Alan Keyes: Under Obama ‘We Shall All Become Slaves on the Government’s Plantation’
Thursday, August 05, 2010
By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer
Former U.S. Ambassador Alan Keyes at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. (CNSNews.com photo/Penny Starr)
Washington (CNSNews.com) – 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.
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