Allen West

Allen West was on his way to a long and successful Army career, until unplanned events turned him into one of Capitol Hill's strongest conservatives   Do You Like this Article? Then Like Us on Facebook.  Allen West's journey to Capitol Hill began with a gunshot blast over the head of an Iraqi police officer.In 2003, soldiers under then-Lt. Col. West's command had detained the Iraqi officer inside a military base north of Baghdad. The Americans believed he had information about a planned...Read Full Story

Rep. Allen West (R-FL) spoke to a group of Florida voters last night and said he thinks that 80 Democratic congressmen belong to the Communist Party: Later Tuesday evening, a Jensen Beach crowd of 100 with more than 15 protesters greeted the congressman with mixed support, cheers and jeers.The conservative tea party icon also got in shots at Democrats and President Obama, who spoke Tuesday at Florida Atlantic University. West said Obama was "scared" to have a discussion with him. He later...Read Full Story

Allen West is one of the few people in the Congress who speaks his mind and says what needs to be said with no concern for how it will effect his political future and that is certainly refreshing. Last week he came under fire for comparing certain Democrats in the Congress to communists and  Marxists, but instead of backing down under the intense pressure he has faced since those comments he has stood by what he said because he is a man of his words.   You may not agree with what he says all...Read Full Story

*(Via ABC News) – The local NAACP chapter in Rep. Allen West’s South Florida district is distancing itself from its congressman following West’s accusation earlier this month that 81 House Democrats are Communists. The Martin County, Fla., branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People revoked their invitation for West to be the keynote speaker at the group’s annual fundraiser last Saturday, instead rescheduling the event, with a new speaker, for September. “We don’t...Read Full Story

Allen West’s comments about Communists in Congress were needlessly provocative, but in the scheme of things he doesn’t deserve as much grief for them as he’s been getting. Plenty of politicians have said worse, but West has become a magnet for criticism recently. The latest fallout is from the NAACP, which reportedly disinvited West from  . . .art: Donkey Hotey   Some rights reservedSee NAACP Boots Allen West as Keynote Subscribe to the Rightardia feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot...Read Full Story