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September 22, 2004 Beyond the polls
Barack Obama is a lucky guy for a politician. He has a very unusual name. That apparently makes people think that they will be getting something different by voting for him. In fact, Obama is just another Democratic Party machine hack. He just has an odd name, a Harvard education, and a smooth way with words. On the other hand, Alan Keyes really is something different. He is a man who has thought deeply about the great issues of our day, and has come to some courageously independent conclusions. He is at once a true conservative and a true intellectual — something of a rarity in politics. Obama claims that Keyes is just a carpet-bagger who is not familiar with the realities of Illinois polities. But maybe that's not such a bad thing, from what we know about "Illinois politics." On the other hand, Keyes has served as an ambassador to the United Nations and has gone to school as a candidate for the presidency twice. He is familiar with the great national and international issues that come before the Senate of the United States. Obama has spent his political life down in Springfield, sweating over sales taxes and casino licenses. Who is better prepared to represent us in the world's greatest deliberative body? Here is one vote for Alan Keyes — the man who is made in the mold of a Webster or a Clay, a Bill Borah or a Bob Taft; the man with the magnitude to be a Senator of distinction. David R. Wade Aurora Published Sept. 21 in the Beacon News. |
