In one of the worst Republican debates to date, and the last one before the January 3rd Iowa caucus, Doesn’t-have-a-snow-ball’s-chance-in-hell “candidate” Alan Keyes came across as a pompous idiot who just couldn’t stay on topic during the debate. His over bearing, high-stress preaching was obnoxious and unnecessary. Here’s an example, courtesy of Allah:

The question he was “answering”? “What can we do to reduce global warming?”. Which brings us to the question: Why was this man, who doesn’t have a shot in hell of winning, allowed to take up time with his off-topic answers that could otherwise be used for actual candidates to answer questions? It’s anyone’s guess.

Here’s this from Real Clear Politics’ blog by Tom Bevan:

Alan Keyes made himself the story today, which is exactly why he shouldn’t have been invited to the debate in the first place. The fact that Keyes will grab at least a portion of the headlines with his unhinged performance, in addition to the fact that no serious blows were landed in the debate, means today’s event is unlikely to change a thing…

But they were all overshadowed by Keyes, who continued his sideshow in the spin room after the debate, complaining about the way he was treated by the moderator. But this time he came up against a very hostile press corps. Asked whether he felt he had “marred” the debate, Keyes gave an indignant response about the ruling elites subverting the will of the people.

Another reporter said, “don’t you feel you were lucky to be invited to this debate in the first place?” Astonishingly, Keyes turned to the reporter and said, “is that a racial question?” It was strange to hear Keyes play the race card, and he dodged when asked about it.

“Is that a racial question?”? The reporter asked him if he felt he was lucky to take part in the debate, most likely considering the fact he has basically no support, won’t win the nomination and yet was able to take up precious exposure time. That remarks sounds like something a Democrat would say, not a Conservative Republican.