Keller—whose office did not reply to requests for comment for this story—ran for Congress in 2000 and won strong support from evangelical leader James Dobson. According to the Orlando Weekly, Dobson “ran radio spots for Keller and campaign literature quoted him saying that Keller was ‘the obvious choice for those who care about the biblical values upon which our nation was founded.’” Keller also ran as an outsider and mortal enemy of Washington, D.C., and was strongly backed by U.S. Term Limits (USTL) because, unlike his opponent, he vowed to serve no more than eight years in the House. USTL hailed Keller as “a true citizen legislator,” saying it was tired of hearing “empty term-limits rhetoric” from career politicians.
But that was then. Since winning office, Keller has divorced his wife and married a young woman who worked on his congressional staff. I spoke with four people, each of whom would only speak with me on condition of anonymity, and each of whom told me that Keller’s relationship with the staffer began while he was still married. In addition, just weeks after winning re-election to his fourth term last fall, Keller decided that term limits weren’t actually such a good idea and declared that he would run again in 2008.
Does Keller have an honest bone in his body?
