Has Alan Keyes "Jumped The Shark"

Has Alan Keyes "Jumped The Shark"

Keyes criticism of "Values Voters Summit" sounds desperate, self-servingOn the old TV show "Happy Days," the Fonz was the coolest guy around -- until an infamous episode just before the show's cancellation which had the Fonz water-skiing. While water-skiing, the Fonz "jumped the shark." But the episode was so contrived, that even the uber-cool Fonz looked uncool. Since then, "jumping the shark" has come to symbolize anyone who gets caught trying to be cool, or -- more generally -- is desperately, and unsuccessfully, even pathetically, trying to remain relevant.Such is a description of the current chapter in the political career of Alan Keyes.Keyes was a refreshing and credible voice in the 1996 and 2000 presidential elections. But he's become a gadfly and -- worse -- a whiner. He's failed to make a credible showing in any race he's ever entered, and he's started blaming others for his inability to get traction.Witness, for example, excerpts from a press release from the Keyes campaign, coming on the Monday after the Family Research Council's Washington Briefing. After berating each of candidates for some deficiency in their conservative, pro-life positions, Keyes then blasts the FRC:"[The] FRC gave each of these candidates the use of its platform. It gave each of them a photo-op receiving a standing ovation from a crowd identified as strongly pro-life and supportive of the God-ordained natural family. [But the FRC] repeatedly refuse to invite one particular candidate: Dr. Alan Keyes. For decades, Dr. Keyes has boldly and courageously fought for everything the FRC claims to represent. "The contradictions get worse. For weeks prior to the event - in advertising, and in the radio and television pronouncements of FRC leaders - FRC claimed that all the candidates in both parties were invited. This claim was patently false, since Dr. Keyes was excluded, and yet they refused to correct it even after its untruthfulness was pointed out to them repeatedly."Keyes staffers, seeing the claims that 'all' the candidates had been invited, even the Democrats, thought perhaps an invitation for Ambassador Keyes had been lost in the mail. It could happen. So, they contacted FRC organizers just to be sure there was no misunderstanding. To their surprise, no such misplaced invitation had ever been offered. And none was ever forthcoming. The explanation given was that the event had been planned for months, that Keyes had entered the race too late, and that no slot in the speaking schedule could possibly be found for him. A shocking claim, considering the fact that Fred Thompson entered the race barely a week before Keyes, that Rudy Giuliani confirmed his attendance only days prior to the event, and that both were given every consideration."Keyes' campaign raises some valid points, but they ignore one important point: one of the values of a presidential campaign is that it gives the American people a chance to see how a camdidate can manage his own campaign. Is he an effective manager, or a bumbler. Many decry the fact that political campaigning has become so expensive, but you could also say that it gives us a good chance to see how well organized a candidate is, and what is stamina and perseverance is. Keyes has proven time and again that he is not presidential material. He's a smart guy with a lot of good ideas. He should write books and give speeches, not run for president.

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