Top 5 Reasons Democrats Are Scared S***less of Allen West

5. Because he destroys the extremist myth: West and the 37 other black Republicans running for national office destroy the liberal myth that the Tea Party movement is somehow racist and extremist. Hint: it’s neither.

4. Because he kicks liberal ass (metaphorically speaking, of course). Like challenging Barack Obama to a debate.

3. Because he’s a Constitutionalist: “The Constitution says ‘promote the general welfare’, not provide welfare!”

2. Because he knows the stakes: “…when you listen to that fife and drum, it hearkens me back to how this country got started. When you think about how patriots got together in taverns, when patriots got together in houses along rivers and creeks, when you think how the U.S. Marine Corps got started in a place called Tun Tavern, this is where we are right now in our country. We need to meet… and talk about restoring our liberty and fighting back against a tyrannical government.”

1. Because he’s got presidential mettle. He’s a leader. A war hero. A Constitutionalist. He’s the vanguard of a new conservative black Republican movement, possibly the first since Reconstruction. But now he needs to win his Congressional election.

Help him out. The fife and drum are sounding in the distance. You don’t have to go to war, you just have to muster your support and your vote.

Cross-posted at: Doug Ross @ Journal.

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Absolutely agreed. One point, though: 2016, not 2012. Let him get some seasoning in Congress. Let him get some political seasoning, because Washington is a very different battlefield from any other, with rules of engagement all its own.

Otherwise, he tops my list for the best presidential candidates. I’d still vote for him in 2012. I just want him to come to the fight with an extended magazine.

MadisonConservative on October 20, 2010 at 9:29 PM

OOORAH

Silverwolf on October 20, 2010 at 9:34 PM

West is the best.

Hooah!

J.E. Dyer on October 20, 2010 at 10:11 PM

The secret simply will no longer keep
For America is losing sleep
It’s time to break the spell
Who is Allen West and what is he up to, do tell?

Rumor has it he’s a cannoneer
He’s a dashing buccaneer
I hear he’s handy with the quips
He’s the annihilator of Alinsky statist creeps with information on their lying at his fingertips

They say he’s nearly seven feet tall
And yet quite graceful… … all in all
I’m told there are lightning bolts when he walks
And thunder when he talks!

He’s been many times seen
Wearing DCU and then full OD green
I hear he’s steely as you please
He could be Samurai Japanese

He may be shrewd
He may be rude
Ah well, it’s hard to tell
Who is this Allen West, do tell?

The Alinsky statists may think he comes from Hell
But he may come from somewhere just around the dell
But he will be here and he will be there
You could see him giving the Alinsky statists hell most any time and most anywhere

He meddles with the Alinsky statist devolution
Stomping them mightily throughout each week
Spoiling every Alinsky statists lying elocution
La, what cheek!

PercyB on October 20, 2010 at 10:42 PM

Palin/West 2012 HOOAH!

tencole on October 21, 2010 at 7:59 AM

Nickname should be Cincinnatus, IMO

frode on October 21, 2010 at 9:05 AM

Top 5 Reasons Democrats Are Scared S***less of Allen West

To summarize: Allen West makes Obama look tiny and utterly incompetent by comparison.

The NSM will treat him as persona – non – Grata for as long as they can to desperately help their “thrill up the leg” hero for as long as possible, but will Ultimately fail.

Chip on October 21, 2010 at 10:13 AM

If we had a vast majority of Allen West’s in dc we would not be in this horrible mess we are in now. I love Allen and sure hope he wins.
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letget on October 21, 2010 at 12:01 PM

I’d love to see Allen West in a debate with Obama. West would eat his lunch. Maybe Obama could save face by just sending his teleprompters and have the moderator read its responses . . . couldn’t be worse than listening to a string of “ums” . . .

tpitman on October 21, 2010 at 5:26 PM

Sarah Palin’s gonna have a tough choice for VP running mate in 2 years.

44Magnum on October 22, 2010 at 11:33 AM

DOB 2/7/61. He’s got time.

slickwillie2001 on October 22, 2010 at 7:46 PM