# Dang, Alan Keyes makes Michelle Bachman look like Little Miss Sunshine!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dang-alan-keyes-makes-michelle-bachman-look-like-little-miss-sunshine/486821>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 21, 2009, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dang-alan-keyes-makes-michelle-bachman-look-like-little-miss-sunshine/486821 "2009-02-21T05:31:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dang-alan-keyes-makes-michelle-bachman-look-like-little-miss-sunshine/486821/41 "2009-02-22T04:27:27Z")

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> [@Carol\_Stream](#):
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> That’s not what **Equipoise** said. She said Sharpton didn’t anything wrong.
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> Which is it?

Wrong in terms of the batshit crazy antics in the OP.

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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dang-alan-keyes-makes-michelle-bachman-look-like-little-miss-sunshine/486821/42 "2009-02-22T04:58:25Z")

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> [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](#):
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> My question in all this is why does a raver like Keyes continue to get even a second of air time?

The USA does not have news media, it has entertainment media. Absurd crap attracts viewers which sells advertising.

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