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Aug 29th, 2008 (Boca Raton, FL.) – Lt Col. Allen West (Ret.) announced today that he strongly congratulates Senator John McCain for choosing Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska as his pick to be the next Vice President of the United States of America. Below is LTC. Allen West’s entire statement: Governor Sarah Palin is a principled reformer of the wasteful policies that characterizes Washington. Governor Palin’s personal and professional background is an honest testament to her conservative values. Hers is not a record of hype – but of action. She has a record of fiercely battling special interests and political...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE; August 27, 2008 LTC. Allen West Demands Ron Klein to Stop Partying Like A Rock Star (Boca Raton, FL.) – LTC Allen West (Ret.) is demanding that Congressman Ron Klein not attend a Lobbyist sponsored party at the Democratic National Convention in Denver today. Visa is throwing a Convention party today for Freshman Democrats and due to a loophole in a 2007 bill, Klein is planning to attend. “Mr. Klein promised that he wouldn’t even take a cup of coffee from a lobbyist in 2006, but I guess we can just add this to his list of...

What will it take to rescue the legacy of America and Western Civilization and turn back the tide of socialism and the radical Islamic invasion?  All that is needed, according to Lt. Col. Allen West is a core group of Spartans like the bold warriors who stood together with Leonidas in 480 BC, in the narrow passage at Thermopylae against the invading Persian Empire. The courage of 300 Spartans who held off the enormous Persian army of 200,000 gave ancient Greece the opportunity to prevail. One year later the Spartan forces regrouped and led an alliance of Greek city-states that...

Things are supposed to be looking rosy for Democrats this November. But in case Barack Obama loses the Presidency, an excuse is all ready to go: America's too racist to elect a black man. Not even, in his Vice Presidential pick Joe Biden's inimitable description, one so "articulate and bright and clean." This narrative has gained traction with the Democratic Presidential candidate's recent setbacks in the polls. We hear it from the convention crowd in Denver and liberals in the press. The older, poorer, white, often Hillary voter who sounds ambivalent about the Obama coronation is an enticing scapegoat.

....One such man is my friend Lt. Col. Allen B. West, the former Iraqi war hero who was inexplicably disciplined for displaying courage and decisiveness in the battlefield – and for very likely saving the lives of some of his men. West is challenging incumbent Democrat Rep. Ron Klein in the 22nd District in south Florida, and many Americans – myself included – consider his election one of the most important contests to be decided this fall. Lt. Col. Allen B. West My only regret is that he is not running for president. If he were, I would not currently...

The San Francisco Chronicle said it best: "Gore insists the only real obstacle is the reluctance of America's leaders to seek bold solutions to high energy prices and global warming. He likened his challenge to President John F. Kennedy's 1961 call to put a man on the moon." "The goal is the most ambitious energy plan by a major U.S. political figure - and one many energy experts say is unrealistic." But it seems Gore's plan could have been ripped from a fellow Democrat, Rep. Ron Klein of Florida's 22nd District. Klein boasted of a ten year energy independence plan...

In May of 2006 Ron Klein stood underneath the Clay Shaw Bridge and announced America was, "off the bridge ... and down the wrong path", on energy policy. A few weeks later he proclaimed, 'Our self-generated energy independence will allow us for the first time to tell Iran and Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and other hostile oil-producing countries, 'We don't need your $60-a-barrel oil....... Only when we have taken oil off the table will we be in a position to put our muscle to Iran and Hezbollah and other threats posed by terrorists." After winning the election for the House...

Far too many folks on the Left just point the finger of generalized bigotry at their critics, in a sort of moral version of a skunk's spray attack. That skunk smell of race baiting just hangs in the air for days afterwards. Random accusations of racial bigotry have poisoned our national conversation for decades. They are truly the last resort of a scoundrel. So  let's just compare the moral seriousness and intellectual heft of three black heroes: Barack Obama, Justice Clarence Thomas, and Lt. Col. Allen West. A white liberal friend of mine is sure in his own mind that...

On Tuesday August 19, 2008, Rep. Ron Klein (D) took an opportunity to whine about his failure to get a national catastrophic insurance fund bill passed. He blamed John McCain and Se. Mel Martinez for his failure to get the bill passed through a Democrat majority in both the House and Senate. Of course, tropical storm Fay was approaching the State of Florida when he decided to bring the issue up. Here's LTC Allen West's response to Rep. Ron Klein: Tropical Storm Fay reminded us of a promise by Ron Klein - to ensure access to affordable insurance that would...

Discouraged by their presidential nominee and local offerings, some Republicans searching for a party standard bearer find a glimmer of hope in South Florida where a highly decorated former Army officer who once faced criminal charges for using shock interrogation tactics to protect his soldiers in Iraq is running for Congress. Lt. Col. Allen B. West told WND his controversial ordeal in 2003 - which nearly led to a court-martial amid support from congressmen and many Americans who regarded him as a hero - should tell voters what kind of a lawmaker he would be, particularly when it comes to...

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Before attending the recent fundraiser in Manhattan for Lt. Col. Allen West, I posted a blog lionizing his character and leadership qualities based upon recommendations of close friends and the fact that he was honored as FrontPage Magazine’s 2004 Man of the Year for his courage and heroism in battle and sacrifice of his rank and military career to protect the lives of the soldiers in his battalion. Another badge of honor was the derision and scorn he reaped from leftist elites. Presently he is running for Congress in the 22nd District in Florida, to reclaim a 26-year Republican seat...

Discouraged by their presidential nominee and local offerings, some Republicans searching for a party standard bearer find a glimmer of hope in South Florida where a highly decorated former Army officer who once faced criminal charges for using shock interrogation tactics to protect his soldiers in Iraq is running for Congress. Lt. Col. Allen B. West told WND his controversial ordeal in 2003 – which nearly led to a court-martial amid support from congressmen and many Americans who regarded him as a hero – should tell voters what kind of a lawmaker he would be, particularly when it comes to...

LTC West is challenging the one-term Democrat Rep. Ron Klein in the 22nd Congressional District in Florida. This is a good opportunity for Republicans to regain a Congressional seat lost to the Democrats in 2006. What first attracts people to LTC West is his impressive 22 year record in the Army and proven leadership skills, but what keeps one glued to their seat in his presence is his enthusiasm and reasoned advocacy for Republican principles and Party advancement. Please sign the Petition requesting that LTC West speak at the Republican National Convention September 1-4, 2008 in St. Paul Indianapolis. I...

On Today’s Show... Minnesota's "Mr. Right," Jason Lewis of KTLK-FM in Minneapolis, guest hosted for the Maha Rushie on Monday. Colonel Allen West, GOP candidate for Congress in Florida's 22nd District -- who was fined by the military for doing what it took to interrogate an "insurgent" in Iraq -- explains why he is diametrically opposed to his fellow African-American, Barack Obama. This is a great interview, folks. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen Here) » NY Sun: First Black President Will Be a Republican El Rushbo: "How can they ban Edwards from the Democrat convention and welcome Bill Clinton? Everyone...

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, with talent on loan from G-d, at the cutting-edge of societal evolution, with half his brain tied behind his back — just to make it fair, the all-knowing, all-caring, all-sensing, all-feeling,...

It amazes me how Congress fails to recognize the difficulties caused by importing 70 percent of our oil then refuses to do anything about that dependency. The problem of appeasing foreign dictators will not end anytime soon because full implementation of alternatives to oil may not be in place for many years. Allen West, candidate for Congressional District 22, advocates ending our dependency through immediate drilling in America and development of alternative sources simultaneously. I know people claim that it would take 10 years from deciding to drill to getting gas into the pipeline. So, I investigated that claim. Historically,...

LTC Allen West will be a guest on Rush's show today with Rush's guest host Jason Lewis in the 3rd hour! See Allen West for Congress for more about this outstanding candidate for the U.S. Congress.  Please pass this on to your friends and family.

The slogan is “Go West” and the enthusiasm is high-level. Retired Army Colonel and decorated war hero Allen West is poised to return Congressional District 22 in Florida to the side of the Republicans. His positions are clear and his motives are genuine. “I want to continue to serve my country. As an Officer in the Army I took an oath to abide by the U.S. Constitution. I will continue that devotion in Congress,” said LTC West while visiting Young Republicans and friends at the Soldiers’, Sailors’, Marines’, & Airman’s Club in New York City on August 4, 2008. What...

What is Leadership? Dr. Richard Berry presents a thought-provoking depiction of current leadership theories as myths because of the effort to exclude or conceal the meaning and value of emotion. This would suggest that current leadership theory is incomplete due not only to the absence of emotions but independent thought and intuition as well. Lieutenant Colonel Allen West-a husband, father of two, and a military officer with an impeccable service record including a previous award for valor-had his military career ended prematurely when he undertook extraordinary measures to protect the lives of his men. He was serving in Tikrit, Iraq,...

From New York City:The Silent Majority attended two fabulous events this week! Lt. Col. Allen West, who is running for Congress in Florida, spoke to the Young Republicans at the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club. And then the next day, at the Women’s Republican Club, the future of the Republican party was alive and well …showcased by the Black Republican Forum.  First we would like to recommend watching the video of Colonel West.See video here: http://www.mydeo.com/videorequest.asp?XID=49778&CID=210823 West is one fabulous speaker. Florida. The Country! Deserves more people like Allen West in Congress!  VOTE for Allen West if you are a Floridian. And remember, those...

Is America ready for a black president? Absolutely; it has been for some time. We probably would have had one by now if the black community had ever supported a conservative the way they are now supporting one of the most liberal. More than likely the first black president will be a Republican. On August 5, the New York Young Republican Club had a fund-raiser in Manhattan for Colonel Allen West, who is running for Congress. The irony is that Colonel West is running for Congress in Florida and therefore has a chance. The black community in New York only...

The Conservative Republican Alliance in Fort Lauderdale is peeved at the Republican Party for not doing more to help get candidate Allen West elected to Congress. West is challenging Democrat Ron Klein in District 22. Klein is the candidate who toppled longtime incumbent and Republican Clay Shaw two years ago. The district runs along the east coast from allenwest1.jpg northern Broward to northern Palm Beach County. Here's the letter the Conservative Alliance sent out publicly this week:

One thing that most people on both the right and on the left can usually agree upon is the fact that those who risk their lives to serve our nation are deserving of our profound respect. Apparently this belief is not shared by Keith Olbermann. Tasteless TV antics are one thing. Nominating a lieutenant colonel with a history of profound and exemplary dedication to his troops for a foolish and inane “Worst Person in the World” award goes far beyond the pale.

The New Republic has a story meaning to say that the Republicans are desperate for congressional candidates. Which they are, apparently, to some extent. That's what happens when lots of polls say a party's going to get creamed: Recruiting is harder. But it's interesting what the magazine thinks is the chief example of GOP barrel-scraping: It would be Army Lt. Col. (Ret.) Allen West, who's running in a district in Florida that was long represented by a Republican but was nabbed by a Democrat in 2006. West aims to take it back. The New Republic seems to think he's an...

PETITION NRCC Working to get a Democrat Elected Florida District 22, a district with more registered Republicans than Democrats, was won by a mere 6,000 votes in 2006 by Democrat Ron Klein. The current Republican candidate, Lt. Col. Allen West, has attempted to get support from the NRCC- but those attempts have been met with ridicule and obstinance. Let's be clear: Allen West's campaign hasn't asked for money. No, they have only asked for the donor list of district 22, and an event with Gov. Charlie Crist. The answer was a resounding no. Why? Because the NRCC and Republican leadership...

The following is from the Allen West for Congress Newsletter. Hello, Friends! Most of you by now have heard that Al Jazeera offered to send a car for Allen and take him to an unknown location for a news interview. Needless to say, their approach had an eerie ring to it and we politely declined. The following was the lead story in last Monday’s NY Daily News:

Leadership America is Longing ForPhil Orenstein • August 3, 2008 • Uncategorized“Get to know him. Campaign for him. This is the leadership America is dying for,” says political blogger Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs who has been so electrified by the candidacy of Lieutenant Colonel Allen B. West (US Army, Ret) that she has devoted an ongoing blog to the man and his message and to get Republicans and Conservatives from every corner of the country to focus on this race. I too am very excited from what I’ve recently learned about this man of integrity and his candidacy. Ultimately,...

Jesse Jackson must have been forgiven by the Sen. Barack Obama campaign and welcomed into its inner circle. Because it sure seems as if he's giving the campaign advice. Responding to a Sen. John McCain ad knocking him as a world celebrity, Obama essentially accused the McCain campaign of race-baiting. It was a hair-trigger resort to the charge of racism of the sort that Jackson built a career on, making himself radioactive and anathema to the political center. In 24 hours, Obama had lurched his carefully crafted brand in Jackson's direction. And for what? The McCain ad intersperses footage of...

Senator Barack Obama is a man of few rhetorical stumbles, but this week a few of his words opened a racial door his campaign would prefer not to step through. When Senator John McCain’s camp replied by accusing him of playing the race card from the bottom of the deck, the Obama campaign seemed at least momentarily off balance.

Partisan liberal Democrats should have good reason to fear the candidacy of LTC Allen West. Not only is LTC West a legitimate threat to make Ron Klein a one term congressman in Florida’s 22nd Congressional District, LTC West also has the potential to become an effective national spokesman for the Republican Party by virtue of his commanding persona coupled with his impressive background and credentials- provided that his insurgent campaign is ultimately successful. FL-22 is Clay Shaw’s old district, running up and down Atlantic oceanfront in Palm Beach and Broward Counties from Jupiter all the way down to Fort Lauderdale....

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Well, now, the “experts” may change their mind and take another look at West(Lt. Col. Allen West) and Florida—22. The best reason for this “second look” is offered by Klein himself. Last Thursday (July 24th), the president of the Zionist Organization of America, one of America’s the most respected of Jewish-American organizations, called ZOA South Florida organization chairman Alan Bergstein and gave him an ultimatum: stop his volunteer work for West or resign from his ZOA post. According to the West campaign, “it was made clear to Bergstein that Ron Klein was necessary to pass congressional legislation important to ZOA...

It turns out that al-Jazeera requested a similar interview from the Democratic mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, Mayor Larry Langford. He refused because of the network’s ties to terrorists. But what was not reported is that they offered the same strange invitation, to be picked up and brought by them to some untold location. To be clear, I have no doubt that the harassment of elective candidates was not a network decision. As I stated in my last column, my cause for concern was that al-Jazeera hires many interns directly from the Middle East with little known about their background.

Attacking everyone within the ten mile radius of a candidate only shows his effectiveness. But more importantly than all that, I simply do not believe that Ms. Fairbanks’ column does justice to Allen West. It seems to have gone to great lengths to portray Allen’s positive qualities as if they were negative ones.

So says the New Republic about Allen West, the Broward Republican and Iraq war veteran challenging Rep. Ron Klein, D-Boca Raton, for re-election. West, the article says, is getting little help from national Republicans who were once focused on ousting Klein:...... West got plenty of attention last night. He was featured as the "Worst Person in the World" on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann. West fans consider the diss by the hero of the left a bit of a coup: "A friend e-mailed to tell me that...West, Republican candidate for Congress in Florida’s 22nd District, has been named "Worst Person...

Lt. Col. Allen West made the list! And he's #1!!!

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....The GOP's greatest embarrassment of all might seem to be Florida's 22nd, where the party that Iraq destroyed is running a candidate charged with violating the Uniform Code of Military Justice. And, yet, the South Florida GOP doesn't see it that way. This year's surprise in Palm Beach County is that local Republican officials, some of whom are also presiding over more competitive races, believe their candidate is not a laughingstock but the marquee Republican of the year--that he is not a symptom of what ails the national GOP but a possible cure. Palm Beach County Republican Chairman Sid Dinerstein,...

Last month, I interviewed retired Lt. Col. West, the Republican candidate for Congress in Florida's 22nd District. Today, one of Col. West's supporters e-mailed me a New Republic article about the candidate that is truly a disgrace to that magazine's reputation. However, the article is not all bad. For instance, I didn't realize that Col. West reads Bastiat in his spare time. Excellent! And there is one passage in the article that I found particularly informative: [T]he national party showed little interest in rallying behind someone so controversial. Looking at the giant ziggurats of cash the Democrats were building to...

One of the most liberal members of Congress in Florida Robert Wexler (Obamapropagandist and notorious leftist) is not a resident of his district. He has lived in Maryland since the late 90s. He claims to live in a house in Del Ray (owned by his mother-law) in an active adult community where no children are allowed, though he has three children). You can't live there with kids, it's against the rules of the community. Another example of Democrat hubris - I am above the law. It seems he has no connection to Florida at all. Clearly it's a phantom residence,...

anyone who’s heard Allen West speak live is sure of one thing: Here stands the next Ronald Reagan. Unfortunately, al-Jazeera has realized this as well. Two nights ago the West campaign received an interesting phone call. A national TV network wanted to interview the candidate that very night at 9, with no time to spare. The network? You guessed it, al-Jazeera. When asked the details of the interview, the station coordinator said “well, we need West’s home address and we’ll pick him up and take him to the interview tonight (essentially to an undisclosed location).” At this point West told...

Congressman Ron Klein is disappointed that President Bush has been "short-sighted" in lifting the executive ban on off-shore drilling. We are disappointed with Congressman Klein. With a complete lack of initiative or imagination, he continues to give us the Nancy Pelosi/far left talking-point response— the truly short-sighted policy. If we had not listened to every administration since Jimmy Carter, America could have been energy independent long ago. And yes, if we develop our own natural resources—ALL of them— the speculators will see that events in the Middle East will have little effect on our supply, which will then be reflected...

According a very poor analysis offered this week by the Politico, which was highlighted by Drudge for all of about half a hour before he realized how false it was and removed it, the “GOP is heading into the 2008 election without a single minority candidate with a plausible chance of winning a campaign for the House, the Senate or governor.” (snip) Governor Jindal is one of the nation’s foremost chief executives. But the leadership he exemplifies is even more abundantly found in one of the GOP’s foremost congressional candidates, Lt. Col. Allen West. And one would have to be...

Any rational Jew that votes Democrat these days is lost. It signals an irretrievably broken mind. Look at the Florida race. The differences could not be plainer. And yet self loathing Jews lead the pack .... huh? When will the Jewish lay leadership stop acting like the damn Judenraete of Germany and start actively advocating and campaigning for great Americans - lovers of Israel, America and the those unafraid to confront our mortal enemies. American Jewish lay leadership seem to be escorting us onto the trains (excluding ZOA of course). How fortunate for Florida that they could throw that bottom...

Ron Klein's "declaration of energy independence" sounds great, but they are empty words. His so-called solutions are no more than repetitions of his party's talking points. While other nations will soon be drilling not too far from our coastline, he continues to say no.

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(Ft. Lauderdale)-Our strategic oil reserves are maintained for use during an impending emergency. Speaker Nancy Pelosi's call to divert resources from those reserves shows that she lacks the vision to see beyond a knee-jerk, band-aid response to today’s high oil prices that will only weaken us in the event of a real emergency. And now Congressman Ron Klein, who campaigned on a slogan that he would “lead, not follow,” has once again followed Speaker Pelosi’s ridiculous plan and signed onto this pathetic display of ineptitude. No wonder Congress’s approval rating is at 9%. Speaker Pelosi does seem to understand the...

In an attempt to garner a few extra votes this November, Rep. Ron Klein sent $1,635,000 to South Florida in the form of earmarks hidden away in the Fiscal 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act. He went after the teacher's union vote by dishing out $585,000 to provide a teacher mentoring and training program. Broward Community College received $200,000 for aviation equipment. Palm Beach Community College was given $300,000 for equipment and technology. $175,000 was given to the Jewish Federation of Broward County, Davie for a program that gives demonstrations on family caregivers. And he also...