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Howard Phillips Retires

January 20th, 2012 · 9 Comments

According to HowardPhillips.com, Howard Phillips retired on January 11 as chairman of the Conservative Caucus, which he founded in 1974. Howard Phillips, founder of The Conservative Caucus (TCC) and its Chairman since 1974, has resigned, saying that recent health problems required that he “direct my energies on my health, my family life, my spiritual priorities, [...]

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Alan Keyes Criticizes Republican Presidential Field

January 17th, 2012 · 7 Comments

Alan Keyes, 2008 Presidential candidate of America’s Independent Party, and himself a contender for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1996, 2000 and 2008, has a column at his blog Loyal to Liberty critiquing the 2012 Republican presidential field. Excerpt: Back in 2008 we were supposed to believe Mitt Romney’s repeated declarations that he was pro-life [...]

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Alan Keyes Faction of American Independent Party Tentatively Wins Intra-Party Dispute on Procedural Issues

March 10th, 2011 · 110 Comments

Ballot Access News: On March 10, a California Superior Court Judge in Solano County tentatively dismissed the lawsuit King v Robinson on procedural issues. Here is the two-paragraph ruling. This case, or similar cases, have been pending since 2008. They concern the identity of the legitimate state officers of the American Independent Party of California. [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Right-wing minor parties

California Supreme Court Won’t Hear Keyes v Bowen, on Presidential Qualifications

February 5th, 2011 · 67 Comments

Ballot Access News: On February 2, the California Supreme Court refused to hear Keyes v Bowen, 188724, the case that argued the Secretary of State must investigate whether a presidential candidate meets the qualifications to be president, before listing him or her on the ballot. The case had been brought by (America’s Independent Party Presidential [...]

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Tags: Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties

Alan Keyes Endorses Dr. Marvin Scott for Congress

October 27th, 2010 · 7 Comments

This e-mail arrived in my in-box from Alan Keyes. He is endorsing Dr. Marvin Scott (R-IN) for Congress. Keyes makes no mention of his America’s Independent Party.

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California Court of Appeals Issues Important Ruling About Presidential Candidate Ballot Access

October 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Ballot Access News: On October 25, the California State Court of Appeals issued a ruling in Keyes v Bowen, C062321, holding that state elections officials are not supposed to keep presidential candidates off the general election ballot because they may not meet the constitutional qualifications to hold the office. The lawsuit had been filed in [...]

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Tags: Independents · Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties · Third parties, general

Alan Keyes Takes On Lindsey Graham

August 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments

No, he isn’t claiming Graham is too conservative.

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Minor Party Politicos Set Sail (For Liberty)

August 7th, 2010 · 10 Comments

Prominent members of the Constitution and Libertarian Parties are headed to the Sunshine State. Of course, it is all for the cause of liberty…

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American Independent Party Factions Hold Rival State Conventions

June 28th, 2010 · 172 Comments

The American Independent Party of California is split between two factions of activists. One faction supported Alan Keyes for President in 2008 and wants the AIP of California to be affiliated with the America’s Independent Party, a nationally organized third party organized around Keyes’ run for President. That faction held its state convention this weekend [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Right-wing minor parties

Alan Keyes On The Slumming of America

June 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment

Alan Keyes has been given a regular column at WorldNetDaily, one of the most popular conservative websites on the Internet. Similar to Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin’s columns, Keyes’ columns will be excerpted here occasionally. Keyes’ latest column concerns what he calls the “slumming of America”. Slums are not born, they are made. When I [...]

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Independent And Third Party Candidates Proliferate In Florida

June 16th, 2010 · No Comments

The Sunshine State News ran an article on Monday about the number of Independent and Third Party candidates on the ballot in Florida in 2010. While Gov. Charlie Crist and gubernatorial candidate Bud Chiles are getting most of the attention, Florida is seeing a large number of independents taking on both the Democrats and Republicans [...]

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Alan Keyes Says Charlie Crist Isn’t Conservative

June 15th, 2010 · 54 Comments

Alan Keyes today offered his opinion of sitting Florida Governor and Senatorial candidate, Charlie Crist. It is rare to see the press quoting one third party or independent candidate commenting on another. Best known for his presidential campaigns and his contest with Barack Obama for the U.S. Senate seat in Illinois, Dr. Alan Keyes commented [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Right-wing minor parties

Alan Keyes Comments On Rand Paul Civil Rights Controversy

May 28th, 2010 · 30 Comments

Rand Paul has been involved in a controversy lately because of statements, made in several interviews, concerning the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Paul took issue with the portion of the act which disallows discrimination on private property. Now Alan Keyes, an African-American conservative is wading into the controversy to offer his opinion. Thanks to [...]

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2008 Constitution Party Presidential Rivals To Speak At Same Conference

May 27th, 2010 · 58 Comments

In 2008 Chuck Baldwin and Alan Keyes were the main two contenders for the Constitution Party’s presidential nomination. Baldwin won with a 2-1 majority and afterward Keyes refused to endorse Baldwin. Keyes later formed his own party. Now Baldwin and Keyes are slated to appear, and speak, at the same convention. They are listed as [...]

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Keyes Faction of California American Independent Party Likely to Exclude Independents from Voting in Party’s Primary

January 8th, 2010 · 19 Comments

Ballot Access News: The American Independent Party of California is currently split into two factions, the one which favored Alan Keyes for president in 2008, and the one that favored Chuck Baldwin for president in 2008. The California Secretary of State recognizes the Alan Keyes faction. The Alan Keyes faction has tentatively decided to revoke [...]

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Alan Keyes: ‘Why the elite wants Christianity out of politics’

December 18th, 2009 · 9 Comments

Posted by Alan Keyes at loyaltoliberty.blogspot.com: As I wrote my most recent article for WND.com (the subject of my previous posting) I found myself thinking about Christianity’s unique effect on our understanding of the justice (and injustice) of human action. The last point made in the article is about the connection between arrogant elitism and [...]

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Alan Keyes: ‘A health insurance approach based on responsible individual freedom’

August 31st, 2009 · 18 Comments

By Alan Keyes http://loyaltoliberty.blogspot.com/ As I said in my last posting, for me to offer a health insurance proposal is rather like a weatherman offering to design a jet fighter: though he’s familiar with its operating conditions, odds are that his ideas won’t fly. That said, I suppose I have at least as much expertise [...]

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Limbaugh caller says Keyes ‘should be in the White House right now’

August 28th, 2009 · 43 Comments

A 15-year-old from Hazleton, Pennsylvania, said on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show Friday that 2008 America’s Independent Party presidential nominee Alan Keyes should be president. After offering Limbaugh “mega dittos,” the caller said, “I went to a tea party we had here in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, and a man spoke. I don’t know if you might have [...]

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Keyes appears in ‘A Question of Eligibility’

August 27th, 2009 · 8 Comments

David Weigel writes at the Washington Independent that earlier this month, “WorldNetDaily released and began shipping ‘A Question of Eligibility,’” an hourlong documentary on theories that President Obama was born outside the United States. Weigel says the “coverage of the ‘birther’ conspiracies” in the film depends on “interviews with only three people: Alan Keyes, Jerome [...]

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American Independent Party’s Grundmann assails Keyes

August 14th, 2009 · 63 Comments

American Independent Party of California activist Don J. Grundmann has published an essay entitled “The Corruption of Alan Keyes: A Timeless Tale Brought to Our Times” online. The piece, which runs nearly 10,000 words, details Grundmann’s encounters with Keyes and his supporters during Keyes’s run for the 2008 Constitution Party presidential nomination. (The American Independent [...]

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