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Allen West Doubles Down: ‘Marxist, Socialist’ Obama Right to Feel ‘Arrogant’ After Election — Here’s Why

Dec. 11, 2012 12:17pm Erica Ritz

Rep. Allen West (R-FL), who recently lost his re-election bid to Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy, appeared on Fox News with Sean Hannity Monday to discuss his recent comments to radio host Mark Levin.

West said to Levin on Thursday: “This whole thing about having having negotiations with President Obama is silly…President Obama is Marxist, socialist, rigid ideologue and for whatever reason, he believes he has some self-conceived mandate to go out and further destroy and ruin our economy.”

West elaborated for Hannity Monday, saying President Obama has every right to feel “arrogant” after winning re-election since he will never be held accountable for the policies he’s implementing. According to West, the only thing Republicans can do is have “unity based on principles” and stop with the “circular firing squad.”

But the discussion began with a thorough explanation of why West is saying the president is a Marxist and a socialist; it is not just an arbitrary insult.

West calmly listed one reason after another:

I think when you sit down and you look at the policies that have emanated from President Obama, his administration, this entire class warfare rhetoric that we continue to hear is definitely a Marxist theory. When you look at the nationalizing of production– be it the health care industry, Dodd Frank with the financial industry, the automobile industry, what Lisa Jackson and the EPA are doing to the energy sector, and of course the National Labor Relations Board– that’s nationalizing production.

When you look at the incredible expansion of the welfare nanny state, and all of the sudden belief in economic fairness, economic patriotism, fairness and fair shot– those are the types of theories that are not consistent with a constitutional republic, definitely not consistent with our Founding Fathers and the type of people they read, be it Rousseau, Montesquieu, or John Locke. [Emphasis added]

So how does that affect current discussions in Washington? Does Obama have to be concerned with the results of his policies, or just the immediate gratification of his electorate?

West continued:

So when you talk about the arrogance of the president– we re-elected someone that went from 10.6 trillion to 16 trillion in debt. We’ve had four straight years of trillion dollar deficits. We’ve had incredible, earth-shattering numbers of Americans in poverty, Americans on food stamps. We’ve seen a 32% increase in welfare spending. We’ve seen gas prices being exorbitantly high.

So he has every right to be arrogant, and feel that he is never going to be held responsible.

Watch the entire exchange, via Gateway Pundit, below:

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charles116
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 2:34pm
The Republicans and the Romneys OWN class warfare.

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- buttpatriot
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 7:33pm
  nerd. nationalizing of production…joke. those wise founding fathers would have counted you as 3/5 a man.
  
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- buttpatriot
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 7:36pm
  west doubles down on dumb, fades into obscurity.
  
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charles116
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 2:33pm
Allen & Levin, a new interracial Amos and Andy.

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- realindependent
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:49pm
  Oh Poor Allan bitter much? Your 5 minutes of fame is gone. Go home to Georgia. You don’t belong in my Florida. You couldn’t win in a heavily Republican district because you are black. Hows that for Ironic.
  
  Those red necks in Port St. Lucie and North Palm Beach and I can say this cause i am a redneck in south Florida. Don’t believe me if ya want, but I am. If you were white and running in that race you would have easily won. I promise you that.
  
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grickm
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 2:32pm
What makes it worse is that Obama pushes his agenda with lies and posturing. He will not state his philosophy of governance and engage in an honest debate about it. But then, he probably realizes it would not be popular with the majority of people in this country.

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- Katielee
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 6:55pm
  Ya think? His followers would accept it anyway, no matter how debatable, or even repugnant, they founfpd it.
  
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right field
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 2:10pm
“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
“The central idea of Machiavelli is that the state power is not bound by the moral law. The law is not above the state, but below it.”
“Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power — power sufficient to interfere with property.” Lord Acton

Hope that Colonel West can move to another state or community and run for election again. His birth state of Georgia could certainly use his leadership – especially the Atlanta area!

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- mayancalendar2012
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 2:37pm
  @Rightfield…
  I’m still trying to grasp how the people of Florida would have the good sense to get rid of a trouser-stain like Alan Grayson, and then follow it up by booting a true patriot like Col. West.
  It has to be voter fraud, pure and simple.
  
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- Distress
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 2:49pm
  Living in Miami it was heartbreaking to see this state go blue again, so convenient that all those swing states just happened to go Blue. Unfortunately I fear that Florida is part of the next Liberal Project. Like California and New York, they are moving to make it another blue State ruled over by the big corrupt cities.
  
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toledofan
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 2:03pm
Allen West is a true patroit and for sure a straight shooter. I’d like to see him in the White House in 2016. But in the meantime, he’s one of the few men who can take Obama on and show him for what he is and expose not only his arrogance but his lack of understanding and lleadership. What is really sad is that until the mainstream media starts to peel back the onion and exposes Obama and his agenda not much will change except the mainstream media will continue becoming irrelevant. Men want work and no handouts and pretty soon the majority of men are going to demand more.

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EqualJustice
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 1:45pm
Fight back NOW! https://secure.freedomworks.org/site/SPageNavigator/alertcenter.html

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raderby
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 1:24pm
I wish we could send Mr. West in to talk with Obama about telling the truth…….

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pghpatriot
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 1:12pm
the only point i disagree with West on is o’s arrogant feeling ‘after’ the election. o has been arrogant since day one four years ago and nothing but dethroning will stop that. he has an air of invincibility because so far he has been.

frankly, i’m tired of any and all Repubs droning on about ‘o’ this and ‘o’ that. no matter how correct they are and how deceitful o is, it all amounts to a bunch of whining, which the Dems ‘bathe’ themselves in, unless someone or something can be done about it.

look how long and much money has been spent on F&F and still haven’t been able to hang Holder. wait until Clinton appears before the committee on Benhgazi. she should be held liable for those deaths, but nothing will happen to her. she will even run for prez in 2016. that is her punishment.

Boehner, daily whines how o hasn’t put cuts on the table. true? yes! but what does the whining get you? just more people thinking HE is the obstructionist.

just like Romney. day after day he delivered the exact same message to people who didn’t want to hear it. someone aptly wrote, (and i paraphrase) ‘when he got in front of a crowd, it’s as if he was a ‘chatty kathy’ doll and someone pulled the string and he said the same things.

this party DOES NOT KNOW how to confront and deal with the chicago political thugs. the repubs talk big and complain alot, but they don’t know how to fight fire with fire. if you are going to fight ‘the big dog’ you MUST do so on HIS te

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- raderby
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 1:26pm
  how to deal is a bb bat across their shins, and move up from there if they do not capitulate. It is all they understand – purely being metaphorical here…. ahem, of course.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 1:34pm
  Arrogance comes from affirmative action. It is not merit based, thus a gift… spoiling the child/adult. It defines both Barack and Michelle Obama.
  
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- EqualJustice
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 1:44pm
  Someone doesn’t understand body language and arrogance.
  “Pursed lips: Lips which are pulled inwards from all directions are an indication of tension and may indicate frustration or disapproval. Pursed lips are a classic sign of anger, including when it is suppressed. It is effectively holding the mouth shut to prevent the person saying what they feel like saying. Pursed lips with raised head: lips convey disagreement and disapproval. It communicates a desire to end the discussion. A raised chin implies aggression that may be acted on if the conversation is not ended. This is also a sign of disapproval. It indicates that the person has fixed views that cannot be changed. This usually reveals an arrogant and superficial character.
  Head held high and/or chest out… Is a sign of ARROGANCE and/or DOMINANCE.”
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 2:22pm
  EqualJustice, theory, and a weak one at that.
  
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momrules
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:54pm
Allen West is correct. Obama is arrogant and rightfully so. He swept onto the national scene, was never vetted and has literally torn this country apart with very little opposition. Obama is untouchable because the media, with the exception of Fox and conservative talk radio, have his back.

Obama will become increasingly despotic in the coming months. He has the power and he will use it to further erode America by stirring up racial and class warfare. Add increasing regulations, taxes, fees, fewer jobs and more people on welfare to the mix and you can see which way the wind is blowing.

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:59pm
  Absolutely.
  
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- mikem1969
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 1:14pm
  well said momrule.
  
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- fatsomann
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 1:29pm
  Mom rules! Exactly.
  
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- charles116
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 2:36pm
  Obama is president, West is toast.
  
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SimpleTruths
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:52pm
This loser is lucky he’s not sitting on a hard bench in Leavenworth.

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- Cashel
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 1:15pm
  So re you,Simpleton.
  
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- charles116
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:46pm
  Guess Allen paid his $5,000 fine.
  
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BasketFullOfPuppies
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:49pm
I feel that there is about to be a judgment… and it’s not going to be pretty or without consequence. Thankfully.

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- Jezreel
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:57pm
  You are so correct. Even the word of God says, “some men’s sins go open before God, some men’s sins follow after”. It is so merciful of God if he exposes a man’s sins and deals with them on this side of life. If he doesn’t that is truly a very sad state to be in on judgment day. To be nothing but a puppet and patsy for the new world order elites and not have any reality until that fateful day when you stand before the creator of the universe is very sad indeed. I thank God that I am not Obama or like people like him.
  
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mellowlady
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:48pm
Has West been on the government payroll his whole life?

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AbrahamsSheepdog
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:46pm
Thats the most honest guy out there. Well informed, stating obvious facts sheep & monkeys should see. Well Santa hasa list, he’s checking it twice…….

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- oldguy49
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:55pm
  he needs to move up here to nw florida where there is still a civilized redneck conservative populaton that would be happy to have this man represent them……………and watch his 6
  
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- charles116
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 7:20pm
  Name those 90 commies already!!!!!
  And what about Bachmanns Muslim Botherhood folks in government.
  So she name poor Anthony Weiner’s wife – who isn’t even in government.
  You guys really need some new icons.
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:41pm
West is correct about all he has said. West did not win in Florida because his district is a heavily minority district. Obama was telling them who to vote for and (democratic) millions of dollars poured into the area against him. In spite of all of this he nearly won and lost by a slim margin.

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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:50pm
  West outspent his opponent by a 4 to 1 margin – YOU LIE.
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 1:32pm
  Look, at the end of the day you have to strip all of the rhetoric and propaganda out of the election and distill it down to some key points. Despite the RINO status of Romney his main point during the whole election was that “he’ll create jobs and that America will go back to work”. The response was that 62M people said “eff that noise”.
  
  We are a nation of parasites and the election and statistics prove that out. The only thing I can’t figure out is the arrogance and bravado of those who voted for it. Not only is there no shame in being a leech there is pride in it. When millions celebrate being leech servants of the state, then I live in a world I don’t understand.
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 1:52pm
  Who did you vote for ‘BARDIAN? Were you part of those 62 million that said “eff that noise?” As far as I’m concerned there were three types of voters out there this cycle just as in the last. Romney voters, Obama voters and Obama enablers. “Eff” any other “noise” IMO…
  
  I only read ONE former die-hard Ron Paul supporter from The Blaze that had the cajones to admit that he voted for Romney. PROGSLAYER…
  
  Did you go with your “conscience” plus whatever rationale of other 62 million had, or did you go with some semblance of common sense?
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:29pm
  I voted for the Constitution and the constitutionalist candidate.
  
  Furthermore, I could give to shakes about “as far as your concerned”. Makes no matter to me. But since you breached the topic, I think there were two types of voters. Those that respect the constitution and vote for a return to constitutional government and those that crap on the constitution and convince themselves that their candidate is somehow and acceptable departure from constitutional doctrine.
  
  Not sure why I responded to your post. I think I pretty much said my peace to you already. Yet, your formulaic approach shines through yet again. We’ll create the strawman and beat the crap out of it right? You set the parameters, you define the conditions, then trash people based on your little construct. While you haven’t seen those with “cajones” to play your game, I would argue that you are the only one I’ve seen on the board as of late still trying to convince people that AA and that through some intellectual gymnastics only comprehensible to the enlightened few that A does in fact really equal B.
  
  I don’t know what to tell you, the RINO’s lost…again. You’re party is going the way of the Whigs. You abandoned the constitution and are simply panhandling for the “uninformed vote”. It’s pretty sad really. But hey, maybe you can drop to your knees and service John Boehner in 4 years. That would be a treat for you.
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 7:41pm
  LOL ‘BARDIAN…. Then all your quasi intellectual horse shitte pep talking on here to the masses are meaningless.
  
  That is all…
  
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RightMeansRight2
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:35pm
I really like this man, and the fools in Florida missed a great opportunity to have him serve them and our country again. What is with the fungus brain liberals? They get rid of this fantastic man, and then get rid of a very good man, Mitt Romney, and keep the worst president in U.S. history. hussein’s voice makes me sick, and all he does it give speeches. Worthless speeches. When a serious president would stay at the White House until issues were resolved, this celebrity muslim clown is out giving speeches that have absolutely NO meaning. Just flapping his jaws for the applause, nothing more. He is a waste. A complete waste. I have never actually hated a president, I have disliked some very, very much…like clinton, but never hated one. I do now, and the sight of his arrogant face is more than I can stand. And his lying voice…..ugh. I gotta go hurl now.

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- countryfirst
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:45pm
  BHO could shot the elderly in the head in the Rose garden and the media would spin it this way ” well they were going to die soon anyway” and the sheeple wouldn’t even question it.
  
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TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:35pm
Can anyone tell me WHY Ron Paul didn’t vote on the NDAA Bill? Many Obama enabling clowns here liked to slap West and many others in the GOP for their vote regarding this (rightly so), but offer no good expaination why Paul didn’t put his vote where his mouth was??

Did he have a runny nose that day… ??… like some contend… or was his campaign MORE important than him going on the record for something as important as this…??

Hey, you know me…. just askin’?? Have to get to the truth

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TheMajority
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:32pm
Your a good man Mr. West.

The best of the West, has never bowed to a hussain.

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- TheMajority
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:42pm
  It is the difference of ideology that Americans need to understand, and it looks like Allen West is leading that conversation.
  
  Doesn’t it feel nice, thinking outside of the media controlled conversation?
  
  “Capitalism belongs to us citizens. It is called communism when the government runs the economy”. That is outsiode of media controlled conversation also—but is an election winner.
  
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SUNTZU
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:31pm
They can not have their New World Order unless
US, We The People, are on our knees.

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banjarmon
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:29pm
Wish West had been in MY District…He would have been in Washington fighting for our FREEDOM!!!!

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- gyro
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:35pm
  millions wish the same
  
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Seagal45
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:28pm
How true it is. Nice to see someone out there with the balls to tell it like it is.

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- Kisses6350
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 1:29pm
  Tell it like it is? West lost!!!!!!!!!! NO way to turn, it, spin it………….Just another ego maniac with an axe to grind! Or in words that most of you understand,,,,,,,,,,,,”another black man wit his own agenda to run this country in the ground”! Nuff said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ***SMIRKS***
  
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The_Jerk
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:25pm
Allen West is a man; something that has been in short supply since the movement to feminize the American male began.

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- drbage
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:41pm
  He is also an American who is proud of the fact that he is a citizen of this country along with the rights, privileges, and obligations that come with it. Unfortunately, he is despised, if not hated, by many in the country because he does not fit into the meme that the Democrats and the media have devised for black men and he does not blame any problems he might encounter on the color of his skin. He is one of the few black men who staunchly believe in MLK’s adage to “not judge a man by the color of his skin, but the content of his character.”
  
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ares338
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:25pm
West is certainly right on this topic.

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diverdan
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:22pm
And the idiots in Florida did not reelect him. He’s right again.

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- TheMajority
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:28pm
  Juste pogressive idots redistricted to West by the progressive republican party.
  
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- charles116
  Posted on December 11, 2012 at 7:22pm
  Now if only those idiots can rid the country of that thief, Rick Scott.
  
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shagstar
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:21pm
this man is great.

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UNALIEN
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 12:20pm
the left are not idiots because they can’t think, they are idiots because they can’t think what they know to be true

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