Want to See Rep. Allen West Rip ‘Think Progress’?
- Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:26pm by
Becket Adams
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While giving a President’s Day speech in Boca Raton, FL, Rep. Allen West (R-FL) took the opportunity to dress down writers at both Think Progress and the Huffington Post.
The Congressman related a story to his audience about the time one of his staff members introduced him to a Think Progress article titled “Rep. Allen West’s 15 Most Outrageous Statements.”
“So, I go around and there’s a website she has up,” Rep. West explains, “And it was hilarious!”
Why is it “hilarious”? Rep. West explains:
There are people out there on the other side that are actually tracking every little single thing I say. And they had the top ten things that Allen West is saying. And you know? It really started to look like a bunch of whiners: “He said nuts!“ ”He said he doesn’t want a liberal message in America!“ ”He said…”
You know?
What I can’t understand for the life of me is how people on the other side can certainly dish it out, but when you stand up on principle, when you tell them what you believe in, they can’t take it! They act offended and they act hurt.
Rep. West’s remarks were met with cheers and applause.
“So, I know that whatever I say tonight is going to show up somewhere,” the Congressman said with a smirk, “and I know that the Huffington Post will be going, you know, apoplectic tomorrow from whatever comes out of my mouth.”
Watch Rep. West poke a little fun via Shark Tank:
“It’s vintage Allen West delivering another funny dressing down of his adversaries in the press,” writes Javier Manjarres of the Shark Tank.
Of course, writers at Think Progress weren‘t amused and they responded predictably enough to the Congressman’s remarks.
“Ironically, while calling us ‘whiners,’ it’s West who seems to be overly sensitive about a story that simply presents 15 of his own quotes,” writes Zachary Bernstein.
“The fact remains that West has a habit of making divisive and irresponsible statements about his political opponents and/or minority groups. Among quotes that we didn’t include in our original list, West has called Obama ‘a low-level socialist agitator,‘ has called prominent black leaders the ’overseers of a 21st century plantation,‘ and said that advocates for the DREAM Act are ’almost treasonous,’” Berstein adds.
The Think Progress article concludes by vowing to “track every little single thing” Rep. West says so long as he continues “to campaign on this record of hate.”
Well, then. If being “divisive” and “irresponsible” are what prompts Think Progress to “track” politicians, they might want to take a look at some others.
How about the guy who called on voters to “punish our enemies?“ That was ”divisive,” wasn’t it? Or how about the guy who publicly insulted, say, the Cambridge police without actually knowing the full story? That was “irresponsible,” wasn’t it? Or maybe – just maybe — Think Progress could roundly criticize the person who called GOP leaders “demons.” That’s “divisive,” right?
Right?
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Comments (172)
BurntHills
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:40pmthe magnificent American, Col West is 100% American Black. with 100% AMERICAN Black experience and History. ——— something that rabid communist half-african animal obama can never spin to claim to be.
Report Post »TOMSERVO
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 3:16pmNow THAT’S how you be racist, folks.
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 3:39pmand 100% rhino…vote him out and let him run as a democrat
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:09pmhey tomservo if you want to see racist read one of obammas books , thats if you can read
Report Post »SoupSandwich
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:56pmUh oh. You cannot use math and the image of a strong black person on the left in an argument. They take offense and as you can see from little tommyservepro-it gets their dandruff up. Why is that lil tommy? Being a half white pres isn’t all that bad is it? Van Jones may grow up yet, Al and Jesse are not exactly roll models unless you are an aspiring pimp, and well, I won’t go congressional on you and bring up Rangel and the old dude that accidently had 80 k in his freezer-you know, positive left felon evasion models. Farakhan and Wright are not in same league as say a Walter Williams, but maybe one day the democrats will come back and take over again from the progressive. Eh, F em. West shows promise just judging by the reaction of the wankers.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 11:10pmNot all muslims are backward;those that are should come into the 21stc. proppping up brutal regimes is not the way to do that-neither is unjust one sided support of zionism.You’re all very thin skinned about the fact that they defend themselves when attacked .osama did not start the war;we did with our first gulf war, vetoing every resolutin that would benefit the palestinians,propping up dictators and before that western colonialism which pitted the different religions against each other as we favored the christians.9-11 was blow back for our polices toward them-not because they irrationally want to kill non muslims.west is a pyschopath and a sadist who got lucky the day we invaded iraqas his pyschopathic sadism gets labeled heroism.i look at his face and see him for what he is-a sadistic pyschopath.had there been no war against iraqis he’d be on the 10 most wanted list as a serial killer.i know one when i see one.he’s one lucky man whose mass murdering gets labeled heroic nstead of the evil that it is.such the ways of the world.but to his chagrin -after all the men women and children this pychopath killed-those muslims are still there and they‘re here in the US if he lays a hand on one he’ll be hit with a hate crime by his fellow non muslim citizens.he’s propobly seething with standard PTSD every time he sees one [ptsd being a euphmism for anger that he didn't have a green light to kill more men women and children then he did].Gulls!
Report Post »Shane74
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 2:01amWest SUPPORTED and LOVES the NDAA 2012. So I’m not sure why his fake “I’m a conservative” lip service means crapola to any of us?
People, anybody can read from a script. All these people do today is either attack the left with lip service, which drives the left audience batty, or vice versa.
You are watching the puppet show, and you are LOVING IT.
GET OFF THE MEDS, AMERICA.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:33pmMan do I love this guy – love to have a beer with him and let him tell me what he really thinks
Report Post »Hope he has the opportunity to reach higher office – we need MEN like him in this country.
Thank you Col. for your service both in and out of uniform!
SoupSandwich
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 8:46pmRoseyEllen, Rivercat, Head, TomServpro, ChetHampsterTrainer- where is encinomom to round out the superfriends 0 truth team?
Report Post »Shane74
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 2:11amMaybe if you’re ever indefinitely detained in the war on terror, he’ll visit you in your prison cell and have a beer with you.
Anybody can recite conservative rhetoric. I wonder how few can tell when it’s being used against them as a trick?
Report Post »justangry
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:28pmABC picked it up today. Note the correction already made, and a few of the comments…
Report Post »http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/veterans-for-ron-paul-rally-at-white-house/
TOMSERVO
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:23pmI hope West isn’t spending ALL his time reading blogs.
If so, hi Colonel! Maybe you should grow some thicker skin.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:28pmtypical republican complaining about the media, the dude has rabbit ears. Does he ever work?
Report Post »riverdog1
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:34pmthis from the guy who attacks people and throws a fit if anyone critisizes him.
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:36pmI like Mr West more every time I hear him speak. This is a real man.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:40pmI guess you two didn’t read the article or listen to the video or you are reading and hearing comprehension challenged. Typical lefty, open mouth insert foot. He said his aid was reading the list on Think Progress, not him.
I tell you what, I will speak in my former slower southern voice so you can understand what I am saying, otherwise my Colorado voice may just be too much for you to understand.
Report Post »TOMSERVO
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:43pmReal man, indeed. #1 quality in a man: speaking in a whiny, complaining voice to mock someone when they quote your statements
Report Post »coachsmac
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:44pmGuess he gets under libertards skin because he has common sense as well as book sense. He is a voice from the wilderness saying quit spending more that you make!! Of course the idiots in control aren’t lisyening yet, but in November “Change is a coming!!”!
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:50pmtom- West probably has a face book account his staff monitors for him
Report Post »BlackCrow
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 3:15pm@Riverdog1
Crawl back under your bridge, troll! Col. West is a bigger man than ALL of your OWS fleabags combined.
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:10pmtell me fool does your back hurt from carrying obammas water
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on February 22, 2012 at 9:49pmPINHEAD don‘t you ever shut your useless liberal mouth troll someplace else and wipe obama’s stuff off your chin
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 5:37amPINHEAD I see you forgot to wipe again- West makes your idiot liberal obama like like the punk racist he is. West’s a leader obama is a bottum feeder- now go wipe.
Report Post »blackstone22
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:18pm“Think Progress” really has their panties in a twist, what a pack of losers !
Report Post »Go West !!
EqualJustice
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:07pmGOD, the liberals can‘t stand this guy and feel he’s “traitor.” They better get used to MANY more like him! He speaks for me.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:25pmAnd me!
Report Post »coachsmac
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:42pmMe Too!!! Vote for him in a minute!
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 3:05pmHe votes Liberal,making him a Liberal!… You FN Retards!!!
Report Post »Winedude
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 9:38pmWest isn’t a traitor by any means. He is, however, a very evil man that seems to thoroughly enjoy killing people, then calling it an act of war. Then he has the gall to bitch about a fill-up of his Hummer costing him $70. Tough…the guy isn’t a traitor but his certainly is one giant rectal pore.
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:04pmI can’t wait till he says “A ham sandwich could beat obama this election” It’s true.. And 2010 was only a starting point!
Report Post »TOMSERVO
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:16pmA ham sandwich, if only! Too bad we have a Spam and ketchup sandwich, a PB&J, a month-old chicken salad sandwich, and a five-dollar footlong tuna. Yuck.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:24pmThat’s not how you spell Gandhi.
Report Post »CapitalismCzar
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:59pmMy man crush deepens.
Report Post »TOMSERVO
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:34pmCareful, Allan West doesn’t care for the gays.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:44pmAnd Tom I can see you are an expert on this topic. How the hell do you know who Col Allen West supports or doesn’t support. I know he does not support you – a Liberal Hack.
For the record I could care less if you are gay, but if you start infringing on my rights, then we will have a problem.
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 3:45pmplease save man-crushes for people that do not vote away rights…you FN Retards
Report Post »PresidentDowngrade
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:58pmI hope when this Iran thing hits fever pitch and all those weapons that were smuggled across our southern border are deployed on us that Allen West has enough allies in the Military to once and for all rid us of that treasonous Islamic threat that is squatting in 1600 Penn Ave. When Iran is hit we will get hit 50 ways from Sunday by obamas allies hiding in the weeds. Obama even put signs up to tell his buddies where to sneak in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzDlN7VLmXQ
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:55pmlove what this man says …hate the way he votes.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:53pmMany on this site, seemingly care little about the voting records. Sadly, I think this is national problem.
“I have squandered my resistance
Report Post »For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises
All lies and jests
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest”
AmericanFightingMan1
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 4:45pmGood points. I have to say I don’t know enough about his voting record. Any highlights to inform us who don’t know?
Report Post »justangry
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 5:41pmHis record is OK except for two giant blemishes, the NDAA and Patriot Act.
http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/124348/
Report Post »wboehmer
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:55pmA black conservative is the one thing which truly drives the left CRAZY!
Report Post »riverdog1
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:36pmnope it doesn’t *****. ignorance does though.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:47pmIf your statement is true Riverdog, why are you so vehemently slamming the man? He apparently gets under your skin, otherwise you would not give him the time of day.
1 point VBoehmer
Report Post »0 point Riverdog
TOMSERVO
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:51pm@Cofemale, because riverdog sees that West is an ignorant guy? I don’t see what you could be confused about.
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:55pmWest voted to take away your Bill Of Rights you FN Retards!!!
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:48pmAnd yes your eloquent way with words will get us on your side. No go play in traffic.
Report Post »TOMSERVO
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:52pm@Cofemale, so because shylow is not a wordsmith, it’s OK that West voted against the bill of rights?
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:54pmThis was on WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY. “President’s Day” is fictitious.
Report Post »Lincoln also deserves a day. But, calling it “President’s Day” detracts entirely from honoring EITHER of them.
Let’s call it what it IS… “WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY”
Let’s also insist Lincoln get a day.
But, let’s stop “dissing” these two great American Presidents!
True American66
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:11pmI agree with you 100%!
Report Post »happ77
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 5:03pmWant to bet that someday there will be an Obama’s birthday day.
Report Post »I just hope they wait till after I’m dead.
AmazingGrace8
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:53pmI am in your corner and I to, am not afraid of these vocal-whiners! Thank you for speaking for all conservatives! Also, thank you for your service to our country!
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:53pm3 people I wish THEBLAZE would stop giving praise to…Santorum,West,and Adam Corolla…Santorum and West are both Progressives…Adam Corolla is Jerry Springer in his third phase of turning into a werewolf
Report Post »TheObamanation
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:57pmIf you don’t like Santorum and West … you might want to go to Huffpo
Report Post »JayCee
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:23pmThey do all irritate you on the left.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:55pmWell since this is not your sight and you don’t pay the bills, all your wishes will not come true. I hate to be the bearer of bad news here, but this not a trophy site. You don’t get trophies for participation, you don’t get any medals, There are special entitlements because you want them. When you own your blog and pay the bills, then you can post to your hearts content.
If you want to be free of Santorum, West or anyone else; may I suggest the DU where they will slam them to your little hearts content. You might even get a thrill up your leg like Chris Matthews.
Don’t like the subject matter, leaving will not break our hearts.
Report Post »Osaka
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 3:35pmIt is their sight actually, though it may not be their site. :P
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 3:36pmI feel like I am on the heterosexual section of Huff post…with the promoting of big-government progressives and smut-peddlers
Report Post »neverending
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:52pmRep West is not only the best – he is better then the best. Love him, trust him – he is such a man of honor and dignity. He is so needed in the Whitehouse. God bless him and the stance that he takes and he will NOT quit, he will not back down but moves right on without a blink. This clip made my day!
Report Post »Winedude
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:49pmYou have a very strange definition of honor…he was drummed out of the Army, and justifiably so. He’s an irresponsible hack that voted for NDAA AND the Patriot Act (on of the biggest lies for a title of all time.)
Report Post »TheObamanation
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:52pmRight after obama won … you couldn’t wipe the smug look off their faces … now … not so much … and … they’re starting to get a little testy … Yes Mr. West … they can dish it out but they can’t take it … they realize the ship is sinking.
Report Post »TOMSERVO
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:50pmBashing Obama for saying that he would defeat their “enemies” is one of the most hypocritical things this awful site could do. You people regularly call him a murderer, nazi, communist, socialist, tyrant, enemy, terrorist, radicalist, and other insults that do not make sense together. How can you throw stones?
Report Post »TheObamanation
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:58pmDon’t forget muslim
Report Post »TOMSERVO
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:19pmAh yes, Muslim, of course. I love starting a debate with asinine conjectures that have no base in reality. That’s the way to have a political debate!
Report Post »swega
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:29pmFor a minute, Tom, I thought you were talking about the Bush years. You know, the years that the liberals never, ever said a bad thing about the President.
Report Post »DD313
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:30pmYou seem a little testy, Tomser. What’s the matter, afraid of a mere Congressman telling the truth?
Report Post »TOMSERVO
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:42pm@DD313, oh you know, I just prefer my politicians to do something rather than spend time reading blogs about what the other side said about them. Grow up, West.
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 6:14pmhow much does obammas water weight that you carry for him does it hurt your back are yours knees also weak from servicing barney frank
Report Post »bpodlesnik
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:44pmAh, I just love it. Keep em’ busy Rep. West!
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:44pmLove this guy………..a true American, period.
Report Post »Master_and_Commander
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:43pmHahaha wow, this guy is so awesome. He’s gonna be president one day
Report Post »TOMSERVO
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:51pmI wish we could bet on that. Free money for tom.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:25pmNo decent American will ever vote for that dirtbag war criminal.
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 3:51pmHis type become king,not president
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:42pmLike the settlers used to say … Go West!
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:40pmThis guy is such a breath of fresh air for the conservative movement. No fear to say what he really thinks. If I were in a fox hole, this is the guy I want next to me. Oops, forgot his skin was black and as a conservative I’m a racist….so……never mind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMbxtBIQX-I
Report Post »yohannbiimu
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:39pmI wish that West would have run for president. He would DESTROY Obama.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 1:38pmYes…if only Col. West would come back to the plantation then the left wouldn’t be seeking to character assasinate him constantly. He could get a free pass like Barry, Maxine Walker, Sheila (I Love Ghadaffi, Ahmedinejad and Assad) Jackson Brown and tax cheat Charlie Rangel.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 21, 2012 at 2:20pmHE is SO right .. they can dish it out .. BUT THEY CAN’T TAKE IT!
Right on!
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