Posted on 10/15/2012 5:13:49 PM PDT by mandaladon
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — If Democrats had to pick a vulnerable tea party Republican they’d love to take out in November, Rep. Allen West would no doubt rank very high.
The bombastic freshman has spent the past two years taunting Democrats — he called President Barack Obama “probably the dumbest person walking around in America right now,” dubbed 80 of his Democratic House colleagues “communists” and told Debbie Wasserman Schultz she was “not a lady” — to name just a few of his put-downs. Yet three weeks out from Election Day, West, an Afghanistan war vet, has the look of a survivor. The freshman’s smash mouth brand of politics might seem like a poor fit for the moderate, Treasure Coast district. But West’s outsized TV presence gave him practically universal name ID out of the gate — and an enormous cash advantage — in his nasty reelection battle against 29-year-old construction firm executive Patrick Murphy.
Democrats concede that West could well win reelection; privately, some of them say they expect he will.
If there’s a secret sauce for West’s success, Republicans and Democrats alike say, it’s this: Unlike so many of the calculated, poll-tested pols in the Capitol, West actually speaks his mind. The fact that a lot of what he says is intentionally meant to provoke or beyond the pale hasn’t caught up to West, though Democrats intend to change that before Nov. 6.
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Uhh... You forgot the global positioning system...
the infowarrior
West for Speaker to replace Bonehead.
In that picture, Mitt looks like he’s thinking, “I’ve got my Secretary of Defense”.
...well not to beat a dead horse, what you described is not a good analogy for rope a dope - which is a defensive strategy of passiveness and taking blows to fatigue your opponent without getting hurt.
to Inforwarrior:
GPS’s don’t work in SO MUCH CRAP and that FAR IN.
Have you read NDAA or are you just going to remain asleep. Wake up stupid.
When you call people stupid, no one wants to discuss anything. But perhaps you feel smarter than everyone else, dope.
My “Dream Team”... <<
Mine too!
maybe he’ll be the first real Black President
Allen West makes my heart swell with pride and my eyes with tears, I’d follow him to the end of the earth. He is a leader and a true patriot.
By law Allen West can not be SecDef until ten years after leaving the military has passed. He would be a good fit, though.
Deputy Secretary, then, to a fwelow who is told to sit in his office, collect his fat Cabinet paycheck, and kepp his yapper zipped.
“- - - he called President Barack Obama “probably the dumbest person walking around in America right now,” dubbed 80 of his Democratic House colleagues “communists” and told Debbie Wasserman Schultz she was “not a lady” - - - “
His talk is great, now let’s see some action.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82433.html#ixzz29QKEpDGD
change such a stupid rule then
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