{"id":1090,"date":"2004-08-18T12:10:57","date_gmt":"2004-08-18T16:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wordpress\/2004\/08\/candidate_for_hire\/"},"modified":"2004-08-18T12:10:57","modified_gmt":"2004-08-18T16:10:57","slug":"candidate_for_hire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/2004\/08\/candidate_for_hire\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidate For Hire"},"content":{"rendered":"

I saw Ambassador Keyes on TV last night. He was asked<\/a> about a comment he made in 2000 which appears to condemn his bid to become an Illinois senator:<\/p>\n

I deeply resent the destruction of federalism represented by Hillary Clinton’s willingness to go into a state she doesn’t even live in and pretend to represent people there. So I certainly wouldn’t imitate it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As you might expect, Keyes offered some rhetorical nonsense. Unlike Hillary, who ran for the senate to pursue her own agenda, Keyes is simply following the call of the people:<\/p>\n

Hillary Clinton pursued an agenda of clear personal ambition. She fished around among the different states in the union, decided which state would be the best object of her personal ambitions, fermented interest in the state, for the sake of her personal agenda. She was a sitting first lady at the time, so there was even overtones of intimidation involved in all of that. And she simply used and abused the state as a platform of her personal ambition.
\nQuite the contrary, I had no thought whatsoever of running for the U.S. Senate in the state of Illinois. I have been called in by a decision of the people in Illinois, who say that they need my help. That is their choice, and that respects the sovereignty of the people, because they have made the determination that they need outside help. It also respects my own principles, because I am a strong believer in federalism, but as the Illinois motto indicates, there are two components, of federalism. State sovereignty and national union.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So what kind of ideas have we heard from this man of the people so far? Here’s a few:
\nRepeal of the 16th Amendment<\/a> (providing for an income tax) and the institution of a national sales tax.
\nRepeal of the 17th Amendment<\/a> which specifies that voters select a state’s senators rather than it’s legislature. An ironic position for a senatorial candidate to take, isn’t it?
\nMaintaining that September 11 was a warning from God to America<\/a> regarding the abortion, since the procedure is a form of terrorism.
\nOffering reparations (an income tax rebate) for descendants of slaves. Presumably, this would only apply if Keyes failed to have said income tax abolished.
\nBased on the proposals we’ve seen so far, it’s pretty apparent that this race is all about Keyes’ “agenda of clear personal ambition” and not about the people of Illinois.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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