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Mr. 27% Re-Emerges

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Alan Keyes rationalizes his pathetic loss to Barack Obama in a recent speech in Decatur (via the freshly returned Archpundit):

And in our public and political life, that means taking a stand that is consistent with truth, and doing it whether we win or lose, doing it whether we are praised or blamed, doing it whether we are accepted and received or reviled and despised, even by those who profess to share our Christian faith.

Because at the end of the day, that’s not what matters. We can’t look around and worry about who’s with you. “Who’s with me on this? Nobody with me, I guess I’ll back out. Who’s with me on this? Nobody with me, I guess I’ll stand somewhere else.” No. You can’t do that. You can’t worry about who’s with you. You can only worry about whether you’re with Jesus. And if you are, then it doesn’t matter who’s with you because if He’s with you, then that’s enough–and it will prove to be enough.

Christ doesn’t count, the Lord doesn’t count the way we do. We see this in the Scriptures. We enter on the scene we’d think this big old army of 30,000 is better than an army of 3,000. We think that an army of 3,000 is better than an army of 300. Is that the way the Lord thought? No. The Lord saw the army of 30,000 and said, “No, that’s no good.” He saw the army of 3,000 and said, “No, that’s no good.” Got down to 300 facing the tens of thousands, and He said, “Yes, that’s about right.”

I’m not quite sure how you’d write an outlook like that into Illinois’ election law, however. For the foreseeable future, 27 percent will lose to 70 percent.

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Dec 16, 04 @ 10:15 am

Comments

1. rich.. That last graph was hilarious. Maybe we should start calling Keyes “General Custer”??

   Comment by Lance Stevens Thursday, Dec 16, 04 @ 11:49 am

2. Yeah, that must be what God is doing to the Bulls.

   Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Dec 16, 04 @ 12:22 pm

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