{"id":1083,"date":"2007-09-16T15:08:47","date_gmt":"2007-09-16T20:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granades.com\/2007\/09\/16\/the-more-the-crazier-or-alan-keyes-has-entered-the-building\/"},"modified":"2007-09-16T15:08:47","modified_gmt":"2007-09-16T20:08:47","slug":"the-more-the-crazier-or-alan-keyes-has-entered-the-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=1083","title":{"rendered":"The More the Crazier, or Alan Keyes Has Entered the Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Things have been quiet since Fred Thompson surprised no-one by announcing his candidacy for President. In fact, it&#8217;s been too quiet.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usadaily.com\/article.cfm?articleID=90724\">These are the words of Alan Keyes<\/a> as he declared his candidacy for president on Janet Parshall\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nationally syndicated radio program, &#8220;I will be participating in the Values Voter Debate on Monday as a candidate, and I will be trying my best \u00e2\u20ac\u201d as I forever have, in the course of the years that I have been involved at this level in politics&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh, thank goodness. <a href=\"http:\/\/sonicgranades.blogspot.com\/\">Andrew and Joy<\/a> lived in Illinois when Alan Keyes ran against Barack Obama, so we got to hear from them about how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2004\/09\/08\/politics\/main641858.shtml\">Jesus Christ wouldn&#8217;t vote for Obama<\/a> and how Obama&#8217;s views on abortion were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A52846-2004Aug9.html\">&#8220;the slaveholder&#8217;s position&#8221;<\/a>. Then there was that time he criticized John McCain for going to a Nine Inch Nails concert with his daughter, saying that McCain was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com\/Articles\/Read.aspx?GUID=04B4FF5F-D020-443F-82BA-AD412BBC1462\">&#8220;aiding and abetting the cultural murder that is taking place&#8221;<\/a>. To top it all off, he provided empirical evidence for the <a href=\"http:\/\/kfmonkey.blogspot.com\/2005\/10\/lunch-discussions-145-crazification.html\">Crazification Factor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I will admit to a perverse fascination with train-wreck politics. I know, I know, I should rise above such things. And yet, I can&#8217;t help but think, <i>Is there any way the Republican Presidential field could get even more entertaining?<\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/observer.guardian.co.uk\/print\/0,,330751978-119093,00.html\">One of the most divisive figures in American politics<\/a> during Bill Clinton&#8217;s presidency is contemplating a &#8216;wild-card&#8217; run for the White House in a desperate bid to oppose his old enemy&#8217;s wife &#8211; Democrat front-runner Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Newt Gingrich is so unimpressed with his own party&#8217;s &#8216;chaotic&#8217; line-up of candidates to replace President Bush in the 2008 elections that he has threatened to make a dramatic late entry into the race.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Eeeeeeeexcellent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things have been quiet since Fred Thompson surprised no-one by announcing his candidacy for President. In fact, it&#8217;s been too quiet. These are the words of Alan Keyes as he declared his candidacy for president on Janet Parshall\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nationally syndicated radio program, &#8220;I will be participating in the Values Voter Debate on Monday as a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=1083\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The More the Crazier, or Alan Keyes Has Entered the Building<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}