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This man is awesome!!
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Newsmax
Disgusted Allen West to Dems: Grow Up!
Friday, February 18, 2011 03:41 PM
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Rookie U.S. Rep. Allen West delivered a stinging indictment of his colleagues in a letter to constituents in which he rails about House members’ “ignorance, belligerence, and dishonest rhetoric.” Without naming names, but clearly implying that he was including President Barack Obama, the Florida Republican also decried Washington’s interference with Wisconsin’s budget turmoil. The text of the letter to residents of Florida's 22nd District:
U.S. Rep Allen West
“Over this past week I have watched and listened to members of the House of Representatives from across the aisle.
“I am appalled at their ignorance, belligerence, and dishonest rhetoric filled with empty emotional platitudes. Have they no shame in realizing that their inept, incompetent failures are the reason why we are debating this continuing resolution. They failed to pass a budget during the 111th Congress.
“Have they no honor in realizing that their fiscal irresponsibility over the past four years has resulted in our standing on the precipice of a fiscal canyon from which we may not recover.
“Also troubling are the events in the state of Wisconsin which mirror those that happened in Greece several months ago. We are witnessing the abject hostility of a unionized entitlement class that is being lauded by the liberal left, seemingly to include our President.
“It is such a critical time for our Republic, yet there seems no visionary leadership — it is as if America stopped producing adults. I have never seen a greater assembly of petulance and sophomoric behavior as what I have witnessed this week on the floor of the House of Representatives.
“To those across the aisle, please explain to the American people how your economic policies have created a better environment for long-term sustainable growth.
“This debate is about jobs and the economy.
“It begins with remedying the spending problem on Capitol Hill. It includes tackling the burdensome taxation and regulation policies strangling our country. It is the understanding that Keynesian tax and spend policies did not grow America’s economy, but the indomitable, entrepreneurial spirit of the American people.
“Government sets the conditions for job and economic growth, it does not create jobs.
“I am pleased that we are having open debate in the peoples’ house. However, there is clearly something lacking in this discourse — the recognition of the failure of the bureaucratic nanny-state liberal policies.
“Rest assured that I will do everything in my ability to stand firm and lead on the principles that make America exceptional.”
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DAMN - GOT TO GET THIS VIDEO.
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This guy would make Obama crap his panties. I will send him a donation in 2012 no doubt.
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Ok - I almost have a man crush on this guy.
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"Obama is heading an outlaw regime"
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I would pay buku dollars to see Allen West debate Obama for a few hours.
"Obama HATES the country and wants to turn it into a socialist hell hole"
"Obama's bow to the SA King was on purpose and to signify submission"
FFFUUUBBBOOO! ! ! ! !
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha - awesome.
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Ok - I almost have a man crush on this guy.
LOL! You become smitter with another half-prepared candidate each week.
I take it trump didn't return your calls?
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LOL! You become smitter with another half-prepared candidate each week.
I take it trump didn't return your calls?
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Yet you kneepadded the ultimate FULLY UNPREPARED OBAMA from Day 1, and still do so. Go figure.
And please 240 - please tell me even one way West is less prepared for office than Obama was. Even one.
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He takes it to the communist left like few others.
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I watched the first two. Very impressive. Straight talk. We need people like him in DC. He is a Great American. Thanks for posting these 33.
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Yet you kneepadded the ultimate FULLY UNPREPARED OBAMA from Day 1, and still do so. Go figure.
And you kneepadded Palin, whose only credentials were taking a town from 0 to 22mil in debt in her term, then abusing power as governor for a year while going on cnbc running for president. Takes an unprepared kneepadder to know one, mate.
And please 240 - please tell me even one way West is less prepared for office than Obama was. Even one.
I see. West is cool because Obama sucked too? how many trianing wheel presidents in a row do we want, man? You like the way he will torture prisoners and hate on muslims, great... but what is his experience in domestic affairs, economy, legislation, etc?
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And you kneepadded Palin, whose only credentials were taking a town from 0 to 22mil in debt in her term, then abusing power as governor for a year while going on cnbc running for president. Takes an unprepared kneepadder to know one, mate.
I see. West is cool because Obama sucked too? how many trianing wheel presidents in a row do we want, man? You like the way he will torture prisoners and hate on muslims, great... but what is his experience in domestic affairs, economy, legislation, etc?
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Did I say I want him fo President in 2012? Please show me that post.
As for Palin - sorry 240 - no amount of Tamponing, Douching, Kneepadding, and shilling will still make up for the fact that she had far more revelent EXECUTIVE experience than Obama.
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I see. West is cool because Obama sucked too? how many trianing wheel presidents in a row do we want, man? You like the way he will torture prisoners and hate on muslims, great... but what is his experience in domestic affairs, economy, legislation, etc?
Now you care about someone's experience on these things? Where were you on this when you were voting for Obama?
Right now, West looks like more of a president than Obama does. But I agree, he's not experienced enough. Down the road this guy will be a force, though.
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I'm still looking for my post where I said I want West as POTUS in 2012.
BTW - West does not suck 240 - and stop the kneepadding - its awful.
Just own up to the fact that you made a tragic mistake in 2008 out of your blind hatred for Palin, and deal with it. We all mistakes, but some of us own up to it.
Instead - you just try to tae down everyone else and equivocate as if that maks your mistake in supporting Obama ok.
As for 2012 - they could put up Lady Ga ga and i would support her over Obama.
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He takes it to the communist left like few others.
Lt. Col. Wests' constant reference to this scene made me have to post it out of guilty pleasures. One of the best movie scenes ever.
RRROOOMMMAAA VVIITTTAAA! ! ! !
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x452898
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Allen West Confronted by Koran-Wielding CAIR Executive
The Shark Tank ^ | 02/21/2011 | Javier Manjarres
At a townhall meeting hosted by Congressman Allen West on Monday evening in Pompano Beach, the Q&A segment of the meeting featured a Koran wielding Nezar Hamze, Executive Director of the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR). Hamze confronted Congressman West and asked him to point out where in the Koran does it give marching orders to Muslims “to carry out attacks against Americans and innocent people”. West quickly pointed out that the Koran was written long before America even existed and that it does indeed tell believers to kill infidels, and then proceeded to chronicle a lengthy list of historical Muslim acts of aggression. Congressman West closed his retort by referencing the Fort Hood shootings and 9-11 attacks, saying that his first hand experiences on the battlefield has given him insight into the tactics that Islamists use before telling Hamze not to “try to blow sunshine up my butt” with his criticism of him. West took offense to Hamze’s amateurish criticism of his stance on radical Islam and concluded by telling Mr. Hamze to “put the microphone down and go home.”
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Bahahaha, West completely obliterated that terrorist-supporting shill. Destroyed.
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That dope had no clue the buzz saw he just walked into by pulling that stunt. West clearly knows his history.
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That dope had no clue the buzz saw he just walked into by pulling that stunt. West clearly knows his history.
That and he has no qualms with calling it like it is. You won't find him being PC about Islam.
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I have met West in Florida and spoke to him for over 20 minutes. I definitely liked the guy. The liberals here hate him and try to ridicule him in the local newspapers.
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Bravo!
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He's spot on again.
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If Democrats have identified him as a top target, he must be doing something right.
Lois Frankel launches bid for Allen West’s congressional seat
by George Bennett | March 21st, 2011
Term-limited West Palm Beach Mayor Lois Frankel announced today that she’s running for the congressional seat of freshman U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, setting up what could be yet another expensive, nationally watched race in Palm Beach-Broward District 22.
Democrat Frankel said she’ll focus on “jobs, jobs, jobs,” but declined to outline specific policy stances in an interview today.
Frankel was a fiery liberal Democratic state House member before winning the first of two nonpartisan terms as West Palm Beach mayor in 2003. She lost a bitter 1992 Democratic primary runoff for Congress to eventual U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar.
District 22 includes much of coastal Palm Beach and Broward counties and is fairly evenly split between Republican and Democratic voters. But new boundaries will be drawn before the 2012 elections.
West is an outspoken conservative with a strong national following who won the district with 54.4 percent in November.
“Allen West’s record’s going to speak for itself,” Frankel said. “I believe the focus needs to be not on talk radio. The focus needs to be on working people — on people paying their mortgages, on people getting jobs and that should be the focus of Mr. West and the rest of Congress.”
West said he’s focused on his job rather than campaigning.
“We are at a critical time in our country’s history. We need to takes steps to create jobs, restrain government spending and be focused on our national security. My focus is representing the constituents of the 22nd Congressional District. There is a time and place for politics. I am focused on representing the constituents and building a brighter future for our children,” West said.
Frankel told reporters she’s running because, “After being mayor for eight years and a mother who sent her child to war twice, I have seen first hand how the policies in Washington affect small business owners, people looking for jobs, people who have jobs and want to keep them, families. I just want to roll up my sleeves like I’ve done here in West Palm Beach and try to get a more vibrant economy here in South Florida.”
Frankel’s son served with the Marines in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Asked about her approach to improving the economy, Frankel declined to offer an opinion on the $787 billion stimulus bill passed by Congress in 2009.
“I’m not going to comment on how I would have or should have because there’s going to be plenty of time for that,” Frankel said. “My priorities are jobs for working people….I think that’s what we need — people who roll up their sleeves and solve problems. And that’s really what I want to say today and as the campaign develops certainly we’ll put out our position papers.”
Other Democrats have shown interest in the race and Fort Lauderdale businessman Patrick Murphy recently launched a Democratic campaign for the seat.
The biggest question mark is former U.S. Rep. Ron Klein of Boca Raton, who hasn’t ruled out the possibility of running again. Frankel has hired former Klein consultant Brian Smoot to advise her campaign.
“Right now I’m not anticipating Ron Klein running for Congress,” Frankel said.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has identified West as a top target for 2012.
The DCCC has already unleashed radio ads and automated phone calls critical of West, and DCCC Chairman Steve Israel, D-N.Y., was in Palm Beach last month interviewing potential West challengers.
Frankel said she expects to raise $4 million for the race. West raised more than $6 million for his campaign last year and Klein more than $5 million.
http://www.postonpolitics.com/2011/03/frankel-expected-to-announce-congressional-bid-today-for-allen-wests-seat/
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Allen West: No to Spending Cut Deal
Saturday, 09 Apr 2011
Rep. Allen West knows exactly how he'll vote when the final version of Friday night's budget deal comes before the House: No way.
The bipartian agreement will slice $38.5 billion in federal spending, but West says that's not enough, Politico reports. So he says he will vote against the measure when it arrives in Capitol Hill sometime next week. Congress approved a stopgap measure after the budget deal to keep the federal government operating until final details in the budget deal can be hammered out.
"It's all about the money," said West (R-Fla.).
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/AllenWest-GovernmentShutdown/2011/04/09/id/392346
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http://blog.eyeblast.tv/2011/04/rep-allen-west-says-obama-displays-third-world-dictator-like-arrogance
Rep. Allen West says Obama displays “third world dictator-like arrogance”
Rep. Allen West appeared on the Laura Ingraham show and said Obama displays “third world dictator-like arrogance.”
West says around the 3:11 mark:
What you continue to see is a third world dictator-like arrogance, that’s what I saw in that speech [by Obama] last week. And look, Laura, to borrow a phrase from Reverend Jeremiah Wright, the chickens are coming home to roost.
And around 3:58:
This whole talk about shared prosperity–that really gives me the goosebumps because I’m starting to believe that a community organizer is nothing but a low-level socialist agitator.
Tags: Allen West, Allen West says Obama displays "third world dictator-like arrogance", laura ingraham
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Allen West is the man. He was the only GOP congressman to vote a "firm no" on the bullshit budget Boehner and his buddies Obama/Reid concocted.
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Allen West is the man. He was the only GOP congressman to vote a "firm no" on the bullshit budget Boehner and his buddies Obama/Reid concocted.
Bachmann too.
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Allen West: Tired of Obama’s ‘Marxist Rhetoric’
Friday, 22 Apr 2011 06:33 AM
By Hiram Reisner
Florida GOP Rep. Allen West says he stands by his statement that President Barack Obama exhibited “Third World dictator-like arrogance” in his speech last week on the budget and America’s skyrocketing debt, and he is sick and tired of the president’s “Marxist demagogic rhetoric.”
“I do stand by those words — and perhaps one of the things that many people need to understand is that the truth needs to be said,” West Thursday said on Fox News, referring to a comment he made Tuesday on Laura Ingraham’s radio show. “When I go around and I talk to people down here in my district, and we get phone calls, that speech that was given last week Wednesday was absolutely beneath the statesmanship, or the atmosphere, or the aura of the personality that the president should show.
“I am sick and tired of this class warfare — this Marxist demagogic rhetoric that is coming from the president of the United States of America,” he told Greta Van Susteren. “It is not helpful for this country, and it’s not going to move the ball forward as far as rectifying the economic situation in our country — and I’m not going to back away from telling what the truth is.”
West said it is time to “stop playing games” when it comes to discussing America’s deteriorating fiscal situation.
“I don't think it's very presidential when Barack Hussein Obama refers to my colleague, [House Budget Committee Chairman] Paul Ryan, as a simple little accountant, either,” he said. “So I think that when you look at what a community organizer [Obama] is turning out to be, it does seem to be like a low-level socialist agitator.
“When you look at the economic situation that we have, to have a gentleman in the White House that really has never run any type of business or organization — I myself, as a company commander, as a battalion executive officer, and as a battalion commander — have many times had to balance budgets, and take care of units, and operate a budget,” West continued.
“So I think it does come back to experience,” he said. “And when I talk about the chickens coming home to roost — when we continue to play this election cycle ‘American Idol’ in the United States of America — this is what we end up with, with someone that really is not in tune with the American people.”
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Barack-Obama-Hussein-Allen/2011/04/22/id/393732
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Congressman Allen West Bio
Allen B. West (born February 7, 1961) is U.S. Representative-elect for Florida's 22nd congressional district. He is a retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel elected to represent Florida's 22nd district in Congress in the United States House of Representatives elections, held on November 2, 2010. Lieutenant Colonel Allen West (US Army, Retired) was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and is third of four generations of military servicemen in his family. His parents instilled in him a very basic principle, love of God and country.
In 2004, when it was time to retire from more than twenty years of service in the US Army, he brought his wife and two young daughters to Broward County, Florida, where he taught high school for one year. He then returned to Afghanistan as an advisor to the Afghan army, an assignment he finished in November 2007.
Allen West received his Bachelors degree from University of Tennessee and Masters degree from Kansas State University, both in political science. He also holds a Master of Military Arts and Sciences from the US Army Command and General Staff Officer College in political theory and military operations.
"Education is the great equalizer," he says. "With a good education, any child in America can live his dream."
Allen West knows that for our children to live their dreams, they need to be safe. He has served in several combat zones: in Operation Desert Storm, in Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he was battalion commander for the Army's 4th Infantry Division, and in Afghanistan, where he trained Afghan officers to take on the responsibility of securing their own country.
In his Army career, Col. West has been honored many times, including a Bronze Star, three Meritorious Service Medals, three Army Commendation Medals (one with Valor), and a Valorous Unit Award. He received his valor award as a Captain in Desert Shield/Storm, was the US Army ROTC Instructor of the Year in 1993, and was a Distinguished HonorGraduate III Corps Assault School.
He proudly wears the Army Master parachutist badge, Air Assault badge, Navy/Marine Corps parachutist insignia, Italian parachutist wings, and German proficiency badge (Bronze award). Allen is an avid distance runner, a PADI Master certified SCUBA diver, motorcyclist, and attends Community Christian Church in Tamarac, Florida.
Excellence is a West family tradition. His wife, Angela, holds an MBA and PhD. and works as a financial planner. His oldest daughter, Aubrey, attends Archbishop McCarthy HS and his youngest daughter, Austen, attends Parkway Christian School.
While serving in Taji, Iraq, on August 20, 2003, as commander of the 2d Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel West was in charge of an interrogation of a civilian Iraqi police officer who was suspected of having pertinent information regarding attacks on American soldiers in the area. Interrogators had learned that the detainee had information about a planned ambush.
When the interrogators were unable to extract the needed important information for some time, LTC West was asked to come try to obtain the important information. As the detainee continued to hold back the information, LTC West fired his pistol past the detainee's head into a clearing barrel, frightening (but not physically harming) the detainee and getting him to finally give the information. At least one man was apprehended as a result of the information obtained through the detainee's interrogation.
ANOTHER WEST BIO:Allen West Wikipedia Bio
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Allen West: Tired of Obama’s ‘Marxist Rhetoric’
Friday, 22 Apr 2011 06:33 AM
By Hiram Reisner
Florida GOP Rep. Allen West says he stands by his statement that President Barack Obama exhibited “Third World dictator-like arrogance” in his speech last week on the budget and America’s skyrocketing debt, and he is sick and tired of the president’s “Marxist demagogic rhetoric.”
“I do stand by those words — and perhaps one of the things that many people need to understand is that the truth needs to be said,” West Thursday said on Fox News, referring to a comment he made Tuesday on Laura Ingraham’s radio show. “When I go around and I talk to people down here in my district, and we get phone calls, that speech that was given last week Wednesday was absolutely beneath the statesmanship, or the atmosphere, or the aura of the personality that the president should show.
“I am sick and tired of this class warfare — this Marxist demagogic rhetoric that is coming from the president of the United States of America,” he told Greta Van Susteren. “It is not helpful for this country, and it’s not going to move the ball forward as far as rectifying the economic situation in our country — and I’m not going to back away from telling what the truth is.”
West said it is time to “stop playing games” when it comes to discussing America’s deteriorating fiscal situation.
“I don't think it's very presidential when Barack Hussein Obama refers to my colleague, [House Budget Committee Chairman] Paul Ryan, as a simple little accountant, either,” he said. “So I think that when you look at what a community organizer [Obama] is turning out to be, it does seem to be like a low-level socialist agitator.
“When you look at the economic situation that we have, to have a gentleman in the White House that really has never run any type of business or organization — I myself, as a company commander, as a battalion executive officer, and as a battalion commander — have many times had to balance budgets, and take care of units, and operate a budget,” West continued.
“So I think it does come back to experience,” he said. “And when I talk about the chickens coming home to roost — when we continue to play this election cycle ‘American Idol’ in the United States of America — this is what we end up with, with someone that really is not in tune with the American people.”
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Barack-Obama-Hussein-Allen/2011/04/22/id/393732
Deadly accurate!! I sure wished I'd live in this guy's district in Florida, because he definitely would have had my vote. But, at least I got to cast my ballot to get that goofball, Alan Grayson, out.
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A hero, unlike the communist puke anf grifter obama.
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He is a congressman who served honorably and in battle in iraq while your hero was palling around with domestic terrorists waging war on the usa.
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Yeah, cause malcom in the middle is really important?
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He is a tea party favorite and being pushed by many to jump in.
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You are nothing but a common pick pocket and looter. No wonder you love boy wonder.
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Congressman Allen West Response to President Barack Obama's Speech - May 19,2011
Congressman Allen West - Florida District 22 ^ | May 19, 2011 | SeekTheTruth
Congressman Allen West Response to President Barack Obama's Call for a Two State Solution in Israel -May 19
"Today's endorsement by President Barack Obama of the creation of a Hamas-led Palestinian state based on the pre-1967 borders, signals the most egregious foreign policy decision his administration has made to date, and could be the beginning of the end as we know it for the Jewish state.
From the moment the modern day state of Israel declared statehood in 1948, to the end of the 1967 Six Day War, Jews were forbidden access to their holiest site, the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, controlled by Jordan's Arab army.
The pre-1967 borders endorsed by President Obama would deny millions of the world's Jews access to their holiest site and force Israel to return the strategically important Golan Heights to Syria, a known state-sponsor of terrorism.
Resorting to the pre-1967 borders would mean a full withdrawal by the Israelis from the West Bank and the Jewish neighborhoods of East Jerusalem. Make no mistake, there has always been a Nation of Israel and Jerusalem has been and must always be recognized as its rightful capital.
In short, the Hamas-run Palestinian state envisioned by President Obama would be devastating to Israel and the world's 13.3 million Jews. It would be a Pavlovian style reward to a declared Islamic terrorist organization, and an unacceptable policy initiative.
America should never negotiate with the Palestinian Authority- which has aligned itself with Hamas. Palestine is a region, not a people or a modern state. Based upon Roman Emperor Hadrian's declaration in 73 AD, the original Palestinian people are the Jewish people.
It's time for the American people to stand by our strongest ally, the Jewish State of Israel, and reject this foreign policy blunder of epic proportions.
While the winds of democracy may blow strong in the Middle East, history has demonstrated that gaps in leadership can lead to despotic regimes. I have questions for President Obama: 'Who will now lead in Egypt?' and 'Why should American taxpayers provide foreign aid to a nation where the next chapter in their history may be the emergence of another radical Islamic state?'
President Obama has not stood for Israel or the Jewish people and has made it clear where the United States will stand when Palestine attempts to gain recognition of statehood by the United Nations. The President should focus on the real obstacle to security- the Palestinian leadership and its ultimate goal to eliminate Israel and the Jewish people."
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Cain / West would probably a 45 state landslide against obama
Damn - saw this clip today and had the same freaking reaction to those stup stickers.
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Love this guy - fought in 3 combat zones. Hope is is selected for VP.
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Ok - I almost have a man crush on this guy.
ha ha ha ha - sending that pink pantie commie puke into stiches.
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Love this guy - fought in 3 combat zones. Hope is is selected for VP.
*APPLAUSE* I love this guy! (no homo)
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ha ha ha ha - sending that pink pantie commie puke into stiches.
That guy is terrific. I have the same criticism of Obama's leadership.
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Haha. Check this out. West v Obama.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2723071/posts?page=3
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LOL at this comment;
Allen West = John Wayne
Barack Obama = Tinker Bell
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This man is awesome!!
Oh lord.. your endorsement is like the kiss of death..
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We perfect ticket right now is Cain / West.
They would probably win at least 45 states by my estimation:
Here is their slogan: Cain / West : "So the nation can sleep at night again"
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Cain/West
2 bad ass Ni66as...lmao
Na really, His military background is good out side of the iraqi torture shit (which made him retire)\
But what is the difference between this guy and McCain. And what does he know outside of military shit and poppin off .45s at suckas domes
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Cain.. i think the US Econmy is a bit more complicated than a pizza Joint...
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Cain.. i think the US Econmy is a bit more complicated than a pizza Joint...
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He was head of the Federal Reserve bank in Kansas, and worked in many other corps at high levels before being CEO of the "the pizza joint"
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Cain.. i think the US Econmy is a bit more complicated than a pizza Joint...
You have to be joking. You're smarter than that. He ran one of the largest companies in the country. Much more than just a "pizza joint."
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You have to be joking. You're smarter than that. He ran one of the largest companies in the country. Much more than just a "pizza joint."
dude im fuckin with you guys.. he might be solid. i havent done my research yet.. But what about West. We cant have a president that went off bustin shots near a sand-heads dome to get information
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dude im fuckin with you guys.. he might be solid. i havent done my research yet.. But what about West. We cant have a president that went off bustin shots near a sand-heads dome to get information
YES WE CAN! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! !
That is exactly what I want in my POTUS.
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dude im fuckin with you guys.. he might be solid. i havent done my research yet.. But what about West. We cant have a president that went off bustin shots near a sand-heads dome to get information
I've only recently learned about West (thanks to 33 and BF). Love what I see and hear so far. That guy is a breath of fresh air.
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Memorial Day Observance - South Florida National Cemetery - With Congressman Allen West
05/30/2011
Posted on Monday, May 30, 2011 2:33:26 PM by AnyStreetFL
Memorial Day Observance - South Florida National Cemetery... Congressman Allen West in attendance,
"We remember our heroes because they illuminate the eternal realm of the heroic, a realm that we must treasure and venerate if we are to survive as a culture. Not only is the hero a transcendent archetype, but he is only heroic because he has sacrificed something in defense of another archetype — truth, liberty, beauty, the good, etc. In the absence of this true formulation, neither the heroic nor his sacrifice make any sense at all. This is why to “deconstruct,” say, George Washington, is not just an attack on the father of our country, but on fatherhood, God, and the realm of transcendent (i.e., the Real) in general.."
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I've only recently learned about West (thanks to 33 and BF). Love what I see and hear so far. That guy is a breath of fresh air.
what qualifies him to be president.. serious question
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what qualifies him to be president.. serious question
ha ha haha ha - are you fucking serious?
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ha ha haha ha - are you fucking serious?
dude grow the fuck up. Im asking BEACH why he is qualified to be prez. We all know that you would date a child molester and a jewel thief in 2012.. so i was asking someone who would give me a real answer.
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Over 35 y/o, Natural Born Citizen, Congressman, Decorated Vet.
Enough for me.
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what qualifies him to be president.. serious question
His education, military experience, toughness, intelligence, and government philosophy.
His biggest weakness in my book is his lack of private sector experience. Other than that, he's qualified IMO. Certainly miles ahead of our current president.
But I haven't been touting him for president, so not sure why you asked the question?
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His education, military experience, toughness, intelligence, and government philosophy.
His biggest weakness in my book is his lack of private sector experience. Other than that, he's qualified IMO. Certainly miles ahead of our current president.
But I haven't been touting him for president, so not sure why you asked the question?
very good answer
and....because i wanted to
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very good answer
and....because i wanted to
No worries. Just thought I gave you the impression I was pushing for him to run for president.
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LMFAO. Obama is such a fucking moron its not funny. If blacks and guilt ridden whites were so eager for black potus - you had far better choices than obama - like powell, rice, cain, west, bolden, etc.
No, you had to saddle us with an ignorant commie like obama.
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LMFAO. Obama is such a fucking moron its not funny. If blacks and guilt ridden whites were so eager for black potus - you had far better choices than obama - like powell, rice, cain, west, bolden, etc.
No, you had to saddle us with an ignorant commie like obama.
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Congressman Allen West Bio
Allen B. West (born February 7, 1961) is U.S. Representative-elect for Florida's 22nd congressional district. He is a retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel elected to represent Florida's 22nd district in Congress in the United States House of Representatives elections, held on November 2, 2010. Lieutenant Colonel Allen West (US Army, Retired) was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and is third of four generations of military servicemen in his family. His parents instilled in him a very basic principle, love of God and country.
In 2004, when it was time to retire from more than twenty years of service in the US Army, he brought his wife and two young daughters to Broward County, Florida, where he taught high school for one year. He then returned to Afghanistan as an advisor to the Afghan army, an assignment he finished in November 2007.
Allen West received his Bachelors degree from University of Tennessee and Masters degree from Kansas State University, both in political science. He also holds a Master of Military Arts and Sciences from the US Army Command and General Staff Officer College in political theory and military operations.
"Education is the great equalizer," he says. "With a good education, any child in America can live his dream."
Allen West knows that for our children to live their dreams, they need to be safe. He has served in several combat zones: in Operation Desert Storm, in Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he was battalion commander for the Army's 4th Infantry Division, and in Afghanistan, where he trained Afghan officers to take on the responsibility of securing their own country.
In his Army career, Col. West has been honored many times, including a Bronze Star, three Meritorious Service Medals, three Army Commendation Medals (one with Valor), and a Valorous Unit Award. He received his valor award as a Captain in Desert Shield/Storm, was the US Army ROTC Instructor of the Year in 1993, and was a Distinguished HonorGraduate III Corps Assault School.
He proudly wears the Army Master parachutist badge, Air Assault badge, Navy/Marine Corps parachutist insignia, Italian parachutist wings, and German proficiency badge (Bronze award). Allen is an avid distance runner, a PADI Master certified SCUBA diver, motorcyclist, and attends Community Christian Church in Tamarac, Florida.
Excellence is a West family tradition. His wife, Angela, holds an MBA and PhD. and works as a financial planner. His oldest daughter, Aubrey, attends Archbishop McCarthy HS and his youngest daughter, Austen, attends Parkway Christian School.
While serving in Taji, Iraq, on August 20, 2003, as commander of the 2d Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel West was in charge of an interrogation of a civilian Iraqi police officer who was suspected of having pertinent information regarding attacks on American soldiers in the area. Interrogators had learned that the detainee had information about a planned ambush.
When the interrogators were unable to extract the needed important information for some time, LTC West was asked to come try to obtain the important information. As the detainee continued to hold back the information, LTC West fired his pistol past the detainee's head into a clearing barrel, frightening (but not physically harming) the detainee and getting him to finally give the information. At least one man was apprehended as a result of the information obtained through the detainee's interrogation.
ANOTHER WEST BIO:Allen West Wikipedia Bio
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Rep. West: Obama Is A ‘Rigid Ideologue’ Leading By ‘Intimidation And Scare Tactics’
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by Matt Schneider | 5:28 pm, July 12th, 2011
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Republican Congressman Allen West appeared on Fox News and didn’t hold back with his criticism of President Obama’s leadership style and economic policies. Martha MacCallum wondered whether West was worried, like Obama, that if the debt ceiling isn’t raised then social security checks might not be sent out? West simply stated, “I don’t believe that’s the case.”
West suggested there was something he was more concerned with than simply worrying about whether a budget compromise could be reached:
“My concern is that we have a President that is not willing to do his job and that is to prioritize the spending. That he is digging in his heels, being very intransigent, and he’s being a rigid ideologue. And he must understand that every single one of his economic policies have failed. So I think it’s time that he realize that he does not have the moral high ground in this argument.”
Those certainly are some fighting words, and West wasn’t done, alleging that Obama’s leadership is by “intimidation and scare tactics and that’s not what a leader really does.” Instead, West argued for real spending cuts, not the “fairy dust” kind spread out over ten years, and reiterated that tax hikes are a non-starter for Republicans in any debate. With such tough-talking statements, it’s certainly easy to see why West is fast becoming a favorite with the Tea Party supporters.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rep-west-obama-is-a-rigid-ideologue-leading-by-intimidation-and-scare-tactics
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Rep. West: Obama ‘Needs to Admit’ His Economic Policies ‘Have Failed’ America
CNS News ^ | 7/15/11 | Nicholas Ballasy
Posted on July 16, 2011 8:46:34 AM EDT by markomalley
Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) said President Barack Obama “needs to admit” his economic policies “have failed” America. To back up his assertion, West cited the national debt increase under Obama’s watch.
“What people have to understand, there’s one simple reason why we’re in this situation right now. There has been close to $4-and-a-half trillion dollars of new debt that has come about in two-and-a-half years since President Obama took office,” said West after a press conference about the Priority Spending Act of 2011. “So this is a catastrophic situation. That’s more debt than from, I believe, 1776 up to 1994 almost. So that’s what we’re contending with.”
“We’re also contending with three years of an exorbitant amount of deficits – $1.42 trillion, $1.29 trillion, and then this year possibly $1.65 trillion. So those are the types of things that the president needs to admit: that his economic policies, his tax policies have failed this country.”
The 111th Democrat-controlled Congress, which cast its last vote on December 22, 2010, added $3.22 trillion to the national debt, according to data posted by the Treasury Department. This amount surpasses the debt added by the first 100 Congresses combined.
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Fat chance.
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Allen West : Wasserman-Schultz 'vile...despicable...not a Lady'
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0711/Allen_West_tirade_WassermanSchultz_viledespicablenot_a_Lady.html ^
Posted on July 19, 2011 6:48:32 PM EDT by sunmars
Florida GOP Congressman Allen West this afternoon dispatched a scathing personal email to Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, calling her "vile, unprofessional ,and despicable," "a coward," "characterless," and "not a Lady," and demanding that she "shut the heck up."
Wasserman-Schultz, in whose neighboring South Florida district West lives, provoked his tirade with remarks after he left the House floor today, in which she responded -- without naming him -- to the Tea Party freshman's support for "Cut, Cap, and Balance" legislation to raise the debt ceiling.
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It’s On!… Rep. Allen West Confronts Lying “Vile & Despicable” Leftist Wasserman Schultz
GATEWAYPUNDIT ^ | Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 6:21 PM | Jim Hoft
Posted on July 19, 2011 11:17:20 PM EDT by Issaquahking
After Rep. Allen West left the House floor today, lying leftist hack Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz attacked him and lied about the Republican plan. A disgruntled Allen West sent out this response to the vile DNC chair.
Via the Politico:
From: Z112 West, Allen
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 04:48 PM
To: Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Cc: McCarthy, Kevin; Blyth, Jonathan; Pelosi, Nancy; Cantor, Eric
Subject: Unprofessional and Inappropriate Sophomoric Behavior from Wasserman-Schultz
Look, Debbie, I understand that after I departed the House floor you directed your floor speech comments directly towards me. Let me make myself perfectly clear, you want a personal fight, I am happy to oblige. You are the most vile, unprofessional ,and despicable member of the US House of Representatives. If you have something to say to me, stop being a coward and say it to my face, otherwise, shut the heck up. Focus on your own congressional district!
I am bringing your actions today to our Majority Leader and Majority Whip and from this time forward, understand that I shall defend myself forthright against your heinous characterless behavior……which dates back to the disgusting protest you ordered at my campaign hqs, October 2010 in Deerfield Beach.
You have proven repeatedly that you are not a Lady, therefore, shall not be afforded due respect from me!
Steadfast and Loyal
Congressman Allen B West (R-FL)
Look for vile Wasserman Schultz to play the victim card in 3… 2… 1…
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West: Obama supporters ‘a threat to the gene pool’
Palm Beach Post ^ | July 19, 2011 | George Bennett
Posted on July 20, 2011 10:36:48 PM EDT by bkopto
In his latest weekly update to constituents, U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, calls the debate over the federal government’s debt limit “the ultimate ideological clash in America…between those who believe in principled fiscal policies and those desiring the socialist bureaucratic nanny-state.”
He rips President Obama‘s handling of fiscal affairs and the economy and offers this critique of Obama’s supporters:
“I must confess, when I see anyone with an Obama 2012 bumper sticker, I recognize them as a threat to the gene pool.”
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Cain.. i think the US Econmy is a bit more complicated than a pizza Joint...
The head of any pizza joint could do better than a $1.5 trillion annual deficit and 10% unemployment.
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Allen West: Apology to Wasserman Schultz ‘is not happening’
WaPo ^ | 7/21/11 | Felicia Sonmez
Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) says he is not apologizing to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz for attacking the Florida Democrat in an e-mail.
“That is not happening,” West told Fox Business Network’s Stuart Varney Thursday morning when asked whether he plans to apologize to Wasserman Schultz, who is the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.
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Funny to see female Congressional Democrats falling all over themselves to attack West over this. They're awfully silent when a liberal says things far worse about women.
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Wasserslut is a vile disgrace. Typical jap.
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Allen West's Gentlemanly Behavior
Townhall.com ^ | 7/25/2011 | Star Parker
Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), also Democratic National Committee chair, suggested that the nasty email she got from Congressman Allen West (R-FL), responding to her attack on him in the House, resulted from him being “under pressure.”
Of course, Allen West is under pressure.
As is every freedom loving American, as we watch our great country sink.
In two and a half years, a left wing Democrat president along with a left wing Democrat congress, controlled by the likes of Ms Wasserman Schultz, have changed this country so fundamentally it is not clear at all to what extent we can recover.
In just two and half years, they’ve increased federal spending a trillion dollars. It took George W. Bush, the largest spender since President Johnson, eight years to accomplish this.
The national debt stood at $10.6 trillion when Barack Obama became president. Now, two and a half years later, it’s at $14.3 trillion. A forty percent increase.
Obamacare has nationalized one sixth of the economy. The Dodd-Frank financial services law brings unprecedented government control over our banking and financial services sector.
The bailout of General Motors changed the American auto industry forever, opening the door to corporations becoming a subsidiary of the US government.
Now in that spirit, the Obama administration is trying to prevent Boeing from relocating plane production from the state of Washington, where unions are crippling its business, to South Carolina, a right to work state.
The Congressional Budget Office now projects that debt will equal 100% of our GDP in ten years.
Even if Republicans succeed in extracting several trillion dollars in spending cuts from our president in exchange for raising the debt limit, this barely dents the massive new debt build-up.
Republicans, like Allen West, who were elected in the 2010 electoral backlash, are trying to do something to save our future. One is the Cut, Cap, and Balance bill that the House just passed, which was the focus of Wasserman Schultz’s attack on West.
Wasserman Schultz got on West for supporting this bill, calling this a platform for cutting Medicare for the seniors in his district.
Let’s get things straight.
The threat to seniors is Obamacare.
It cuts $500 billion out of Medicare to pay for its new socialized medicine regime.
Here’s the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Washington Post on this:
“Medicare’s chief actuary, Rick Foster, estimated that the law (Obamacare) could reduce projected Medicare spending by more than $575 billion over 10 years.”
And contrary to the grand lie under which Obamacare was sold, that it will save money and cut the deficit, CBO now projects that health care spending under this regime will double by 2035.
Every senior in the nation should be trembling about what Wasserman Schultz has helped make law of this land.
What should we expect? We have turned our lives, health, and pocketbooks over to the same humble geniuses who told us that $850 billion in stimulus spending would create 4 million jobs and prevent unemployment from going over 8 percent.
Today one and half million fewer Americans are working than when Barack Obama became president and unemployment stands at 9.2 percent.
West explained the vitriol of the left toward him, one of two black Republicans in the House, as stemming from his “being the guy that got off their 21st century plantation.”
It’s more. They are also obsessed with getting the whole nation on it. And Ms Wasserman Schultz and her left wing friends in government are succeeding.
Of course Allen West feels pressure. Every American who cares about their job, their future, and their children’s future is stressed out.
Given the damage inflicted by Wasserman Schultz and her party to our nation, Allen West has been quite the gentleman.
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Rep. Allen West Won't Rule Out Senate Race
Friday, 12 Aug 2011
Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., would not completely rule out a Senate run during an interview with West Palm Beach-based WPTV-TV, Friday, saying "the door is cracked very slightly" on ramping-up a challenge to Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.
The National Journal describes the Florida GOP primary field as uncertain since state Senate President Mike Haridopolos bailed mid-July.
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Since Haridopolos' departure, environmental consultant Nick Loeb has been mulling the race, and there is a possible Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., candidacy as well.
And after dropping out, Haridopolos mentioned a number of candidates he hoped might jump in, a list that included West -- along with former Gov. Jeb Bush and Reps. Connie Mack IV and Jeff Miller.
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Allen-West-Senate-Race/2011/08/12/id/407169
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Wasserslut is a vile disgrace. Typical jap.
Jesus you must be a miserable piece of shit in real life (you know that tiny shred of your life that you don't spend glued to your computer)
You know what is really hilarious? You're always telling people that Obama is their messiah, god-king or whatever yet you're the one who is constantly starting threads professing your adoration, infatuation etc... for any and all right wing moonbats
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Allen West: I’m Here as the Modern Day Harriet Tubman to Lead People Away From the Plantation
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/08/allen-west-im-the-modern-day-harriet-tubman-video/ ^ | August 17, 2011 | Jim Hoft
Posted on August 17, 2011 10:02:09 PM EDT by SanFranDan
Rep. Allen West (R-FL) told Laura Ingraham tonight on the O’Reilly Factor that he was the modern day Harriet Tubman.
Allen West:“Well I think Laura when you look at what is happening, the laughable hypocrisy is that the big black bus is not going into the black communities. When you have unemployment in the black community, 16.3% in July and it dropped down to 15.9% in the month of August, that’s not in the right direction.
So you have this 21st Century plantation where the democrat party has forever taken the black vote for granted and you have established certain black leaders are nothing more than the overseers of the plantation.
And, now the people on that plantation are upset because they’ve been disregarded, disrespected and their concerns are not cared about. So I’m here as the modern day Harriet Tubman to kinda lead people on the underground railroad away from that plantation into a sense of sensibility.”
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good use of the black images. 'bout time he start playing the black angle.
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Jesus you must be a miserable piece of shit in real life (you know that tiny shred of your life that you don't spend glued to your computer)
You know what is really hilarious? You're always telling people that Obama is their messiah, god-king or whatever yet you're the one who is constantly starting threads professing your adoration, infatuation etc... for any and all right wing moonbats
LOL!!!
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Rep. West: I'm not running for Senate
By: CNN Producer Gabriella Schwarz
(CNN) - Republican Rep. Allen West of Florida will run for re-election to the House in 2012, closing the door on a Senate bid, the tea party favorite announced in a statement Monday.
West said he considered launching a primary bid for the Republican Senate nomination to face incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson in the next election, but ultimately decided he would be most effective as a member of the House.
"For the last two weeks, I have traveled the Congressional District and spoken clearly to the citizens what while we have made progress these last seven months, there is still so much to accomplish for our country," West said in a statement. "I believe the place where I can best effect the needed change is from the People's House – the House of Representatives."
The freshman representative won a tough election in 2010 with the backing of members of the tea party movement, becoming a national voice for the movement.
Former Sen. George LeMieux, former state Majority Leader Adam Hasner, businessman Craig Miller and retired Colonel Mike McCalister are among the candidates competing for the GOP Senate nomination in Florida.
– CNN Senior Producer Kevin Bohn contributed to this report.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/22/rep-west-im-not-running-for-senate/#more-172125
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He needs a little more time in the house of reps.
Otherwise - I like him.
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Rep. Allen West: Obama Is "Shredding" The Constitution
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/23/rep_allen_west_obama_is_shredding_the_constitution.html
"I think he's shredding his responsibilities as the president, and his respect and regard of the Constitution," Rep. Allen West (R-FL) said in an interview with the conservative publication Newsmax.
In an exclusive Newsmax.TV interview, West cited Homeland Security Department chief Janet Napolitano’s announcement last week that the federal government will allow illegals not charged with other crimes to remain in the country and will not deport them.
“It’s absolutely a form of amnesty, and it does go against our Constitution,” says West, who called for a congressional investigation into the administration action.
West is confident he won’t lose the support of the tea party base following his vote in favor of the compromise that raised the debt ceiling. He explained to grass-roots conservatives that it is not realistic to expect to get 100 percent of what they want until the current political balance changes in Washington. (via Weasel Zippers)
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Blacks who still support obama are freaking morons. don't these idiots realize that illegals are taking jobs they would otherwise get?
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Blacks who still support obama are freaking morons. don't these idiots realize that illegals are taking jobs they would otherwise get?
When was the last time you saw a black person who was cool with picking oranges or lettuce?
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When was the last time you saw a black person who was cool with picking oranges or lettuce?
If we cut off welfare and food stamps for the slackers and they were forced to work they would either be faced with starvation or work.
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If we cut off welfare and food stamps for the slackers and they were forced to work they would either be faced with starvation or work.
How about we penalize people for using illegal aliens in the first place?
Also, I doubt that you will have starvation... You'll just have more "panhandlers"
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Allen West: Obama Intentionally Killing the Economy
Fox News ^ | 9-28-11 | Fox News
Fla. Rep. Allen West was asked if President Obama is just inept or if he is intentionally harming the economy. West says he’s definitely doing this on purpose.
(Video at the Fox News link.)
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Check out this video on YouTube:
Fucking awesome!!! Obama is destroying this country. F U and drop dead every commie dirtbag voting for. MaoBama in 2012.
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LOL. Who is he kidding? Obama has less leadership ability than a private in the mess hall!
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I really like this guy. He speaks the truth.
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Allen West on the Marines Incident: 'Shut Your Mouth, War Is Hell'
1:37 PM, Jan 13, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/allen-west-marines-incident-shut-your-mouth-war-hell_616699.html
Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), a former Army lieutenant colonel, sends THE WEEKLY STANDARD an email commenting on the Marines' video, and has given us permission to publish it.
“I have sat back and assessed the incident with the video of our Marines urinating on Taliban corpses. I do not recall any self-righteous indignation when our Delta snipers Shugart and Gordon had their bodies dragged through Mogadishu. Neither do I recall media outrage and condemnation of our Blackwater security contractors being killed, their bodies burned, and hung from a bridge in Fallujah.
“All these over-emotional pundits and armchair quarterbacks need to chill. Does anyone remember the two Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division who were beheaded and gutted in Iraq?
“The Marines were wrong. Give them a maximum punishment under field grade level Article 15 (non-judicial punishment), place a General Officer level letter of reprimand in their personnel file, and have them in full dress uniform stand before their Battalion, each personally apologize to God, Country, and Corps videotaped and conclude by singing the full US Marine Corps Hymn without a teleprompter.
“As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.”
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Allen West on the Marines Incident: 'Shut Your Mouth, War Is Hell'
1:37 PM, Jan 13, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/allen-west-marines-incident-shut-your-mouth-war-hell_616699.html
Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), a former Army lieutenant colonel, sends THE WEEKLY STANDARD an email commenting on the Marines' video, and has given us permission to publish it.
“I have sat back and assessed the incident with the video of our Marines urinating on Taliban corpses. I do not recall any self-righteous indignation when our Delta snipers Shugart and Gordon had their bodies dragged through Mogadishu. Neither do I recall media outrage and condemnation of our Blackwater security contractors being killed, their bodies burned, and hung from a bridge in Fallujah.
“All these over-emotional pundits and armchair quarterbacks need to chill. Does anyone remember the two Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division who were beheaded and gutted in Iraq?
“The Marines were wrong. Give them a maximum punishment under field grade level Article 15 (non-judicial punishment), place a General Officer level letter of reprimand in their personnel file, and have them in full dress uniform stand before their Battalion, each personally apologize to God, Country, and Corps videotaped and conclude by singing the full US Marine Corps Hymn without a teleprompter.
“As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.”
He needs to stop talking before I wind up with a man crush. (no homo) lol
He's the black version of Chris Christie.
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Rep. Allen West: I'd Step Up to Vice-Presidential Plate if Asked to Run
Monday, 16 Jan 2012
U.S. Rep. Allen West, who generally has deflected suggestions that he could be a vice-presidential candidate, now is saying he would “step up to the plate” if asked.
The freshman Florida Republican and tea party favorite took that swing at pitches from three constituents at a town hall meeting, according to The Palm Beach Post.
In answer to the voters’ written questions at the meeting, West said: "If people come to me and ask me to continue to serve my country in a higher capacity, I'm not going to say no. It would be an incredible privilege and honor. I doubt that I'm on anybody's list.
“Thank you for asking and if it came to fruition, yeah, I'd step up to the plate," West said, drawing applause, the Post reported.
West previously had answered the way he did at a recent Boca Raton homeowners meeting, the Post noted.
"If somebody were to ask, I've got to pray about it first. I've got to talk to Mrs. West and my two little girls about it, and then we'll make the best decision for our country and also for us as a family," West said.
He changed that up a bit last week when Boca Raton public relations agent Barry Epstein asked a about the possibility of West’s becoming a vice-presidential candidate on his Internet show, the Post reported.
"I've always said that that's something I'd have to pray about, I'd have to talk to my family about, make sure we make the right decision," West began. "But if someone asks you to step up and serve your country, I'm not going to turn my back on my country."
West added: "I'm not going to say no, but I doubt that I'm on anyone's list for consideration."
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/West-vice-president-Republican/2012/01/16/id/424292
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Palin: Allen West 'Top of my List' for Vice President
Wednesday, 04 Apr 2012
By Greg McDonald
Sarah Palin is pushing Florida Rep. Allen West as a possible Republican vice presidential candidate, calling him a “passionate and strong” public servant who “wants to put government back on the side of the people.”
“Top of my list is Allen West,” the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate told Fox New’s Sean Hannity Tuesday night.
According to Politico, Palin told Hannity the eventual GOP presidential nominee should “go rogue” and pick a running mate not considered “necessarily safe,” just as Arizona Sen. John McCain surprised the country by picking her in his 2008 campaign against Barack Obama.
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“I love that he has that military experience,” Palin said of West, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who was the first black elected to Congress from Florida since 1876. “He is a public servant willing to serve for the right reasons. He understands the Constitution. He understands our national foreign policy issues that must be addressed. He has served. I really like him.”
Palin, however, also acknowledged there was a “long list” of possible other candidates, including another lawmaker from Florida — Sen. Mark Rubio, who endorsed Mitt Romney for the GOP nomination last week.
“He’s great too. He is another one,” she said.
Palin, recalling her own run as a vice presidential candidate, said whoever the Republican nominee chooses is “going to get clobbered” by media scrutiny.
West, she said, could stand up to the challenge.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/palin-allen-west/2012/04/04/id/434760
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Palin: Allen West 'Top of my List' for Vice President
Wednesday, 04 Apr 2012
By Greg McDonald
Sarah Palin is pushing Florida Rep. Allen West as a possible Republican vice presidential candidate, calling him a “passionate and strong” public servant who “wants to put government back on the side of the people.”
“Top of my list is Allen West,” the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate told Fox New’s Sean Hannity Tuesday night.
According to Politico, Palin told Hannity the eventual GOP presidential nominee should “go rogue” and pick a running mate not considered “necessarily safe,” just as Arizona Sen. John McCain surprised the country by picking her in his 2008 campaign against Barack Obama.
Editor's Note: Do You Like Romney, Santorum, Gingrich or Paul? Vote Now in This Urgent Poll.
“I love that he has that military experience,” Palin said of West, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who was the first black elected to Congress from Florida since 1876. “He is a public servant willing to serve for the right reasons. He understands the Constitution. He understands our national foreign policy issues that must be addressed. He has served. I really like him.”
Palin, however, also acknowledged there was a “long list” of possible other candidates, including another lawmaker from Florida — Sen. Mark Rubio, who endorsed Mitt Romney for the GOP nomination last week.
“He’s great too. He is another one,” she said.
Palin, recalling her own run as a vice presidential candidate, said whoever the Republican nominee chooses is “going to get clobbered” by media scrutiny.
West, she said, could stand up to the challenge.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/palin-allen-west/2012/04/04/id/434760
LOL - she must want people stop thinking of her as the worst choice ever for VP
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LOL!!!!
look at that idiot Biden you jerkoff!
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Look at the board retard claiming that West would be worse than Palin. Allen is head and shoulders above anything that the DNC can come up with, including the garbage sitting in the oval office at this very moment.
Only a whiny liberal/democrat would be bothered by him.
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West is so great that he had to flee his district for another one just to keep his hide intact this election.
Sounds like a real stand up fighting guy there.
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West is so great that he had to flee his district for another one just to keep his hide intact this election.
Sounds like a real stand up fighting guy there.
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::) Go support Debbie "Jewbags" was-a-man shitz you leftist hack.
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Boo-Hoo
:'(
No other rebuttal?
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West is so great that he had to flee his district for another one just to keep his hide intact this election.
Sounds like a real stand up fighting guy there.
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If you are implying he is some sort of coward, then you obviously don't know anything about what redistricting did to District 22. It has nothing to do with fighting, it has to do with realizing that the district is now leaning a lot more to the Democratic party. What he did was very intelligent. He is being a realist, something that can never be expected from any liberal democrat.
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He fled his own district.
Spin that however you wish. But it changes nothing. So try to get those two brain cells to rub themselves together a bit harder and come up with something else.
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Allen West: I’m Open to VP Slot
Friday, 06 Apr 2012
By Andra Varin
Rep. Allen West said Friday he would almost certainly “step up to the plate” if asked to be the Republican vice-presidential nominee.
Both 2008 GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley suggested this week that the Florida congressman would be a good No. 2 on the ticket.
“It’s very humbling,” West said, when asked about the possibility on CNN.
“If someone were to make that call to me, which I really doubt,” West said he would have to first think seriously about it and talk with his wife and daughters, but likely say yes.
West pointed out that his family members have a long and proud tradition of serving their country. His father fought in World War II. He himself spent 22 years in the Army, serving in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and his nephew is now in the Army.
“We have always stepped up to the plate to serve our country,” he said. “We will continue to serve in any capacity, in any way we can.”
Asked whether he would be able to work with Mitt Romney, the front-runner in the GOP presidential race, West told CNN he was confident they could work out any differences.
“We would be able to come together as a team and turn this ship of state around for the United States of America,” he said.
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/west-vice-president-romney/2012/04/06/id/435087
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West: Syrian Intervention Could Trigger World War III
Saturday, 02 Jun 2012
By Paul Scicchitano and Kathleen Walter
Amid pressure for the United States and other western countries to intervene in Syria’s bloody 14-month uprising, Florida Congressman and retired U.S. Army officer Allen West warns in an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV that the troubled nation represents a smoldering powder keg that could trigger World War III.
International outrage over Syria has continued to mount since forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were blamed for last week’s massacre in the town of Houla, which resulted in the deaths of 108 people, including many women, children, and families — most of whom had been shot at close range.
West said that Assad’s father, Hafez, who ruled the country for decades before his son took power in 2000 upon his death, had been blamed for a similar massacre in another Syrian town.
“That’s how they do business, and so if we’re going to go in there, we need to go in with very clear rules of engagement if we’re going to get Bashar al-Assad out of there,” warned West, who had been posted in several combat zones.
“But understand, you’ll be starting World War III.”
While diplomatic sanctions do not appear to be effective, there is also not a clear alternative to Assad’s government. The Syrian freedom fighters are widely considered by Middle East experts to be fractured and disorganized.
“On one side you have the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Russia and also Bashar al-Assad,” West explained. “On the other side, you have freedom fighters. You have al-Qaida and radical Islamists. And also you have the backing of the state of Turkey.”
He pointed to recent experiences with Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood, is now threatening to bring Sharia law to the country, and Libya, which has been plunged into chaos since the death of dictator Moammar Gadhafi late last year.
“If you start to interject yourself in a means other than diplomatic who’s side are you on? We don’t need to put our military in a situation where they’re caught in a cross-fire,” insisted West.
GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney favors arming the rebel forces while Arizona Sen. John McCain, the party’s 2008 nominee, would like the U.S. to conduct air strikes against Assad’s forces.
“I think that we should be listening to our greatest ally in the Middle East — Israel — as far as what are their concerns, and what would they like to see happen because they share that border with Syria,” said West.
While he does not favor military intervention in Syria — at least not for the time being — West said that time may be running out to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons in the region’s other hot spot.
“The longer we allow them to have time, it works on their side, not ours,” he explained. “They continue to go forward with their nuclear program. They continue to harden the facilities, which . . . can protect their nuclear program.”
The Congressman, who was elected in 2010, and is a member of the House Tea Party Caucus, said that the U.S. will be forced to act at some point to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power.
He criticizes President Obama’s handling of the Middle East.
“I know that he is very good with his little own personal target list, which reminds me of Lyndon Johnson approving bombing targets during the Vietnam War,” charged West. “That is not the business of the president. He is supposed to be more strategically minded.”
http://www.newsmax.com/Advertise/West-Syria-world-war/2012/06/02/id/441000
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Rep. West: Obama Ranks Political Pressure Above Military Families
Saturday, 02 Jun 2012
By Paul Scicchitano and Kathleen Walter
Florida Congressman and retired U.S. Army officer Allen West has accused President Barack Obama of placing political considerations above the needs of military families, veterans and America’s active-duty warriors in an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV.
“He can come out and give all of the speeches that he wants, but just yesterday he threatened a veto of the military construction and VA benefits bill if it did not have anything about project labor agreements, which would favor unions,” declared the retired lieutenant colonel on Friday.
The congressman charged that President Obama is “putting political issues above taking care of our military, their families and also our veterans.”
His assessment is consistent with a Gallup poll released this week, which finds that veterans overwhelmingly favor GOP nominee Mitt Romney over the president by a margin of 58 percent to 38.
West claims that healthcare fees for the military and their families as well as America’s veterans would have tripled under Obama’s proposed budget.
“We know that there are a lot of cuts to the military that he is not standing up to try to stave off. For the United States and our veteran community, they understand who is standing up for them. And it’s definitely not the president,” said West.
West has been critical of the between $500-600 million in automatic defense spending cuts that are expected to kick in early next year.
Such cuts would result in the smallest ground force that the United States has had since 1940, the smallest Navy since 1915, and the smallest Air Force since the advent of the modern Air Force, according to West.
“That is why we shouldn’t have people talking about military operations until we solve this thing about sequestration and we find the requisite amount of spending cuts up here in Washington, D.C. to make sure that we don’t have our military — which is only about 19.6 percent of our total budget — consuming about 50 to 55 percent of budget cuts,” he added.
http://www.newsmax.com/Advertise/West-Obama-veterans-military/2012/06/02/id/441001
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West announces $2.2M second-quarter fundraising haul
By Justin Sink - 07/13/12
Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), among the most visible and vocal members of 2010's Tea Party freshman class, announced that he raised $2.2 million in second-quarter fundraising.
West has now raised just under $10 million for the cycle — a huge number for a House candidate — and entered July with $3.7 million cash on hand.
"I am once again honored and humbled to have so many Floridians and Americans standing with me and putting their hard-earned dollars behind our campaign — $10, $15 and $20 at a time," West said in a statement. "The overwhelming grassroots financial support from the people of Florida's 18th congressional district and Americans across our great nation is a testament to their commitment to ending the irresponsible and dangerous policies threatening the American Dream."
West will be able to use the money, as redistricting forced the Florida lawmaker into a new, Democratic-leaning district. Challenger Patrick Murphy has remained within striking distance in recent polls, although West is still favored to retain a seat in Congress.
West's huge fundraising haul — which rivals or bests well-funded Senate candidates, in some instances — is likely the byproduct of his national following. A regular on the talk-show circuit, West regularly makes headlines and generates controversy.
Just this week, West raised eyebrows when he compared Social Security's disability insurance to a form of "21st-century slavery." West has used slavery rhetoric repeatedly to describe government programs; in June, he accused President Obama of wanting American voters “to be his slave and be economically dependent on him.”
That fiery rhetoric has made him a popular figure in Tea Party circles. At an event Monday in Colorado, a supporter at a town hall meeting told Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney that West would "be a great vice president. He's a fighter, and that's what we want."
“All suggestions are welcome," Romney replied.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/237735-west-announces-22m-second-quarter-fundraising-haul
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fools and their money are easily separated.
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fools and their money are easily separated.
Sort of like the people paying 40k a plate to dine w Doodler in Chief?
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fools and their money are easily separated.
Wurd.
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Allen West Sends Chick-Fil-A To Black Caucus Meeting And Offends Everyone, Says Dem Rep
Posted: 08/07/2012 1:38 pm Updated: 08/07/2012 2:51 pm
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) said Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) offended "every member" of the Congressional Black Caucus by delivering Chick-fil-A food to their weekly meeting.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A Democratic lawmaker says Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) offended the entire Congressional Black Caucus by delivering Chick-fil-A chicken and biscuits to their weekly meeting -- and then walking out -- when it was his turn to provide the group with a formal lunch.
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) told The Huffington Post that the incident happened about six months ago but is now fresh in his mind given West's recent comments in support of the fast food chain, which is run by a well-known Christian and backer of anti-gay religious organizations. Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy last week sparked a nationwide response from gay rights activists after publicly denouncing marriage equality.
"We have a rotation in the Congressional Black Caucus where every member provides the lunch one of the weeks when we meet," Hastings said in a Monday interview. The lunches, he said, are often quite delicious.
"We have fried chicken. And we have catfish and BBQ. We do not have watermelon, although sometimes people will have fruit. We serve a full course meal with collard greens. We have Jamaican beans and rice," Hastings said. But West "sent Chick-fil-A with biscuits. Ok?"
"That was an 'in your face.' Every member of the Congressional Black Caucus that was there was offended," he said.
Asked more specifically why lawmakers were insulted, Hastings said it was because they saw West's actions as making a statement in support of the conservative views held by Chick-fil-A leaders. West is the only Republican member of the caucus.
"He did it deliberately," Hastings said, explaining that he saw West's message as, "You know, 'That's what I think of you all.'"
The Democratic lawmaker said West hasn't been back to any CBC meetings since then.
A West spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment. A spokeswoman for the CBC also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Hastings and West represent adjacent districts in Florida. Hastings is in a solidly Democratic district, but West is running in a newly drawn district this year, the bulk of which President Barack Obama won in 2008. Despite the close proximity of their districts, Hastings said they never talk, not even in passing on Capitol Hill.
"He doesn't speak to me by his own choosing," Hastings said, taking issue with some of West's harsh personal attacks on fellow Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D). Among other things, West last year called her "vile, despicable and cowardly" for challenging his views on Medicare during a House floor debate.
"I wouldn't want to go into his mental state," Hastings added. "All I know is his verbiage and his rhetoric is way over the top. Way over the top."
LOL!!!!!!
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'Regular Guy' Allen West to Spend $6 Million on 2014 Candidates
Thursday, 04 Apr 2013
By Sandy Fitzgerald
Former Florida Rep. Allen West says he plans to spend $6 million on midterm elections next year in support of 12 conservative candidates who are either minorities are military veterans.
West, who lost his re-election bid last year, told Yahoo News that he commends his fellow Republicans for trying to attract more minorities but doesn't believe they will succeed.
"There's fertile ground there, and I'm not going to sit back there and wait for [the Republican Party]. I'm going to do it myself," he said. "I don't want people to have to struggle as I did. I want them to know that there's a place that they can come to for assistance so I can be an advocate for them to help them out."
Still a favorite among many conservatives. as evidenced by the warm reception he received last month at the Conservative Political Action Conference, West refers to himself now as just "a regular guy" who happens to co-host an online talk show on pjmedia.com that still allows him to take shots at the Democrats and what he calls the liberal media.
Michelle Fields, one of his fellow co-hosts, says he seems a lot calmer since he left Congress, despite still being engaged on many issues.
"I feel like his guard has come down," Fields said. "He's so much more relaxed and so much more personable now that he's on the show. It's probably just the stress of the election that got to him, and now it's wonderful that we have an opportunity to see who Allen really is."
West has no immediate plans to run for office again. He joked with Yahoo that even Abraham Lincoln only served one term.
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/west-spending-midterm-elections/2013/04/04/id/497885
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Yeah, because everyone wants to be backed and supported by the man known as the biggest cry baby of 2012.
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Good. :) Love this guy. (no homo)
Allen West Joins Fox News As Contributor
Posted: 05/17/2013 8:50 am EDT | Updated: 05/17/2013 12:46 pm EDT
Fox News announced on Friday that former Tea Party congressman Allen West has joined the network as a contributor.
West's hiring was the latest in a string of former politicos to join the network. Earlier this year, Fox News severed ties with Sarah Palin and Dick Morris. The network later hired Scott Brown, who guest hosted his first-ever primetime show last month, and Dennis Kucinich.
Fox News' Bill Shine said in a statement obtained by The Washington Post, "Representative West’s congressional and military experience along with his fearless approach to voicing key issues will provide a valuable point of view to the FOX News lineup."
West was elected congressman of Florida's 22nd congressional district in 2010, beating out Democratic incumbent Ron Klein. Due to redistricting, West switched to Florida's 18th congressional district for the 2012 election and eventually lost his seat to the Democratic candidate, Patrick Murphy.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/17/allen-west-fox-news-contributor_n_3291959.html
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out with Dick Morris
in with Allen West.
as long as they keep Megan Kelly.....
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Allen West: I May Challenge Rubio for Senate Seat
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013
By Andrea Billups
Former U.S. Rep. Allen West said Wednesday that he hasn't ruled out a challenge to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, even as the former congressman acknowledged that it would be a difficult and expensive road to take.
West, a favorite of conservatives who lost his House seat in 2012, said he'd draw on his faith to make a decision on a future political contest.
"We'll see what happens down the pike," West said on WMAL's "Morning at the Mall" radio show. "God will set my feet on the right path."
West has ruled out running for the House again in 2014 while Rubio is considered a contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, the same year as his first term as senator ends.
When host Larry O'Connor prompted him about what might make him step up to national politics again, West responded, "If I see people that are not taking our country down the right path, if I see people that are not standing up for the right type of principles, and putting their own party politics before what is best for the United States of America."
West acknowledged a Senate bid against a popular incumbent would present problems: "That's a pretty heavy lift, because you're talking about running against a sitting senator, and then, of course, that creates that schism that the other side would love to see happen."
But O'Connor pushed back, noting that Rubio himself had done something similar when the Miami native ran against sitting Gov. Charlie Crist in the 2010 Senate primary.
Crist, once a rising star in the Republican Party, both in Florida and nationally, later pulled out of the primary race to stand as an independent in the general election, where he was handily defeated by Rubio.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/West-Rubio-senate-challenge/2013/06/19/id/510767
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Good - screw Rubio. Hispanic version of Obama - a liar and a fraud
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Primaries are a good thing. Will be interesting to see how this plays out. He is a Great American.
Allen West announces he is running against Gov. Greg Abbott in Republican primary
The Texas GOP chairman made his campaign official Sunday.
BY PATRICK SVITEK
JULY 4, 2021
Texas GOP Chairman Allen West announced Sunday he is running for governor, challenging fellow Republican Greg Abbott.
The announcement was made during at appearance by West at Sojourn Church in Carrollton, where the former Florida congressman played a video launching his campaign.
“I’ve not been in elected political office for about a decade, but I can no longer sit on the sidelines and see what has happened in these United States of America and ... the place that I call home," West said in the video, which was preceded by West reading aloud the Declaration of Independence to the churchgoers gathering on July Fourth.
West's campaign launch comes about a month after he announced his resignation as state party chairman. The resignation is effective July 11, when the State Republican Executive Committee is set to meet to pick West's successor as chair.
West quickly hinted that he was considering a run for statewide office after he announced his resignation, though speculation had run rampant for months that he was eying a bigger job. As state party chairman, he did not shy away from conflict with state leaders, most notably Abbott.
Since his election as Texas GOP chair in July of last year when he soundly beat then-incumbent James Dickey, West has criticized Abbott's coronavirus response and sought to push the governor's legislative agenda further to the right. Last fall, he spoke at a protest outside the governor's mansion demanding that Abbott fully reopen the state amid the pandemic.
Abbott has mostly ignored West's attacks. But the governor has increasingly catered to his right flank in recent months as he has appeared to try to tamp down potential vulnerabilities ahead of his reelection campaign.
West did not directly mention Abbott in his remarks Sunday in the church or in the video. West used the video to sketch out a platform focused on shielding the state's energy resources against the Green New Deal — the sweeping climate change proposal pushed by some Democrats in Washington, D.C. — securing the state's border "to ensure that Texas is for Texans" and combatting sex trafficking.
Abbott's campaign did not immediately respond to request for a comment on West's announcement.
Abbott received his first credible primary challenger in May, when former state Sen. Don Huffines of Dallas launched a bid against Abbott. Huffines issued a statement welcoming West to the race, saying he looked forward to West "joining our efforts to make clear that Texans can do better than Greg Abbott."
Conservative commentator Chad Prather has also announced a primary challenge to Abbott and similarly cheered on West's candidacy.
Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller weighed running against Abbott as well but announced last month he would instead seek reelection to his current job.
Facing the intraparty angst, Abbott also has embraced former President Donald Trump more than ever. In June, he secured Trump's endorsement for reelection, announced Texas would build its own border wall to finish the job started under Trump and invited Trump to the state for a border tour.
West is also a vocal Trump ally, though he has brushed off the impact of Trump's endorsement on his future political plans.
"You know, I don't serve President Trump," West said in June. "I serve God, country and Texas. So that does not affect me whatsoever."
West represented Florida in Congress from 2011-2013. He moved to Texas in 2014 to become the CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a Dallas think tank that shuttered three years later.
The SREC is scheduled to meet July 11 in Lewisville to elect someone to finish West's term as state GOP chair. Candidates include David Covey, president of the Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association; Matt Rinaldi, a former state representative from Irving; and Chad Wilbanks, a former executive director of the state party.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/04/allen-west-greg-abbott-texas-governor-election/
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Primaries are a good thing. Will be interesting to see how this plays out. He is a Great American.
Allen West announces he is running against Gov. Greg Abbott in Republican primary
The Texas GOP chairman made his campaign official Sunday.
BY PATRICK SVITEK
JULY 4, 2021
Texas GOP Chairman Allen West announced Sunday he is running for governor, challenging fellow Republican Greg Abbott.
The announcement was made during at appearance by West at Sojourn Church in Carrollton, where the former Florida congressman played a video launching his campaign.
“I’ve not been in elected political office for about a decade, but I can no longer sit on the sidelines and see what has happened in these United States of America and ... the place that I call home," West said in the video, which was preceded by West reading aloud the Declaration of Independence to the churchgoers gathering on July Fourth.
West's campaign launch comes about a month after he announced his resignation as state party chairman. The resignation is effective July 11, when the State Republican Executive Committee is set to meet to pick West's successor as chair.
West quickly hinted that he was considering a run for statewide office after he announced his resignation, though speculation had run rampant for months that he was eying a bigger job. As state party chairman, he did not shy away from conflict with state leaders, most notably Abbott.
Since his election as Texas GOP chair in July of last year when he soundly beat then-incumbent James Dickey, West has criticized Abbott's coronavirus response and sought to push the governor's legislative agenda further to the right. Last fall, he spoke at a protest outside the governor's mansion demanding that Abbott fully reopen the state amid the pandemic.
Abbott has mostly ignored West's attacks. But the governor has increasingly catered to his right flank in recent months as he has appeared to try to tamp down potential vulnerabilities ahead of his reelection campaign.
West did not directly mention Abbott in his remarks Sunday in the church or in the video. West used the video to sketch out a platform focused on shielding the state's energy resources against the Green New Deal — the sweeping climate change proposal pushed by some Democrats in Washington, D.C. — securing the state's border "to ensure that Texas is for Texans" and combatting sex trafficking.
Abbott's campaign did not immediately respond to request for a comment on West's announcement.
Abbott received his first credible primary challenger in May, when former state Sen. Don Huffines of Dallas launched a bid against Abbott. Huffines issued a statement welcoming West to the race, saying he looked forward to West "joining our efforts to make clear that Texans can do better than Greg Abbott."
Conservative commentator Chad Prather has also announced a primary challenge to Abbott and similarly cheered on West's candidacy.
Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller weighed running against Abbott as well but announced last month he would instead seek reelection to his current job.
Facing the intraparty angst, Abbott also has embraced former President Donald Trump more than ever. In June, he secured Trump's endorsement for reelection, announced Texas would build its own border wall to finish the job started under Trump and invited Trump to the state for a border tour.
West is also a vocal Trump ally, though he has brushed off the impact of Trump's endorsement on his future political plans.
"You know, I don't serve President Trump," West said in June. "I serve God, country and Texas. So that does not affect me whatsoever."
West represented Florida in Congress from 2011-2013. He moved to Texas in 2014 to become the CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a Dallas think tank that shuttered three years later.
The SREC is scheduled to meet July 11 in Lewisville to elect someone to finish West's term as state GOP chair. Candidates include David Covey, president of the Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association; Matt Rinaldi, a former state representative from Irving; and Chad Wilbanks, a former executive director of the state party.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/04/allen-west-greg-abbott-texas-governor-election/
I'm praying to Satan that West wins the primary