It’s official; Alan …

It’s official; Alan Keyes now joins the ranks of carpetbaggers.

Illinois Republicans chose Alan Keyes as their candidate today to run against heavily favored Barack Obama, the up-and-coming Democratic Party star.

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Keyes, a conservative commentator, ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate twice from his home state of Maryland and sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1996 and 2000. He has never lived in Illinois but under state law would only have to take up residence by election day, Nov. 2.

As much as I like Keyes and his policies, I gotta go the same way on this that I did on Hillary Clinton running for Senate in New York. Which is, it doesn’t make sense. Obama, though a Democrat, has not taken a sip of the “two Americas” Kool-Aid that their presidential ticket is trying to sell.

Sorry Alan, can’t get behind this one. Even though your policies would be better for the state, carpetbagging is carpetbagging. Do unto others, and all that, and I wouldn’t want that done unto me.

UPDATE: The unofficial “voting” as to pro- or anti-carpetbagging over at Redstate in the comment section is running mostly anti for the same reason.

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