draft number, Keyes was not drafted to serve in Vietnam. Keyes and his family were staunch supporters of the war in Vietnam, where his father served two tours of duty.[9] Keyes was criticized by opponents of the war in Vietnam, but he says he was supporting his father and his brothers, who were also fighting in the war.[10]

Keyes is married to Jocelyn Marcel Keyes, an Indian from Calcutta. The couple has three children — Francis, Maya, and Andrew. Keyes is a traditional Catholic and is a third-degree Knight of Columbus.[11][12]

In 2005, when Maya Keyes was 20 years old she came out as a lesbian. There were reports her family threw her out of the house and stopped talking to her.[13][14] In an interview with Metro Weekly, a Washington, D.C. LGBT newspaper, Maya confirmed that her father "cut off all financial support". In this same report Maya said "It doesn't make much sense for him to be [financially] supporting someone who is working against what he believes in."[15] Alan Keyes contradicted reports about his having disowned his daughter in October 2007. In response to a caller, Keyes said that he loves his daughter and that she knows she has a home with him. He asserted that he never cut her off and never would because it would be "wrong in the eyes of God." He also said he would not be coerced into "approving of that which destroys the soul" of his daughter. He contended that he must "stand for the truth [Jesus Christ] represents" even if it breaks his heart.[16]

On May 8, 2009, Keyes and 21 others were arrested while protesting President Barack Obama's commencement speech at University of Notre Dame. He was charged with trespassing and released on $250 bond.[17] He was arrested a second time on May 16. [18]

Diplomat

A year before completing his doctoral studies, Keyes joined the United States Department of State as a protégé of UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick.[19] In 1979, he was assigned to the consulate in Mumbai, India, where, as a desk officer, he met his wife Jocelyn Marcel.[20] The following year, Keyes was sent to serve at the embassy in Zimbabwe.[21]

In 1981 Keyes settled in Washington, D.C. as a member of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff[citation needed]. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan appointed Keyes to the United Nations with the full rank of ambassador. He continued as ambassador to the UN[citation needed] until 1985, when he was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations, a position he held until 1987. His stay at the UN provoked some controversy, leading Newsday to say "he has propounded the more unpopular aspects of US policy with all the diplomatic subtlety of the cannon burst in Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture."[22] He also served on the staff of the National Security Council.[23]

At a fundraiser for Keyes' Senate campaign, President Reagan spoke of Keyes' time as an ambassador, saying that he "did such an extraordinary job ... defending our country against the forces of anti-Americanism." Reagan continued, "I've never known a more stout-hearted defender of a strong America than Alan Keyes."[24] In 1987 Keyes was appointed a resident scholar for the American Enterprise Institute. His principal research for AEI was diplomacy, international relations, and self-government.[25]

Following government service, Ambassador Keyes was President of Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) from 1989 to 1991, and founded CAGW's National Taxpayers' Action Day. In 1991, he served as Interim President of Alabama A&M University, in Huntsville, Alabama.[26]

Role in the Reagan Administration

Among the U.S. delegation to the 1984 World Population Conference in Mexico City, Keyes was selected by Reagan as deputy chairman. In that capacity, Keyes negotiated the language of the Mexico City Policy to withhold federal funds from international organizations that support abortion.[27][28] Additionally, Keyes fought against an Arab-backed U.N. resolution calling for investigation of Israeli settlements. The measure passed 83-2, with 15 abstentions and only Israel and the U.S. voting against it.[29] Reagan again appointed Keyes to represent the U.S. at the 1985 Women's Conference in Nairobi.[28]

During his time at the United States Department of State, Keyes defended the Reagan policy of not imposing economic sanctions on South Africa as punishment for apartheid.[30] Stated Keyes, "I see the black people in South Africa as the most critical positive factor for eliminating apartheid and building the future of that country ... And that is not something you do with rhetoric, slogans and noninvolvement. It's not something you will achieve through disinvestment."[22]

Political campaigns

See also: Electoral history of Alan Keyes

Maryland Senate campaign 1988 and 1992

In 1988, Keyes was drafted by the Maryland Republican Party to run for the United States Senate, and received 38 percent of the vote against incumbent Democrat Paul Sarbanes, who ended up winning the election.[31] Four years later, he ran again for the Senate from Maryland, coming in first in a field of 13 candidates in the Republican primary. Against Democrat Barbara Mikulski, he received 29 percent in the general election.[32]

During the 1992 election, Keyes attracted controversy when he took a $8,463/month salary from his campaign fund.[33]

U.S. presidential election campaign 1996

Keyes sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1996,[34] in an effort to force abortion to the center of America's public policy debate. Many Republican leaders saw this as unnecessary and divisive.[35] Keyes was particularly critical of Clinton during his campaign, saying, "This guy lies, but he lies with passion." He questioned whether a Republican candidate who is truthful, yet cold and heartless, had a chance to win against the incumbent.[36] However, Keyes was especially critical of Pat Buchanan, once saying during an interview on the Talk from the Heart program with Al Kresta simulcast on KJSL-AM St. Louis and WMUZ-FM Detroit that Buchanan had a "black [evil] heart." Keyes' entry into the Republican race after Buchanan had secured victories in New Hampshire and Louisiana led many to believe that Keyes was a stalking horse for neoconservative elements in the G.O.P., since Buchanan had been a well-known ardent foe of abortion and had suffered political fallout for bringing abortion and "cultural war" to the center of the public policy debate. Later during the primaries, Keyes was briefly detained by Atlanta police when he tried to force his way into a debate to which he had been invited, and then disinvited. He was never formally arrested and was eventually picked up 20 minutes later by Atlanta's Mayor at the time, Bill Campbell.[37][38]

U.S. presidential election campaign 2000

Keyes again campaigned for the Republican nomination in the 2000 primaries on a pro-life, family values, tax reform plank.[39] In Iowa, he finished 3rd, drawing 14 percent[40] in a crowded field. He stayed in the race after the early rounds and debated the two remaining candidates, John McCain and George W. Bush, in a number of nationally televised debates. His best showing in the presidential primaries was in Utah, where he received 20 percent of the vote.[41] He was also noted for jumping into a mosh pit during the Iowa caucus as part of a segment on Michael Moore's TV series The Awful Truth.

Illinois Senate campaign 2004

Main article: Illinois United States Senate election, 2004

On August 8, 2004 – with 86 days to go before the general election – the Illinois Republican Party drafted Alan Keyes to run against Democratic Illinois Senate member and future President of The United States Barack Obama for the U.S. Senate, after the Republican nominee, Jack Ryan, withdrew due to a sex scandal, and other potential draftees (most notably former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka) declined to run. The Washington Post called Keyes a "carpetbagger"[42] since he "had never lived in Illinois."[43][44] When asked to answer charges of carpetbagging in the context of his earlier criticism of Hillary Clinton, he called her campaign "pure and planned selfish ambition", but stated that in his case he felt a moral obligation to run after being asked to by the state GOP. "You are doing what you believe to be required by your respect for God's will, and I think that that's what I'm doing in Illinois".[45]

Keyes, who opposes abortion in all cases,[46] said in a September 7, 2004 news conference that Jesus Christ would not vote for Obama[47] because of votes that Obama — then a member of the Illinois Senate Judiciary committee and a lecturer in constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School — cast in 2001 against a package of three anti-abortion bills that Obama argued were too broad and unconstitutional. The legislation, which provided "that a live child born as a result of an abortion shall be fully recognized as a human person,"[48] passed the Republican-controlled Illinois Senate, but failed to pass out of the Democratic-controlled Illinois House Judiciary committee.[49] After the election, Keyes declined to congratulate Obama, explaining that his refusal to congratulate Obama was "not anything personal", but was meant to make a statement against "extend[ing] false congratulations to the triumph of what we have declared to be across the line" of reasonable propriety. He said that Obama's position on moral issues regarding life and the family had crossed that line. "I'm supposed to make a call that represents the congratulations toward the triumph of that which I believe ultimately stands for ... a culture evil enough to destroy the very soul and heart of my country? I cannot do this. And I will not make a false gesture," Keyes said.[50]

Keyes was also criticized for his views on homosexuality. In an interview with Michelangelo Signorile, a gay radio host, Keyes defined homosexuality as centering in the pursuit of pleasure, literally "selfish hedonism". When Signorile asked if Mary Cheney, Vice President Dick Cheney's avowed lesbian daughter, fit the description and was therefore a "selfish hedonist", Keyes replied, "Of course she is. That goes by definition."[51] Media sources picked up on the exchange, reporting that Keyes had "trashed", "attacked," and "lashed out at" Mary Cheney, and had called her a "sinner" – provoking condemnation of Keyes by gay Republicans and several GOP leaders.[52][53] Keyes noted that it was an interviewer, not he, who brought up Mary Cheney's name in the above incident, and he told reporters, "You have tried to personalize the discussion of an issue that I did not personalize. The people asking me the question did so, and if that's inappropriate, blame the media. Do not blame me."[54][55][56]

During the campaign, Keyes outlined an alternative to reparations for slavery. His specific suggestion was that, for a period of one or two generations, African-Americans who were descended from slaves would be exempt from the federal income tax (though not from the FICA tax that supports Social Security).[57] Keyes said the experiment "would become a demonstration project for what I believe needs to be done for the whole country, which is to get rid of the income tax."[58] He also called for the repeal of the 17th Amendment in order that US Senators should be appointed by state legislatures and no longer be directly elected.[59]

Keyes finished with 27% of the vote[60] despite winning a small number of southern Illinois counties.[61]

U.S. presidential election campaign 2008

See also: Alan Keyes presidential campaign, 2008 and United States presidential election, 2008

On June 5, 2007, We Need Alan Keyes for President was formed as a political action committee to encourage Keyes to enter the 2008 presidential election.[62] On September 14, 2007, Keyes officially announced his candidacy in an interview with radio show host Janet Parshall.[63] On September 17, 2007, Keyes participated in the Values Voter Debate streamed live on Skyangel, the Values Voter website, and radio. In a straw poll of the attending audience, Keyes placed third among the invited candidates, after Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul.[64] Keyes was excluded from the Republican CNN/YouTube debate on November 28, 2007. Keyes' campaign response called the exclusion, "arbitrary, unfair, and presumptuous" arguing that CNN was playing the role of "gatekeeper" for the presidential election.[65]

On December 12, 2007, Keyes participated in the Des Moines Register's Republican presidential debate that was televised nationwide by PBS and carried by the cable news networks. This was the first major presidential debate that Keyes participated in during the 2008 election season and it also was the last Republican debate before the Iowa Caucuses.[66][67] Although Keyes wasn't listed on the latest national CNN poll leading up to the debate,[68] he registered with at least 1 percent of the Iowa vote in order to participate.[69] During the debate, after the moderator began to ask a question of Texas Congressman Ron Paul, Keyes insisted he wasn't getting fair treatment. He interrupted the debate moderator at one point, saying that she hadn't called on him in several rounds and that he had to make an issue of it.[70] He went on the offensive against his opponents during the debate, criticizing Rudy Giuliani's pro-choice position, as well as Mitt Romney's recent change in position on the same subject. In answering a question about global warming, he continued his criticisms of other candidates, saying, "I'm in favor of reducing global warming, because I think the most important emission we need to control is the hot air emission of politicians who pretend one thing and don't deliver".[67] He also advocated ending the income tax, establishing state-sanctioned prayer in public schools, and abolishing abortion.[70] Toward the end of the debate, Keyes stated he could not support Giuliani if he were to win the nomination due to the former New York mayor's position on abortion.[71]

In the Iowa caucuses, Keyes did not appear on any of the election totals.[72] Keyes stated that many of the caucus locations he visited did not list him as a choice. His campaign CEO, Stephen Stone blamed much of this on the Keyes' decision to enter the race late and the media. Stone explained that the media would not acknowledge Keyes' candidacy, making it difficult to run an effective campaign.[72]

Keyes at a 2008 campaign rally

Keyes supports an amendment to the Constitution barring same-sex marriage.[73] He stated he would not have gone to war in Iraq,[74] but also said that the war was justified[75] and defended President George W. Bush's decision in one of his 2004 debates.[76] Keyes has stated that troops should stay in Iraq,[77] but also said that he would have turned over operations to the United Nations.[78] However, Keyes has also stated that even while he was an ambassador there he was not a supporter of the United Nations.[79]

After the early states, Keyes exclusively campaigned in Texas,[80] where he finished with 0.60 percent of all votes cast.[81]

Following Texas, the Keyes campaign moved to seeking the Constitution Party nomination, but he continued to appear on several Republican ballots. On May 6, Keyes scored his best showing of the campaign by winning 2.7% for fourth place in North Carolina, earning him two delegates to the Republican National Convention.

Departure from the Republican Party

Keyes first stated that he was considering leaving the Republican Party during a January 2008 appearance on The Weekly Filibuster radio show.[82] He did not withdraw his candidacy after John McCain won the necessary 1,191 delegates to the Republican National Convention, even though he was no longer campaigning for the Republican nomination.[80] On March 27, 2008, Keyes' campaign website began displaying the Constitution Party's logo, along with a parody of the trademarked GOP logo in the form of a dead elephant.[83] This appeared to be an indication of Keyes' intentions to quit the Republican party and to begin officially seeking the Constitution Party's presidential nomination.

On April 15, Keyes confirmed his split from the Republican Party and his intention to explore the candidacy of the Constitution Party.[84][85] He lost his bid for the party's nomination, however, coming in second to 2004 CP vice presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin at the party's national convention in Kansas City, Missouri on April 26, 2008.[86] During the convention, the party's founder, Howard Phillips, gave a controversial speech in which he referred to Keyes as "the Neocon candidate" who "lingered in the Republican Party until a week ago."[87] Following the defeat, Keyes held an interview with Mike Ferguson[88] in which he compared his defeat to an abortion.[89] Later, Keyes told a group of his supporters that he was "prayerfully considering" making a continued bid for the presidency as an independent candidate,[90] and asserted his refusal to endorse Baldwin's candidacy.[91]

Instead, Keyes formed a new third party, America's Independent Party, for his presidential candidacy. America's Independent Party gained the affiliation of a faction of California's American Independent Party. However, the AIP ticket, which had Brian Rohrbough of Colorado as its vice presidential candidate, was only on the ballot in California, Colorado, and Florida.

In the federal election held on November 4, 2008, Keyes received 47,694 votes nationally to finish seventh.[92] About 86% (40,673) of the votes he received were cast in California.

Obama citizenship lawsuit

Main articles: Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories#Keyes v. Bowen and Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories

Keyes filed a lawsuit on November 14, 2008 against the California Secretary of State, then-President-elect Barack Obama, then-Vice President-elect Joe Biden, and California's 55 Democratic electors,[93][94] seeking to challenge Obama's eligibility for the US Presidency. The suit requests that Obama provide documentation that he is a natural born citizen of the United States.[95][96]

Following Obama's inauguration, Keyes denied he had been constitutionally inaugurated, refused to call him president, and called him an "usurper" and a "radical communist".[97][98]

Media and advocacy

Keyes has worked as a media commentator and talk show personality. In 1994, he began hosting a syndicated radio show called The Alan Keyes Show: America's Wake-Up Call from Arlington, Virginia. The show became simulcast on cable's National Empowerment Television in 1997.[99] Keyes also launched various web-based organizations — notably Renew America and the Declaration Foundation, both headquartered in Washington, D.C.

In 2002, he hosted a live television commentary show, Alan Keyes Is Making Sense, on the MSNBC cable news channel.[100] The network canceled the show in July, citing poor ratings. The cancellation triggered a currently ongoing boycott led by Jewish activism website Mesora.org that numbers more than 72,000 members.[101] The show was unsympathetic to supporters of the al-Aqsa Intifadah – whom Keyes frequently debated on the program – and supported the Israeli crackdown on Palestinians. The show also featured critical discussion of homosexuality and of priests accused in the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandals. The last episode was broadcast on June 27, 2002. As a result of Keyes' strong advocacy of Israel on his MSNBC show, in July 2002 the state of Israel awarded him a special honor "in appreciation of his journalistic endeavors and his integrity in reporting" and flew him in to meet Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.[102]

In August 2003, Keyes came out in defense of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, citing both the U.S. Constitution and the Alabama constitution as sanctioning Moore's (and Alabama's) authority to publicly display the Ten Commandments in the state's judicial building, in defiance of a court order from U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson.[103][104] Although the monument was ultimately removed by state authorities, the issue impelled Keyes to spend the next year advocating his understanding of the Constitution's protection of the right of states to display monuments that reflect the religious sentiments of the people in their states. As a result, he published an essay describing his rationale titled "On the establishment of religion: What the Constitution really says."[105]

In early 2005, Keyes sought to intervene in the Terri Schiavo case, arguing that Schiavo's life was protected by the Florida constitution, and that Governor Jeb Bush had final authority to determine the outcome of the case under state provisions. He attempted to meet with Bush to discuss the provisions of Florida law that authorized the governor to order Schiavo's feeding tubes reinserted – something Bush claimed he wished to do, but for which he said he lacked authority – but the governor declined to meet with Keyes. Keyes subsequently wrote an essay directed openly at Governor Bush titled "Judicial review and executive responsibility",[106] days after Schiavo's feeding tube had been removed.

In November 2006, Keyes criticized Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney for instituting gay marriage entirely on his own – according to Keyes – with no requirement or authority to do so under Massachusetts law. Keyes said Romney's actions, which he suggested were due to a complete misunderstanding of his role as governor and of the limitations of the judicial branch of government, were not necessitated by a ruling of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in November 2003 that directed the state legislature to institute same-sex marriage. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial court had ruled that the state law banning same-sex marriage was not constitutional.[107] The court gave the Massachusetts Legislature 180 days to modify the law; after it failed to do so, Gov. Mitt Romney ordered town clerks to begin issuing marriage licenses on May 17, 2004, in compliance with the court ruling.[108]

Commenting on the issue, Keyes asked rhetorically, "Since the legislature has not acted on the subject, you might be wondering how it is that homosexuals are being married in Massachusetts. It's because Mitt Romney, who is telling people he's an opponent of same-sex marriage, forced the justices of the peace and others to perform same-sex marriage, all on his own, with no authorization or requirement from the court. Tells you how twisted our politicians have become."[109]

Keyes serves on the board of advisors for the Catholic League, a non-profit, Roman Catholic advocacy group headed by William A. Donohue. He is also on the advisory boards of Eagle Forum, the American Life League, Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, and the American Coalition of Life Activists. He is involved in the promotion of the Constitution Party's Save America Summit, the Christian Exodus separatist movement, and evangelists Wiley Drake and Flip Benham.[citation needed]

Keyes also made a widely discussed appearance in the 2006 film Borat.[110][111][112][113][114][115]

Further reading

  • Masters of the Dream: The Strength and Betrayal of Black America by Alan Keyes, William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1994. ISBN 0-688-09599-2
  • Our Character, Our Future by Alan Keyes, Zondervan, 1996. ISBN 0-310-20816-5
  • The Jerusalem Alternative: Moral Clarity for Ending the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Dmitry Radyshevsky (Editor), Jenny Grigg (Editor), 2004. ISBN 0-89221-592-5 Contains speeches from the inaugural Jerusalem Summit, featuring: Richard Perle, Benjamin Netanyahu, Alan Keyes, Daniel Pipes, and other leading intellectual and political leaders.
  • Leadership Defined: In-Depth Interviews with America's Top Leadership Experts by Richard Tyler, Alexander M. Haig, Warren Bennis, Alan Keyes, 2004. ISBN 1-932863-10-9
  • Judicial Tyranny by Mark Sutherland, William J. Federer, Dave Meyer, 2005. ISBN 0-9753455-6-7 Features conservative perspectives on the United States judicial system from Mark Sutherland, US Attorney General Ed Meese, Ambassador Alan Keyes, Dave Meyer, Phyllis Schlafly, the Honorable Howard Phillips, Alan Sears, William Federer, Ben DuPre, Rev. Rick Scarborough, David Gibbs, Mathew Staver, Don Feder and Herb Titus.

References

  1. ^ Tricia Miller (2008-02-05). "Previewing Connecticut". MSNBC. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/05/640937.aspx. Retrieved 2008-02-20. 
  2. ^ Marc Fisher (2005-02-13). "When Sexuality Undercuts A Family's Ties". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20005-2005Feb12.html. Retrieved 2008-02-20. 
  3. ^ a b "Alan Keyes on C-SPAN's Road to the White House". 1999-09-09. http://www.renewamerica.us/archives/transcript.php?id=97. Retrieved 2007-09-20. 
  4. ^ "Race for the Presidency: Alan Keyes". The Boston Globe. http://graphics.boston.com/news/politics/campaign2000/candidates/keyes/bio/html/print.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-10. 
  5. ^ Kovner, Rachel P. (February 3, 2000). "Fifteen Minutes: This Man Is Running For President: What Alan Keyes Learned at Harvard". The Harvard Crimson. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=100163. Retrieved 2007-12-13. 
  6. ^ Bloom, Allan (Simon & Schuster, 1987). The Closing of the American Mind ISBN 0-671-65715-1 p. 316
  7. ^ America's wake-up call? Alan Keyes strikes a chord with Iowa voters Jan. 25, 2000
  8. ^ "The Declaration of Independence and the Spirit of American Law :: Alan Keyes Archives". Keyesarchives.com. 1997-02-21. http://www.keyesarchives.com/transcript.php?id=40. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  9. ^ "Arlington National Cemetery - Allison L. Keyes". http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/alkeyes.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-31. 
  10. ^ "WGN "News at 9" segment on Alan Keyes". renewamerica.us. 2004-09-20. http://www.renewamerica.us/archives/media/interviews/04_09_20wgn.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-31. 
  11. ^ "Alan Keyes, Previously Candidate for U.S. President & Vice President, November 4, 2008 California General Election". Vote-usa.org. 2008-11-04. http://www.vote-usa.org/Intro.aspx?State=FL&Id=ILKeyesAlanL. Retrieved 2009-09-13. 
  12. ^ "2008 Presidential Candidates". [1]. 2008. http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/alan-keyes/. Retrieved 2008-06-03. 
  13. ^ "Alan Keyes' Daughter Coming Out". http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/13/politics/main673732.shtml. 
  14. ^ "Maya Keyes (Alan Keyes' Daughter) Sets the Record Gay in Interview Exclusive". http://www.opednews.com/cardinale_021505_keyes.htm. 
  15. ^ William O'Bryan and Randy Shulman (2005-02-24). "Maya Keyes: Her Father's Daughter". Metro Weekly. http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=1468. Retrieved 2009-03-23. 
  16. ^ "Alan Keyes on the Bill Haft show WBOB 1320 AM". Bill Haft show. 2007-10-02. http://archives.alankeyes.com/play.php?mp3=123. Retrieved 2007-12-12. 
  17. ^ South Bend Tribune. "Activist Keyes has May 28 court date following ND arrest". South Bend Tribune. http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090511/News01/905119921/1129/News. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  18. ^ South Bend Tribune. "Keyes back in jail after Notre Dame protest". Southbendtribune.com. http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090516/News01/905160320/1011/News. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  19. ^ "Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick endorses Alan Keyes :: Alan Keyes Archives". Keyesarchives.com. 2004-10-14. http://www.keyesarchives.com/transcript.php?id=368. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  20. ^ http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~karenhsu/articles_clean/Alan_Keyes
  21. ^ "Alan Keyes". Nndb.com. http://www.nndb.com/people/092/000025017. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  22. ^ a b "Undiplomatic Diplomat: Outspoken Black Ambassador May Get Top State Department Post". The Post-Standard. 1985-06-18. http://www.ronaldreaganarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=20524780_clean&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=25&currentPage=0. Retrieved 2007-10-03. 
  23. ^ "Tavis Smiley . Special Feature . All-American Presidential Forums . Republican Candidates: Alan Keyes". http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/special/forums/candidates/keyes.html. Retrieved 2007-10-04. 
  24. ^ "Ronald Reagan's Remarks at a Fundraising Luncheon for Senatorial Candidate Alan Keyes in Baltimore, Maryland". 1988-10-26. http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1988/102688a.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-31. 
  25. ^ "Alan Keyes, Resident Scholar in Foreign Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute". http://www.ashbrook.org/events/lecture/1989/keyes.html. 
  26. ^ "AMBASSADOR ALAN KEYES". Ambassador Speakers Bureau. http://www.ambassadorspeakers.com/ACP/speakers.aspx?name=AMBASSADOR%20ALAN%20KEYES&speaker=7. Retrieved 2007-07-31. 
  27. ^ Alan Keyes (2007-09-17). "Values Voter Presidential Debate, September 17, 2007, Fort Lauderdale, Florida". http://www.renewamerica.us/archives/transcript.php?id=429. Retrieved 2007-10-03. 
  28. ^ a b "Major Issues Lecture: The United Nations and American Foreign Policy". 1989-03-09. http://www.ashbrook.org/events/lecture/1989/keyes.html. Retrieved 2007-10-03. 
  29. ^ "Panel Issues Slap Against Israel". The Capital. 1984-08-14. http://www.sanantonioarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=5015600_clean&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=25&currentPage=0. Retrieved 2007-10-04. 
  30. ^ Lowry, Rich (1995-05-01). "Word of mouth - Republican presidential hopeful Alan Keyes". National Review. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n8_v47/ai_16929544. Retrieved 2007-07-31. 
  31. ^ Dallas L. Dendy Jr. (1989-04-20) (PDF). Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1988. Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. p. 19. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1988election.pdf. 
  32. ^ Dallas L. Dendy Jr. (1995-05-31) (PDF). Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1992. Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. p. 31. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992election.pdf. 
  33. ^ "The Buying of the President 2008 : Archives : The Buying of the President 2000 - Alan Keyes". Buyingofthepresident.org. http://www.buyingofthepresident.org/index.php/archives/2000/538/. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  34. ^ Richard Lacayo. "Bottoming out in the presidential race can still pay off big time for the losing candidates". http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/analysis/time/9603/25/lacayo.shtml. Retrieved 2007-10-04. 
  35. ^ "The Republicans". http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/gop.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-04. 
  36. ^ Kevin Sack (1996-01-28). "3 Republicans Seek a Boost in Louisiana". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E1DB1639F93BA15752C0A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1. Retrieved 2007-12-14. 
  37. ^ "Alan Keyes joins GOP '08 field.". United Press International. 2007-09-15. http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/09/15/alan_keyes_joins_gop_08_field/4927/. Retrieved 2007-10-30. 
  38. ^ "Presidential Candidate Alan Keyes Restrained, Barred From Debate". Democracy Now! Radio Program. 1996-03-03. http://www.democracynow.org/1996/3/4/presidential_candidate_alan_keyes_restrained_barred. Retrieved 2007-12-14. 
  39. ^ "'We Need Alan Keyes for President' Website Launched". http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/579913330.html. Retrieved 2007-12-10. 
  40. ^ "Dem. & GOP Caucuses: Iowa". http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/primaries/IA/results.html. Retrieved 2007-10-04. 
  41. ^ "CNN Dem. & GOP Presidential Primaries: Utah". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/primaries/UT/results.html. Retrieved 2007-12-11. 
  42. ^ "Mr. Keyes the Carpetbagger". http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50885-2004Aug8.html. Retrieved 2007-10-04. 
  43. ^ "Ill. GOP Watches Take-No-Prisoners Campaign". http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A13143-2004Oct6?language=printer. Retrieved 2007-10-03. 
  44. ^ "In Illinois, Obama defeats Keyes in race called 1 of the strangest in state's history". http://www2.indystar.com/articles/4/191586-7434-168.html. Retrieved 2007-10-03. 
  45. ^ Keyes had strongly accused Hillary Clinton in 2000 for carpetbagging in New York. Alan Keyes on the Tavis Smiley Show (NPR)
  46. ^ "Senate debate gets personal in battle over moral issues". Herald & Review (Decatur, Illinois). Associated Press: p. A10. October 22, 2004. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DH&p_theme=dh&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_text_search-0=Senate%20debate%20gets%20personal%20in%20battle%20over%20moral%20issues. Retrieved 2008-03-03. 
  47. ^ Ford, Liam; Mendell, David (September 8, 2004). "Jesus wouldn't vote for Obama, Keyes says". Chicago Tribune: p. 3 (Metro). http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/689191321.html?dids=689191321:689191321&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT. Retrieved 2008-03-03.  Erickson, Kurt (September 9, 2004). "Obama wants to focus on issues, not theology". Pantagraph. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BL&p_theme=bl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_text_search-0=Obama%20AND%20wants%20AND%20to%20AND%20focus%20AND%20on%20AND%20issues,%20AND%20theology&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=9/9/2004%20to%209/9/2004)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no. Retrieved 2008-03-03. 
  48. ^ Illinois General Assembly. "92nd General Assembly Status of SB1093". http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/status/920SB1093.html. Retrieved 2008-07-12. 
  49. ^ Koranda, Jeannie (March 31, 2001). "Senate OKs limits on abortion". Herald & Review (Decatur, Illinois): p. A1. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DH&p_theme=dh&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_text_search-0=Senate%20OKs%20limits%20on%20abortion%20Koranda. Retrieved 2008-03-03.  Chesley, Nancy (May 10, 2001). "Committee rejects birth bill; Opponents brand it as abortion curb". Herald & Review (Decatur, Illinois): p. A3. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DH&p_theme=dh&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_text_search-0=Committee%20rejects%20birth%20bill%20-%20Opponents%20brand%20it%20as%20abortion%20curb. Retrieved 2008-03-03.  "Illinois House panel defeats abortion legislation OK'd by Senate". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Associated Press: p. C5. May 10, 2001. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=ILLINOIS%20HOUSE%20PANEL%20DEFEATS%20ABORTION%20LEGISLATION%20OK'D%20BY%20SENATE%20&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=2001&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(ILLINOIS%20HOUSE%20PANEL%20DEFEATS%20ABORTION%20LEGISLATION%20OK'D%20BY%20SENATE)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no. Retrieved 2008-03-03. 
  50. ^ "Alan Keyes on the Scott Thomas Show, WYLL". renewamerica.us. 2004-11-04. http://www.renewamerica.us/archives/transcript.php?id=377. Retrieved 2007-07-31. 
  51. ^ "Interview on homosexuality with Sirius OutQ". http://www.renewamerica.us/archives/media/interviews/04_08_31siriusq.htm. 
  52. ^ "Keyes: Cheney's gay daughter practicing 'selfish hedonism'". Associated Press via MSNBC. 2004-09-02. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5897569/. Retrieved 2007-07-31. 
  53. ^ Skalka,Jennifer and Casillas,Ofelia (2004-08-31). "Keyes Defends Comments About Cheney's Daughter". Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-040831illinois,1,6577738.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=2&cset=true. Retrieved 2007-09-20. 
  54. ^ Pallasch, Abdon (2004-09-02). "Topinka says he should apologize for 'idiotic' comment". Chicago Sun-Times. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20040902/ai_n12560727. Retrieved 2007-07-31. 
  55. ^ Keyes,Alan (2004-08-31). "Alan Keyes Discusses Homosexuality". RenewAmerica.us. http://www.renewamerica.us/archives/play.php?mp3=64. 
  56. ^ Mostert, Mary (2004-09-04). "Alan Keyes teaches sex education lesson to homosexual interviewer". http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/mostert/040904. Retrieved 2007-07-31. 
  57. ^ Benedikt, Allison; Mendell, David (August 17, 2004). "Keyes has plan for reparations". Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0408170208aug17,1,3966582.story?ctrack=1&cset=true. 
  58. ^ Kresta,Al (2004-09-09). "Alan Keyes on Kresta in the Afternoon (audio)". http://www.keyesarchives.com/transcript.php?id=354. 
  59. ^ Gould, Lewis. "Alan Keyes's Daffy Idea to Repeal the 17th Amendment". Hnn.us. http://hnn.us/articles/6822.html. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  60. ^ "Elections 2004". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/elections/2004/il/. Retrieved 2008-02-09. 
  61. ^ "Election 2004". Cnn.com. 1970-04-13. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/IL/S/01/index.html. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  62. ^ "ChristianNewswire.com 'We Need Alan Keyes for President' Website Launched". http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/579913330.html. 
  63. ^ "RenewAmerica.us Alan Keyes announces for President!". http://www.renewamerica.us/news/070914keyes.htm. 
  64. ^ "Values Voters Pick Huckabee". http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/value-voters-pick-huckabee/. 
  65. ^ Jonathan Klein (2007-11-27). "CNN poised to exclude Alan Keyes from Florida debate". America's Revival: Alan Keyes for President. http://www.alankeyes.com/articles/071127debate.php. Retrieved 2007-12-13. 
  66. ^ "CNN Student News Transcript, December 13, 2007". CNN. 2007-12-12. http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/studentnews/12/12/transcript.thu/. Retrieved 2007-12-13. 
  67. ^ a b Rick Pearson and John Chase (2007-12-12). "Republicans Debate in Iowa". Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-debate_webdec13,1,4144072.story. Retrieved 2007-12-13. 
  68. ^ "CNN Opinion Research Poll, December 6-9, 2007" (PDF). CNN. 2007-12-10. http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/12/10/rel12a.pdf. Retrieved 2007-12-13. 
  69. ^ "Keyes makes major debate debut". CNN. 2007-12-12. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/12/12/keyes-makes-major-debate-debut/. Retrieved 2007-12-13. 
  70. ^ a b Robin Abcarian (2007-12-13). "Hardly seen Keyes shows up for GOP debate". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-keyes13dec13,1,5461637.story?coll=la-news-a_section. Retrieved 2007-12-13. 
  71. ^ "CNN Transcripts: Des Moines Register Presidential Debate: The Republicans". CNN.com. 2007-12-12. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0712/12/se.01.html. Retrieved 2007-12-13. 
  72. ^ a b Tommy Birch (2008-01-03). "Keyes garners little support in Iowa". IowaStateDaily.com. http://media.www.iowastatedaily.com/media/storage/paper818/news/2008/01/03/IowaCaucusNews/Alan-Keyes.Garners.Little.Support.In.Iowa-3146178.shtml. Retrieved 2008-01-21. 
  73. ^ "Alan Keyes on Civil Rights". Ontheissues.org. http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Alan_Keyes_Civil_Rights.htm#53. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  74. ^ "Alan Keyes on War & Peace". Ontheissues.org. http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Alan_Keyes_War_+_Peace.htm#28. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  75. ^ "Alan Keyes on War & Peace". Ontheissues.org. http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Alan_Keyes_War_+_Peace.htm#15. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  76. ^ "Alan Keyes on War & Peace". Ontheissues.org. http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Alan_Keyes_War_+_Peace.htm#19. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  77. ^ "Alan Keyes on War & Peace". Ontheissues.org. http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Alan_Keyes_War_+_Peace.htm#13. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  78. ^ "Alan Keyes on War & Peace". Ontheissues.org. http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Alan_Keyes_War_+_Peace.htm#29. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  79. ^ "Alan Keyes on Foreign Policy". Ontheissues.org. http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Alan_Keyes_Foreign_Policy.htm#United_Nations. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  80. ^ a b Noodoo, Jemimah. Enterprise Q&A: Alan Keyes discusses chances of his third shot at U.S. presidency. The Beaumont Enterprise. 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
  81. ^ "2008 Republican Party Primary Election, Election Night Returns". Office of the Secretary of State of Texas. 2008-03-07. http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe. Retrieved 2008-04-08. 
  82. ^ "Keyes Hints at Third Party Run", Politics1.com. January 28 2008
  83. ^ Alan Keyes for President. We Need Alan Keyes for President, Inc.
  84. ^ "Keyes leaves GOP, looks at Constitution Party", USA Today.com. April 15 2008
  85. ^ "At Hazleton event, Keyes announces bid for president", standardspeaker.com. April 15, 2008
  86. ^ "Constitution Party stunner: Chuck Baldwin KOs firebrand Alan Keyes", KansasCity Star. April 26, 2008
  87. ^ "Howard Phillips endorses Chuck Baldwin at Constitution Party Convention". Video.google.com. 2008-05-19. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4879860832730250338. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  88. ^ "Mike Ferguson Online". Mike Ferguson Online. http://www.mikefergusononline.com. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  89. ^ "A Post-Convention Interview with Alan Keyes", ConservativePulse.com. April 26 2008
  90. ^ Hill, Trent "Keyes' Continuing Candidacy", Third Party Watch.com. April 27, 2008
  91. ^ Kraske, Steve "Constitution Party stunner II: Keyes won't back Chuck Baldwin for president, suggests party used him", KansasCity Star. April 30, 2008
  92. ^ "2008 official presidential general election results". FEC. 2008-11-04. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/2008presgeresults.pdf. Retrieved 2009-02-03. 
  93. ^ “Alan Keyes Doubts Obama's Citizenship”, Courthouse News Service (2008-11-17).
  94. ^ Rogers, Rich. “Former Obama opponent now suing to prove President-Elect's citizenship”, NBC Augusta (WAGT) (2008-11-17)
  95. ^ "Petition for Writ of Mandate" (2008-11-12)
  96. ^ “Alan Keyes, AIP leaders sue in CA court to obtain Obama citizenship proof”, The Sacramento Union (2008-11-15).
  97. ^ Wayne Brown (2009-03-01). "Trinidad News, Trinidad Newspaper, Trinidad Sports, Trinidad politics, Trinidad and Tobago, Tobago News, Trinidad classifieds, Trinidad TV, Sports, Business". Trinidadexpress.com. http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_opinion?id=161445578. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  98. ^ "Alan Keyes stokes Obama birth certificate controversy | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. 2009-02-21. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/02/obama-birth-cer.html. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  99. ^ "AlanKeyes.com - Media figure". http://www.alankeyes.com/about/media.php. 
  100. ^ "Transcripts of "Alan Keyes is Making Sense"". http://www.renewamerica.us/show/transcripts.htm. 
  101. ^ "Keyes vs. MSNBC over Israel". US News & World Report. 2002-07-13. http://www.mesora.org/_private/press/keyes-usnews.html. Retrieved 2007-12-10. 
  102. ^ "Keyes in Israel". http://www.mesora.org/keyes/29.html. 
  103. ^ "Ten Commandments rally in Alabama". http://www.renewamerica.us/archives/transcript.php?id=255. 
  104. ^ "Montgomery Advertiser - Ten Commandments Case". http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/specialreports/TENcommandments/. 
  105. ^ "On the establishment of religion: What the Constitution really says". http://www.renewamerica.us/news/030826keyes.htm. 
  106. ^ "Judicial review and executive responsibility". http://www.renewamerica.us/news/050328keyes.htm. 
  107. ^ "Hillary GOODRIDGE & others vs. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH & another. SJC-08860". Massachusetts Government. 2003-11-18. http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/supremejudicialcourt/goodridge.html. 
  108. ^ See Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts for further details.
  109. ^ "A God & Country Day Address". http://www.renewamerica.us/archives/transcript.php?id=422. 
  110. ^ "Sacha Baron Cohen -- the Real Borat -- Finally Speaks : Rolling Stone". http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/sacha_baron_cohen_the_real_borat_finally_speaks/page/3. Retrieved 2007-10-04. 
  111. ^ "'Borat' is one fine make good movie, yes?". http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061102/news_lz1w02borat.html. Retrieved 2007-10-04. 
  112. ^ "In Your Face"Borat" and "Volver."". http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/11/06/061106crci_cinema. Retrieved 2007-10-04. 
  113. ^ Virginia Rohan. "'Borat': Is he hilarious, or just offensive?". http://www.popmatters.com/pm/news/article/7217/borat-is-he-hilarious-or-just-offensive. Retrieved 2007-10-04. 
  114. ^ J. Hoberman. "Fallow Traveler". http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0644,hoberman,74897,20.html. Retrieved 2007-10-04. 
  115. ^ Richard Corliss (2006-09-13). "Borat Takes Toronto". Time Magazine. http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1534437,00.html. Retrieved 2007-12-10. 

External links

Search Wikiquote Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Alan Keyes
2008 presidential campaign
Other websites
2004 Senate campaign
Political offices
Preceded by
Gregory J. Newell		 Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
November 6, 1985 - November 17, 1987		 Succeeded by
Richard S. Williamson
Party political offices
Preceded by
Lawrence Hogan		 Republican Party nominee for United States Senator from Maryland
(Class 1)
1988		 Succeeded by
Bill Brock
Preceded by
Linda Chavez		 Republican Party nominee for United States Senator from Maryland
(Class 3)
1992		 Succeeded by
Ross Pierpont
Preceded by
Peter Fitzgerald (previous race)
Jack Ryan (previous candidate)		 Republican Party nominee for United States Senator from Illinois
(Class 3)
2004		 Succeeded by
Next election: 2010
v • d • e
United States presidential election candidates, 2000
Democratic Party

Straw polls · Primary polls · General polls · Debates · Primaries · Results · Delegates · Convention
Candidates
VP Candidate
Republican Party
Straw polls · Primary polls · General polls · Debates · Primaries · Results · Delegates · Convention
Candidates
VP Candidate
Constitution Party
Convention · Howard Phillips · Herb Titus  · Mathew Zupan
Green Party
Libertarian Party
Convention · Harry Browne · Don Gorman · Jacob Hornberger · Barry Hess · David Hollist
Reform Party
Natural Law Party
Other candidates
v • d • e
United States presidential election, 2008
United States elections, 2008 · Candidates (Comparison) · Debates · Congressional support · Fundraising · Ballot access · Timeline · Super Tuesday · Potomac primary · Super Tuesday II · General polls · Statewide general polls · International polls · International reaction
Democratic Party
Convention • Primary polls •
General polls • Debates • Primaries •
Primary results • Superdelegates
Republican Party
Convention • Primary polls •
General polls • Debates • Primaries •
Primary results
v • d • e
Third-Party candidates
America's Independent Party

Nominee: Alan Keyes (campaign)
VP Nominee: Brian Rohrbough
Boston Tea Party
Nominee: Charles Jay
VP Nominee: Thomas Knapp
Constitution Party
Convention
Nominee: Chuck Baldwin (campaign)
VP Nominee: Darrell Castle
Candidates: Daniel Imperato • Alan Keyes (campaign)
Green Party
Convention
Libertarian Party
Convention
Peace and Freedom Party
Nominee: Ralph Nader (campaign)
VP Nominee: Matt Gonzalez
Prohibition Party
Reform Party
Nominee: Ted Weill
VP Nominee:Frank McEnulty
Socialism and Liberation Party
Nominee: Gloria La Riva
VP Nominee: Eugene Puryear
Socialist Party
Socialist Workers Party
Nominee: Róger Calero
VP Nominee: Alyson Kennedy
Independents
Draft movements
Other 2008 elections: House • Senate • Gubernatorial

This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)

 
 

 

Copyrights:

Who2 Biography. Copyright © 1998-2008 by Who2, LLC. All rights reserved. See the Alan Keyes biography from Who2.  Read more
Black Biography. Contemporary Black Biography. Copyright © 2006 by The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.  Read more
Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Alan Keyes".  Read more