Self control

Sully digs up a great clip of Obama debating Keyes in 2004. The subject is gay marriage.



How does Obama resist the urge to just look at him and say, "You're a complete embarrassment to yourself, your party, and your country."? How is he able to sit there as this total insanity is spewed forth?

I've said it before, and I'm sure I'll say it again: The most under-appreciated person in the ascendancy of Barack Obama is Alan Keyes. Sure, Obama was probably going to win anyway, but having an insane, frothing, carpet-bagger opponent allowed him to spend much of his pre-election time going to other states, stumping for other candidates, and otherwise building a national profile despite the fact that he wasn't even an incumbent. Even with Obama traversing the country, Keyes managed an anemic 27 percent of the vote. And a star was born.

Thanks, Alan!