Allen West Concedes Race in South Florida
Rep. Allen West makes a point during a debate with Patrick Murphy, Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 in West Palm Beach, Fla. Credit: AP
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (TheBlaze/AP) — Tea party Rep. Allen West conceded his re-election fight Tuesday, two weeks after the election gave way to court appearances, two partial recounts and unending accusations by his camp that the vote count wasn’t fair.
In a statement, the Republican freshman said “there are certainly still inaccuracies in the results” but not enough to change the outcome, giving the race to Democratic newcomer Patrick Murphy.
“While a contest of the election results might have changed the vote totals, we do not have evidence that the outcome would change,” West said.
Murphy campaign manager Anthony Kusich said he was not aware of any concession call to his candidate, simply an e-mail that was publicly distributed. In his own statement, Murphy said he was “humbled by Congressman West’s gracious concession” and eager to get to work on behalf of all voters.
“To those who supported my opponent, my door is open and I want to hear your voice,” Murphy said. “I campaigned on a message of reaching across the aisle to get things done for the people of the Treasure Coast and Palm Beaches, and that is as important in this district as it is in Washington.”
West also appeared on Fox News Tuesday morning to announce the concession:
“Leaders don’t need a title to be able to lead,” he said.
Murphy declared victory in the wee hours of Election Night and has held his lead ever since, even as thousands of absentee, provisional and overseas ballots were processed and two partial recounts undertaken. But West’s campaign kept up a stream of skepticism about the results, largely focused on St. Lucie County, where elections officials acknowledged missteps.
An initial recount of some early ballots in St. Lucie gave West a slight bump. His campaign fought for a fuller recount, and received it, but it only improved Murphy’s margin of victory. He won by more than 2,000 votes.
Many have speculated West could find a new career in the place where he has been frequently seen, on cable television, but he has not said what his next step will be. “Only God knows what is in store for each of us,” he said in his statement, adding that “I will continue to fight for our republic.”
Whatever the next step, the contest between Murphy and West will go down as one of the most expensive in congressional history. Murphy eked out the win though he was out-fundraised more than four-to-one.
West, 51, is a favorite among the most conservative reaches of the Republican Party. He has made a string of headline-grabbing statements, from calling progressive congressional Democrats communists to saying President Barack Obama, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and others should “get the hell out of the United States.”
In his concession statement, West offered congratulations to Murphy, saying “I pray he will serve his constituents with honor and integrity, and put the interests of our nation before his own.”
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Soul Leister
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:38amIt a win win for the democrats… they get rid of a (supposed) TEA party favorite… who is black and can claim the racists in the TEA party didn’t support him. Oh how they love to have it both ways all the time.
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hypnos
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 9:09amWhat do expect from the brainwashed.
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GETLIFE
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 9:09amSo now– to those who think challenging fraud is a lost cause:
Can Patrick Murphy now go out there and claim a clear “mandate” to do whatever he wants?
Can he be sure of re-election in 2 years if he does so?
Will local Republicans now work on clarifying the voting process to diminish possible fraud?
If the public is not informed they cannot react.
I think local Allen West supporters now consider themselves informed.
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jefftavolieri
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 9:09amIf West was white, he would have easily won. That’s the TEA bag party for you.
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TheMajority
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 9:26amA win for the Democrats only? How about the progressive Republican party who sabotoged every effort of relection for Allen West?
This is not a team sport. This is 2 progressive parties destroying our Liberty, and the Liberty for man kind!
By the way, I never liked team sports. All I ever saw was a dictator coach, and a bunch of “workers” jumping up and down.
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barber2
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 9:46amJeff: you are full of beans…and hate..That’s the Democrat Party for you.
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encinom
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 10:30amGETLIFE
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 9:09am
So now– to those who think challenging fraud is a lost cause:
Can Patrick Murphy now go out there and claim a clear “mandate” to do whatever he wants?
Can he be sure of re-election in 2 years if he does so?
Will local Republicans now work on clarifying the voting process to diminish possible fraud?
If the public is not informed they cannot react.
I think local Allen West supporters now consider themselves informed.
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Murphy has a mandate, he won the election, the hissy fit of the Tea Party to diminish it is just the last gasp of the rejected fringe.
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Palter
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:19amagain…. HA-ha….
another proof that money can’t buy election.
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ERP
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:43pm@jefftavolieri
It’s amazing how a completely ignorant moron like yourself even knows how to operate a computer and use the internet.
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banjarmon
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 1:06pmCol Allen West….Retreat…Regroup…And Come back to Fight the Fight in 2014!! Sir You would Have My Vote in any race you Run!!!
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PATTY HENRY
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 1:52pmBANJARMON I’m with you! PEOPLE: THE TEA PARTY is NOT AN ORGANIZATION!! IT’S AN OPINION…. It’s nothing more than being PATRIOTIC. Wanting to PROTECT our CONSTITUTION!, to stop foolish spending. IT’S just about every thinking American who is not on the dole or intimidated by Union Thug Bosses. There may be a few “Tea Party” Groups but they are NOT connected and not a “party” —its a lousy name in that regard… it never was a party. It’s a way of thinking. OKAY??
WHEN ALLEN WEST RUNS again in two years, he’ll have my $ and my support. IN the mean time, I hope the GOP in West’s area will CLEAN UP THE VOTING situation. That woman who locked people out? The questionable Absentee Ballot Counting? It’s up to US folks. Who else?
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georgette
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 5:51pmThe most disturbing thing to me ?…I have noticed people don’t “expect” anything from a Democrat or a Liberal…it’s enough just to say you are ………….all you have to do is stand there..
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tifosa
Posted on November 21, 2012 at 5:38amWest outspent Murphy 4:1. “The most expensive Senate race in history…”
Money can’t buy votes: UnitedCitizens won over CitizensUnited this year.
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OperationNorthwoods
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:32amIf West had supported the Constitution when he had the chance, I’d be a lot more disappointed about his leaving Congress.
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riseandshine
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:45amsame here.
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Red Meat
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 9:34amPrecisely.
Good riddance to bad laundry.
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longknifed
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 10:32amToo bad he didn’t take Big government Bachmann with him. She’ll be joining him on the sidelines soon.
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Red Meat
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:16amWhat’s the over/under on West doing the Sunday talk show circuit proclaiming the Republican’s are a racist organization filled with old angry white men?
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Red Meat
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:53amWhen the next domestic drone comes flying up your keester, thank Allen West for his support of the NDAA.
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guido.cavalcanti
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:02pmWest loved to talk about the Constitution, but when it came to respecting civil liberties and due process he was always the first representative stepping in front of a camera telling us just has to be this way. I’m sure North Korea could use him as a consultant to improve their domestic spying program.
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term limits for congress
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:25amMaybe he should run for Election Supervisor in St. Lucie county.
Silly me. What am I thinking? Only communists are allowed to hold those positions.
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VanceUppercut
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 10:27am@term limits for congress
Don’t you belong at a John Birch Society meeting?
Just for fun, here are few verses from Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues:
Well, I investigated all the books in the library
Ninety percent of ’em gotta be burned away
I investigated all the people that I knowed
Ninety-eight percent of them gotta go
The other two percent are fellow Birchers . . . just like me
Now Eisenhower, he’s a Russian spy
Lincoln, Jefferson and that Roosevelt guy
To my knowledge there’s just one man
That’s really a true American: George Lincoln Rockwell
I know for a fact he hates Commies cus he picketed the movie Exodus
Well, I fin’ly started thinkin’ straight
When I run outa things to investigate
Couldn’t imagine doin’ anything else
So now I’m sittin’ home investigatin’ myself!
Hope I don’t find out anything
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DIgnified
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 1:15pmDon’t you people get tired of looking stupid? F u c k i n g idiots.
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cloudsofwar
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:22amanother good man in congress is out. murphy is a creep and only in it for himself. our country is in deep trouble continue to PRAY for our country and it’s leaders to make the right decisions for all it’s people. GOD BLESS AMERICA. we survived other bad presidents hopefuly we will survive this one.
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progressiveslayer
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:22amThe Jerry Springer crowd got their boy Murphy installed to keep the freebies coming to them,for a little while anyway.We all know it was rigged with Soros money and he’ll continue to do the same in future ‘elections’.
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Pork_Anvil
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:26amYou wish, buddy. We the people have spoken: throw the tea nuts out!
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football lady
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:28amYep, pretty much sums it up.
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rangerskippy
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:34am@Pork – your comment – “You wish, buddy. We the people have spoken: throw the tea nuts out!”
Well stated Comrade!
Now lets get busy redistributing that wealth.
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stevetherealist
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 9:36amrangerskippy…only in your twisted mind and lame math skills does having the rich pay a fair share considered wealth redistribution. Its a neat buzz word but lacks any actual fact. I’m a small business owner that pays three times what people like romney pay. So if there is or has been any wealth distibution its been up to the wealthy. So do some research cause your either rich or a lapdog.
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MOLONL4BE
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 10:29am@stevetherealist, please, please, please explain what wealth has been “redistributed” to the wealthy? By definition, wealth would have to be taken from you and given to Romney. Please show us what wealth the government has given to Romney.
I love how people like you characterize the wealthy as greedy while you whine about them not paying their “fair share” which coincides with you getting to keep more of your money. Gee, who’s the greedy one there?
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VanceUppercut
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 10:31am@progressiveslayer
Yes, George Soros’s money bought the election, and yet your just fine with the millions that the Koch brothers poured into various campaigns.
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SquidVetOhio
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 10:32am@STEVE
Here’s your fuzzy math. Half the country does not pay anything toward the government that is supporting them. The top 10% pays nearly 70% of all taxes. The top 1% pay over 60% in total taxes. Every working citizen should pay at least 1 cent in taxes instead of getting thousand of dollars back in child/earned income credit.
How’s that for math Steven Hawking?
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LiberalAlways
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:00amWest had $17 million to Murphy’s $3.7 million. West was backed by the Koch bros and their Tea Party front group Americans for prosperity. West had far more resources than Murphy and still lost. Ouch.
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rangerskippy
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:08amStevethesocialist
Looks like some folks already beat me to the punch and enlightened you with some real math in that the top 10% are paying 70% of the income taxes.
Once again, you seem to be to stupid to know income tax from capital gains tax. Crank up the capital gains taxes, and see what happens to business and investment in America?
If you take from one (who earned it), and give to someone else (who did not earn it), it is redistribution of wealth. It is Marxist in nature, and is called socialism.
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stevetherealist
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:30amok molon and squid…here it is in a nut shell…and before you accuse me of demonizing the rich…I will pay more under Obama’s plan. Fist off if the top 10% is making 86% of all the revenue then we can stop right there because they are only paying 70 % of the taxes. They should be paying 86% at least. America has always had a progressive tax system. In the 50s and sixties the rich payed a effective tax rate of 80 to 90%. That dropped to 70% under JFK…a dem. Then to 50% under reagan…35% under Bush1..So year by year the rich have been reducing their tax liabilities while the marginal players like myself have been paying the same if not more. Last year, making slightly over 200,000 I paid 3 times the effective tax rate of mitt romney and I fit all the critiria you guys like to sight. I’m a small business owner, employer, that has zero debt and no money to pay a tax professional to be on staff. So explain to me how it is fair that romney makes millions and pay’s a third of what I and many like me pay. If he is paying less and I’m paying more to make up for him paying less…that my friend is true redistribution. And its been going on for a long time before you guys decided to enter the fray, I the wrong side I might add.
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SimpleTruths
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:34amRANGERSKIPPY
I’m going to continue to distributing my time, talent, resources and energy to make this a better American, and get paid handsomely for it. You go ahead and use yours to keep building a wall around reality while you count your gold and stock up your bunker.
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SquidVetOhio
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:01pm@STEVETHECOMMIE
Business owner my arse….
Anyways, I’ll educate your further. Romney is paying capital gains tax. You are paying and income tax. (So you say) The money invested in capital gains have already been taxed at one time as income. So your “effective tax rate” definition is incorrect. It’s the 14% plus the rate it was originally taxed at when it was income.
Secondly, before you want to start talking about the higher tax rates under Reagan and Clinton etc…. Fine, we’ll go back to those tax rates as long as we can go back to those spending levels as a percentage of GDP.
Correction, we use to have a progressive tax system (that I still contend is unfair) but, now we have a Marxist tax rate. And you haven’t answered why it’s fair that half the country should not only not pay taxes but, get a sizable return?
I hope you internet trolling business does well though.
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SquidVetOhio
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:10pmOh BTW, it’s not of your business how much money another man makes. So what if they make 86% if all the income. It’s not yours, they earned it. Only Socialists count total income of others as if they have some claim to it. We do not work to fund the government. It is a necessary evil that should be limited in scope and size. If the top 1% had ALL of their assets confiscated, it would fund the government for 6 WEEKS. Taxes are not the issue here, the 1 in 3 Americans getting some kind of government check is. Worry about your own wallet and stay out of others. If you want to steal money out my wallet, at least be man enough to do it yourself instead of sending an armed police force to do it!
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SquidVetOhio
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:12pm” Last year, making slightly over 200,000″
Ever notice how liberals are always bragging about how rich they are?
Stay classy you elitist douche bag.
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stevetherealist
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:20pmsquid..good name for you…I pay more in taxes then you probably make. I own a business that put me right next to all your heros. This year I did business with Laura Bush, Newt, santorum, vern, romney, and several of the florida republican rallies just to name a few. I have gains at the end of the year that I pay taxes on and reinvest in my company and get no tax break. In fact, I pay taxes on revenue never even realized yet. Where’s my tax break? hows that fair? You would have to be educated to even be able to offer someone a education. Instead you appear to be a unarmed man.
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stevetherealist
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:43pmnow I’m a elist douche bag….were you looking in the mirror when you made the classy statement…. I’m guessing your just P.O.ed that your so off the mark with your assessments. BTW thats the first time I ever offered that info and its just to show how wrong you can be cause quite frankly you appear to be talking about things you know little about. I’m a self made man with a talent to make money and I don’t mind sharing it with the country I love.
When we spend more on induvidual welfare than corporate welfare I’ll buy your argument…until then you’ll be barking up the wrong tree….. again.
keep concentrating on the small drops in the bucket knothead
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rangerskippy
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:59pm@simplelies and Stevethecommunist
Now matter how you twist it, taking from one, giving to another is redistribution, and it is socialism. Socialism does not work, and never has.
The top 10% do pay 70% of the nations income tax. That is a fact. The bottom 40% are paying nothing.
I am not a CEO or a banker, I am an active duty Army officer, that has 26 years of service. I started as a private, and am now a LTC. I served five years enlisted, and the rest as an officer, and have three combat deployments.
“When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” — Benjamin Franklin
“How do you tell a Communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an Anti-communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.”
- Ronald Reagan
“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” — Thomas Jefferson
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rangerskippy
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 1:06pm@Stevethecommunist
your comment ” So explain to me how it is fair that Romney makes millions and pay’s a third of what I and many like me pay”
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INCOME TAX AND CAPTIAL GAINS TAX???
Romney did not work a regular job last year, thus he did not pay income tax. He already paid income tax when he worked previously, then invested his money. The taxes he paid last year were capital gains taxes, not income taxes. he pays the same rate that all other American pay, when they pay capital gains tax.
Some would say the fix is to just raise capital gains tax to the same rate that income tax is. Brilliant, do it and see what happens to business and investing in America. If you shut down business by overtaxing, you hurt the middle class.
The fix, is to stop spending more than we make as a nation. Stop with the entitlements and welfare. Shut down the border, and those on welfare can do the work that the illegal imigrants are coming here to do. It will lower taxes, lower crime, lower unmarried pregnancy, lower drug use…. When you pay people to sit on their butt and watch Oprah, and then punish those that work hard and save, you will break the system. The American dream is not based on socialism and your redistribution of wealth.
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rangerskippy
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 1:12pmBasically, the right (conservatives) have lost, and I think they have lost for good. The addiction to free stuff is just to strong to overcome, and to many are hooked on the crack pipe of redistribution. The multicultural education, the media bias, the MTV’s Rock the Vote, has taken hold. Look for Hillary (or some one just as evil) to win next time around, and watch the numbers of republicans in the senate and house start to dwindle. This Republic was an interesting experiment in individual liberty and responsibility. The communists set out with a game plane on taking us down. They knew they had to get God out of the Schools, they knew that had to promote homosexuality as being normal, they knew they had to get a hold of the media…. It worked. http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm
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rangerskippy
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 1:41pmThe natural order of things, is that one day the takers, do outnumber to providers, and they vote in the blown socialism.
here is what the takers fail to realize. Once the elite Marxists get full power, they still need the providers, as someone has to pay the taxes. Those in power do not need the lazy who stand out with open stretched hands. This is when the powers to be, begin to kill of the takers. Stalin killed about 12 million of them. Mao killed off 60 million of the peasant farmers that voted him into power, and North Korea did the same.
The welfare crowd are living high on the hog, watching Oprah, Jerry, and getting jiggy with it and spending that welfare money and food stamps. When they vote in the full blow socialist gov, the welfare check will stop coming, and the military will move in and kill them like vermin.
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Marine25
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:23pmSoros money?
West outspent Murphy 6 to 1.
And lost.
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Marine25
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:33pm@stevetherealist
Your numbers are good according to the CBO.
I paid 29 cents on every one of my dollars and Romney paid 13 cents on his.
The middle class doesn’t shelter their tax burden and spends an extraordinary portion of their income.
They pay their taxes and spend to stimulate the economy. Yet Nordquist conservatives demand that policies funnel more of the wealth and less of the tax burden to the wealthiest men on earth. Reagan’s rates were higher. Clinton’s were higher. How was the economy then?
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Darla_K
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:19amI cannot believe the fraud we are seeing in our great country. It sickens me to know that this is going on. It will be a long haul back to that road to freedom. Good luck to us all.
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stevetherealist
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 9:39amgot a news flash for you….most of the suspected fraudulent activity came from the right side of the isle.
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darkknight91
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 10:16amStevethedirtbag, prove it. Precincts all over the country reporting over 100% and them ALL going for Santa and his elves in EVERY case. Again, I say…..PROVE IT. Now get off the computer, you dope.
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VanceUppercut
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 10:33am@Darla_K
By “fraud” are you talking about free and democratic elections? I know it hurts when things don’t go your way, but it doesn’t make it a fraud.
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stevetherealist
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:40amrangerskippy…you can’t be that stupid to think I don’t know the difference between regular taxes and capital gains taxes. I just don’t happen to agree with your assement on what drives the business world. I started my business on my own…with my own saved money. Not investments from romney and his ilk who get paid for doing basically nothing but having money to throw around. But you go ahead and blindly follow the rich man..your savior responsible for all jobs. Maybe he will let you lick his undercarriage.
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MKFlyboy
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:46amDearest Vance and Steve, useful idiots:
Perhaps Darla was simply paying attention when reports rolled in of electronic voter machines flipping votes to Obama, people showing up to vote and being told that they had already voted, absentee ballots that could not be verifed to valid addresses, poll observers illegally being ejected or being denied access to groups transferring ballot results by hand because the readers were supposedly broken, voter turnouts as high as 150% or more of registered voters, etc., etc., etc….
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stevetherealist
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:48amdarkdouche…right here in florida also Ohio, PA and several other places…disenfranchising the vote. the group hired by the republican party throwing out registrants for the democratic party. Try getting out of your conservative cacoon every once and a while
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Restoration & Improvement
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:16amI am depressed, this country is totally in the crapper now. The only course is Revolution.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:33amcan we at least try the liberty candidates? And if that doesn’t work out…..Revolution
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:49amSOY, I can sort of see it your way. If Libertarians ever got a foot hold on anything in this country, some things may very well change, and possibly some for the good as I see it. But, what happens when they become established? Do you really think that they can resist human frailty to being inside the beltway? I would venture to say that they would become the next new problem in DC, should they actually become that established. As for me, I just don’t agree with much of their platform. I also disagree with a number of planks in the Republican platform too, but far less that with the Libertarian Party. But, I would rather see them in office over any and all Democrats.
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Pantloadian
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:58amConservatives are already revolting, Have been for years.
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barber2
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 9:52amSOY: Revolution ? Always interesting to hear from our anarchy crowd. AKA ” the Libertarians.” Actually think you are members of the FAR , FAR LEFT…
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longknifed
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:31amSo revolutionaries are FAR LEFT? I think there needs to be a national dialogue on the left/right political spectrum so that people like you can get your facts straight.
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SimpleTruths
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:38amRevolution? Yeah that should work out real well for you guys. If you want to waste you life on that go right ahead, it’ll be a better country without you.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 2:13pmwow barber…You are a complete jerk. I am not endorsing revolution, merely adding on to what “Restoration & Improvement” posted. Why dont you ask Restoration why he is talking about revolution???? You are such a hypocrite.
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DJR
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:15amI hope Allen West continues to fight for America’s liberty outside of DC. He is a true patriot and fighter of liberty no matter where he serves.
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Auntie izlam
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 10:21amI agree, I really admire him.. You lost a good warrior to your cause. I hope he finds a position of influence where he can still make a difference.
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zatzaowe
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:05amFall back to the last rally point, regroup and continue the mission. The republican leaders may have quit but the Tea Party will never stop the march for constitutional FREEDOM! Battles are lost Wars are Won!
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poorrichard09
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:13amGive em enough time and the Dems always “find” the extra votes.
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Vickie Dhaene
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:42amHear Hear !!
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Mrflannery
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:51amLooks like it’s back to mall walking for the Tea party!
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barber2
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 2:02pmMRF: and back to mom’s basement or the nearest OCCUPY for our young Marxists…
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Oldphoto678
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:02amI’ll miss him too. He was always good for a laugh. I have always liked clowns.
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poorrichard09
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:16amoldphoto: you must LOVE 0bozo and the clown car that is his admin!
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qpwillie
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:19am@Oldphoto678
So what do you laugh at the most about him? Is it the fact that he’s a great American hero, that he is a true patriot or perhaps his racial background is a problem for you?
Just asking.
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Pat Alexander
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:22amYes, that’s hilarious.
He’s a patriot and a hero and you are a guy/gal sniping snide comments in your underwear.
I would love to see you address him face to face.
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Vast_Right_Wing_Meltdown
Posted on November 22, 2012 at 4:27amHe’s not a patriot and a hero. He’s a war criminal, a disgrace, a sociopath and a sore loser like the rest of the baggers here. By the way, many of these brilliant bits of nonsensical conservative “wisdom” are showcased on my blog, The Vast Right Wing Meltdown. Thanks for all the content.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on November 23, 2012 at 12:20pmVAST_RIGHT_WING_MELTDOWN, I’ve been reading your comments on your Profile Page. You certainly do tell so many that they are wrong with their thoughts and opinions. So, tell us all how Allen West is as War CRIMINAL, please. Put his name into your search engine and actually read what happened. He did receive Non-judicial punishment under Article 15. This form of punishment is more or less like traffic court. Actually it would be considered less than a traffic court. Also, had you idiots (and, I call you an idiot because you have no idea of what you say) had gotten your WISH with that War Crimes idea, don’t you think that the World Court at The Hague would have gotten involved? Nothing of the kind happened. Besides, you are just parroting what so many other trolls have been saying for a couple of years.
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lel2007
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:02amProgressives have achieved perfection and raised fraudulent voting to an art form. The honor system employed in today’s voting process is a free lunch for scoundrels. The more power the cheaters gain only insures they’ll gain more power. During the next four year the Supreme Court will become progressive and the “checks and balances” of American government will evaporate.
“A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.” ~ John Adams
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zatzaowe
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:19amRevenge is a dish best served cold. The communist crow now but we’ll all have chicken and dumpling when the food stamps run out.
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qpwillie
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:30am@lel2007
Our system of checks and balances disintegrated the first time Obama bypassed congress to force his will on the people.
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barber2
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 9:55amQP: When Czar Barack the First was not challenged with his Back Door Government procedures , the Legislative Branch lost their power to protect the people. Been downhill ever since.
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MadeintheUSA2
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:02amAres338–I think you are correct, we have not heard the last of him. I look at it as him finding a more effective role in the fight. If top to bottom GOP people would take the time and REALLY get to know their role, we would not have lost this election and our country would be the better for it. IMHO, the old timers in these roles–especially in DC…please go home and let someone with spines, integrity and common sense take your role; I for one am sick of hearing your progressive crap (even if it is progressive “light”) and bickering when it comes to elections.
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jackact
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:59amThe political indoctrination as spewed our by the US dept of education, the MSM and their liberal masters does not bode well for honest, straight forward patriotic Americans like Allen West.
You can blame Obama all you like but the obvious issue remains; the very small brain of the unengaged electorate continues to devastate this nation.
Thank you women and college students of Florida for you know what you have done.
But you’ll find out soon.
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revelation2012
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:30amthe republican elite are up to something ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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HKS
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:57amAnother victim of our corrupt election system. Nothing but upside to voter fraud, ever herd of anyone going to jail for it?
“Remember Benghazi”
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longknifed
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:32amWhy should I remember Benghazi? That chicken hawk died doing what he loved.
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rfycom
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:55amOne crazy person gone. More to go.
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MKFlyboy
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:04amIf honor, integrity, selfless public service and belief in the Constitution (before its true meaning was twisted by generations of progressives), then call me crazy, too. People like you have allowed the biggest liars to win this round. Congratulations.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:05am0bama
Biden
Hillary
Holder
Rice
Geitner
Kerry
Heck, I could go on all day….
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Walkabout
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:06amIt was worth the fight. It showed that over 800 ballots were miscounted.
I fall Republicans & 3rd parties candidates were as tough as him, there would be less fraud.
Example of Fraud is the Minnesota Senate race. A 1,000 felons voted. 200 have been convicted. Did they vote AL Franken or Norm Coleman? The race was decided by around 300 votes. Vote fraud is real & affects elections.
The European monitors were appalled by Democrat insistence of no voter ID.
You are so painted RYFCOM, bad tree bearing bad fruit.
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Nolooters
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:52amWe lose West and get back Grayson..that’s just great. Note: heavy on the sarcasm.
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Walkabout
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:09amGrayson will feel his oats again & make a jack-ass of himself again. He’ll be a liability for the Democrats.
Like Rush said real events will overcome spin at some point.
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football lady
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:25amI find that election very suspicious but West has a great future. But it is hard to understand how Floridians could even think of putting Grayson back in office. Guess it is more proof why a jackass is the mascot for democrats.
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oxycontinxx
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:52amthanks for ALL your service to this country mr west. enjoy the holidays with family and friends. no doubt you ll be on the political scene in the years to come……….hopefully to turn this country in a direction that is good for all americans.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:47amWhile it was a bad election for republicans and some Tea Party, every Liberty and Ron Paul supporting candidate that i know of won election or re-election….That should tell you where the country should be headed
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-liberty-swing-vote/
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:59amSOY, Have you been smoking that Libertarian dope again. Ron Paul failed at his only bid this year, the presidency. He did not run for his current seat, and is retiring.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:17amCmon RJ, there is more than just Ron Paul – read the article
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:24amSOY, I just read your line again, maybe you should too. Did read the article, and will say that I am happy that some Libertarian’s beat some of the Democrats.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:30amso what is the problem with ‘my line’?
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:40amIt apparently tells me something else. Great new avatar. You’re new hero?
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flipper1073
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:49amSOY
I look at it Differently
Now Allen West has Lots of Free Time
To Start Campaigning with Sarah Palin for The 2016.
Election.
Maybe they can get Ron Paul to be their Campaign Spokesman.
Because he will have Plenty of Spare Time Too.
Make it a TEAM Effort an NO Wishy Washy Moderates Invited.
It’s SAD when You have to Beat the Progressives (GOP Elites)
Before you can Take On The Communists (Democrats)
When They BOTH use Voter Fraud.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:53amDUH, “your”
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longknifed
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:41amYou anti-Paulites are once again wrong in spewing your rapid anti-Paulism again. You patronize us like we are children…even though it is you who follow your cult-of-personality Beck because you think he will lead you to some eschatological paradise.
Ron Paul would NEVER campaign with those Tea Party hijackers. Rand Paul would, but ole Judas committed political suicide. You need to accept that these people will never be elected again. Neoconservatism is on the ropes…I do credit them though in their co-optation of the Tea Party because it turned out to be a last gasp rejuvenated neocon warmonger slingshot in the 2010 elections. Now both are dead..having died in a plane crash in the Boston Harbor earlier this month. RIP – rest in pieces.
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SimpleTruths
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 1:04pmFLIPPER1073
“To start campaigning for Sarah Palin …2016″
Thank you for the best laugh line of the day. I doubt if there is any treatment for the illness you must have.
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flipper1073
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 3:55pmSIMPLE
I’m Fine
Everyone knows it’s Liberalism that’s a Mental Disorder.
an I’ve never had a Liberal thought in my Adult Life.
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RepubliCorp
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:46amIn a terminator moment: “I’ll Be Back”
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gsp9993
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:55amHe’ll be hired by Fox News to replace the liberal Juan Williams
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majasdad
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:30amGod forbid.
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barber2
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 2:06pmPoor Maja.
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kickagrandma
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:44amWe are incensed by this other stolen election.
However, GOD IS A GOOD GOD and Allen West is HIS man.
So is Herman Cain.
PRAY ON, AMERICA.
This battle IS THE LORD’S and HE WILL WIN IT.
PRAY FOR ALL PEOPLE STANDING FOR GOD all over the world. HIS TIME IS NEAR. Will HE find us standing?
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rfycom
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:56amAnd God said, what?
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sfrich
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:11amShe said she wonders if God will find everyone standing. I’m not sure why; maybe Satan is planning to steal all the chairs.
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majasdad
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 9:27amYou’re wrong. God can’t stand the d0uschbag, and is giving a sigh of relief at the prospect of never seeing him again, whether in the media or heaven.
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VanceUppercut
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 10:34am@kickagrandma
I wonder how God feels about Mr Wests ties to violent biker gangs.
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kickagrandma
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 11:59amTo the four kings of BIBLICAL Ignorance (RYFCOM, SFRICH, MAJASDAD, VANCEUPPERCUT) ~~~
1. GOD said, “Thou shalt not have any gods before me…” and John 7:34.
2. Ephesians 6:10-12.
3. GOD SEES the heart of man and does not go by outward appearance.
4. GOD IS known for hanging out with the “underbelly” of society who needed HIM and know it, not the “leaders” who think /thought they don’t/ didn’t need him and usually seek / sought to kill HIM.
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Coralchristie
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:44amThe Alan West race was absolutely stolen and we “thank” all those election officials, counters etc who sold their souls…if they had a soul in the first place.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:53amDue to the results of the 2010 Census Florida was granted the ability to reshape some of it’s districts. If I come off sounding like a Libertarian on this next statement, so be it. Although I am not. It was the Republicans in the state who rebuilt the district that West was to run in as heavy with known Democrats. West rocked the boat, and the dyed in the wool old standbys were fed up with him. Now they have created a district that will remain Democrat for God only knows how long. These are the Republicans that need to be dumped, not those like West. We need more like him to rock the boat.
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Gonzo
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:57amWell, you can also thank the Republican Gov. of Florida for gerrymandering his district away from him as instructed by the Republican establishment in Washington.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:31amrepublicans do not like competition. When someone comes along who calls themselves a republican but has different ideas – the republican party treats them like a 2nd class citizen. Perhaps through Allen West, you see how the republican party operates
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ares338
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:43amThis is a shame but I don’t think we’ve heard the last from this man.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 8:09amMaybe he should move to Orlando and start chipping away at Grayson. Undoubtedly he will make a huge fool of himself again.
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redneckoilman
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:41amYou will be missed sir.
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Dushman Kush
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:40amComrade Murphy won fair and square. In 2014, the midterm elections will remove slews of “Republicans” from the U.S. House of Representatives and give our Leader and the Democratic Party a solid majority in that august body. Valerie Jarrett for President 2016 !!! Long Live the Democratic Party and Comrade Murphy !!!
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El Mac
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:52amWow….another D-bag Commie speaks gibberish. Why am I not surprised?
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SacredHonor1776
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:52amAh, interesting choice to use the word “Leader” in caps! Mao would be proud!
One more step closer to the Communist utopian vision you wetdream about eh?
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BetterInformed
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:54amA new attention whore.
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VanceUppercut
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 10:30am@Dushman Kush
” In 2014, the midterm elections will remove slews of “Republicans” from the U.S. House of Representatives”
Yes, and you people still fail to see that it is you own fault, with your ultra Right-wing, paranoid conspiracy ravings, mixed in with healthy doses of racism, sexism, homophobia and xenophobia.
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lwilli201
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 5:17pmIf Congress goes all Democratic, Obama will cheat his way to a 3rd term. Just watch.
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ZAP
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:40amProof,the good die young…….
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rfycom
Posted on November 20, 2012 at 7:57amand the stupid will crumble upon the grace of the lord. As he look down the barrel into the fish pond he carry no evil.
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