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Lt. Colonel Allen West’s Victory Speech: ‘Made My Toes Tingle’
- Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:27am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Retired Army Lt. Colonel Allen West was one of the GOP’s big winners Tuesday night, and one of two black Republican candidates to be elected this season. During his victory speech for Florida’s 22nd district, West spoke about American exceptionalism, confronting her enemies head on, and called out Washington’s Democratic leaders.
Said one supporter who posted the speech, “I’m 40 years old. In my lifetime, I‘ve only seen 2 political candidates that made my ’toes tingle.’ President Ronald Reagan, and our new congressman, Allen west.”
Others seemed to agree. Spontaneous chants of “U-S-A” erupted right before the crowd sang the National Anthem:
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N1GHT
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:08amYes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »defendersoldier
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:07amHe knows what it’s like to serve ALL the people, as a soldier you only see one thing in your troops, they are defenders of freedom from all walks of life and colors of skin. Soldiers are molded by their Drill Sergeants to be “Defenders of the Constitution” then their service to this GREAT nation molds their character. When you really love this country you don’t bow nor make excuses, he wont. God Bless America and God Bless LTC West!
Report Post »fobama
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:06amO how raciest are they? (SARCASM) now this is a true American……
Report Post »feedupandreadytotakeaction
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:04amGod Bless this man. I truly hope he can keep the fire he has for doing what is right for our country. It’s a shame more people are not behind such a patriot of our constitution and values. Keep the faith and fight the good fight Mr West!
TRUTHSEEKINGAL
Posted on November 4, 2010 at 11:06pmLt.Col. West, one of a rare group of constitutional, great american; We can seek to live up to the heroism of “The Greatest Generation”. I would be less than honest though, not to point out a few of the barriors before us. Nearly 100 yrs. of the insidious destruction of Progressive movement, the indoctrination of our children,though 40+ yrs. by teaching revisionist history, and IMHO the most damaging ,attempting to subvert our most significant document blessed to us through divine providence…And turning away from our Creator, which voids our eternal inalienable rights.
Report Post »feedupandreadytotakeaction
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:27pmaman.
truthseekinggal well said
Report Post »JohnnyJT
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:03amGod bless.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:01amone word… PATRIOTISM!
Report Post »wheresmystick
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:00amPlay Ball!
Report Post »ddritter
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:59amWEST/RUBIO 2012!!
Let’s elect a President who loves this country, unlike the one we have now who hates it…
Report Post »john seven eighteen
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:06amAMEN to the “nth” degree!!!
Report Post »themacguy
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:42amAmen….time to rid yourselves of that closet muslim Obama and put someone in office that loves your country….
Report Post »We Are Not Alone
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:58amYOU WON!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS to the American People
To quote Jon Stewart – Return to Sanity is beginning.
Report Post »NewFreedomBlog
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:57amOne of my most favorite candidates, Lt Col West IS the type of person we need in the halls of our people’s house. Thankfully black Americans have another role model to look up to rather than the thugs in hip-hop, Obama, or the token black Democrats from the civil rights movement. West will be like Rubio, a shinning example of the inclusiveness of the Conservative movement as we continue our fight to take back our country. Thank you Lt Col West. Our prayers have been answered.
Report Post »ordo6502
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:57amI would vote for him in 2012 in a heart beat!
Report Post »chickster
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:19amabsolutley
Report Post »frongjumping
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:36amDamn right. The day he takes office would be the day America quits pandering to countries and groups of people that hate us and starts acting in her own best interest. I’m telling you, man, that day can’t come soon enough for me.
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:53amAwesome, just awesome!
Report Post »ILuvRambo
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:52amGood luck! Great Speech!
Report Post »America_First
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:50amAdd your comments
Report Post »john seven eighteen
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:49amA true patriot African American in Lt. Col. West in Florida, another true patriot American Indian Nikki Haley in S.C., the first female Latina Governor in New Mexico and many others… I‘d say this istruly the peoples’ party. It’s going to be hard for the libs to use their “white male party” rhetoric now.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:57amYou forgot Cuban-American Marco Rubio! :)
Report Post »john seven eighteen
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:05am@EQUALJUSTICE
Absolutely, Rubio is the real deal, And there are others as well, I just forgot to mention him. Thank you for pointing that out.
Report Post »GorBud
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:55pmShe is an Indian from India and she is American so though confusing she could be an American Indian. It is a shame more Native Americans don’t run for office. Seems immigrants are aggressively seeking their role in the countries life. This is the genius of American life new people, new ideas and unbounded optimism. Time for more African/Americans, native Americans and Hispanics to get involved and advocate for their voters rather then rely on the Democrat largess, promises and just plain paternalism.
Report Post »Artlife
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 6:39pmThey are all Americans, no more hyphens. No more hyphens.
Report Post »JustMel71
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:46amLt. Colonel Allen West looks like the real deal. Honesty is always the best policy and I believe he could be just that an honest politician. I know, an oxymoron but I hope he stays the course and don’t fall prey to “I‘ll make you an offer you can’t refuse” politics. Good job Florida.
Report Post »mbfrat
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:44amGod bless you Lt. Colonel Allen West! You are exactly what we need!!
Report Post »NHABE64
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:43amNeed new blood in Washington, need someone who will follow the Constiution and actually knows what its like first hand to fight for America. Well, we better keep an eye on this retired LTCOL. This man might be playing a bigger role in 2012 that one might think. Definitely glad to see him win last night!
Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:38amCan he make Van Jones scuttle into a foxhole?
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:43pmWe can sure hope! Van Jones could be the biggest downfall ot Obama! He is one strange, sick dude! Oh, sorry that would also apply to O!
Report Post »mutt
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 1:44pmWest vs Van Jones? West made a career of killing enemies of the US, Jones would be toast, like napalm on rye.
Report Post »StMichelob
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 4:21pm“I love the smell of napalm on rye in the morning. It’s that gasoline and bread smell. Nothing else in the world smells like that. Smells like….victory.”
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:37amLOL, This patriot would eat Obama for breakfast. Congrats Lt. Colonel Allen West!
RepubliCorp
Posted on November 4, 2010 at 1:25amagree……now we are talking Hope and Change
Report Post »wildjoker5
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:36amNow he will really get to serve his country, that Army stuff was just a job. (Sarcasm)
Report Post »kkfedup
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:55pmI pray Charles Lollar from the MD 5th district is elected in 2012. Lt. Col West lost in 2008. The second time is the charm. Charles Lollar is a Marine (Reserves) and a wonderful man. We need more of the West and Lollar’s to run…
Report Post »Jake Wilde
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:35amToo bad minorities can’t rally behind a real man like LT. Colonel Allen West instead of a fake person like Obama.
Report Post »Harlemite
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:42amI’m sure that was more of a generalization than you intended. Especially since there are minorities out here who would rally around Congressman-elect West.
Report Post »AlekNovy
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:54amHarlemite – She never said “all members of all minorities anywhere”. She meant minorities as a group are being mislead into following a false idol.
Report Post »HouseNegro
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:32amThis guy should have been our first Black American President.
sickofitall
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:44amAmen to that! West would never run around and apologize for American and he would not have bowed to Muslim leaders and dignitaries(if there is such a thing).
Report Post »FaithHopeLove
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:45am*Agrees wholeheartedly*
Report Post »halfbrain
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:57amyes sir and Amen…
Report Post »CDLMAN
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:38amAmen. We need 534 more of his brothers and sisters.
Report Post »KimNTennessee
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 10:54amWhat a different world we’d be living in right now. Amen.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:46amThese comments prove, it’s not the color of the skin but the content of the heart. Too many want to cry out Racists when it has nothing to do with racism, it has to do with the type man or woman wearing the skin and what’s in their hearts that count. Black, brown, white or red, it‘s what’s inside that counts and if they are creepy jerks, mean spirited and corrupt, or bad, that has nothing to do with skin color. We have all had bad experiences and most have to do with bad people not skin color. Love Allen West.
Report Post »Legal Immigrant
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:55amHe still could be. If you follow family lineage.
Report Post »chai
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:32pmAgreed!!! Doubling down on that… what a guy!!
Report Post »Infidel III
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 1:03pmLOL, he may indeed be our first black president, as Osama, err, Obama is only halfway there!
suran
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 1:37pmYes, West should have been our first Black president. I‘m sorry to say Obama isn’t a good poster boy for Blacks – he’s probably set them back about 100 years.
Kilkee
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 3:18pmAgree… the man makes all Americans proud.
Way to go Allen West! You will make a great Congressman!
Report Post »Ilovetea
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 3:36pmMaybe he will be our first black president, Obama is not my first black president. He is a fraud.
StMichelob
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 4:02pmWell, aside from Allen Keys and Herman Cain…and let us NEVER forget …when he gets old enought to run…
Alphonzo Rachel (look this cat up on youtube…he’ll blow yer gourd…) then I suppose you are right. It would make me giggle were it not utterly enraging to me, that left left calls conservatives “racist” and “repressors”. We want EVERY American to succeed! (”cept for the Irish, of course…”…that was for you, WEDON’TNEEDNOSTINKINGBADGES) We have SO MANY fine Black conservative leaders and minds. And the only reason I single them out as “Black” is the relevance to this conversation.
In boot camp at Parris Island South Carolina, my Senior Drill Instructor told us that there are no white, no black Marines. Only “light green” or ‘dark green”.
Nuff said, and Semper Fi, Lt. Colonel Allen West. I salute you for your victory and your personal sacrifice to your troops. You are among God’s Chosen, Sir.
Report Post »mamawalker
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 6:35pmWell, he can be the first good African American President – this white racist (sarcasm) will vote for him!
Report Post »BocaBaby
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 7:17pmAmen!!! I am white and very proud to have voted for him. May God bless Allen West and may God bless America.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:06pmI think we should keep an eye on this man! He might just be our next black President!
Report Post »allforryan2008
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:26pmHe would be our first BLACK President. Obama is about as black as I am and I am Dutch, English, Scottish and Indian. Obama is half white and half true African, not black from the streets of the hood. He grew up with nothing but privilege. So, we are still looking for our first Black President! God bless, Colonel West!!! 2012!
Report Post »TennesseeConservative
Posted on November 4, 2010 at 8:53amYou got that right.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:31amCongrats, Colonel!
Report Post »Diane999
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:54pmI’d vote for this man for President of the United States.
Report Post »Chris G
Posted on November 4, 2010 at 1:35amI wonder if Mr. West & Tim Scott will be allowed to join the Congressional Black Caucus if they even wanted to?
Report Post »Breaker 19
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:29amNever surrender! No COMPRIMISE!
Breaker 19
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:38amSorry, COMPROMISE! I am publicly educated. I was just so excited to see a boot stuck up the A__ __ of the democraps!
Dustyluv
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:16amLook at all those white people…all of them racists! They are cheering for his lynching arent they? Someone must have a rope right? They can’t possibly be cheering for a black man!!
God bless you Alan West!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »He would make a great PRESIDENT!!!!
Down2TheC
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:26amGreat trade. Allan Grayson – Douche, for Allan West, Hero.
Stegosluggus
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:32amWe like West a lot…
http://www.slugbuddies.com
Report Post »powjen
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:35amGod Bless this great man and I agree that he would make a great president.
Report Post »Anonimouse
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 10:13amMy new congressman – Allen West!
Hoo rah!
Report Post »lobster
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 10:39amMine tingle too, but from DVT. He’s one cool dude that we can ALL be proud of ..
drajhil
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:23amCompromise is spelled with two “o”s. Beyond literacy (or lack of it!) this guy West is a jingoistic, right wing hack, who either didn‘t know or didn’t care about the Geneva Conventions and was rightly kicked out of our military as a result.
Fortunately the predicted right wing landslide didn’t occur in this election. For every horror show like Rand Paul or Ron Johnson, there’s a Progressive victory: Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, Jerry Brown … And maybe, just maybe Barack Obama will abandon the useless chimera of bipartisanship and treat Republicans as reactionary extremists who deserve no more consideration than they gave him during his first two years.
K Williams
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:26amThe battle is won. But, the war has only just started. We have only just begun to fight :)
Report Post »Breaker 19
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:54amTo: drajhil
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 11:23am
So, how’s the boot feel compared to whatever else is stuck up yours most of the time. I dare the Republicans to compromise with the Liberal progressives. Get back into the dark where you belong in the name of Jesus you humanistic freak!
Report Post »OreSota
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 12:17pmDrajhil,
Report Post »Someone was complaining about the exact same thing on face book last night. How the evil republicans did every thing they could to stop the Obama agenda. They were against him from the start. They never gave him a chance.
Please keep in mind that Obama had a DEMOCRATIC majority in both chambers when he took office. He should have been able to pass all kinds of bills. Perhaps, and this is just a thought, the American public is not quite ready to live in a socialist country just yet.
Melvin Spittle
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 1:03pmAllen 2012? He would be a strong contender! He is what we need!
I am white, and I approve this message.
Report Post »CADINO
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 2:09pmDrajhil-
Brown?! Boxer?! As I Californian, I found your comment amusing, in a tragic sort of way….
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 3:04pm@ Dra – You should look into the story of his Iraq story a little deeper. He knew what he was doing was against military protocol. This man knew an insurgent had information about a looming ambush on the troops under his command. He told everyone to leave him alone, so that no one else would be held accountable for his decision, and preceeded to fire his weapon NEAR the insurgent’s head to prompt the scum bag to divuldge the deatils of the ambush. Once he had gotten the inforamation, he gave it to his superiors, as well as report himself for breaking the rules.
He potentially saved the lives of many American soldiers under his command, and he has no regrets about how he handled the situation.
You refer to him as jingoistic for sacraficing his career to save american lives? That’s what I call a hero. If you had the opportunity to potentially save the lives of your friends, would you not do the exact same thing? Yeah, I didn’t think so.
Major Infidel
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 4:18pmWell said Rogue.
@ the troll. Get your facts straight and stop listening to Olbermann. We won this one and we’re going to win again in 2012. You should pull your head out of your ass and join us. We have pudding! :)
Report Post »DDD3D
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 4:19pmTO DRAJHIL:
Do you actually believe that the Geneva Convention applies to non-uniformed combatants?
Report Post »Cigar
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 6:54pmNever surrender! No COMPROMISE !! !! I love this guy !! He is you and Me….
Report Post »rebel
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 8:40pmseriously love this guy. i hope he is what he says he is, but the picture of him with the white bikers jsut says to me that this is a guy that can unite peeps. hope he does FL well
Report Post »LAR15
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:54pmHe’s like Gen. Patton without the profanity.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on November 4, 2010 at 12:20amdrajhil spewed: “Beyond literacy (or lack of it!) this guy West is a jingoistic, right wing hack, who either didn‘t know or didn’t care about the Geneva Conventions and was rightly kicked out of our military as a result.”
I’ll take the patriot, West, over Barack “Corpseman” Obama.
We’ll keep our all-American Allen West. Ship Barack Hussein Obama back to his 57 states.
On second thought, GET OUT OF THE CAR, Obama! Put your hands behind your back. Take the keys, America. Impeach the traitor. West fought valiantly against jihadists to protect us. The Obama apparat is already training the police force to attack US. Watch this, MSM lefty:
http://open.salon.com/blog/brinna_nanda/2010/05/08/dog_murder_this_is_your_home_on_swat
Report Post »gobluebuckeye
Posted on November 4, 2010 at 7:32amwow this man is amazing, I wish Ohio had a guy like this representing us. One of the best trade ups in American history
Report Post »pgrossjr
Posted on November 4, 2010 at 8:07amLoved your follow up!
Report Post »Knight Templar
Posted on November 4, 2010 at 1:07pmLTC West was not booted. He resigned with full pension. He is a hero in my book, and I too would vote for him for Pres.
Report Post »Delina Youngs
Posted on November 4, 2010 at 2:30pmI am so Proud to have voted for such a great American. I have faith that Aleen West will go to Washington and DO what he said he will do. May God Bless you Allen West for saying Yes ! to this cause and May God protect you in all your ways !
Report Post »dofflemyerrj
Posted on November 4, 2010 at 2:48pmWest is the Best thing that I have seen ever. We need more people like this man with the courage and conviction to do what is needed and not what career politicians do for themselves. Go to Washington West and be our hope!
Report Post »glassbeadlady
Posted on November 4, 2010 at 3:22pmGood for West! Good for the country
Report Post »naed5048
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 12:23am2012 is to early for him to run but 16 or 20….. I hope he maintains is emotional drive
Report Post »hillbillyinny
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:02amdrajhil:
Love the clear attention to memorized subjects such as spelling, but the complete lack of free thinking and common sense.
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