[DiogenesLamp]

None of them have the background, or if they were white would begin to be considered, for the presidency or vice presidency. But because they are black, too many Freepers are keen to promote them beyond reasonability to one of those levels.

You think School Teacher Lyndon Johnson or Hat salesman Harry Truman had the background?

Allen West was an officer in our armed forces and saw combat. He said that he would go through hell with a gasoline can for his men. That's as good a qualification as they come in my opinion.

[9YearLurker]

Truman spent a decade in the US Senate and almost a decade as county judge before that.

LBJ spent a dozen years each in the US House and Senate, including serving up through Senate Majority Leader, before being elected VP.

Allen West hasn’t got a flicker of the qualifications and experience that Truman or LBJ had. You only ever heard of West because he was elected as a black Republican—once— to the House.