Joe Biden: Allen West Rival Patrick Murphy 'Did The Country A Favor'
Source: The Huffington Post
Vice President Joe Biden reportedly took a hit at former Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) Thursday during a rooftop party for Rep. Patrick Murphy, who defeated West in the 2012 election.
"I'd like to say to all of you, you did the country a favor," Biden told the crowd at Murphy's party, according to TCPalm.
Despite results showing West trailing Murphy by 1,900 votes, West refused to concede the election, suggesting "disturbing irregularities reported at polls" affected the outcome. It wasn't until two weeks after the election that he finally conceded while still insisting on "inaccuracies in the results."
"While a contest of the election results might have changed the vote totals, we do not have evidence that the outcome would change," West said.
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While not Perfect.. he is light years better than West.
After a close vote, the state of Florida certified a Murphy victory over West, days after the election.[10] The West campaign contested that there were errors in the vote counting process and took legal action to request a recount of disputed votes.[11] On November 20, 2012, the West campaign conceded the election to Murphy.[12]
[edit] Political positions Murphy became a Democrat in 2011. He says he switched from being a Republican and a Mitt Romney supporter because of his disgust with the Tea Party movement. He has been described as a "pro-choice, pro-LGBT rights but 'not ultra-liberal' Democrat who values fiscal responsibility."[7] He supports the Affordable Care Act and Medicare. He favors income tax increases for the wealthy, but implemented on those earning over $1 million annually instead of $250,000, as advocated by President Barack Obama.[13]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Murphy_(Florida_politician)
I did not know this.. Patrick Murphy Sounds like one of those republicons who were actually paying attention to what the teabaggers were doing to their party and decided to do something about it.
Then Repubs. I'm glad Murphy came to our side. West is such a nut. And great pic with Joe. 
