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Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 02:31 AM Jan 2012

Allen West To Liberals: Get the Hell Out Of The U.S.

Speaking to a Lincoln Day Dinner in West Palm Beach for the Palm Beach County GOP, Rep. Allen West (R-Fla) fired off a humdinger of a line that within minutes drew recriminations from Democrats on Twitter.

"We need to let President Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, (audience boos) and my dear friend the chairman of the Democrat National Committee, we need to let them know that Florida ain't on the table," West said. "Take your message of equality of achievement, take your message of economic dependency, take your message of enslaving the entrepreneurial will and spirit of the American people somewhere else. You can take it to Europe, you can take it to the bottom of the sea, you can take it to the North Pole, but get the hell out of the United States of America."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/28/allen-west-liberals-get-out-florida-primary-2012_n_1239247.html

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Allen West To Liberals: Get the Hell Out Of The U.S. (Original Post) Grassy Knoll Jan 2012 OP
Well Lois Frankel is going to beat his ass! Just watch! SugarShack Jan 2012 #1
God I hope so... She is awesome even without comparing her to the POS that is West JCMach1 Jan 2012 #17
Gee, and I thought "liberals" created this country..... raging_moderate Jan 2012 #35
Liberals used to have both balls and principles!! pocoloco Jan 2012 #55
Enslaving? Really??? cliffordu Jan 2012 #2
If I could rec you, I would. liberalmuse Jan 2012 #3
People like West and Cain are minstrels for the GOP Hugabear Jan 2012 #6
I think West is a true believer SaintPete Jan 2012 #84
Damn, you beat me to the slur Warpy Jan 2012 #14
And Europe! Lars77 Jan 2012 #18
then perhaps you realize ... ... bayareaboy Jan 2012 #60
I couldn't have said it better myself. Wait Wut Jan 2012 #33
Well said BadGimp Jan 2012 #49
why insult cretins? icarusxat Jan 2012 #79
you nailed it. marasinghe Jan 2012 #82
That's just the kind of unity the country needs, What an asshole. JohnnyRingo Jan 2012 #4
He's only echoing the GOP talking point... Wait Wut Jan 2012 #34
Arrest his ass gopiscrap Jan 2012 #5
No, just make sure he eats his Prozac Joe Bacon Jan 2012 #36
Don't insult all the poor souls who take Prozac. Auntie Bush Jan 2012 #69
Send this link to that a-hole: Amonester Jan 2012 #7
Why do I have this uncontrollable hyphenate Jan 2012 #8
FAUX NOISE and LUMPBALLZ .......... Grassy Knoll Jan 2012 #9
Allen West, I Served In The Military DallasNE Jan 2012 #10
who cares what a dishonorably discharged crazed ex-mercenary thinks? provis99 Jan 2012 #11
Probably has a Viet Cong flag in his garage. era veteran Jan 2012 #70
He is not defending the Constitution. The Wielding Truth Jan 2012 #12
A couple hundred years ago, most were liberals! Tripod Jan 2012 #13
Most are Liberals still today NorthCarolina Jan 2012 #31
Very good point. n/t Tripod Jan 2012 #83
abq to Allen West: Get the hell off my planet. abq e streeter Jan 2012 #15
Gingrich's moon base is sounding more practical all the time! nt RUMMYisFROSTED Jan 2012 #46
It's Florida. Who knows who they voted for. nt EFerrari Jan 2012 #85
that's so unamerican. barbtries Jan 2012 #16
+1 Enrique Jan 2012 #28
"Me to allen west. You first asshole." sarchasm Jan 2012 #19
He also called himself the "number-one target for the Democrat Party in America." Bolo Boffin Jan 2012 #20
"enslaving the entrepreneurial will and spirit of the American people" = TAXES on corporate persons eShirl Jan 2012 #21
Doesn't surprise me, there are actually folks that think that the 'south' should leave The USA too Tx4obama Jan 2012 #22
Your governor, for one. MNBrewer Jan 2012 #47
I think he's just auditioning for his job at Fox and Fiends DFW Jan 2012 #23
Head Fiend! You're right. He'll get it, too. freshwest Jan 2012 #93
After the dinner, Allen West got in his vehicle (below) and left. marmar Jan 2012 #24
LOL.....nt Evasporque Jan 2012 #26
He should be in jail. n/t BumRushDaShow Jan 2012 #25
He is just another evil, treasonous puppet of Riley18 Jan 2012 #27
He looks like an outsized Himmler The Wizard Jan 2012 #29
Say What? Bohunk68 Jan 2012 #42
As LBJ once said The Wizard Jan 2012 #92
Ya mean the 2/3 of Americans who don't support the T-baggers? n2doc Jan 2012 #30
Laughable Mr. West. Patrick_Bateman Jan 2012 #32
He is such an asshole proud2BlibKansan Jan 2012 #37
What a &7=(8,* ass liberal N proud Jan 2012 #38
More West trash-talking mgc1961 Jan 2012 #39
Mr West, do you understand the concept of "wrong"! tonybgood Jan 2012 #66
Sadly there are republicans who will support him on this 4dsc Jan 2012 #40
West: "You can take it to Europe..." So the obligatory GOP blast at Europe. pampango Jan 2012 #41
The Pubes certainly hate Europe don't they? n/t ProfessionalLeftist Jan 2012 #52
Of course they do. Doc Holliday Jan 2012 #65
Cheap demagogue. Next: Fox News. Faygo Kid Jan 2012 #43
"That's what you call ironic..." FailureToCommunicate Jan 2012 #44
With all due respect, colonel, unkle Jan 2012 #45
He was a Lieutenant Colonel CRK7376 Jan 2012 #89
And he is due 0% respect for his "service" in the Army. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2012 #91
Well, to be precise, man4allcats Jan 2012 #48
Liberals: OCCUPY America! n/t ProfessionalLeftist Jan 2012 #50
Conservatives have their heads up their asses Marthe48 Jan 2012 #51
Allen West thinks he's Benito Mussolini. baldguy Jan 2012 #53
How nice of HuffPo to keep us informed Mosaic Jan 2012 #54
Someone needs to adjust his meds wryter2000 Jan 2012 #56
This guy West is nothing but a con man crook. BootinUp Jan 2012 #57
What a total asshole.Hitler reborn.Idiocy at its finest.That's creative-"enslaving the entrepeneurs judesedit Jan 2012 #58
Just another right-wing terrorist. (nt) Loge23 Jan 2012 #59
Has West EVER worked outside of government? SHRED Jan 2012 #61
Alllen West is the one who needs to leave deutsey Jan 2012 #62
This message was self-deleted by its author rocktivity Jan 2012 #63
Locking. rug Jan 2012 #64
Two words for Allen West: Doc Holliday Jan 2012 #67
Sorry Allen donco Jan 2012 #68
AMERICA 2012 - LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT Mr. West It is what it is now if lunasun Jan 2012 #71
It's when I read trash like this... davidthegnome Jan 2012 #72
Idiot Pakid Jan 2012 #73
One More Knuckle Dragging Tool colsohlibgal Jan 2012 #74
This message was self-deleted by its author freshwest Jan 2012 #75
Yuck! New7up Jan 2012 #76
i think he's vile and disgusting. DesertFlower Jan 2012 #77
Lightning may strike him Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2012 #78
fascist piece of shit Skittles Jan 2012 #80
What Alan, and let the nation sink. caseymoz Jan 2012 #81
you first, asshole SemperEadem Jan 2012 #86
My Gawd! The Far Right is so utterly boring and so yesterday. 99th_Monkey Jan 2012 #87
Yeah, up yours, equality of achievement nxylas Jan 2012 #88
Yes, go to some other undemocratic place that encourages mock executions..... Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2012 #90
It's about time for west to get the hell out of congress. craigmatic Jan 2012 #94
Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #95
Rocktivity To Allen West: It's The End Of The Month rocktivity Feb 2012 #96
Allen West is a self hating piece of shit Obama3_16 Feb 2012 #97

raging_moderate

(147 posts)
35. Gee, and I thought "liberals" created this country.....
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 10:23 AM
Jan 2012

He just convinced me to donate to Lois Frankel. Feel free to do the same.

Hugabear

(10,340 posts)
6. People like West and Cain are minstrels for the GOP
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 02:51 AM
Jan 2012

Put on a song and dance (literally in Cains case) for the rethugs, all to earn their praise. The rethugs then point to them to claim they're not racist.

SaintPete

(533 posts)
84. I think West is a true believer
Mon Jan 30, 2012, 02:07 AM
Jan 2012

If he's doing a song and dance, it's coming from the wretched recesses of his intolerant heart

Lars77

(3,032 posts)
18. And Europe!
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 07:27 AM
Jan 2012

Europe really is a cussword for republicans isnt it?

You have no idea how funny that sounds to a European when republicans speak like that.

bayareaboy

(793 posts)
60. then perhaps you realize ... ...
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 12:59 PM
Jan 2012

the same feeling that someone who has lived in America their whole life has the same perspective about Repugs and their jingoistic view of others.

Repugs personify most all the spectrum of silly and stupid mental health. The word projection comes to mind with anything they say!

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
33. I couldn't have said it better myself.
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 10:15 AM
Jan 2012

Actually, I doubt I could have ever, in a million years, come up with such an accurate description. I promise to use "gutless shitsucking cretin" at least once this week.

I nominate cliffordu for Most Colorful Namecaller of the week.

JohnnyRingo

(18,636 posts)
4. That's just the kind of unity the country needs, What an asshole.
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 02:46 AM
Jan 2012

This shit makes my blood boil when one party or the other thinks they own the country and have the right to request exile for the opposition. I generally despise Republicans, but I don't deny they're fellow Americans.

I don't suggest deporting this overzealous moran, but I do wish him a speedy retirement from office followed by a long quiet life of obscurity.

On edit:
He has a lot of nerve using the words "United States Of America" when he's working overtime to divide it.

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
34. He's only echoing the GOP talking point...
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 10:19 AM
Jan 2012

...of "anti-class warfare". Nothing says "unity" better than suggesting an entire section of our country take their message to the bottom of an ocean.

He's a disgrace to his race. The human race that is.

hyphenate

(12,496 posts)
8. Why do I have this uncontrollable
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 02:57 AM
Jan 2012

urge to giggle?

I guess this is only one more sign that the little critters known by the initials GOP are imploding faster than we can blink the eye.

I think this is hilarious.

DallasNE

(7,403 posts)
10. Allen West, I Served In The Military
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 03:09 AM
Jan 2012

Therefore, I have a dog in this fight too meaning I am going nowhere. Tell me that to my face and I just might have to entertain the idea of applying my hand to your face in some fashion in self-defense because those are fighting words, not free speech. You may think you are Joseph McCarthy but you are a cheap, clueless imitation.

 

provis99

(13,062 posts)
11. who cares what a dishonorably discharged crazed ex-mercenary thinks?
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 03:16 AM
Jan 2012

Allen West is as anti-American as you can get. He shits all over the founding values of the country and the Constitution.

The Wielding Truth

(11,415 posts)
12. He is not defending the Constitution.
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 03:25 AM
Jan 2012

"The Preamble to the United States Constitution is a brief introductory statement of the Constitution's fundamental purposes and guiding principles. It states in general terms, and courts have referred to it as reliable evidence of, the Founding Fathers' intentions regarding the Constitution's meaning and what they hoped the Constitution would achieve."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preamble_to_the_United_States_Constitution

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Anyone sworn into a governmental office has taken the oath to defend our Constitution. Allen West has just broken his oath.

Unaccountable entrepreneurial freedom is not part of our Constitution. It is not part of ordinary business law. In a civil society everyone is accountable to just and fair practices.

Tripod

(854 posts)
13. A couple hundred years ago, most were liberals!
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 03:26 AM
Jan 2012

Now what, more of this bickering! Lets just get the job done.

 

NorthCarolina

(11,197 posts)
31. Most are Liberals still today
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 10:08 AM
Jan 2012

the big difference is that today many Liberals are 'conditioned' to think they are conservative by a co-opted public media that is controlled, effectively, by conservative interests.

abq e streeter

(7,658 posts)
15. abq to Allen West: Get the hell off my planet.
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 04:07 AM
Jan 2012

Ya fucking asshole. Although of course, the REAL problem is all the other assholes and assorted idiots who voted for him. As I've said here before, jackasses like West are simply the symptom. Their voters/supporters are the real disease.

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
28. +1
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 09:47 AM
Jan 2012

the word fascist is thrown around way too much, but there are a handful of people that do talk like fascists and Allen West is one of them.

Bolo Boffin

(23,796 posts)
20. He also called himself the "number-one target for the Democrat Party in America."
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 08:03 AM
Jan 2012

I just watched this on C-SPAN. What a wanker.

He had the nerve to say, after telling us to get the hell out of America, to say that this is not about 99% and 1%, it was about 100% American. To have any African-American leader stand up and say something right out of the 1920's KKK slogan book is nothing short of incredible.

Riley18

(1,127 posts)
27. He is just another evil, treasonous puppet of
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 09:42 AM
Jan 2012

the 1%. We need to vote them all out. Our country deserves better.

The Wizard

(12,545 posts)
29. He looks like an outsized Himmler
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 09:48 AM
Jan 2012

with a good tan. On top of being "retired" (asked to leave on his own or else) for abusing (torturing)prisoners, West is an embarrassment and teahaddist. Oh yeah, one more thing, he's a punk. I anxiously await his gay lovers to release the pictures.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
30. Ya mean the 2/3 of Americans who don't support the T-baggers?
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 10:03 AM
Jan 2012

We're America, asshole; love it or leave it yourself.

 

mgc1961

(1,263 posts)
39. More West trash-talking
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 10:40 AM
Jan 2012
From the Weekly Standard:

“I have sat back and assessed the incident with the video of our Marines urinating on Taliban corpses. I do not recall any self-righteous indignation when our Delta snipers Shugart and Gordon had their bodies dragged through Mogadishu. Neither do I recall media outrage and condemnation of our Blackwater security contractors being killed, their bodies burned, and hung from a bridge in Fallujah.

“All these over-emotional pundits and armchair quarterbacks need to chill. Does anyone remember the two Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division who were beheaded and gutted in Iraq?

“The Marines were wrong. Give them a maximum punishment under field grade level Article 15 (non-judicial punishment), place a General Officer level letter of reprimand in their personnel file, and have them in full dress uniform stand before their Battalion, each personally apologize to God, Country, and Corps videotaped and conclude by singing the full US Marine Corps Hymn without a teleprompter.

“As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.”

West really likes the word hell, doesn't he? He was probably a lousy soldier hence his immature response to criticism of these Marines. The "they did it first" justification is very similar to the response my brother and I gave our parents when we got into fights as little boys.

tonybgood

(218 posts)
66. Mr West, do you understand the concept of "wrong"!
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 06:33 PM
Jan 2012

Pointing out that others have done the same or worse to Americans doesn't excuse doing wrong yourself. Supposedly, that's what makes America different from those who would do such things. That's why Bush 43 and Cheney need to be sent to the Hague; they are admitted war criminals!!!

 

4dsc

(5,787 posts)
40. Sadly there are republicans who will support him on this
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 10:41 AM
Jan 2012

Shows the sad nature of GOP politics today.

pampango

(24,692 posts)
41. West: "You can take it to Europe..." So the obligatory GOP blast at Europe.
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 10:56 AM
Jan 2012

Too bad West doesn't realize (or chooses to misstate) the fact that equality of opportunity is much stronger in Europe than in the US. It is also true as he says that "equality of achievement" (in the sense of more equality in the income distribution) is better in Europe, but Americans don't think that is a bad thing if you look at surveys.

Faygo Kid

(21,478 posts)
43. Cheap demagogue. Next: Fox News.
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 11:12 AM
Jan 2012

When he loses in November, Fox News will give him a rich contract. That's what the creep is all about.

CRK7376

(2,199 posts)
89. He was a Lieutenant Colonel
Mon Jan 30, 2012, 11:47 AM
Jan 2012

not a full Colonel! Amongst the military, courtsey is often rendered by most service personnel, by addressing a Lieutenant Colonel as Colonel, but the LTCs do not answer the phone as "Colonel". Same with Lieutenants, regardless if they are a 2nd or 1st LT, second being the lower rank. My wife always laughed at me when folks addressed me as "Colonel" when I was a Lieutenant Colonel...One of those quirky traits the military and press use when talking to active or retired military. I practically scream at the TV when they interview and thank talking heads as "Colonel" when they are LTCs....Especially, now that I too am a full Colonel....West is a clown and my Army is so much better off with out him...! I feel sorry for you folks in Florida that are represented by him.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
91. And he is due 0% respect for his "service" in the Army.
Mon Jan 30, 2012, 04:07 PM
Jan 2012

The man was forced to retire after engaging in a mock execution on an innocent Iraqi detainee. He's very lucky he wasn't court martialed. Yet he is insistent upon bring up his military service every possible waking moment, my guess as a matter of overcompensation, because the man left the Army in shame.

man4allcats

(4,026 posts)
48. Well, to be precise,
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 11:51 AM
Jan 2012

he didn't say that to liberals. He said it to Obama, Reid, Pelosi and the chairman of the DNC. I will admit though that he probably meant it to apply to liberals.

Marthe48

(16,975 posts)
51. Conservatives have their heads up their asses
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 12:19 PM
Jan 2012

Conservatives say they want less government, less regulation. They just want to force everyone who doesn't agree with them into a box with no ways out. I want all the options to make my life work, and I don't want to make you do anything that you don't want to do. Am I going to use all the options? No, and I am not going to limit somebody else who might need those options.
Basically this: America is the place in the world where you go for freedom, opportunity, and equality. If you can't deal with those qualities, you don't belong in public office, and if you try to subvert those qualities laid out in the Constitution, you're a traitor. The end.

BootinUp

(47,165 posts)
57. This guy West is nothing but a con man crook.
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 12:48 PM
Jan 2012

He won't last too long. Some days I am amazed he has gotten this far.

judesedit

(4,439 posts)
58. What a total asshole.Hitler reborn.Idiocy at its finest.That's creative-"enslaving the entrepeneurs
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 12:50 PM
Jan 2012

will". He'd be funny if he wasn't serious. He's the one who needs to leave this country, so we can have equality for ALL, regulated criminal enterprises, help one another, especially our children, elderly, sick, autistic due to their over use of chemicals in our water, land and air, and veterans...you know, the sons and daughters of everyone else who go and fight their dirty wars for them. West is just another uncaring, unfeeling, greedy, ignorant bastard to put it mildly. Get that creep outta here.

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
62. Alllen West is the one who needs to leave
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 01:02 PM
Jan 2012

and go live out his libertarian conservative wet dream in Somalia.

Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

donco

(1,548 posts)
68. Sorry Allen
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 06:50 PM
Jan 2012

I spent four years of my life fighting for this country in the United States Marine Corps.How about you moving to Somalia instead;i heard that they have a lowtax unregulated economy their.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
71. AMERICA 2012 - LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT Mr. West It is what it is now if
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 08:10 PM
Jan 2012

you dont like what it has become ---- you leave

davidthegnome

(2,983 posts)
72. It's when I read trash like this...
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 08:27 PM
Jan 2012

that I actually AM tempted to move to Europe. If only I could afford it, or had a degree, or any certainty of finding work there. Of course Europe includes quite a bit, doesn't it? England, maybe Ireland... always wanted to see Wales.

Now though, the austerity measures being enforced, the downgrading of the economy... Europe is struggling and has struggled fiercely. We'll likely face far worse in time, given the fact that we have such "leaders" as West... and that they are actually taken seriously, by any thinking person. From my understanding there is another global economic crisis on the horizon, if what the experts say is anything to go by (which I'm never entirely certain of...)

Tell you what you can do with your message though, West. Go join the Taliban, you have a hell of a lot in common with them.

Pakid

(478 posts)
73. Idiot
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 08:36 PM
Jan 2012

This man and his kind are what is wrong with America today. It seem that they believe that they own America and it is there way and only there way that matters. Bull Shit West I to pay taxes, in fact I pay part of your share and for good measure I also pay your wages and health care so West KISS MY LIBERAL ASS !!!!!!!!!!!

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
74. One More Knuckle Dragging Tool
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 09:11 PM
Jan 2012

These types prove how nuts they are when they brand Obama and other leading dems as socialists, marxists, etc. You hear that and wonder what planet are they living on.

Hey Allen, check out where the highest marginal tax rate was under Eisenhower, a republican.

When I ponder insane statements like this I always wonder if they actually believe their rantings or are just doing it for the cash.

Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

caseymoz

(5,763 posts)
81. What Alan, and let the nation sink.
Mon Jan 30, 2012, 01:17 AM
Jan 2012

As it will if left to idiots like you. Perhaps progressives should leave, and watch as the US becomes Somalia of the West.

Why can't Progressives do the Atlas Shrugged thing, and watch while you either sink or generate some Progressives of your own, as you inevitably will as the nation sinks toward 4th world status.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
87. My Gawd! The Far Right is so utterly boring and so yesterday.
Mon Jan 30, 2012, 06:57 AM
Jan 2012

I mean the Rednecks were saying this shit back in the 60s
"LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT, YOU DIRTY HIPPIES!!"

There must be something about being a Right Wing idiot
that alters the chemistry in the brain such that it goes into
"broken record mode", clinging onto citing shit that some
idiot said decades ago.

Go figure.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
90. Yes, go to some other undemocratic place that encourages mock executions.....
Mon Jan 30, 2012, 04:04 PM
Jan 2012

....oh wait, I think Mr. West might enjoy that.

Response to Grassy Knoll (Original post)

rocktivity

(44,576 posts)
96. Rocktivity To Allen West: It's The End Of The Month
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 04:43 PM
Feb 2012

Time to Refill Your Anti-Psychotic Medicine Prescriptions


rocktivity

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