Alan Keyes, a conservative activist and former diplomat, said Wednesday that President Barack Obama and liberals in Congress are promoting a dependence on government that mirrors slavery.
Keyes appeared with more than a dozen other black conservative leaders at a gathering in Washington to condemn accusations by the NAACP that the Tea Party movement has a racist faction. Keyes said real racism occurs when race is connected to ideology -- as was the case, he said, when Barack Obama was campaigning for president.
“The notion that you owe some allegiance or vote to an individual simply because of the color of their skin" is racist, Keyes said. He said such a notion was "constantly pushed at me by the American media" during the Obama campaign, when black Americans were expected to "feel proud" of Obama.
Keyes compared the institution of slavery with liberalism and socialism.
“What did it mean to be a slave?” Keyes asked. “It meant that you actually had guaranteed shelter, guaranteed clothing. Your master guaranteed your food, your clothing, your shelter and a job. “Sounds interesting, doesn’t it?” he said. “That’s exactly what the Obama faction and the leftists and the socialists and the so-called ‘liberals’ want to pretend is what all Americans should aspire to."
Keyes added: “The notion that somehow or another – the fact that you take a different point of view about political issues, about economic approaches, about fundamental issues of human character and decency; that that somehow means that you’re a traitor to your race is patently racist.”
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The white folks that are called racists for not liking Obama love Alan Keys, Clarence Thomas, and the conservative blacks that speak the truth. The point is that it has nothing to do with their color, it's the fact that the white folks that do not like Obama are conservative and don't like his agenda. Race means nothing, it's how these men view our world.
I would rather have Alan Keys as president then Obama anytime.
Keyes is right 100%
We live in a military dictatorship in which both political parties are controlled by the financial oligarchs who own the Reserve Banks.
Any attempts for a 3rd party or an idependent viewpoint are attacked and ridiculed.
Alan Keyes for President?!!! You have to be kidding. He keeps jumping states to find someone who will put him and his ultra conservative views in office. Thank God no state is falling for it.
"The notion that somehow or another – the fact that you take a different point of view about political issues, about economic approaches, about fundamental issues of human character and decency; that that somehow means that you’re a traitor to your race"
substitute country for race and you will have the view of many ultra conserves. and commenters on this blog
Has he found Obama's birth certificate yet. He and Orly taits were looking real hard for it. idiots.
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