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Allen West 'offends' with Chick-fil-A lunch
WND ^ | 8/7/2012

Posted on 08/07/2012 4:52:10 PM PDT by antidemoncrat

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.

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To: antidemoncrat

And no watermelon with the chick-fil-a? No wonder the black caucus was offended.


61 posted on 08/07/2012 7:15:18 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: antidemoncrat

Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) told The Huffington Post
In 1977, he became a judge of the circuit court of Broward County, Florida. In 1979, he was appointed by President Carter as a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida.
In 1981, Hastings was charged with accepting a $150,000 bribe in exchange for a lenient sentence and a return of seized assets for 21 counts of racketeering by Frank and Thomas Romano, and of perjury in his testimony about the case. In 1983, he was acquitted by a jury after his alleged co-conspirator, William Borders, refused to testify in court (resulting in a jail sentence for Borders).[1]
In 1988, the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives took up the case, and Hastings was impeached for bribery and perjury by a vote of 413-3. He was then convicted in 1989 by the United States Senate, becoming the sixth federal judge in the history of the United States to be removed from office by the Senate. The Senate, in two hours of roll calls, voted on 11 of the 17 articles of impeachment. It convicted Hastings of eight of the 11 articles. The vote on the first article was 69 for and 26 opposed,[2] providing five votes more than the two-thirds of those present that were needed to convict. The first article accused the judge of conspiracy. Conviction on any single article was enough to remove the judge from office. The Senate vote cut across party lines, with Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, voting to convict his fellow party member, and Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, voting to acquit.[3]
The Senate had the option to forbid Hastings from ever seeking federal office again, but did not do so. Alleged co-conspirator, attorney William Borders went to jail again for refusing to testify in the impeachment proceedings, but was later given a full pardon by President Bill Clinton on his last day in office.[4]

Why was this convicted felon allowed to seek public office again.


62 posted on 08/07/2012 7:30:08 PM PDT by GSAonce
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To: manc

Greetings, manc - hope all is well with you and yours.

I want a REVOLT at the convention.

Throw the bums out (the establishment GOP)!!!!

I want to vote for Palin/West. I probably will even if I have to write in their names.

Have you seen this revolting thread???

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2915543/posts?page=369


63 posted on 08/07/2012 7:35:38 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: F15Eagle

There's not a bit of gay in me!


64 posted on 08/07/2012 7:58:22 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. -- George Bernard Shaw)
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To: ConservativeStatement
West, thinking the caller was white (the caller has phoned into other talk shows in the area and is basically a one-trick pony), blasted this person as a “typical white progressive...”

Now THAT's funny!

65 posted on 08/07/2012 8:01:21 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. -- George Bernard Shaw)
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To: onedoug
This Homer Stokes?


66 posted on 08/07/2012 8:05:04 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. -- George Bernard Shaw)
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To: Albion Wilde; F15Eagle
I think what he actually says in the video is "There's not a gay in me."

I leave it to you to discern -1- if that was a slip or a statement of true fact, at that particular time....and -2- if there's anything wrong with that.

Yikes!

67 posted on 08/07/2012 8:08:23 PM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: antidemoncrat

Romney is stuck at dead center.

West would make a GREAT Veep!

This might move the poll needle: I think that Romney should SEAL his Federal and State Tax Records when he announces who his Veep will be.

That would give The Media a double surprise with maximum Media audience.


68 posted on 08/07/2012 8:10:26 PM PDT by Graewoulf ((Traitor John Roberts' Obama"care" violates Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: Albion Wilde

That’s the one.

“Now, listen y’all. This here concert is over.”


69 posted on 08/07/2012 9:47:56 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: little jeremiah

how are you, I was getting worried and I’ve lost your e=mail?

Good to see you back on and around, yes this whole fecal sex is sick.
Who would have thought that we’d be seeing these people out nad about telling us that we have to accept their agenda and its all based on their fecal or strap on sex.

I went to CFA and told the kids that this was about free speech, religious freedom and that the radical left wants to close all of thatdown.
How am I supposed to say that we have a small group out there which wants special rights based on how they have ther sex.

When we go there it seemed half the town was there , what a turn out it was and then the loons on th eleft try and have thei’r which was a massive flop, then they did a re-do at Starbucks and that was a failure too.

They need to understand that they are a small minority where the people are getting pissed off with them or are pissed off with them.

They can do all the polls as they want and oversample certain groups but the fact is that most say no in private.


72 posted on 08/08/2012 5:29:02 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Sons of Union Vets

So would I.


73 posted on 08/08/2012 1:28:00 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: FrdmLvr

I’ll make it easy for you:
Liberal Logic = terminal stupidity


74 posted on 08/08/2012 1:32:24 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: little jeremiah

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2917097/posts?page=37

guitar player posts


75 posted on 08/10/2012 7:40:28 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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