Keyes Predicts Gore Will Beat Bush
Mar 9, 2000 9:30 PM
By RON JENKINS
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Alan Keyes promised Thursday to stay in the
Republican presidential race because George W. Bush is too weak to stand
up to Al Gore on key moral issues like abortion.
``George Bush can't do it,'' Keyes said at the Oklahoma Capitol before a
speech at the Christian Heritage Academy in Del City. ``I've watched him
and he can't do it.''
Bush opposes abortion, but would make exceptions in cases of rape and
incest or to protect the life of a pregnant woman. Gore supports abortion
rights.
``So when he stands toe to toe with Al Gore ... he will come off looking
second best because he doesn't know how to make the case, properly and
effectively. And so we'll lose,'' said Keyes.
Keyes, a former Reagan administration official, said he did not take as a
personal rebuke the fact that he had not received more votes so far during
the primary process.
One reason he said he will not drop out of the race is that he wants to break
the mentality of Republicans going into the voting booth ``to be a rubber
stamp.''
``It's sickening, but if people want to go on with it, to go into the voting
booth and continue this garbage, it's no reflection on me,'' said Keyes, who
has campaigned strongly in opposition to legalized abortion, gay rights and
for prayer in schools.
He said he was presenting a message and if voters did not accept it, ``you
make a judgment against yourself and against America.''
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"Lead, follow or get the HELL out of the way."
Mar 9, 2000 9:30 PM
By RON JENKINS
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Alan Keyes promised Thursday to stay in the
Republican presidential race because George W. Bush is too weak to stand
up to Al Gore on key moral issues like abortion.
``George Bush can't do it,'' Keyes said at the Oklahoma Capitol before a
speech at the Christian Heritage Academy in Del City. ``I've watched him
and he can't do it.''
Bush opposes abortion, but would make exceptions in cases of rape and
incest or to protect the life of a pregnant woman. Gore supports abortion
rights.
``So when he stands toe to toe with Al Gore ... he will come off looking
second best because he doesn't know how to make the case, properly and
effectively. And so we'll lose,'' said Keyes.
Keyes, a former Reagan administration official, said he did not take as a
personal rebuke the fact that he had not received more votes so far during
the primary process.
One reason he said he will not drop out of the race is that he wants to break
the mentality of Republicans going into the voting booth ``to be a rubber
stamp.''
``It's sickening, but if people want to go on with it, to go into the voting
booth and continue this garbage, it's no reflection on me,'' said Keyes, who
has campaigned strongly in opposition to legalized abortion, gay rights and
for prayer in schools.
He said he was presenting a message and if voters did not accept it, ``you
make a judgment against yourself and against America.''
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"Lead, follow or get the HELL out of the way."