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08/03/2004:

"GOP wooing Keyes to take on Obama"

Chicago Sun Times
Barack Obama might get a race, after all.

Former GOP presidential candidate Alan Keyes told Illinois Republicans Monday that he is ''open to the idea'' of taking on the Democrat in the U.S. Senate race -- a move that would pit two eloquent, nationally known African Americans against one another.

''It would be a classic race of conservative vs. liberal,'' said state Sen. Dave Syverson, a member of the panel looking for a candidate to go up against Obama. ''It would put this race on the map in this country -- just for excitement.'' full article

The tone of this article is incredibly dsigusting. Well not only that, but the idea of pitting Obama and Keyes against each other like...what? And for the white man's sport?? This reminds me of the horrific boxing scene at the beginning of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man.