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Rep. Allen West appeared on the Laura Ingraham show and said Obama displays “third world dictator-like arrogance.” West says around the 3:11 mark: What you continue to see is a third world dictator-like arrogance, that’s what I saw in that speech [by Obama] last week. And look, Laura, to borrow a phrase from Reverend Jeremiah Wright, the chickens are coming home to roost. And around 3:58: This whole talk about shared prosperity–that really gives me the goosebumps because I’m starting to believe that a community organizer is nothing but a low-level socialist agitator.

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) has another Democratic challenger: a 28-year-old accountant who is making his first run for public office. Patrick Murphy started a campaign site this week and put out a video welcome message, outlining his case for election. "I love my country. I love South Florida, and I'm not going to stand by while right-wing extremists like Allen West continue to divide us," he said. Murphy is considered a dark-horse candidate in the race. A handful of other Democrats are considering getting into the race against West — one of two black Republican members of Congress elected in...

Last week, I sat down at the computer, and proceeded to write the following letter to Congressman Allen West (R-FL). As I stated in my letter to Colonel West, I have been a fan of his for quite some time now. There are a number of terrific speeches by Col. West on the internet, specifically the clip of him speaking in late-2009 at the Revolution in Ft. Lauderdale (I just learned that the Revolution is a concert venue - but it is an apropos name). Go to YouTube and search “West Revolution”. Look for the six-minute clip. In my opinion,...

U.S. lawmakers keep quiet about Guantanamo tourBy Lesley Clark | The Miami Herald Posted on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 Rep. Allen West toured the secretive Camp 7 at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba — where the alleged Sept. 11 plotters are held — but wouldn’t say Tuesday what he saw. “There’s nothing more I can say other than the fact I saw Camp 7,” the Broward Republican told reporters on a conference call, hours after he and a bipartisan delegation of House Armed Services Committee members returned from a daylong tour of the offshore detention camp. “It looks like a Camp 7.”...