Allen West tells the socialists to take a hike

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[Satchel]

Giggle:

Why is the GOP Florida Legislature Trying to Screw Allen West?


Saturday, January 28th at 8:55PM EST


As an outspoken black conservative with a high national profile, Allen West already had a huge national target painted on his back going in to 2012. As part of reapportionment as a result of the 2010 census, Florida gained 2 Congressional seats. Despite that, it appears that the Republican-controlled Florida legislature seems to have somehow managed to make Allen West’s seat much more difficult to defend. Via Shark Tank:

Over the past several weeks, many Republicans have voiced their disappointment towards the Republican legislature after the release of the preliminary redistricting maps. Much of the ire concerns the proposed boundaries of Congressman Allen West’s 22nd Congressional District that would be redrawn to include far more registered Democrats.

West’s congressional district inexplicably sheds the most out support as compared to all other incumbent Republican and Democrat Congressman. A few weeks back we quoted an unnamed legislator saying that, “Allen West was screwed”, a statement which was originally made about made five months before the purposed maps were made public, leading insiders to believe that the fix was in against Allen West. But in light of Weatherford’s comment, it is increasingly clear that this is a fait accompli.

According to Weatherford, those preliminary maps will not change- at the most, any additional changes would be minimal, and those changes would not make any appreciable difference from the preliminary maps. In addition, Weatherford stated that a deal was struck between him, Senate President Mike Haridopolos, and Senator Don Gaetz to finalize these maps and push them through as soon as possible. Weatherford also said that the proposed maps are in legal compliance with both the Voting Rights Act and Amendment 6.

So based on Weatherford’s comments, the 22nd Congressional District is now very much in play for the Democrat Party, and West is at an even larger disadvantage than he was previously- it will be a very difficult and expensive seat for Republicans to defend.

The Florida Senate passed their plan on January 17th and the Florida House passed theirs on Friday. I am not really sure what, if any, distinctions exist between the plans with respect to FL-22 (West’s district). At this point the maps will be subjected to legal review for compliance with the Voting Rights Act and Amendment 6.

If you live in Florida and are a fan of Allen West, now might be a good time to call your state Representative and Senator to let them know how you feel about any action that would harm his chances of re-election in the fall.

 

[Uninformed]

So attack the messenger is your strategy?

 

[Satchel]

Where you see an attack, I see joy.

 

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It's called following sarcasm with sarcasm of your own.

 

[Leftwith]

I'm confused, Satchel. Isn't what the Fla legislature doing kinda racist? I'd think you'd be upset.

 

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[Satchel]

It's the Florida GOP and this is as natural for them as breathing. I'll leave you Republicans to decide what's racist.

 

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[Crockett]

I think in Republican terms, a marginal 35 percent tax braket is the same as enslavement, but we'd really need to ask an expert on historical slavery and modern slavery -- Michelle Bachmann maybe -- for a final ruling.

 

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[Leftwith]

I don't view it as racism. It isn't racism. it's about establishment R's fighting off the Tea Party takeover and nothing more. I only asked you, because if West were a Democrat, you'd damn sure be screaming racism.

If you deny that you would be, no one is going to believe you.

 

[rickysrun]

THe tea party is still around?

 

[ProdigalHorn]

I love it when Satchel is too busy being santimonious and smug to get the point...

 

[majorwhiteapples]

Ricky, oh poor Ricky, how uninformed you are.....

 

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[ShinerTX]

Love Allen West.

 

[Satchel]

Rep. Allen West (R-FL) once again sparked controversy with a demagogic speech in Florida this past weekend where he demanded that liberals and President Obama “get the hell out of the United States of America.” Now, West is engaged in a rapid backpedal, appearing both on CNN and Fox this morning to insist that what he said is not actually what he said.

 

[Leftwith]

Wait, you mean he didn't mean it in a literal sense?

Way to go, libs. You showed him!

 

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[I35]

If only the right could divorce the left. Not sure who would pay the left's taxes but that wouldn't be my problem.

I couldn't see Hollywood or the unions being happy with this arrangement.

 

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[hornpharmd]

When you hear politicians like West speak you are reminded that we live in this great Democratic country in which we the people get to let our voice be heard on election day. We'll see what happens on election day and what the majority of people are willing to stand up for and cast their vote for.