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Another Perspective
Go Man, Young West
Is there any point of getting along with Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz?
Congressman Allen West and I have mutual friends. When he won election in November 2010, his phone number was given to me by someone who thought I would be a good fit working for him as a writer and spokesman. We had a pleasant conversation and he suggested I send my curriculum vitae to his chief of staff. At the end of the day I held back, leery of being pulled back into a life of hectic schedules marked by frequent crises.
Now I wonder if I made the right choice, because he needs some sane, loyal defenders in his camp. Instead I guess we have to settle for second best; namely, getting him some sane, loyal defenders outside his camp.
A little background is in order. The Congressman first came to national attention as Lieutenant Colonoel Allen West. During the Iraq War, the Lieutenant Colonel was questioning a recalcitrant terrorist who was not forthcoming with information about planned attacks in the area. To stimulate the gentleman’s recollection, the Lieutenant Colonel was said to have fired his weapon into a metal garbage can to create some cacophonous acoustics. This was not to the taste of some of his more genteel superiors and he was in hot water for a time.
When the Lieutenant Colonel resumed civilian life in South Florida, he announced for Congress as a conservative Republican. The seat he targeted includes Fort Lauderdale and some of its beachside environs, as far north as parts of the Palm Beaches. It had been held for many years by Republican Clay Shaw, who voted conservative except where money for seniors was involved. Shaw began winning by narrower margins as more Jews from the Northeast relocated into the area. Liberal Jews in state politics were salivating for that slot, which they thought rightfully theirs.
His slimmest victory came in 2000, when just such a politician, Elaine Bloom, was ahead in the tally from about the time CBS called Florida for Al Gore. Shaw refused to concede because he was down by a thousand votes or so with fifteen thousand military ballots uncounted, so he said a smiling goodnight at 2 A.M. and went to bed. Bloom angrily gave her victory speech anyway, which I wound up watching because the Presidency was still unsettled. Before twenty-four hours had passed, Shaw was declared the winner by several thousand.
Shaw held on until 2006, when another pol who fit the profile took him down as part of the Democrat takeover of the House. This fellow, Ron Klein, won using the time-dishonored approach of running nonstop ads about how his opponent wanted to feed dog food to local seniors to leave more money for his corporate fat-cat friends — a style I like to call “quibbles and bits.” Upon assuming the seat, Klein tried to be the inverse of Clay Shaw, a social liberal with nods toward fiscal conservatism in non-entitlement expenditures.
West took his first run at Klein in 2008, but the Obama effect helped Klein to hang on. By this point, an alliance had solidified between Klein and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, whose district (Pembroke Pines, Hollywood, Davie) was contiguous to his on its southwestern edge. DW-S, unlike Klein, is blissfully impervious to nuance in her political thought. She is thoroughly but not thoughtfully liberal, reflexively but not reflectively liberal, deliberately but not deliberatively liberal, contemptuously but not contemplatively liberal. She courageously does interviews even with hostile hosts, but her responses predictably consist of rewarmed pap.
When new political winds began to blow in 2010, the Republican ticket went West and the Democrat ticket went south. In the waning days of the campaign, DW-S spent a lot of her time canvassing Klein’s district. Her own was secure, so she headed to the abutting one and began to butt heads with West. An article written by West had been reprinted in a motorcycle magazine, so she organized a public demonstration to tie West to the crude macho bile these testosterone-poisoned bikers spew. It was a low blow and West escaped it by staying on the high ground.
Now DW-S has perpetuated her there-goes-the-neighborhood vendetta against West. While he was absent from the chamber, she used her speaking time in the House (using “incredulously” when she meant “incredibly”) to lash out at West for backing the “cut, cap and balance” bill which will, in her trite rhetoric, gut Medicare yadda yadda yadda. West was offended that she violated the honor code of Congresspeople against singling out colleagues for vitriol in their absence. He dispatched an email calling her vile, despicable and unprofessional, not a lady and unworthy of respect. She reacted by publicizing the email.
Now he is being excoriated by all sorts of preux chevalier types and soul sisters of DW-S for affording her such disrespect. DW-S is a bigger shot these days, because she was recently elevated to the chairwomanship (did I put an extra i in that word?) of the Democrat National Committee. The elites in Washington Ditzy are lining up with her hyphen against his adjectives. So it falls to a dashing man-in-the-street, man-about-town, man-of-the-world, man-for-all-seasons type like myself to defend him with hyphens to spare.
After all, there but for the grace of God go I. Had he hired me to write those emails, the language would have been far more caustic.
About the Author
Jay D. Homnick, commentator and humorist, is a frequent contributor to The American Spectator. He also writes for Human Events. Here he speaks at the Rally for Religious Freedom in Miami on June 8, 2012.
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Stormzeye| 7.22.11 @ 6:27AM
As a proud constituent of Alan West I applaud him for calling this witch out. I am however disgusted by the lack of support he seems to be getting from his gutless Republican colleagues. Why must the conservative media be the only ones to speak out for him!
oldfart| 7.22.11 @ 7:07AM
Something seems to happen to people when they get inside the Beltway. I don't know if they start drinking the untreated water from Blue Plains (sewage treatment plant for those not from the area) or if they fall prey to the power fairies that constantly whisper in politicians ears. The best one can hope for is to keep sending the good ones back and throw out the bums. I really believe that over half of the elected in DC are either ignoring the massive build up of anger in the hinter lands or are in complete denial of what is happening in 'fly over land'.
Timothy L. Pennell| 7.22.11 @ 7:13AM
Let's see what we have here.
On the one hand, we have a Decorated Military Hero, who served his Country in time of War.
On the other, we have a FAT *SS with a BIG MOUTH. A Far Left PIG, who spouts her LIES about GOOD PEOPLE, who actually LOVE THIS COUTRY, as she DEFENDS a Man who's HATRED for this Country, he sees, as a BIRTH RIGHT.
As for his Spineless Republican "Colleagues"?
WIMPS don't like to stand near MEN. They feel DIMINISHED when they do so.
And, with good reason.
HAIL, Colonel West.
Joe Reyna| 7.22.11 @ 8:57AM
@Timothy - I couldn't of said it better myself! Just the sound of her voice, like a picture of barry sotoro, makes me physically ill! I can't stand the sight of her.
Willis| 7.22.11 @ 9:29AM
Same here. I watched that news clip of DW-S and the soul sisters and thought it validated perfectly Limbaugh's characterization of politics as show business for the ugly.
Mary Mayes | 7.24.11 @ 4:04PM
I prefer Rush's Undeniable Truth of Life #24: Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society. i.e.,D W-S
pineapple| 7.23.11 @ 8:15AM
Glad to see I'm not the only one afflicted with Obamarhea syndrome.
SaucyWench| 7.22.11 @ 10:14AM
Beautifully said. It brought tears to my eyes !
loulou| 7.22.11 @ 10:43AM
Literally a FAT A$$.
Eily| 7.23.11 @ 3:10PM
Ummmm, shes a BITCH, with horse teef I might add, and thats the end of it! No wait...I meant an Ugly F'kn Bitch! Wait, theres more...take the FIRST letter of each word in the sentence 'C U Next Tuesday'...do ya get it? May she choke on a ham sandwich with gafilta fish already!
southrngirl77| 7.22.11 @ 8:54AM
I couldn't agree more. Why do most Republicans not back one another when they should? Have they not learned from the ravenous approval of Gov Chris Christie's "tell it like it is speeches" and even the strong, but TRUE comments by former candidate Donald Trump how delighted we constituents are by conservatives who stand their ground and fight back? Will they EVER learn?
russel| 7.22.11 @ 9:07AM
Ditto . One Repub. with cajone's and the rest cower . The socialist's have gotten away with these tactics for SO long , a game called ' Make the Pub grab his ankles ' .
Jeff Schneider| 7.22.11 @ 9:12AM
To you Stormzeye. and to the many others that elected him to represent Florida's 22nd Congressional District, we all owe you big time for sending this man to Washington. The capitol and the country are the better for it! Thank You!!!
Stormzeye| 7.22.11 @ 8:31PM
Thanks Jeff. The interesting part is that he beat a liberal Jewish Democrat in a gerrymandered district that is basically a few miles in from the beach and runs the full length of Palm Beach County and a bit of Broward. Quite a hopeful turn of events for us Tea Partiers and the nation as a whole.
Nancy in NC| 7.22.11 @ 9:41AM
If you are a constituent, please spell his name correctly, it's Allen.
Regardless, I love the guy. I can't find one thing are that I disagree with him about And I agree completely with his assessment of Wasserman.
SpiralArchitect| 7.22.11 @ 1:46PM
Sure, you have the speeling issue under control, for his constituencey. Others can spell his name Larry or Paul??
Now move toward bringing your writing skills up to par.
Thx.
kim from clarkston| 7.23.11 @ 5:43AM
"speeling"? Please just stick to the subject, Spiral.
Stormzeye| 7.22.11 @ 8:39PM
I am indeed a constituent, contributor, supporter and know him well enough that I'm certain he wouldn't give a rat's pitoot as to how I spelled his name. I'm glad for your support of him. NOW SPELL HIS NAME CORRECTLY ON A CHECK!
Wanda Lichtenberg| 7.22.11 @ 9:42AM
Although I do not live in Florida, I would vote for Congressman Alan West. I agree with your comments!
Wanda Lichtenberg| 7.22.11 @ 10:23AM
I stand corrected.... Congressman ALLEN West! And I would still vote for him. We need more politicians with his kind of guts.
Helen Wiley| 7.23.11 @ 5:37PM
Rep. Allen West is a man among men. I stand with him (although I cannot vote for him), and agree with his comments about the Democrat woman.
Occam's Tool| 7.22.11 @ 10:56AM
There is not a single falsehood that Allen West speaks regarding that worthless twerp, Wasserman-Schultz. She is a worthless, cretinous scumbag.
Incidentally, I'm Jewish. So much for circling the wagons.
Go Allen!
RCV| 7.22.11 @ 1:05PM
Allen's intemperate outburst confirms the wisdom of his forced resignation from the Army. While I admire his steadfast support for Israel, he does not have the temperment or judgment to hold a serious position of responsibility.
Reprobate Charlatan Vomitus| 7.22.11 @ 2:05PM
I don't bother with a silly war hero who belongs in a World War II W.E.B. Griffin novel while sanctimoniously pontificating on temperament or judgment yet withholding all sanctimony on the temperament and judgment of 'Mzzzzzzzzzzzz Ubiquitous-World-War-II-Syphilitic-Test-dash-Ubiquitous-Situation-Comedy-World-War-II-Bumbling-Stalag-Sargeant' matters.
John Navratil| 7.22.11 @ 6:26PM
RCV,
I'm sure many find the good Colonel's scrivenings to the esteemed D W-S in bad taste. The Colonel had the good taste to tell the wench off privately. She had the bad taste to publicize it.
Now we get the completely juvenile behaviour of "Look teacher, he called me a nasty name!"
May she soon join the esteemed Alan Grayson in obscurity.
W| 7.22.11 @ 7:16PM
You have to be kidding, you voted for bill clinton, a draft dodger/abuser of women,etc,. and you claim Colonel West does not have the temperament and judgement to hold office?
Red Route 1| 7.22.11 @ 1:44PM
Secularized Liberal American Jews: The home grown cultural and economic terrorist wing of Al Qaeda. S--t eaters all, except for Sen. Joe Lieberman, and he’s gone.
You notice how no one is discussing or pointing out DW-S’s voting record on medi(s)care since Berry Berry Quite Contrary has been POTUS?This harpy is a complete, unrepentant hypocrite!
Redstateboy| 7.22.11 @ 2:32PM
Lemme get this straight... She's a Liber-ul Jew from S. FL., supported by former NE Liber-ul Jews and together... they unwaveringly support Das Messiah - who by action indicates he doesn't support Jews....................
Are Liber-uls F'Up or what?!!?
beebop| 7.22.11 @ 5:47PM
In keeping with her feminist slant, should she not be Debbie Wasserperson-Schultz?
1ConservativeUSA| 7.22.11 @ 11:22AM
Support him by spelling his name correctly, its "Allen".
You can also send him a contribution and campaign for his re-election.
Colin | 7.22.11 @ 11:31AM
Not that much of this needs pointing out, but were the curtain flipped and Schultz found to be a
woman of color and West the typical lib target of a paler hue, I suspect the Jackson/Sharpton Grievance Bus would be pulling into downtown Miami this weekend, complete with a street level, mega-phone volume approaching d.b.'s of the old James Brown car alarm: OWW, OWW, OWW, OWW, OWW ...
Tell you what, if I were in Congressman West's socks , I'd be asking Jess and Al: "Hey, where's the love, man?"
Yeah, I know. Rhetorical question.
Doorgunner| 7.22.11 @ 12:17PM
I support LTC West's politics whole-heartedly, and I have appreciated his aggressiveness on the field of political battle so far. However, his email was an intemperate and not thought-through remark made worse by being written. He allowed himself to be provoked into hasty action and handed the enemy a cudgel to give all of us a beating with. As an actual, still-serving NCO, I demand better of my commanders.
I hope this demand reaches him.
John Navratil| 7.22.11 @ 6:27PM
Doorgunner,
He screwed up. He went into battle without studying the enemy's tactics. I'll bet he doesn't do that again.
Doorgunner| 7.22.11 @ 8:04PM
Mr. Navratil,
He has my support. We shall train and we will execute.
Thank you for your response, sir.
doolittle| 7.23.11 @ 12:14PM
fight fire with fire, I'm so tired of hearing that we "have to be better than the other side" No, we have to smarter and willing to stand up and say what needs to be said. Hurrah for the Colonel!
Dollface| 7.22.11 @ 6:56AM
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL). The D stands for Dumb.
tim-h-66| 7.22.11 @ 10:39AM
Which one?
Mike Hawk| 7.22.11 @ 5:59PM
One for Dumb and one for Ditz. While we are adding adjectives, how about crude, crass and obnoxious.
Militarist| 7.22.11 @ 6:57AM
J.D. - it's "Lieutenant Colonel" West. Big difference. For sure you're a target for one of his corrective emails.
Timothy L. Pennell| 7.22.11 @ 7:17AM
Yes, Mr. Dumb*ss. He was a Lt. Colonel. But, he would be called COLONEL, if one was speaking to him. Just as a Lt. General, isn't called Lt. General. He's called GENERAL.
Now, how about shuttin the F**K up?
Clint| 7.22.11 @ 7:50AM
The article referred to Light Colonel West as a Lieutenant.
Try Decaf.
Timothy L. Pennell| 7.22.11 @ 8:09AM
My apologies.
Clint| 7.22.11 @ 8:18AM
That's OK.
No harm, no foul.
loulou| 7.22.11 @ 10:44AM
I call him Colonel West.
Let's change that to President West.
jose goldfinger| 7.22.11 @ 6:57AM
Jay,
Nice article but Allen West was a Lt. Colonel, not a Lieutenant. There's a pretty big difference.
George True| 7.22.11 @ 12:11PM
True story: My dad was a career Army reservist (was on active duty for the entire duration of WWII). Towards the end of his career in the 1960's, he was recovering from hernia surgery in an Army hospital. One of the young nurses called him Lieutenant. He politely reminded her that his rank was Lieutenant Colonel, not Lieutenant. She asked him what's the difference? He said, "Well the difference is this. The other day you had a Navy Rear Admiral in here. You wouldn't call him REAR, would you?"
Drunken Sailor| 7.22.11 @ 1:02PM
I like your dad!
beebop| 7.22.11 @ 5:54PM
Hopefully he has never called Senator Boxer "ma'm," since she is too rude to deserve what she doesn't recognize as good military manners ....
Darin| 7.22.11 @ 6:57AM
When dealing with terrorist, Allen West knew that you had to speak a language they understood. Terrorists see no problem with killing innocent women and children to achieve their goals. Kid gloves will not work with such people.
Dealing with Democrats (and their lackeys in the media) is the same way. They don't understand respect. They do understand (and do not like) being called out for what they are. Republicans should never stoop to liberal tactics of physically or emotionally assault, but call things as they are and pull no punches. Bullies never stop until you stand up to them.
Kendra| 7.22.11 @ 9:58AM
Dittos Darin, I totally agree with your post!!! The Dems ARE bullies, and it is about time we had some on our side stand up to them.
DaveS| 7.22.11 @ 7:00AM
He call sfor no help becasue he can handle himself. Do you think a goggle-eyed no-load like dw-s could upset him? Bring out the service revolvers and we'll check the hypothesis.
Mike D.| 7.22.11 @ 7:04AM
Totally agree, he can handle himself against that sniveling b!tch just fine.
beebop| 7.22.11 @ 5:56PM
And it shortened the news cycle and detracting from the real Dem lack of leadership --- BHO.
Mattled| 7.22.11 @ 7:02AM
I do believe whenever calling out a D politician it should also be noted that the media are guilty as well. Lump them together. Every day. They are one so why not call them as such?
Gary B| 7.22.11 @ 7:14AM
Finally... a Republican who takes a gun to a gun fight and doesn't apologize! I love this guy!
Wanda Lichtenberg| 7.22.11 @ 10:19AM
LOL... I Love It!
Larry Lichtenberg| 7.23.11 @ 8:07PM
LOL...Wanda Licks My Gun.
Larry| 7.22.11 @ 7:18AM
Debbie Wassermouth Schultz - is she related to Sgt. Schultz? If so, he obviously comes from the smart side of the family.
Seriously though, she's so fugly that she gives me a Woodrow... for Rosie O'Donell.
Darin| 7.22.11 @ 8:10AM
Sgt Schultz was well-meaning but clueless. Basically harmless.
DWS is classless as well as clueless. And very harmful.
Larry| 7.22.11 @ 8:15AM
Exactly!
Dave | 7.22.11 @ 11:36AM
Actually, this FEMALE Sgt. Schultz is a lot like the one from Hogan's Heros. Both of 'em know "nothing, nothing, nothing ..."
John II| 7.22.11 @ 10:40PM
Except that the original Sgt. Schultz (John Banner, bless his memory) knew nothing selectively.
Debbie knows nothing, period.
And now back to another episode of "Hogan's Heroes" (1965-71), reflecting an era of sure-enough hope and confidence which, unbeknownst to the principals, was already under attack by the spirit of the clueless Debbies of the world.
Luis Stecca| 7.23.11 @ 11:11AM
Nah, she's not related to Sgt. Schultz... But she is
related to Ed Schultz over there at MSNBC "count down to no ratings"
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 7.22.11 @ 7:46AM
Alan West crossed the line that liberals can not fathom
He's conservative and he's black and he verbally beat down a liberal white lady.
When you're steeped in collectivist politics you can't understand how that can happen since it violates the rules of collectivism.
Gary B| 7.22.11 @ 7:54AM
She may be liberal and white, but she ain't no "lady." She's exactly what Colonel West called her.
Paul Hilsenrath| 7.22.11 @ 8:05AM
Debbie Wasserman-Schmutz as some of the locals like to call her, is potentially facing an existential career crisis. The fact, that has not been widely reported is, that she may, due to re-districting, have to face West in 2012.
This may explain, in part ( the other part being she is a Pelosi clone), the attack. She also suffered a real existential threat last year, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had mastectomy surgery, (somewhat ironic for someone who is a fervent Obamacare supporter and the restrictions it envisions for among other things mamograms), this event may have further unhinged her.
Even a cornered rodent will get up on its hind legs and attack when threatened with being eradicated.
There you have it.
Best regards,
Paul Hilsenrath
Gary B| 7.22.11 @ 8:15AM
There are many rodents in DC on both sides. Colonel West isn't one of them.
Beverly GUnn| 7.22.11 @ 8:19AM
He would have been Lieutenant COLONEL Allen West, not simply Lieutenant. Just so you know. That is an O-5 rank, not O-1, or O-2.
TennesseeVolunteer| 7.22.11 @ 8:36AM
Col. West..a Patriot. They are shooting at him because they fear him. At this point in time, we have to understand that shrills like her, Wiener (what happened to him?) and the MSM are trying to take out those they fear the most. From their internal polling they must see that heroes like West are gaining ground with the American people.
We must stand strong for our heroes like Col. West!
Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 7.22.11 @ 8:37AM
The thing that really disturbs me the most about that Debbie Wasserflangeler-Dultz is (Or whatever her name is?), she's got a deeper voice than I do (I think she's a baritone, maybe even bass?). I always find myself staring at her neck, when she's giving an interview to see if I see if there's something moving there. Creepy!! Whoever picked her? as the Chairwoman? of the DNC, did us a big favor, the only better choice would've been that Vampire Pelosi-Bat. The two of them just make you want to send the Democrats money, huh? Either send them money, or run away from them screaming!!
I'm also wondering what LT COL West said to the Black Congressional Caucus in the last few days to make them shut their mouths about the comments he made in this E-mail? I think he's got something on them already? At first I was pissed that he joined up those Commies (and every single one of them is a Commie, or at least almost all of them are?), but now I'm rethinking my position. I think he's invaded them, and he's already winning the War against them from within. They never-ever shy away from a fight, but now they've got nothing to say after an easy softball is thrown to them. Very suspicious?
Airborne Jumpmaster!!
loulou| 7.22.11 @ 10:46AM
It's her speech impediment that's throwing you off.
John Navratil| 7.22.11 @ 6:38PM
L, L and L,
Sheila Jackson-Lee has a deep voice. They must be related ;)
Tina B| 7.22.11 @ 8:41AM
I am struggling, along with other Conservatives, to see the light at the end of the election in 2012.
So many strong people in the mix: West, Palin, Caine, and the Pols, Pawlenty, Bachman, Perry
and others. But who is the right person "for such a time as this"?
I will stay at TAS and TAT, NR, and WND. I will read all I can and vet what I read, I can pray for America, and then pray before I vote.
It really is all in the hands of God. Who will lead America in the coming dark days is known to Him and not me. But I know I have a part to play, my life is now to serve Him and bring Him glory.
So keep up the good work, keep us informed, and by all means talk to the Boss. . . pray.
TXJIMBOB| 7.22.11 @ 12:43PM
Please consider adding Cong. Thaddeus McCotter to your list. Unfortunately, he is relatively unknown but you can check him out on his website, YouTube or read his book, Seize Freedom. Read his core principles. Very intelligent and conservative to the core.
skip| 7.23.11 @ 2:02PM
Tina B
Please add to your list two absolute essentials:
James Taranto at online.wsj.com,
this daily column, "Best of the Web Today", is penetrating, insightful, and often laugh out loud funny, considering the topics.
Mark Alexander at patriotpost.us,
this daily, which includes Monday's "Brief", Wednesday's "Chronicle", and Friday's "Digest", I predict, based on your posts I do always enjoy, will almost instantly become your favorite.
I also predict your next president is Rick Perry.
ohiogal| 7.22.11 @ 8:45AM
I would think Mr. West can hold his own against this blabbermouth after what he's been thru,I just want to see more inside R's go after her in support of him.
Sally| 7.22.11 @ 8:48AM
Mr. West was well within his rights to speak up, he would have done better to use different language that couldn't be picked apart by politicians but still got the message across, but of course he didn't expect his email to become public. She is a jerk just for that alone, plus attacking him when he wasn't there to defend himself speaks volumes about her lack of character. Smart people will see through the stupidity of what is happening...
beebop| 7.22.11 @ 6:01PM
I posit that any critique would have been treated in just the same manner. What is so bad about the word "vile?" Seriously. Truth is its own defense.
Margie| 7.22.11 @ 7:37PM
It's only acceptable to use "judgmental" wording if you're a Leftist.
Steven Bravo | 7.22.11 @ 8:51AM
When someone mentions the name Debbie Wasserman-Schultz the only thing that comes to mind if this one song.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acQ6jLe3R8E
Steven Bravo | 7.22.11 @ 8:53AM
sorry not if but is.....Laptop hates me....
Brian| 7.22.11 @ 8:57AM
Lt.Colonel West for POTUS!!!! Rick Perry for VP, or vice Versa... Either way, it's time we run the thieving Dems out of DC... and DON'T replace them with Republocrats...
1ConservativeUSA| 7.22.11 @ 11:17AM
November 2012: The end of an error.
Margie| 7.22.11 @ 3:48PM
I like it!
West/Bolton 2012!
Now that's a strong ticket.
I prefer a man for the job, but if Sarah runs, all bets are off.
We have so many excellent conservatives in our camp!
Great, great article there, Mr. Homnick. I learned a lot about Allen West that I didn't know before reading this. A great "Bio!"
Bob| 7.22.11 @ 8:58AM
DW-S used her allotted 1 minute on the House floor NOT to offer a constructive alternative to the bill she opposes, but instead, to wear her DNC hat a make a political personal attack upon a fellow Congressperson.
She received exactly what she deserved and SHE should apologize to Congressman West for releasing a private email to the media without HIS permission. This comes to the surprise of none of us in South Florida because she is known to NEVER have a single constructive comment in any conversation.
Butch | 7.22.11 @ 4:30PM
I agree, Bob. He didn't make any public statement. He just told her directly exactly what he thought of her, and she did deserve it. Your congressman? Good man, keep him in office.
Quantum| 7.22.11 @ 8:59AM
That was one of the best articles I've ever read. Fantastic writing by Jay D. Homnick.
Stormy| 7.22.11 @ 9:10AM
"Not a chance"
William Lannon| 7.22.11 @ 9:27AM
I am delighted with his refusal to apologize and he did so with with dignity and restraint.
alex hamilton| 7.22.11 @ 9:30AM
I'm jealous of Congressman West, because he gets to do what I have wanted to do: put DWS in her place. That ain't no lady, that's a congresswoman.
How do we get in this deficit mess? Mainly because of the rhetoric out of the likes of her.
Rupert Pupkin| 7.22.11 @ 9:32AM
She is Jiffy Jeff... in drag. She even sounds like him! LOL!
Paul Kotik| 7.22.11 @ 9:34AM
Debbie Wasserman-etc. is my Congressman. She's also Allen West's Congressman, by the way. Both West and I live in a gerrymandered skinfold a stone's throw out of West's own district. Wasserman, etc. is the very model of a modern major Bolshevik apparatchik, a creature of the Party, by the Party and for the Party. That would be the so-called Democrat Party.
Getting rid of her in the 2012 elections is a worthy goal, as is insuring Allen West's re-election. You can do many things to make this happen.
One, support the persistent and valorous Republican challenger to the Wasserman-etc. throne: local restaurateuse Karen Harrington.
Two, help me shake the my fellow South Florida Jews loose from the slavish devotion to all things Democrat and progressive. Unlike Jay Homnick, you can join the meetup.com group Jews for Allen West. I wish Jay would join it this time around. The group got no traction in the 2010 election cycle, but I still think that's because I did such a lousy job publicizing it.
You most definitely do NOT have to be Jewish to join.
If we get Debbie Wasserman-etc. voted out in 2012, the electoral map of South Florida will flip red in a big, big way. Territorial contiguity, people. Territorial contiguity. We'll have the oceanfront and the interior, too. Atlantic to the 'Glades.
From there, it's On To Berlin!
1ConservativeUSA| 7.22.11 @ 11:16AM
November 2012: The end of an error.
George True| 7.22.11 @ 12:25PM
Hopefully, the end of an error and the end of the Reign of Terror.
tj| 7.22.11 @ 9:13PM
Just made another donation to the Dear Col West.
also working on this: We need this man! Please ask him to serve his country for a second time.
http://allenwest2012.ning.com/.....on-go-west
Carol Measom| 7.22.11 @ 9:49AM
I would say I loved the comments even more than the article. I LOVE Lt. Col. Alan West. He's a real MAN and he says what he means.
I totally agree with southrngirl77. We are ready for someone who is not afraid to speak the truth. I'm so sick of all this pussy footing around in Washington. Say it, dammit!
I agree that the R's aren't giving us much to vote for. And what the heck are they waiting for? Some of the people running are good people, but they are not going to energize the base. And I certainly don't want another wishy-washy McCain type.
I would absolutely LOVE to see the Col. as POTUS or VPOTUS. He's phenominal, and apparently well loved by many.
Bev lam| 7.22.11 @ 9:50AM
Great article! Beautiful. I support him 100% and love it everytime he appears on any show. He is right on the issues, and he was right on this./blam
DW| 7.22.11 @ 9:58AM
Ah yes, those dedicated, sheeple known as South Florida Jews. They have blindly followed Pied Pipers like Debbie Wasserman Schultz and her "Savior" Barack Hussein Obama...and when HE helps give away part of the land of Israel...may Yahweh have mercy on her soul for she will be an accomplis!
Mike 3/505| 7.22.11 @ 10:17AM
That's something I have never understood. How can any practicing Jew vote Democrat?
As for LTC West, I'll be his battle buddy anytime.
Paul Kotik| 7.22.11 @ 10:37AM
Practicing Jews tend NOT to vote Democrat. The more observant a Jew is, the less likely he is to vote Democrat. The very religious sector of the Jewish community is staunchly conservative and votes Republican. If only there were more of them!
As to why the overwhelming majority of ( relatively or totally non-observant) Jews slavishly vote Democrat - friend, if you can solve that mystery and enable a way to change it, your achievement will resound through future ages.
RCV| 7.22.11 @ 1:07PM
It's simple: They're well-educated, thoughtful, compassionate people.
Reprobate Charlatan Vomitus| 7.22.11 @ 1:55PM
I don't bother with silly being one of the people who belong to the party that cares about human beings at least AFTER they're born on well-educated thoughtful compassionate people matters.
Mike 3/505| 7.22.11 @ 4:22PM
If that were true, they would vote conservative. thinking people always vote conservative.
Margie| 7.22.11 @ 9:30PM
No, they have "liberal Guilt" syndrome.
Dustoff| 7.22.11 @ 10:11AM
Can you say Allen Grayson. Remember that big mouth jerk.
1ConservativeUSA| 7.22.11 @ 11:15AM
Novemeber 2010: The first shot fired by the Tea Party, which took out Grayson and many other statists.
November 2012: The Tea Party rides again.
retired grunt| 7.22.11 @ 10:32AM
Let's bring back duels, it'll shut up the spineless and maybe even rid us of some scum.
Paul Kotik| 7.22.11 @ 10:40AM
I'm in favor of bringing back duels. Nobody's every been able to explain to me where the state gets its power to forbid a consensual adult activity just because a participant might get hurt or killed.
I mean, the state seems to go out of its way to protect the right of two consenting adult male strangers to inject each other with HIV in a bathhouse, doesn't it?
Alej| 7.23.11 @ 10:04AM
The law profession would certainly experience an epiphany leading to polite language and behavior !
Tracy | 7.22.11 @ 10:34AM
What's up with her hair?
1ConservativeUSA| 7.22.11 @ 11:12AM
She is the love child of Kenny G. and Cousin It.
Craig| 7.22.11 @ 12:03PM
She is the lefts attack poodle. The attack Weiner neutered himself. She will do the same soon.
The left should shave her big furry butt and teach her to walk backwards because she talks out of her azz anyway.
beebop| 7.22.11 @ 6:07PM
Now. Now. We were doing so well by not stooping (for the most part:) to catty anti female rhetoric. I crossed over when I realized that Demos only claim to like women. Conservatives actually do ...
And as the mother of a rescued standard poodle who is smarter than DWS, I have to correct the misinformation about this fine, fine hunting breed.
Rurik| 7.22.11 @ 3:31PM
It's the sign of her positive Wasserman test.
Judy| 7.22.11 @ 10:46AM
Like the many who have voiced their displeasure about our fellow R's who seem to have spines that would make a jellyfish proud, it is so refreshing to see one with a REAL backbone!
From this 61 year-old woman, "Kudo's, Colonel West! I applaud your courage and your character."
It is incumbent upon each of us to let Colonel West know that we stand with him AND call out our members of congress who need to do the same! Stop backing down!
The state of our nation should not be a case of 'the squeaky wheel gets the grease', and I am awfully tired of all the squeaking from DW-S and her ilk. I was taught as a child that ladies DO NOT LIE, guess that means 'she ain't no lady'.
Sally| 7.22.11 @ 10:47AM
No matter what state you are in, if you can, send a donation to Col.West's re-election campaign. www.allenwestforcongress.com/
1ConservativeUSA| 7.22.11 @ 11:11AM
I have just sent a contribution and will continue to stand with Allen West.
tj| 7.22.11 @ 9:17PM
Just made another donation to Dear Col West.
also working on this: We need this man! Please ask him to serve his country for a second time.
http://allenwest2012.ning.com/.....on-go-west
I bring his name up all the time to anyone who will listen.
1ConservativeUSA| 7.22.11 @ 11:10AM
To all of you warm and friendly pensioners in Florida, I tell you this:
Keep electing people like Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and your days as a no income tax state are over.
Ima| 7.22.11 @ 11:13AM
So, if we play by THEIR rules ... don't we just say, "Debbie is OBVIOUSLY attacking Allen West because he is black!" More Democratic racism ! and they have to shut up? Isn't that how they want it to work for them? Someone points out their wrong-doing, then 10 of them do interviews for the media how that person is a racist, and you're supposed to lower your head in humility and shut up right? Debbie, if you don't want to be poked back, DONT POKE!
John Navratil| 7.22.11 @ 6:44PM
Ima,
You seem confused. Don't you know that only conservatives can be racist. Liberals know it when they see it, but can never be racist. It's part of their make up. They can't help it.
Oldefarte| 7.22.11 @ 11:21AM
To revise a recent joke, I don't dislike her because she's a woman/female, but because whe's a LIBERAL. As to West, possibly his middle eastern military activity should have been duplicated while she was giving her speech critical of him. I completely agree with his stated reply to her comments, and thought that same was descriptive, definative and accurate!!!!!
David T| 7.22.11 @ 11:51AM
Mr. Homnick
You impugn the reputation of the good and decent charwomen of this world.
Miriam Mata | 7.22.11 @ 12:09PM
I sent DWS a fax yesterday asking her to give me an apology as her target or constituent, since she lied on the floor about medicare on the bill HR2560 and I'm on medicare and I read the bill and know she lied.
Allen West has my support, he is a conservative and a man of honor.
Mark Shepler | 7.22.11 @ 12:36PM
http://www.rightwingmuse.com/2...../#more-271
Linda Neely| 7.22.11 @ 12:43PM
Thank you for admitting that you and I would have been capable of saying worse to this excuse of a human being. Do gooders always raise my ire. The Democratic party is so full of them because they know they have the answer for every person on the planet, why they don't write their own book of Shariah is beyond me. Wouldn't they just love the order they created? Humans are nothing but chattel to a do gooder, no freedoms of any except of course debauchery; that's good for everyone.
Red Route 1| 7.22.11 @ 1:15PM
I can't look at that hard faced harridan and relentless virago, Debbie Wasserman Shultz, with out thinking of that line about Sarah Jessica Parker from the hilarious South Park episode, "The Tale of Scrotie McBooggerbals."
In the cartoon scene her husband, Mathew Broderick, is being interviewed while she stands in the background. A reporter then asks, "Who is that transvestite donkey witch standing behind you and why is it wearing a dress?"
Harridan: 1700, "one that is half Whore, half Bawd" ["Dictionary of the Canting Crew"]; "a decayed strumpet" [Johnson], from Fr. haridelle "a poore tit, or leane ill-favored jade,"
Barbara Lynn | 7.22.11 @ 1:26PM
I have been there to see Allen west go toe to toe with vile denigrators. He is well able to squash them. The R's should have his back...if only.
Debbie W.S. is so low that the spots on a snakes belly look like the stars in the sky to Debbie.
Don| 7.22.11 @ 1:28PM
Thanks for this explanation of the origins of Col West. Confirms what I thought that DW-S and all those black female congress people she was standing with the other day are an unusually vicious group of Racists and bull dyke ugly thugs.
Elle| 7.22.11 @ 1:55PM
I have only one criticism of West with respect to his remarks about Wasserman -Schultz: He forgot "ugly".
George True| 7.22.11 @ 2:25PM
Lt Col West is the real deal. A totally squared away military officer, combat veteran, and a super patriot who understands the constitution. We could do no better than him.
Colonel West used an unconventional interrogation tactic on a recalcitrant Iraqi policeman who was actually an Al Qaida operative. West was sure this individual was withholding information about ambushes that were being planned for his troops. When he fired off the gun right behind him, this guy spilled his guts and the ambushes were thwarted before they came to fruition.
West said when it came to the lives of his soldiers, he would do anything to protect them. And if he had to , he would do it all over again, even though it landed him in hot water. This is exactly the kind of guy we need leading this country.
Trinacria| 7.22.11 @ 3:01PM
"Had he hired me to write those emails, the language would have been far more caustic."
Had he hired you to write those e-mails, I suspect they would have been far more eloquent (and - not to split hairs - grammatically correct). I'm as conservative as they come, but being conservative doesn't mean swearing blind allegiance to anyone with an "R" before his/her name. Fact is, this guy is an intellectual light weight and, frankly, an embarrassment. Disagree? OK - ask yourself this question: could you imagine Ronald Reagan writing a poorly conceived and poorly written rant against another politician in which he called her out for "not being a lady" (the truth of the statement notwithstanding...)? Of course not, because Reagan knew that it would be an undignified response that ill-befits an individual who has been given the privilege of speaking not only for himself, but for those who had elected him. He would have been smart enough to see the big picture and realize that such an approach would yield no constructive outcome.
West is applauded by some as someone who "isn't afraid to speak his mind". The reality is that he's a simple, unrefined, hothead who doesn't have the maturity and wisdom to know when "speaking his mind" is not in his (and his constituents') best interest.
Mike 3/505| 7.22.11 @ 4:35PM
Don't know about Reagan, but Winston Churchill would have called her ugly in addition to not being a lady. He would have been right on both counts.
George True| 7.22.11 @ 8:21PM
Trinacria: Obviously, you have never heard Colonel West speak. He can speak extemporaneously (without notes or teleprompter) for an extended period of time. He is unusually well-spoken, eloquent, and erudite in his speaking. More so than anybody I have heard speak in quite some time, he displays a firm grasp of complex issues, and is quite good at distilling them down into their core elements, thus helping the audience to understand them.
Contrast this to Obama who, contrary to the MSM narrative, is unable to speak intelligently or eloquently in any kind of unrehearsed way, and who is lost without his teleprompter. It is also apparent from his speaking that he does not grasp even relatively simple issues, let alone complex ones.
To set the record straight, the unprincipled, uncouth, and classless DWS is the one who started this by making an unwarranted and also untrue personal attack against West on the floor of the US Congress. Frankly, she IS a vile and reprehensible POS, and she certainly has shown on multiple occasions that she is NOT a lady. West was merely stating an indisputable fact.
Colonel West IS an officer and a complete gentleman. He is also someone who will not suffer fools like DWS. He is as refined a gentleman as there is. He also speaks plainly, and calls people out on their contemptible behavior when it is warranted, as it so richly was in this case. Commiecrats don't like it when their indefensible behavior is denounced for exactly what it is. You could learn something from this, if you are willing to pull your head out of your posterior.
tj| 7.22.11 @ 9:23PM
George don't feed the basement trolls (trinacia)... They can't keep up and would not understand a fine person like Allen West.
mdbrock| 7.22.11 @ 3:30PM
I notice she keeps popping up on MSLSD since the Weiner ran off to rehab.
JC| 7.22.11 @ 4:09PM
Keep puching the bullies in the face until they stop.
JC| 7.22.11 @ 4:15PM
I've actually been defriended on FB by liberal 'friends' over Allen West. The left's character assissination of this man as a mysogynist is intolerable to me but to those with leftist proclivities it seems all so much fun, regardless of factual inadequacies. It really tells you something about the limited mindset and the lack of decency of these vermin. I have never defriended anyone on FB because of their liberal views but I have had several defriend me because I rightfully defend the Allen Wests of the world. It goes to show where the real intolerance lies and there is no reason for us to back down to anyone. The truth is on our side.
Margie| 7.22.11 @ 4:58PM
Believe me, they weren't really your friends to begin with.
swan song| 7.22.11 @ 5:15PM
Did I miss a subtle point you made or did not make?
You submitted your curriculum vitae - - uh, and then what? They wanted to hire you but you said "No" or they did not hire you and you are now Monday Morning Quarterbacking?
beebop| 7.22.11 @ 6:17PM
Is anyone watching Barack Obama come undone on the networks live? Right this date down. He is the loser in November.
Willis| 7.22.11 @ 6:37PM
I was, but I came in here to read this stuff because I couldn't stand the bilgewater Obama was pumping.
beebop| 7.22.11 @ 7:14PM
I am trying to picture the 0bama groupies working on the re-select there in Chicago screaming "NO! NO! NO!" at the television. Look for some high ups to relocate (again) to washington to keep him away from the TV. He is the joke the world is laughing at. At our expense.
beebop| 7.22.11 @ 6:18PM
oooops ... "write ..... " :)
Michael L. Hauschild| 7.22.11 @ 6:44PM
"Instead I guess we have to settle for second best; namely, getting him some sane, loyal defenders outside his camp."
He has sane loyal defenders outside his camp, beau coup sane loyal defenders.
Goatlocker| 7.22.11 @ 7:39PM
Debbie Wasserman Schmutz is only the latest in a sad string of intellectually deficient, pompous and arrogant heads of the DNC. Howard Dean, Tim Kaine and now Wasserman Schmutz have made a laughingstock of the Democrats. The sad thing is that they are so deluded, they don't realize how ludicrous their leadership has become.
Dominic| 7.22.11 @ 9:11PM
I'm looking forward to and praying for the day; President WEST has a talk with the democrat generals that forced him out of the army.....
Richard Baker| 7.22.11 @ 9:17PM
Go Colonel! When can he call a fire mission on the entire Democrat party? Fire for effect!
tj| 7.22.11 @ 9:26PM
http://allenwest2012.ning.com/.....on-go-west
Nite| 7.22.11 @ 10:43PM
Debbie WS is a real harridan! Col. Allen West is a true patriot and honorable man. Something Ms Debbie has obviously never met, being a liberal Democrat and all. I am a huge fan of Col. West and have heard his speeches. He obviously does not require a telepromter like Obama. I hope I have the honor of voting for him for President of the United States some time at a date of his and the GOP choosing. Apologize to Debbie, not just NO, but HELL NO!
Osamas Pajamas| 7.23.11 @ 3:08AM
Right, and Debbie Wassermann-Schultz can pretend to be a Jewish victim in a district having many Jewish voters in it --- as if she has been put-upon by that nasty schwarzer, Allen West. She'll promote some good old-fashioned racism to use against West. She's dishonest, but not as dumb as Jay thinks.
sandpiper| 7.23.11 @ 4:15AM
If Debbie W-S ever really crosses someone, an evil "get even" would be to deposit two amorous cooties in that oily looking mop of hers. Inside a week she would need a kerosene shampoo to de-louse her. Oh, and you would have to set fire to the kerosene, just to be sure.
sandpiper| 7.23.11 @ 4:26AM
For readers above who question Allen West's "intemperate" remarks in Congress and behavior in Iraq - - at least we know he WAS in Iraq and what he did, unlike most lawmakers, who lie about their service to get elected.
I have heard him speak on several occasions. I was struck by his ability to say what he has to say without larding it with "at the end of the day" and "the reality is" and all the other fillers his colleagues fall back on. The most notable I ever heard was, "We'll draw that line in the sand when we come to it." Joe Biden, if I recall.
Mark Shepler | 7.23.11 @ 10:44AM
I live in Allen West's district having moved here from Wasserman-Schultz's where I lived for 12 years from '88-'92 as her career began and evolved. Prior to that and since I have lived my whole life in and around her district. Back then I was lobbying for FL's largest chapter of the state's insurance agent's association, Miami's, and met with her and her mentor, Peter Deutsch, several times. He was a duplicitous state Rep., she his earnest young aide. She ran and won Deutsch's seat when he ran for State Sen. in '92 at the tender age of 26. She subsequently rose to State Sen. and then Congress for her same district by filling vacancies left by Deutsch as he climbed the ladder.
Homnick nails many of the particulars but I would add that her district, FL's 20th, is an intentionally and equisitely drawn district covering some of Broward Co's (Ft. Lauderdale area) wealthiest and idiosyncratic neighborhoods from gated white liberal suburbs, retiree conclaves, to black neighborhoods to Ft. Lauderdale's substantial gay areas. For political tone, an apt comparison is Nancy Pelosi's fiefdom. In short, Homnick is absolutely correct, her entire political career and experience has been in an atypical, fiercely liberal political hothouse in which no serious intellectual, ideological or practical challenge to her worldview has or will surface. The district is forever safe to its possessor so long as they know, nay, truly believe the left's catechism.
By contrast I knew little about West except remembering reading about his exploits in Iraq and subsequent persecution for them in the McCarthyite aftermath of the Abu Gharib withhunt. I didn't know he was from S. Florida and was very pleased when he popped up as a candidate in my own district. I admire him as much for his intellectual rigor and courage as for his past service. He certainly got and will get my vote. Homnick shades over some interesting facts about West's district.
It too was exquisitely drawn to protect Clay Shaw, who I also met several times and even helped with a fundraiser. The 22nd District begins down in Broward interlocking with DWS's but then extends up the very coastline 70 miles to Jupiter, well beyond Palm Beach, in some stretches covering only the ribbon of barrier islands beyond the intracoastal waterway. It reaches inland in three places that are mostly conservative. Coastal neighborhoods tend to the liberal but not always. Some, like my own Jupiter, are conservative from the water's edge to us rural folks nine miles inland. So the 22nd is a mixed bag and was suited to Shaw who was a Republican of the old-school, country club kind. Affable, friendly, soft-spoken he was a good soldier of the Bob Dole stripe and would be totally inadequate to this moment of crisis. Klein lost to West mainly because he forgot about everyone outside his Boca Bubble. That and some especially nasty campaign tricks like "inadvertently" publishing West's family SS numbers in an ad.
I believe West will do better next Nov. than conventional wisdom allows, even in liberal bastions like Boca Raton. Not because those oh-so-enligtened folks will suddenly take to an assertive schwartza but because the district overall leans to the conservative and the times call for conservatism. How much more so next year when nothing, NOTHING, has gotten any better? Even all of Boca is not that reliably liberal. West Boca is full of middle-class, entrepreneurial, small business owning Jews and others who talk liberalish but often vote sanely, especially when they perceive themselves in the crosshairs as they are as never before. I also believe that as time wears on and the legitimacy of Washington word games finally, thankfully wears off to all but the most oblivious Americans plain speaking candidates will do better and better.
As for Wasserman-Schultz, I said it back in April upon her ascension to the DNC chair and since. Given her nature and stunted, insulated political experience and thought she is guaranteed to entertain and delight so long as the Democrats can stand it. So why did Obama pick her for the job? Read my full take on DWS at rightwingmuse.com | Debbie Wasserman-Schultz: Old Whine in a not new Bottle.
Michael L. Hauschild| 7.24.11 @ 12:36PM
Mark,
Thank you for your commentary (most only offer comment). You gave us the geogrphical context, the political background, the personal evolution of West and Shultz. Astounding insight, amazing ability to communicate. Thanks again.
Mark Shepler | 7.24.11 @ 3:15PM
Thanks for that Mike. It may all sound good but let's just hope I'm right! :)
William L. Gensert| 7.23.11 @ 11:32AM
I long for the opportunity to one day vote for Allem West.
Wicked Witch of the Norf| 7.23.11 @ 3:26PM
Great article William! I've seen this bitch on TV as Hannity tries to debate her. But she keeps talking 'and cant shut up!' Shes a Liberal thru and thru and as they say, you cant fix stupid. Who cares really if Allen West snapped back at her? I'm proud of him as another military member knowing what a real man he is for serving in Iraq! He has my vote quite honesty and I plan on supporting him more this coming year! I think he'd make a FINE President! Give me a break people with the stupid, senseless comments about 'ouuww, he quiped at her'. Imagine what he would have liked to say to her ugly face if they were in a room together? "
As you were Colonel!!
OPCCook | 7.24.11 @ 9:10AM
Absolutely love it. Your writing style is just supurb, multiple hyphenation included! Call the Congressman and resubmit your resume!!
Michael L. Hauschild| 7.24.11 @ 11:47AM
This is a quote from Representative Allen West of Florida, note the use of the term Marxist. As with Debbie, he calls them like he sees them. This gentlemen needs to be on the Republican ticket in 2012.
“The President’s concern is about getting reelected. The President’s concern is that he is an intransigent, liberal, progressive socialist who is also Marxist because of the class warfare rhetoric that he espouses. And I think that when you heard him on Friday and the more he comes out and talks, the more truly out of touch and incompetent he seems.
He has a vision for this country that is anathema to the vision of the founding fathers and our belief in individual responsibility and accountability and our free enterprise system.”
Anthony| 7.24.11 @ 4:28PM
I love this man!!! Of course the military had to retire this great patriot, afterall, we can't have our warriors actually acting like warriors can we now? I only wish he fired a real shot over lit'le DW-S's bitchy head, to unperm that mass of seaweed on top of her head. Oh yeah, and maybe get her mind right.
Did you all catch what some other lefty bitch congressperson said about this action by West, as creating a "hostile work enviornment".
Gee lefty bitch, I'd say a hostile work enviornment is when a POS president is attempting to put a cigar up some young girl intern's......., but I guess that's just me.
Can we stop pretending now that we can reason with these lunatics and start kicking some lefty ass?
DANSHANTEAL| 7.24.11 @ 3:37PM
Debbie is the female Weiner. Snot-nosed and half- baked. The sisterhood of snotnoses should think twice about supporting her because she is a dangerous cannon.
Michael D. Bowler| 7.24.11 @ 4:10PM
Rep Allen West is atrue patriot with credibility, if he says that DW-S is bad, I'm going to accept his analysis. I trust this man to make good decisions, he is thoughtful and dedicated to conservative principles, what more could one ask?
Truth to Power| 7.24.11 @ 6:13PM
There is no way she is most vile member of Congress as long as Sheila Jackson Lee is there. She is definitely in the top five. Maxine Waters, Janice Hahn and Nancy Pelosi make this a very tough competition. Democratic women are a very vile group when you come to think of it. I will give Mr. West the benefit of the doubt concerning his over statement. A bigger mystery is how President Obama found her cute.
NaturalbornTexicanette| 7.24.11 @ 6:17PM
So she can excoriate him to her hearts content, but when he confronts her demeaning, ugly, hateful words with appropriate outrage,HEe gets called a male chauvinist pig and worse....
Now that is true discrimination.
I am a woman, but if I was in the Congress, I would expect to be treated accordingly, and that includes both my words and behavior.
When you treat others with respect and courtesy, you generally will receive like treatment in return.
So I would say to Debbie, if you can't take it, don't dish it out!!! Think before you speak.
Or better yet...go home.
LAURA HENNING| 7.24.11 @ 8:43PM
West lucked out when the writer of this article was not availble to work for him. He is neither humorous nor informative. He writes like a high school senior.
shipley130| 7.25.11 @ 11:49PM
The line "the elites in Washington Ditzy" was funny.
IB Wright| 7.24.11 @ 9:08PM
Debbie Blabbermouth Shitz should go the way of the Weiner. What a skank.
Radioman777| 7.24.11 @ 11:38PM
When Rep. West said she was the vilest member of Congress, he was being exceptionally kind. She is beyond vile and despicable, to the point of wondering if she is even capable of even the most elementary civil discourse.
shipley130| 7.25.11 @ 11:47PM
DW-S is a snake. Venom should be named after her.