Posted on 05/26/2011 8:29:39 PM PDT by freejohn
Just found the complete breakdown here.
Lucky, We Floridians also love Congressman Allen West! There are many of us who would love nothing better than to see him as our Commander In Chief. But Allen wants to remain in Congress at this time, and leaves the future in God's hands.
My hubby and I can not vote for Allen as we live in FL District 10, but we will continue to volunteer and support Congressman Allen West and other fine Florida Conservatives. I invite folks who want to give Allen West their support, to make a donation to his campaign. Allen is going to need $ no matter what office he runs for. And do remember that any size donation helps!
http://allenwestforcongress.com/
Be sure to listen to this interview of Congressman Allen West on Washington Journal and hear Allen answer questions of callers. Allen is awesome per usual!
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Westo
God bless you Col. West!!!!!!!
" Congressman West Statement on the PATRIOT Act (WASHINGTON) ---- Congressman Allen West (FL-22) released this statement tonight following the House passage of the PATRIOT Act, which he opposed: "I spent 22 years in the United States Army on the tip of the spear protecting the citizens of this great nation in uniform. As a Member of the House of Representatives, I have taken an oath to protect the constitutional rights of the citizens of the 22nd Congressional District of Florida and all Americans. I support the work that law enforcement around the nation does in order to protect our citizens and apprehend individuals who want to kill innocent people and try to destroy our way of life. I have spent the past two months investigating these provisions to the PATRIOT Act, their effect on American citizens and their impact on apprehending terrorists to better keep our country safe. After much reading, many briefings, and conversations with local law enforcement and federal agents, including FBI Director Robert Mueller, I am not fully convinced that by extending these provisions for four years, we would be any safer, but instead I fear they may only give us the illusion of being safer. I also have concerns that these provisions were pushed through during the final hours on the very last day before the provisions were set to expire, and there was no open process for myself and other members of Congress to fully review the document. In a letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller last week, I asked for clarity on several issues and asked the following questions, which I did not receive answers: Can you provide a breakdown of how many times these provisions have been used on citizens and non-citizens? How many people were ever convicted or investigated? Out of those held, how many were released without being charged? Are there any individuals that are still being held that were never charged? What intelligence, if anything, came from these instances in which Section 206 was implemented? There is a constant struggle between liberty and safety, and it is a principle that I am prepared to balance as a Congressman of the United States. Benjamin Franklin, one of the founders of our nation, wrote, 'They who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.' These are words I do not take lightly." *attached is the letter Congressman West sent to FBI Director Robert Mueller, as well as the Statement for the Congressional Record "[attachments included in this e-mail: 1. FBI 5-19 PDF; 2. Statement_for_the_Congressional_re ] These attachments are not included in this comment.
BINGO! I agree. What in the world is going on with her?!
“What in the world is going on with her?!”
As a former Minnesotan....ya know, I can only say......she’s from Minnesota.
Are there turn arounds happening in Minnesota? Yes.
But, it’s too early, maybe in another 10 years, to accept a candidate form Minnesota.
Not Plawenty either.
I mean, did you forget Al Franken?
I would love to see LTC West throw his soft cap into the ring. The Obammunist would wet his pants in fear of having to face a real patriot on Election Day.
Run, Allen, run!
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
;-\
FYI...
Between 8 an 9 eastern, earlier tonight, I watched her on C-span tonight, she explained her vote quite well. Louie Gohmert and Steve King were also staying late talking about it, also about Israel and the idiot-in-chief. Those three made a great deal of sense. There were 3 provisions that received most of the bad reaction... lemme see... the warrant for people instead of phone number, the business records (like phone co.) and... the lone wolf. Oh, here it is from thehill.com (I hope there’s not copyright problem with them!) (follows at the end).
INTERESTING - WONDERFUL - if you heard it, this tidbit was A+ .... Louie Gohmert read, word for word (must drive libs qwaky wacky insane) FDR’s PRAYER HE READ IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE START OF THE D-DAY INVASION. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. IT WAS PRICELESS. Where is the Democrat who will publicly pray a biblically sound Christian prayer in an address to the nation today ? And it’s their favorite here, FDR.
HAT TIP to Mr. Gohmert.
from thehill.com...
“We have a new war, a new enemy, new tactics,” she said. “The lone wolf is one actor acting alone, and we get a tip, and maybe at the last minute we’ve gotta go in for national security reasons and find that actor. That is an appropriate use of gaining this intelligence and information.”
On roving wiretaps, she said intelligence authorities need the flexibility to tap various phones that suspects might be using. “So we have to have the ability to be able to go to whichever phone a potential, alleged terrorist may be using,” she said.
On access to business records, she assured listeners that federal agents must go to judges first, and that the documents sought must have a connection to terrorism. She said she would never support a provision that allows unchecked access to personal records, and said she spent “all week” talking to experts on this issue before voting for it.
“I think government is too big,” she said. “I think we intervene too much in people’s lives.I certainly don’t want to give the government the unfettered right to goon in and access my personal private records.”
Bachmann closed by inviting listeners to visit her websites to learn more about her vote in favor of the Patriot Act.
“Go to my Facebook site,” she said. “We have all of the documents up to verify and show all of the reasoning behind the Patriot Act.”
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) opened the one-hour special order speech, and introduced Bachmann after about five minutes. King later introduced Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), who also spent time justifying his vote for the Patriot Act.
Okay then.
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA 9), who defeated entrenched Rat Rick Boucher in November, voted NO too! Seems that they are the few and the proud!!!
Thank You.
I missed his vote.
Exceptional post. Thanks.
Congressman Allen West will appear on FOX NEWS SUNDAY with Chris Wallace.
Sunday, May 29th - 2PM and 6PM Eastern. Check your local listings for other areas.
I just posted this on a FB friends wall. He is a Palin fan and if I can remember correctly, a FReeper.
“Don't know if you caught this, but if not start at 27:38 with the question about Bachmann and go though 30:23 with the question about Palin. Of particular interest is his military analogy (around 29 sec) about who and how a Republican should run. Interesting?”
I thought the military analogy was very good and it describes Palin’s attack, so far, to a “T”. Interesting times.
It was in reference to the West interview you posted earler.
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Westo
The “who pulls your strings” was great. I also liked how he handled the question about how/why he left the military. Up front, this is the way it was, no apologies. Dang he is impressive. I want to see him riding his Harley during the Rolling Thunder parade and then standing by Palin during her speech. And then, have the Rolling Thunder leaders snub Obama as he did to them last year. I can dream.
Yes, it is interesting, but I do know right now Allen will just talk about working to be re-elected to Congress. :)
See FreepMail.
See FreepMail???
Odd. What does he know? So he would have voted against Bush’s act in 2001?
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