“[Barack Obama] is a radical communist…He’s going to destroy this country. We’re either going to stop him or the United States of America is going to cease to exist.” - Alan Keyes
Former presidential candidate visits Hastings
[Editor's note: the reporter got the facts wrong: Obviously, Alan Keyes is no longer a Republican. He's a part of America's Independent Party.]
(2/19/2009) By Curt Casper - He is a Republican who has ran for President 3 times - the latest just this past year. Thursday night Alan Keyes was a featured speaker at a fundraiser for the Triple A Crisis Pregnancy Center.
The fundraiser is an annual event.
It supports the Pregnancy center which is a Christian organization that counsels woman before and after giving birth.
Keyes said he is putting politics aside Thursday night and here to support his pro–life belief.
"What is involved is the heart and conscious of a woman. What is involved is the life of a child. And what is involved above all is the simple preside that of all our liberty and dignity that we are created equal and endowed by God, not by human choice with our inalienable rights," said Keyes.
Keyes also has some very strong opinions about [Alleged] President Obama.
He ran against Obama for U.S Senate in Illinois back in 2004. Keyes doubts Obama is a U.S citizen and said he will ruin the country.
"Obama is a radical communist and I think it is becoming clear. That is what I told people in Illinois and now everybody realizes it is coming true. He is going to destroy this country and we are either going to stop him or the United States of America is going to cease to exist," said Keyes.
If you'd like to hear more from Keyes he has a lot to say. LISTEN to his entire interview.
Editing note: [Additional footage in video clip, below.]
Well, I suppose the National Interest could follow the Perle model by denying that they ever invited him to speak. But I think they should be proud of it. I am all for giving public figures a forum in which to say crazy things. Just, now, I saw Alan Keyes on MSNBC calling Obama a "radical communist" who is destroying the nation. I had missed Alan Keyes terribly and am delighted he's back in the arena.
Posted 2009-02-20 3:00 PM (#7735 - in reply to #7731) By: gcsteven
"We're in the midst of the greatest crisis this nation has ever seen. And if we don't stop laughing about it, and deal with it, we're going to find ourselves in the midst of chaos, confusion and civil war. It's time we started acting like grownups."
"The person you call 'President' Obama, and I frankly refuse to call him that. At the moment he is somebody who is kind of an alleged usurper who is alleged to be someone who is occupying that office without Constitutional warrant to do so. And he's rushing forward with ideas like destroying our borders, an amnesty bill that will actually have the American taxpayer footing the bill for illegals to come to this country to live, to get housing and to get everything that they want. He is also somebody who has just announced a program that would essentially destroy the validity of existing mortgages and encourage everybody in the country to stop paying their mortgage because the government is going to pay it instead. This is insanity. It's as if we have put insane children and adolescents in charge of our government.
And I think we need to ask simple questions. A couple of years ago we arguing over every penny in the United States budget, and it was quite clear we didn't have enough money to go around. Will somebody tell me where we came up with two trillion dollars in the course of the last six months? Did we wish for it out of the air? Have people gone mad in this country? You don't have that money. We are claiming that a bankrupt government can save a bankrupt banking system. Explain to me how that happens, because I think that's impossible.
And the fact that we have just elected an individual who may or may not be qualified, and he presents silly ideas like this and says, 'Let's move forward now.' And we're all acting like the laws of economics have been repealed, and we can actually afford to foot the bill with money nobody's got. This is insane. It's got to lead to the collapse of our economy, and it's going to."
Alan Keyes
Edited by Philomena 2009-02-20 7:00 PM
Posted 2009-02-20 6:59 PM (#7748 - in reply to #7735) By: Philomena
Way to go Dr. Keyes. You have really been shining in your radio and TV interviews. I have been very impressed. God's leadership through you and other great men is really the only last hope for America besides prayer and repentence.
Posted 2009-02-20 7:31 PM (#7749 - in reply to #7719) By: Catnap
Amen.
Great to see you posting, Catnap!
Posted 2009-02-20 8:12 PM (#7750 - in reply to #7749) By: EternalVigilance
Reviews in less than 24 hours- 1289
Good work AIPnews and affiliates.
Posted 2009-02-21 8:02 AM (#7787 - in reply to #7750) By: gcsteven
1489 reviews- 4;33 CDT 2/21/2009
BTTT
Posted 2009-02-21 2:36 PM (#7826 - in reply to #7787) By: gcsteven
This is Great News that so many are being exposed.
Also, I just noticed that World Net Daily has the video Posted: February 21, 2009 10:00 pm Eastern
Posted 2009-02-22 9:12 AM (#7865 - in reply to #7826) By: marchingon
BTTT
Posted 2009-02-22 3:17 PM (#7890 - in reply to #7865) By: gcsteven
I get the impression that Dana Milbank sees Alan as some kind of kook. He, on the other, hand has his hesd in the sand, like an ostrich, not wanting to see the evil about him. If he supports Obama, then why doesn't he demand that Obama produce the documentation and shut up those who doubt his consitutional ligitmacy once and for all?????
Posted 2009-02-22 7:04 PM (#7897 - in reply to #7731) By: tncnmn
This video's been removed from YouTube. Please see new clip posted, below. Thanks.
Posted 2009-02-22 8:46 PM (#7900 - in reply to #7897) By: Savvy
Comment at YouTube:
Why was this video removed from YouTube's Most Viewed list? At 8:30 p.m. CST it was in the top 10, but two hours later it no longer shows in the list even thought the views have increased from 89,000 to 119,000 views, an increase of 30,000 views in 2 hours. I hate this type of censorship from YouTube/Google! Basically, a person at YouTube decides what he/she wants people to be informed of, watch, and draw their own conclusions. In other words, your opinion doesn't count, but theirs does.
Alan's statement is getting lots of good comments ... and others, too.
There were ONLY TWO hospitals in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1961, the year of Obama's birth. They are both still open now. Why is it that we have still not yet heard of either one of these hospitals having a dedication ceremony for any sort of commemorative plaques or artwork which proclaims said hospital as Obama's birthplace? If it were me running either one of these institutions, I would surely not skip a chance like this to link my hospital to such a "historic" figure as Obama with so much fanfare.
Posted 2009-02-23 11:33 AM (#7914 - in reply to #7902) By: Savvy
Oh man, this is right on!
"Obama is a radical communist and I think it is becoming clear. That is what I told people in Illinois and now everybody realizes it is coming true. He is going to destroy this country and we are either going to stop him or the United States of America is going to cease to exist," said Keyes.
Thank you, sir,
Jason
Posted 2009-02-23 1:24 PM (#7920 - in reply to #7914) By: jwerner
The Adam McMamus Show picks up Alan's video at 5:30 p.m. Central Time.
Posted 2009-10-21 9:41 PM (#26058 - in reply to #9353) By: Savvy
February, 2009
Alan Keyes: [Barack Obama] is a radical communist … He’s going to destroy this country. We’re either going to stop him or the United States of America is going to cease to exist.
Observation: Alan Keyes' understanding and insight allows him to explain what will happen politically long before we hear it from other sources. Keyes seemed to have known Obama's gameplan to destroy the country from the get-go. Today, it is common knowledge among talk show hosts such as Glenn Beck ... who just yesterday said, in essence, that a year ago he [Beck] didn't know the score, with respect to Obama's aspirations for America's decline.
Now, in 2010, Beck is determined to teach Americans history ... the philosophy of the founding fathers ... the history of fascism and communism, in the world.
Yesterday, Beck compared Hugo Chavez' (Communist) actions in Venezuela with the plans and aspirations of those in Obama's inner circle.
January 22, 2010 - Beck will air a special documentary on the horrors of communism.
I understand that right now, on the other side of the aisle, Oliver Stone is creating a new movie to engender sympathy for the murdering tyrants the world has known.
Yet, Alan Keyes provided insight into where the Obama administration would lead one year before topics of Keyes' discussion would be commonly known in conservative circles ... and apparently liberal circles (Stone's choice of film topics), as well.
I just wonder how far America will fall before the people in the middle come to understand what is taking place.
Mood: sad liberty's slipping away
Just saying ... Alan Keyes is someone to listen to. For that, I'm thankful.
Posted 2010-01-12 12:17 PM (#31789 - in reply to #26058) By: Savvy
One of the things I love about Alan Keyes is his uncanny ability to say what we're all thinking even before we admit we're thinking it and his willingness to do so even if it seems "tactless" when America is afraid to.
Posted 2010-01-14 9:36 AM (#31911 - in reply to #31789) By: catstack
Amen, Why I love Alan Keyes, too: he is in it long-term, not for short-term benefits like most politicians. It is obvious he cares not about the short-term reactions but the long term, or he would not have done what he did in the last few years. Actually, it takes an effort for most people to ignore significant, negative short-term consequences as he does -- even in the face of America's huge problems.
None of it guaranteed the big payoffs and short-term benefits most politicos cater to. Was any of it very popular then or now, or did it generate large amounts of money? No. But there were consequences, which might have prevented anyone else from saying what he did and acting accordingly. That trend alone should give pause to people to think not what Alan Keyes says and does. Instead, it would be easier to try and criticize someone that acts and talks like Alan Keyes; but trying to act like he does without regard to short-term gains or losses is very tough.
Posted 2010-01-14 11:49 AM (#31920 - in reply to #31911) By: FreeByrd
It's sad to see others do not recognize Alan Keyes for his standards of living and apply them. He is exemplifying Christ's life, closer than any humane being that I have seen.
Thank you Alan!
We are all commanded to exemplify Christ's life, and all of us fall short.
Posted 2010-01-14 12:10 PM (#31922 - in reply to #31920) By: marchingon
The Glenn Beck Showtoday: David Horowitz joined Beck in a segment highlighting Horowitz' knowledge of radical communism in the U.S.A. during the 1960's.
Horowitz described Obama administration progressives, such as former Green Jobs Czar,Van Jones, as neo-communists.
As usual, Alan Keyes was ahead of the curve, telling us Obama was a radical communist in February, 2009.
During the campaign, possibly as early as Fall, 2007, Alan Keyes told supporters that Obama was a Marxist-Leninist ... something no one I heard in the msm saying at that time.
To hear what Alan Keyes is saying now, bookmark this site, or visit his weblog at: www.LoyalToLiberty.com
Beck's current effort is directed at helping Americans to understand that both progressives and communists adhere to Marx' philosophy. The difference is in approach. Progressives seek to accomplish Marx' goals incrementally whereas communists (in the past) have sought to accomplish Marx' goals all at once.
So Marxists, communists and progressives ... all have the same goals.
Posted 2010-02-09 4:04 PM (#33091 - in reply to #31922) By: Savvy
Savvy, that is until Beck is sensored...or stopped.
Posted 2010-02-10 9:30 AM (#33122 - in reply to #33091) By: FreeByrd
Alan Keyes is the greatest leader of our day.
Posted 2010-02-10 11:19 AM (#33124 - in reply to #33122) By: catstack
I'm conflicted about Glenn Beck. He seems to believe America should restore the authority of the constitution. But Alan Keyes said (something to the effect) that those in power will not allow on msm anyone whose goal is to renew respect for God. Renewing respect for our God-given unalienable rights inferes a renewed respect for God's authority in granting those rights.
If Alan's right ... and Beck's promoting respect for a creator's authority in granting rights ... and Beck has managed to maintain a show on msm for all these years ... what's the catch?
Keyes has repeatedly made mention of round-up tactics. That is, warning of leaders putting forward conservative rhetoric in order to gain a following of the folks. Once their trust was earned, the folks could be led to which ever non-conservative candidate or group the leadership selected. (Much like Fred Thompson turned over his followers to McCain when all was said and done.)
Beck has Ron Paul tendencies, which are problematic with respect to foreign policynon-interventionalism and a resulting unwillingness to stand firm with and for our friend (and God's), Israel. Also problematic is the LIFE issue -- Ron Paul being proCHOICE for states.
Beck suggested he is considering Palin as a possible leader, but Palin is CIPLO - Conservative In (her) Personal Life, ONLY.
When governing, Palin didn't seem to have the knowledge or inclination to stand for the right when deciding socialpolicy issues.
Point and case: she teamed up with Progressive John McCain for a 2008 presidential run; she backed down on her personally held position that gay-partners of Alaska's public employees should not receive benefits, based on faulty advise from counsel; she calls herself personally proLIFE, but is accepting of other views; she calls herself personally proLIFE, but considered briefly abortion for convenience; she calls herself personally proLIFE, but yoked herself to pro-choice-for-states John McCain and was willing to adopt his policy as her own, for governing. Yet she tells us she is personally proLIFE. I suspect she's personally socially conservative, too.
Palinsays she's a social conservative, sometimes, ... but what has she stood firm for?
So what of Beck's latest attempts to expose Progressives as incremental Communists?
Well, I suppose the public perception of Progressives is innocuous ... and the perception of Communists dastardly (historically.)
I suppose you could say Beck is besmirching Progressives by linking them with Communists. But conversely, is he not also making more palatable the term Communist by inferring it's a Progressive with short-term goals?
Beck is saying both are bad -- no doubt. But I think the connotation of Communist is whitewashed just a little bit by defining it as a Progressive in a hurry.
I don't know. I'm just trying to figure out who's trust worthy to listen to.
Freebyrd thinks Beck may be silenced at some point. I guess I'm wondering if the reason Beck has not been silenced is b/c there's another purpose, beyond promoting conservatism, that his podium accomplishes, I don't know. These things are too complicated for me. I'm not sure if it's reasonable to think something more is going on, ... or not.
Still I question: Why is Glenn Beck wildly popular on msm ... and Alan Keyes is banned?
Sure, Beck adds an element of comedy. But Keyes adds an element of brilliance (like Krauthammer on steroids.)
But Beck without compelling philosophy would be no more popular than MSNBC. People seem to crave understanding truth. Beck is teaching ... packaging the material in a palatable manner ... and people are eating it up.
It's not the comedy the people are after, IMO. It's the understanding of what's good and true. And Beck packages that and serves it up everyday at 5 pm ET. And the people tune-in.
So why do they let Beck continue?
I don't know.
Posted 2010-02-10 1:45 PM (#33129 - in reply to #33124) By: Savvy
Conflicted a little too. Beck is hailed as Party neutral -- or disliking Parties if you like. But his tendency is to promote libertarians, as if they are much better.
Posted 2010-02-10 2:10 PM (#33130 - in reply to #33129) By: FreeByrd
RE: Savvy's comment "she (Palin) calls herself personally proLIFE, but is accepting of other views; she calls herself personally proLIFE, but considered briefly abortion for convenience; she calls herself personally proLIFE, but yoked herself to pro-choice-for-states John McCain and was willing to adopt his policy as her own, for governing."
If you recall back during the Reagan era, candidates that said that sort of thing were considered sell-outs by the pro-life social conservatives. We would (and I still do) only accept candidates that said they were pro-life under any and all circumstances, such as Ronald Reagan. Anyone saying they were "personally pro-life but..." we knew the rest of the sentence would basically be that they didn't want to "inflict" their views on others, which is code-speak for they had no intention of doing anything about abortion. We considered that spineless and basically NOT pro-life and immediately rejected them as a candidate.
The fact so many Republican registered voters are accepting such a candidate, and pretending they are socially conservative, proves Alan's point that the problem in this nation is spiritual and moral. The founders knew there would be no liberty without the Spirit of God. But they did their best to provide the greatest system they could and then as Washington said they left it in the hands of God.
I thank God for Alan Keyes' unwavering faith and his willingness to stand firm and not compromise. I am so grateful for Tom Hoefling using the knowlege God has given him to provide conservatives with the options we have through AIP. And of course all of our state leaders and volunteers. What a blessing!
Posted 2010-02-11 7:43 AM (#33151 - in reply to #33130) By: catstack