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Allen West: Liberal Progressive Agenda is ‘Antithesis of Who We Are as a Nation’

Wise words from Congressman-elect Allen West, R-Fla.:

The soon-to-be freshman member of Congress is a tea party favorite, a group FNC’s Chris Wallace says could really shake up Washington:

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  • C.C.D.
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:07pm

    I really like this guy, and to think I’m considered a tea bagging, gun carrying, bible toting redneck raciest. Or maybe that’s just if I disagree with a liberal that happens to be a black man. So I wonder what it makes this guy if he has the same views as a white redneck conservative like myself? I bet Al Sharpton could tell us…It‘s always amusing when the liberals make up crap and call people names when they can’t win a argument or someone disagrees with their view.

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  • mcpbob
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:04pm

    He is a Hero…. great man, he has a good future ahead of him …..

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  • Mikee T
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:04pm

    Trolltrainer…………..FINE……….I’ll try harder and I agree……..all of our youth seemed to have been indoctrinated this way………it’s really shameful…….thank god I had my children in private schools and ALWAYS monitored their curriculums……..therefore…..I didn’t REALLY see just how bad things were with our institutions……..especially post high schoola and grad schools where, apparently, MOST OF THE DAMAGE HAS AND IS STILL BEING DONE…..Wow….this is big trouble….

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  • Ironmaan
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:02pm

    Unfortunately the racist black community is totally identified with the Democratic party and will consider him an Uncle Tom. Crabpot syndrome at it’s best. Http://guerillatics.com

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:10pm

      That;s because most of them are not engaged. It will take people like West, people inside their community, to engage them and show them how the progressives are holding them down with these entitlements and making serfs out of them. To be blunt, whitey cannot do it. They see us as big business and the money horders. They need people inside their community to show them that we stand for the things that they believe in. Equality, morality, and freedom from the government.

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    • HumbleCitizen
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:06pm

      It’s changing Ironman, as more blacks see other well respected, well educated and well spoken blacks in leadership positions. Many blacks are conservative and believe in God. It‘s just that the umbilical cord to the Democratic party hasn’t been cut yet. It will take time, and it will take door to door, one on one, meetings to reach out with patience, logic and the true Constitution.

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  • DeltaHawk
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:59pm

    Freedom is color blind! Go Allen, My prayers are with you! Kick ass and take names!!!

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    • komponist-ZAH
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 3:55am

      “Freedom is color blind!”
      Best line on this thread.

      @WhiteTeaParty–
      Where are ya, bud? Don’t like to be proven wrong?

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  • korbin
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:59pm

    I am a racist because I think exactly like this gentlemen. He has hit it on the head, why is it that everyone in my circle has the same understanding and thinking with regards to progressives an this administartion. In other words I truly beleive the majority think the same. This country is allowing the ultra minority to make claims have new laws introduced, continue to push for entitlements and allow illegals cross our borders. God help us its men like this I hope will at least soften the blow of the progressives. The racist part wasnt about color but about Hating progressives.

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  • jrs_cinci
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:54pm

    The more I heard him the more I think West/Christie Christie/West in 2012… Liberals would p-e-e themselves…

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  • Mikee T
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:44pm

    Walkwithme……….you moron !! I went to your stupid website and didn‘t have to read very long to understand that the brain dead authors there don’t get it……..at all….. NO NO NO NO, the constitution is NOT open for interpretation dum dum……and the judiciary….according to the consititution was put there to “adjudicate” and make sure that the founders / framers document…that’ right idiot….document / constitution….was upheld in every way….get it ?? The third branch of government is NOT SUPPOSED to CHANGE the constitution and interpret it….that’s the @ucking problem @sswipe !!! They don’t get it either….why ? Left wing justices…..PERIOD !!!!!

     
    • trolltrainer
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:53pm

      MikeeT,

      Please, give walkwithme a chance. I do not think he/she is the usual moronic liberal troll. His website is thought out and he seems to want to understand. I think he is just brainwashed into the “big corporations have all the money and are holding everyone else down” nonsense. Instead of antagonizing this person I see it as the place to start winning our country back. Many of these people are kids and this is what they have learned since the 1990′s in the schools and universities. They think they have this inside track on knowledge or something, that they understand these principles and us old farts are just stupid. We need to calmly and patiently show them why they are wrong…With love…That is the only way we will ever fix this mess. It is really in their hands, in the hands of the youth of today. They will steer America in the direction they think she should go. It is up to us to make them understand why the founders were right and why America has so greatly succeeded until now.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:57pm

      Walkwithme,

      I responded to you in the article about Francis Piven, please go back and read my response there.

      MikeeT is right, the information you have is so misleading. Please, do me a favor:

      Read Glenn Beck’s new book Broke. Just read it. I am not asking you to agree with him or for you to change your mind about anything. But it is a good, plain argument for what we believe. To read that book will give you a better understanding of what we see for this country. Please, it will be the best time/money you have spent all year! :-P

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    • komponist-ZAH
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 3:51am

      Yes, Mikee, don’t get so upset by presence of contrary opinions. I myself appreciate the left-wingers that troll over here willing to actually engage in debate. Debate is good, it sharpens the mind and helps us come closer to truth.

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  • clockwatcher
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:43pm

    Allen West for president 2012. Not that joke Sarah.

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  • APatriotFirst
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:35pm

    I like this guy….Allen West

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  • emertz8413
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:34pm

    Here’s hoping that the conservatives we elected this passed November can start to set things right in Washington. Allen West seems to be on the right track!!

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  • korbin
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:33pm

    Add your comments

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  • USMARINEGUNNY
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:30pm

    God Bless this fine American! He should have been a Marine.

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    • MOVETERAN
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 5:42pm

      @USMARINEGUNNY I agree with you on the GOD Bless part but not sure about the Marine part of that. I would think a well spoken man like that would have made a better Navy ship commander. LOL jk. I did learn a lot on deployment to the gulf with the MEU we took with us.

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  • Mikee T
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:30pm

    I would think it would be WISE for the republican morons to push this guy for 2012…with Palin as his V.P…..then, we could hopefully get SOME of the minority vote….cause I have to believe there are some hispanics and blacks that really really understand what is ACTUALLY happening here….I would vote for a candidate, regardless of race, color, creed or gender if I felt they were truly conservative, libertarian minded candidates that would work to reverse this 80 year old progressive agenda….that’s right….it’s been 80 plus years in the making!!!!! I would love to finally see a REAL PUSH THE OTHER WAY IN THIS COUNTRY….it’s all I can hope for at this point…God Bless America …

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  • dcwu
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:27pm

    This is the ticket.

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  • chips1
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:24pm

    I’m old. I’ve lived in America,and this isn’t it. Libs want marxism and it doesn’t cut it. His remarks sound great, but I need action. No compromising. It’s the Constitution or your out of here!!

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    • lylee
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:38pm

      Amen brother! We are losing our liberties one compromise at a time.

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    • NancyBee
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 5:14pm

      I like everything he says……but yeah……….He’s gonna have to proof himself……Keep talking the talk…but you gotta walk the walk!

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    • APEXIdaho
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:12pm

      A great patriot, George Albert Smith once said something like, The constitution of the United States is as important to us today as the stone tablets that Moses recieved from God were to the children of Isreal.

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    • APEXIdaho
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:50pm

      I also believe the Constitution is just as inspired as any scripture.

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    • Liberty_Forever
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 5:54pm

      I agree. I‘m tired of ’pretty talk’ from elected leaders…only to watch them back down or do a complete 180 on issues. Practice what you preach, or be tossed from the ‘pulpit’.

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  • neverending
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:24pm

    @exdem – you are absolutely – We would be so lucky to have him as President. No nonsense from him just honesty, integrity, intelligent and what an amazing story he has about his life. This is one politician who won’t back down, make excuses, quit or bother with the nonsense – nothing more then getting this country getting turned around and headed in the right direction. He is from the same camp as Cain, Christie, Pence, DeMint and a few others – sadly just a few others.

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    • TRUTHSEEKINGAL
      Posted on January 4, 2011 at 11:58am

      @Walk with me, walk with you where? With a bunch of acorn losers garnering votes from the cemetary, or to a CEO’s home to protest his success? Or perhaps an SEIU picket line? NO THANKS..Now why don’t you walk on down to your mailbox and look for your welfare check or better yet,head on over to Media Matters where you will encounter ilk of your kind.Georgie Swartz may even subsidize your handouts.
      None of us free market,liberty loving bible and gun clinging constitution loving trail blazers care to “WALK WITH YOU into serfdom!!

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  • neverending
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:18pm

    God Bless Congressman West. He is REAL

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:26pm

      He’s a joke – we will see as time goes by how he does – but my opinion is he is all mouth!!
      http://maboulette.wordpress.com

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    • Mikee T
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:37pm

      WALKWITHME…you’re a @ucking joke……..get lost parasite……. This guy is a black man that understands what the predominantly black / hispanic progressive left has done and will surely face much exoriation and censure from the whacked out main stream media…what part of that makes him a joke you progressive moron ????

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:45pm

      Why is he a joke walkwithme? Do you really believe a large central government in control of the private sector is the way we should go? Do you really think socialism is better than capitalism? Do you not understand the basic, fundamental problems with that?

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    • Meyvn
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:36pm

      We need more people that think like this man, Allen West.

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    • HairRazor
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 4:19pm

      I think ‘66 is a little nervous about Mr. West.

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  • Ray2447
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:17pm

    “This liberal, progressive, socialist agenda, this left-wing, vile, vicious, despicable machine that’s out there is soundly brought to its knees.”

    Yep, that’s the way I see it too. Where do I sign up? Allen West for president in 2012. Hey, he’d be more qualified than Obama was. He’s figured out some major problems with the Democrats, while Obama is still stuck on stupid.

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    • Mikee T
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:34pm

      Obama isn’t stuck on stupid…….Obama is stuck on Left Wing Radicalism….period…. He is an Alinsky-ite piece of trash and a puppet for the evil progressives that want and have already destroyed much of this country……..We are no longer a sovereign nation….we have sold out our middle class working americans……and it’s not stopping any time soon……the corporate scum in this country have increased profit margins while simultaneously eliminating jobs for americans…..selling products to americans and the rest of the world while leaving ONLY their administrative and “skeleton” operations here…..and the government has promoted it…..just like they engineered the housing crisis and then bailed out Wall Street and the Bankers while middle class america lost everything…scum…

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:45pm

      MIKE first they take your jobs then they take
      your guns, then they take your food
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ5OCyfDRy4

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  • mamiesgirl
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:16pm

    Lt. Col. Allen West is a model for all of our Representatives. He really gets it and is NOT goin to back down. Thank you to the state of Florida for electing this fine Patriot to the House of Representatives. Hope we can find many more like him by 2012!

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  • WILLIAM E.
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:12pm

    Too bad he is not our President !!

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    • @Poli_Mis
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 12:49am

      You can put me down for a Herman Cain/Allen West ticket any day.

      That would be awesome. You can just imagine copies of that Alinsky rag bursting into flames.

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  • exdem
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:12pm

    This is my first black president!!!!

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  • ANTIFA
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:11pm

    A bit over the top, don’t you think? I mean, several founding fathers (Hamilton, Paine, Jefferson) were relatively “left-wing” as we currently define it. I think it’s a bit silly to paint one side as “Enemies of America” and the other as “The Only REAL Americans!”

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:18pm

      Hamilton, Pain, and Jefferson were not socialists! Socialists are the enemy to this country. I do not mind Democrats. Socialists are brain-dead.

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    • Ray2447
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:21pm

      You’re wrong, IMO. Obama is the domestic enemy of America, B-I-G T-I-M-E! Maybe you should try researching some things Glenn Beck points out. It’s hard not to independently come to that conclusion.

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    • ANTIFA
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:29pm

      Thomas Paine wanted a guaranteed minimum income and the redistribution of wealth from wealthy land-owners to the working poor and establish a guaranteed pension for all citizens started at age 50.

      Thomas Jefferson disliked the very concept of corporations, saying, “I hope we shall take warning from the example [of British corporations] and crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country.”

      Alexander Hamilton opposed free trade as being unfair to certain parties, and promoted protectionism and economic government intervention instead.

      They weren’t “socialists” in name because the philosophy hadn’t yet arisen, but they certainly held some highly egalitarian ideas. Especially Paine, that guy was totally a radical leftist, even by today’s standards.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:40pm

      I wonder if you may be misrepresenting their actual positions on the basis of remarks taken out of context? It seems to be a trend lately. In any case, it matters not. The founding fathers debated and agreed on the principles that founded this country. It is those principles that we defend. It is those principles that made this country what it is and those principles that are currently under attack.

      You can try to turn Jesus Christ into a socialist, it is not hard. But it totally misrepresents everything He stood for. You can not take from one and give to another. Christ never supported that and I do not believe Jefferson, Pain, or Hamilton did either. That is socialism and that is theft. That was not the way this country was intended to work.

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    • 13thGenerationAmerican
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:52pm

      trolltrainer

      You are such a Moron

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    • ANTIFA
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:58pm

      Mmm, perhaps. Obviously I’ve never met any of the individuals, and Jefferson and Hamilton also took odd stances on other positions (Jefferson, for example, opposed a central bank, women in politics, and the carrying of debt.)

      Thomas Paine, however – I stand by my statements on him much more firmly. That guy was an out-and-out radical, and there’s not much question on the matter. He wrote an entire book on his views supporting wealth redistribution he entitled “Agrarian Justice.” He wrote another attacking Christianity and promoting freethinking. There’s little question as to where the “Father of the American Revolution” stood politically.

      Just as an interesting final note – the term “left-wing” (and right-wing, actually) originates from the early days before the French Revolution, when the loyal monarchists and nobility sat to the right of the president’s chair, and the American Revolution-admiring radical deputies sat to the left. Of course, back then “right” simply meant pro-monarchist and “left” meant pro-republic, and had little to do with culture and economics, two areas that are also defined by the left-right paradigm today. Still, it did the service of defining rightist politics as those defending the status quo social order and hierarchies, and leftist politics as those opposing.

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    • Marcobob69
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:00pm

      I don‘t think it’s silly at all when the “left-side“ as you put it wants to ”fundamentally transform” (Obama’s words, not mine) the United States into a “Third World” country!!! What rock have you been living under???

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    • BoilitDown
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:02pm

      @ANTIFA
      “Over the top”?? No, under the conditions, he sounded well measured and possibly restrained.
      It will take a monumental effort to stop our downward slide and folks like West are just who we need. There were gigantic gains in massive, out of control government that need to be turned around ASAP. The longer they remain to erode our country the more damage can be done.
      If you’ve got a mad dog tearing up your house and terrorizing your pets, do you wait until it’s done or get animal control on the problem immediately?

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    • GrannyATL
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:06pm

      Sorry, ANTIFA, but you are parroting the progressive’s view of our Founding Fathers. I highly recommend you read both the “5,000 Year Leap, “A Patriot’s History of the United States“ or even ”48 Liberal Lies about American History.” They’re all available from Amazon.

      Our history began to be re-written back in the 1930′s and is reflected in everything from history books to TV specials. Go pick up a history textbook pre-1930 and you’ll see what I mean. (I’ve begun collecting them.)

      We MUST learn the real history of our great nation! We ARE exceptional for a reason. Figure it out!

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    • cykonas
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:12pm

      I’m not going to take the time to look up each of the snippets that you cited about a particular Founder. They may be true and they may not, I don’t know. I do know that almost everyone of the drafters of the Constitution had personal and/or state theories, philosophies and desires that were put aside in favor of unity in the Constitution. A thorough reading of the various Federalist Papers will easily show that. I choose to concentrate on that which they chose to commit to writing, and that the states that became the United States chose to ratify. The signing and ratification closed and nullified any prior debate and/or disagreement.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:13pm

      13thgeneration,

      Thank you! Coming from you that means so much to me AND my reputation in this forum! Thanks!

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    • MOVETERAN
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:13pm

      The one thing that made the founding fathers all the same was that they all agreed on the rights of the individual. They didn’t all agree on how or what those rights were but they did admit that to much left or to much right was a very bad thing.

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    • ANTIFA
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:14pm

      @GRANNYATL

      I’m not referring to things written about Thomas Paine, I’m referring to things Thomas Paine wrote (as well as that direct quotes from Jefferson.) Glenn always says to use primary sources.

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    • BoilitDown
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:27pm

      @ANTIFA
      The founding fathers opinions and perspectives grew and evolved to produce the founding documents far and above their own considerations. The final product is what is most important and while adding to the understanding of how they arrived at their conclusions, the statements they’ve made must not be taken out of that ultimate context.
      Those kind of arguments are strictly for the academics and the word “academic” is fast becoming derogatory once again.

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    • Trance
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:31pm

      We can just be thankful that those founding fathers who can be considered “left-wingers” didn’t get their way.

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    • betterthantv
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:39pm

      TROLTRAINER- you are correct here. The other side is fabulous at taking things out of context and word games. Anybody with any real knowledge (reading their own words) knows what the Founders meant for this nation to be.

      As far as you 13TH GEN – The only moron here, is the one that resorts to name calling because he/she is not smart enough for actual debate!

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    • Moonbat
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:56pm

      @ Trolltrainer

      Maybe the liberals aren’t the ones taking things out of context. Glenn talks about the founders every night, but Antifa is clearly the only one here who’s actually read Thomas Paine.

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    • 13thGenerationAmerican
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:59pm

      betterthantv

      It’s not worth a debate when you are so misinformed, you cannot think clearly. I am so sick of people trying to spin the words of the people who started this country. Just read the words, don’t try to put your interpretation on them.

      Thomas Paine is the reason my family fought that war, I have their writings, I know what they thought. My family, 3 generations, were at Bunker Hill, Lexington and Concord. I don’t need a history lesson from amateurs or Glenn Beck. I have first hand knowledge.

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    • flagbearer
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 5:39pm

      @Antifa
      You are both right and wrong. Tom Paine was extremely radical, and he eventually lost favor with early Americans, especially after his verbal attacks on George Washington. His pamphlets Common Sense and The American Crisis struck chords of passion for independence and gave Americans some of our best quotes. His own personal life was disgustingly one big failure.
      As far as “socialism” not existing at that time, nothing could be further from the truth! So was the term “redistribution” of wealth. And, regardless of who taught you your views or where you have read them, you need to do some additional research. “The Utopian schemes of re-distribution of the wealth…are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in the Crown.” (Samuel Adams, an original tea partier.)
      Yes, Thomas Jefferson was at odds with Hamilton (a Federalist), and opposed a central bank. Do you know his reasons? Read what he had to say.
      As far as their views on the British corporations, there again, read a little farther. It has more to do with aristocracy than capitalism, which they ardently favored. “A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.” You evidently have swallowed hook, line, and sinker the progressive teachings. Were our founding fathers radicals? Absolutely, but in favor of limited government! No way would they support socialism, which they knew and understood quite well.
      “The government is best which governs least.” Thomas Paine
      “The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.” Thomas Paine (Think: Obamacare, Medicare, etc., etc.)
      “Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” Benjamin Franklin (Think TSA)
      “It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.” James Madison (Think Obamacare)
      “Charity is no part of the legislative duty of government.” James Madison (Think all the entitlement programs we have today.)
      Many more quotes, that would discount everything you could possibly say in regards to their being “radical socialists.” They were NOT socialists and would turn over in their graves at being labeled as such!

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    • BoilitDown
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 6:00pm

      @FLAGBEARER
      Thank you for that clarification. Very well and concisely expressed.

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    • Moonbat
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 7:15pm

      @ Flagbearer

      Nice post. Thanks for actually reading the source material, and for giving us back Thomas Paine. I might note, though, that Antifa never referred to the founders as “radical Socialists.” I’ll also add that liberals have a legitimate claim to Abigail if not John Adams (see “big fish v. small fish”) and at least half of Jefferson and all of Madison. And Washington sided with Hamilton.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:46pm

      Speaking for myself, I have read much of the founding father’s own words thanks to prodding from Glenn Beck. I will admit that the only thing I have read from pain though is Common Sense.

      But that is all a moot point. As I first mention, and as has been brought up many times since, this country was built on much more than a single man’s opinions and vision. It seems like only the progressives have trouble “interpreting” the Constitution, the rest of us simply read it and understand it for what it says.

      The part I do not get is why anyone besides a politician in power would be on the progressive side? Well…Maybe if I was living on entitlements I might also support the agenda…But how can anyone with a shred of common sense want to stray from what the founding fathers originally intended for this country?

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    • hypnos
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:24pm

      Well, said flagbearer, You must know the evolution of our republic and the diverse people that were involved in its creation. The continental congress was a long arduous process but the final documents the constitution and declaration of independence were well worth it in the end.

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    • beck_warrior
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:34pm

      i think trolltrainer needs to get that liberal moonbat putz under a tighter leash.im tired of psuedo intellectual liberal idiots coming on here and trying to amke our country look bad.you don’t like it leave! run off to canada or moscow you traitor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • @Poli_Mis
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 12:44am

      These revisionists are beautiful. Let’s boil down all of our founding documents into a single statement that even the dullest, mouth-breathing Marxist can understand:

      With the exceptions of providing a common defense and keeping the peace (as opposed to law enforcement) the government shall not be granted powers that you yourself do not have.

      I cannot take another person’s property without a just claim and neither can the government. Of course now that we have so totally perverted property rights, nobody sees this as the fundamental behind the phrase “pursuit of happiness.”

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    • tierrah
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 2:53am

      Hey Antifa. Have you noticed Thomas Payne never held a public office! You’re right, in a sense (Common Sense), when you say Thomas Payne is a radical. Wonder if that explains why he never make much of a splash in serving as a leader and representative of “We the People” … good for inciting only.

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    • komponist-ZAH
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 3:45am

      As a refutation of the idea that the Founders were socialists, consider that many of them were admirers of Adam Smith’s ideas of economics.

      Also, Jefferson said in his first inaugural address something like “a government that prevents people from injuring one another, but leaves them otherwise free to regulate their own affairs, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned–this is the sum of good government.”

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    • SLAPTHELEFT
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 5:10pm

      13th generation.

      Great point. don’t try to interpret the words of the founding fathers. Just let them be. Start with the Constitution and tell the lefties that sit on the supreme court to stop twisting the meanings of such simple things like “the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”

      You see, Mr. Wizard, while your family may have fought for this country, so have ours. And so have some of us. Probably not you. you seem to be running from the real fight and leveling weak attacks on the good people of the Blaze. That’s fine. Leftist sites suck and so do most of the comments. But you come here, don’t ya? Don’t be scared to read my first paragraph again and let that sink in before you start your barney frank blabbering.

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  • trolltrainer
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:09pm

    Amen! When I first read the headline I read it as “Allen West: A progressive Liberal…“ and said ”WHAT!” Whew! He is going to be a good one.

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    • RobertCA
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:52pm

      hahaha TROLLTRAINER same reaction here .
      This country is off tracks now & WE THE PEOPLE have a hard & long journey ahead to put this great country back on it’s tracks .
      GOD Bless America

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:39pm

      How can I be a racist when I really like Herman Cain and JC Watts and Allen West? Could it be that I dislike the man in the White House regardless of his color? Darn, it must be the man I dislike not his color. Ha Ha, glad I cleared that up in my mind. We‘ve been told so often that we are racists if we don’t
      love Obama. Sorry folks, I’m not a racist and I do not like Obama, even if he was green polka dotted.

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    • HillBillySam1
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 5:23pm

      The more that I see and hear of Rep. West, the more I like about him. I pray that he does very, very well in leading the 112th Congress in the right direction. The Progressives are going to go hard after him but he seems to be the the kind of feller that will give a lot more punishment than he takes. Lets get more folks like him in the leadership positions for this country.

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  • bigbud
    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:09pm

    He’s such a racist.. Ah no he’s black how can he be correct, right, and black…….

     
    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:18pm

      I have heard Allen West speak, and wish him along with the other Tea Party and Conservatives luck in the time ahead, and people of America, keep the pressure up on them – they either start getting the country back or we fire them.

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    • TruthTalker
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:20pm

      He hit the nail on the head.

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    • tobywil2
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:44pm

      THE REPUBLIC IS IN CRISIS :
      A champion of freedom, reminiscent of George Washington, will be necessary for the Republic to survive. This new leader must fulfill Ayn Rand’s definition of a “Radical for Capitalism” and will have to be a charismatic speaker to Garner the popular support required to save the Republic. At this time there’s no one on the national scene that fulfills these specifications.

      Two personalities that show promise are Herman Cain and Marco Rubio. Both of these men are excellent communicators but they have yet to earn extensive public support or demonstrate that they are truly “Radicals for Capitalism”. Only time will tell if either of these men has the philosophy and the charisma to save the Republic. Perhaps someone, unrecognized today, will rise to the occasion.

      Who do you think has the capacity to restore the Republic? Post your suggestions in the comments. http://commonsense21c.com/

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    • mtnclimberjim
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:48pm

      That dude is the man. Watch where he goes in the next few years. Now there is a black man that all blacks should aspire to be like. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a man like that as pres?

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    • GrannyATL
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 3:55pm

      I think that the Tea Party Freshmen are planning on coming in ready to WORK HARD to get things turned around. Allen West is a good example of this. With a new Tea Party Caucus led by Michele Bachman, I believe that we are going to see sparks fly. Hopefully they will keep the pressure on the RINOs in office. We need to give them all the support we can.

      Now that we’ve elected them, we need to SUPPORT THEM! ALL of us should put these new Tea Party candidates’ office numbers on our speed dial and be ready to applaud or chastise as needed. Our job is just beginning, too!

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:05pm

      MTNCLIMBERJIM, couldn’t agree with you more. I always thought Colin Powell might be the one, but thank goodness he showed himself for what he truely was before that happened (and thanks to his wife too). I pray for these new Congressional members that they have the strength and guidance to stick together and do what is best for this country – they will need alot of prayers. Happy New Year to all.

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:12pm

      Strong Words! He is correct. All I can say is hang tough. NO FEAR. Its going to get much harder before it gets easier. Stand on conviction…NO COMPROMISE. Remember! Its easy to have faith and be strong when the sun is shining and everyone appears to be on your side. Its the times of deep struggle when it gets dark and you are all alone that test a man’s true metal. Get Ready! The testing time is coming.

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    • Curator_JDR
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:20pm

      Tell it like it is Allen. Raise the cry of treason in the hall of Congress! How about 3 million Americans coming to Washington DC with you for a citizen’s arrest of our traitorous leaders when the “Democrats” refuse to let the Constitution be read on the floor?

      Lead the charge Mr. West. We’re behind you. Here’s a new animated feature that shows the insanity of the Progressives. Its very funny and inspiring. http://www.marcrubin.com/hairmerica.ivnu

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    • Reagan/DeMint.deciple
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 4:34pm

      Aaahhh, The great state of Florida <<< (where I'm from) did a beautiful job in # 1. Putting Allen West in congress and # 2. Sending Alan Grayson to the unemployment line.. That's an (pun intended) Alan to Allen trade I'll take EVERYDAY of the week..

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    • SLEUTH
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 5:09pm

      what we need now is people like Senator McCarthy and a President like Senator Barry Goldwater. Americans should have paid attention to them back in the ‘50’s & 60′s, since they didnt stop the progressives, look where we are now, this country is infested with these rats and they are taking over. this progress movement is like a cancer, its spreading and it may be too late to stop, or is it?
      maybe with Allen West is where we start.

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    • oldguy48
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 5:28pm

      He is saying the right things. Will he do the right things? We will see.

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    • waggie
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 8:48pm

      I LOVE this guy!

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    • mtnclimberjim
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:24pm

      Man, that is one sweet flat top also. Way cool

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 9:34pm

      Allen West: A progressive or Rhinos worst nightmare …..and I love it

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    • The Swedette
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 11:03pm

      He gives me thrills. I’ve met the man and felt truly humbled. He is a great patriot with blood the color of blue red and white.

      I’d be thrilled beyond repair to, some day, see Allen West as President West. I feel he is one of the few who has the Guts to do the work that needs to be done to save this Nation.
      As he always signs his letters, he truly is “Steadfast and Loyal”

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    • eddvoss
      Posted on January 2, 2011 at 11:59pm

      Now there is a leader worth following.
      Powell vs Allen
      Powell was by his own admission in his book a ticket puncher. An officer that looked to get assignments simply because the filled in a blank on his resume. When I read his comments that he hated jumping I lost most respect for him.
      Allen looked at the danger to his troops then made the decision that they were more important than his own career.

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    • tierrah
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 2:45am

      I really like Mr. West’s demeanor … he’s so soft spoken and rational. His every comment speaks “common sense”. Where was he in 2009 when we needed him to run against Obama? I wish we had a hundred folks in Washington like Allen West! Does that make me racist?

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    • StonyBurk
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:06am

      Mr.Alan West is a man of principle-and a True Leader. I have no doubt that the enemy knows who he is and will stop at nothing to isolate,diminish, or discredit him whenever they have opportunity. Look at how they treated Justice Clarence Thomas. No doubt Mr.West can survive and can withstand any attack -but unless we the People are willing to follow Unless we present an Army of citizens who will defend the right man Mr.Alan West. then the enemy will make certain he is destroyed and we are punished severely for ever trusting in someone the Democratic Party Plantation has not annointed.

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    • jimmythebullet
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:41am

      oh yeah!!!!-i live in district 22 and had the distinct honor of voting for this man.if anyone can stand up to the neo-marxists,Col.West can.he‘s got ’em outnumbered one to a few hundred or so:)

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    • realindependent
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:43am

      Please, GWB added 4 trillion too the national debt. medicare part d. Homeland security doubled the size of government. The bailout of the car industry {which i might add has gone back to public trading and will be back on its own with loans paid off in 2 years} was needed. The supply chain of jobs that GM that would have been hundred of thousands of more jobs lost. The bailout of the banks that started under GWB and continued by BO. has been almost paid back with a profit says the CBO. And as for health care.. its not a government take over… maybe the mandate is over reach by the federal government.. but it adds 30 million people to private insurance companies. Your telling me no pre-conditions for insurance and keeping your kids on health care thru college are bad things. or Recision or dumping sick people of they’re health insurance is also bad. The “recovery” stimulus bill saved teachers, fire fighters and policemans jobs in the states. which if not done with the states bankrupted would have layed them off. The governments first job is general wellfare of the people. and safety of the nation. That includes teachers, fire fighters, and police. I am one person who likes these services and am willing to pay for them. as well as military, but i will not sacrifice my freedom so presidents including BO spending trillions on wars we dont need when we could pay for SS,medicare,medicaid,and health care for all with that money!!!!!

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    • SLAPTHELEFT
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 4:41pm

      Wow. See that massachussetts? You guys got a great football team. Best of luck to you. But see, here in Florida we have solid conservative representation. you got Barney Frank. I’d rather be a buccaneers fan and not win the Super Bowl than live in a state that re-elects a blathering, lying idiot. I won’t even get started on california…

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    • click4cheapandeasyweb
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 7:45pm

      First things first. I am not gay.

      But I do love this guy!

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    • click4cheapandeasyweb
      Posted on January 3, 2011 at 7:49pm

      GrannyATL…

      I agree with you.

      We need to back these Tea-Party guys at every turn, otherwise the system will eat them alive.

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    • Al Otto
      Posted on January 4, 2011 at 12:51pm

      we all need to start using the term socialist. it is the real cancer within our government.
      fact we do have elected Socialist pigs in washington
      start using anti socialist pressures
      call a progressive what they are Socialist pigs

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