Posted on 07/21/2010 4:22:41 PM PDT by dila813
This disgusting. Blacklisting patriotically correct heroes for the politically correct. Thanks to Dagny for sending this to us in the comment section:
Lt. Col. Allen West and his wife Angela ~ Today at 2:13pm
Bill, Danielle, and Chip, at about 1210 pm today I received a call from Ms Chris Landshut, (954)739-5007 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (954)739-5007 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, Executive Director of the South Florida Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. After reintroducing herself to me she was uncomfortable telling me of a situation that has arisen reference the nomination of Angela and myself as a South Florida Finest Couple.
She informed me that she has received complaints from certain individuals who have threatened to withdraw their support to the Cystic Fibrosis gala event if Angela and I are honored. She humbly asked if I would agree to step down and allow the event to proceed and not disrupt the support to the foundation. These individuals have called and complained to the National Foundation decrying "politicizing" of the event.
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Ph# 1-954-739-5006
-----Response from Levy via facebook---- Andrea Levy made this comment to a Facebook thread for the foundation:
I have cystic fibrosis and my family has been supporting the foundation for 20 years now. We are dedicated to foundation in their efforts to improve my quality of life and the lives of 30,000 others. My family is mentioned in this article and it is completely false. Allen West is speaking lies about my family and it hurts me deeply. As someone who is directly dealing with the disease, my family would NEVER I repeat NEVER withdraw their support for CFFfor any reason EVER. The truth is the CFF asked that he step down from being honored since he is a political candidate and the election is 6 weeks after the event. As as non profit organization, they are not suppose to involve themselves in politics and it gives the impression that the foundation is endorsing a candidate. Don't beleive everthing you read! My family and Congressman Klein have done nothing wrong. The foundation simply asked Allen West to kindly step down and this is the maturity that he shows!!!!!!!! Dragging innocent people into this is not the way to show your philanthropic side. If his donations to the foundation truly come from the heart, he would still donate the $10,000 dollars regardless of whether he is honored for it or not. Many people donate thousands of dollars every year and don't ask or want any recognition for it.
Last September, Klein invited Levy to Washington, D.C., to attend Barack Obama's speech in favor of national health-care reform. Levy's mother, Jo Ann, released this statement today:
I have watched my daughter Andrea fight cystic fibrosis with courage and grace every single day since she was born. The medicines and support offered by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation have been essential to her life and health. The last thing I, or any parent, would ever do is jeopardize our daughter's health with some short-sighted threat. No parent that I know would ever dream of doing such a thing. Let me be clear, no threats, financial or otherwise, were made by me, or my friend Dori Klein, against the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. None.
What I did do was express my concern about an upcoming event that I felt had been unnecessarily politicized. As a mother, I have zero patience for anyone attempting to make a political issue out of what is, quite simply, a life and death matter. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is a nonprofit, not a political organization, and it is my strong feeling that no current candidates for office should be honored at Foundation events.
I am appalled that a Congressional candidate would threaten to withhold funds from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for any reason, and that he would drag my family through the mud without regard to what impact it might have on the quality of care my daughter receives. My commitment to raising funds and awareness to fight cystic fibrosis is undiminished by this disturbing, manufactured political controversy. ---------My Response---------- She sounds like the political partisan. Allen wasn't trying to make waves, he would have come and went without so much as a peep of politics.
It is Levy that is playing politics. The close involvement with Obama is more proof of it.
What was wrong with Allen? The color of his skin or his political party? or was it the combination of the two?
What is her involvement with Obama? Is this lady black?
She is the one that pressured the Charity to dis-invite him
Let me get this right....
This woman can go to Obozo’s healthcare reform speech in DC as a guest but doesn’t want Allen West and his wife to be honored at the Foundation’s annual donation effort...”cause its political”??
Then she “doth protest too much!” she sure sounds like the typical Lib B*@ch! they want it all their way...
You got it!
“I am appalled that a Congressional candidate would threaten to withhold funds from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for any reason ...”
wtf is this partisan beyotch talking about? Congressman Klein’s wife Dori seems to have politicized this entire mess by inferring to the CF chair that other donors to the CF fundraiser would withhold funds if the Wests were honored.
Levy shame on you. You allowed you DD to be used by Klein as a poster person for obamacare- when obamacare by its very nature will eventually curtail treatment for CF adults who will be considered terminally ill and not worth extraordinary expensive medical help. D.Oh.
Let's all get behind Allen West. Go West! He represents everything that is great about this country.
Not only that, but the Dem Incumbent is there and he is one of the complainers.
Not only that, they have other republican’s on their list, but they are all white.
They ask you to forget the fact that it was them threatening to remove their support that caused Allen to get dis-invited.
Right. A nod's as good as a wink to blind horse. I believe the word is spelt Chutzpah.
You got it, these guys have ruined all these charities in my eyes for all time.
Levy gets Congressman Klein’s WIFE to pressure CF to disinvite the Wests (nothing political there...sarc)
and then whines that LTC West and the friends and associates he recruited as sponsors of his nomination may not make their $10,000 contribution ....
and blames West for partisan politics interfering with charity
Got that?
this woman is nuts. a perfect South Fl liberal.
And Levy and Klein are the ones that threatened not to make their donations unless Allen gets dis-invited first, then they turn around and toss this canard at Allen.
Can we get this out to the NACCP????????
WHOA!!!
That would put them in a REAL bind!
The Charity said “What, we invited a Black Republican??? Oh the Shame!!! Please give us the name of that Uncle Tom so we can put that man back in his place.”
I am sure that is how that conversation went.
Fix Bayonets Ping
When are they going to call out the Racism in their midst?????
It’s right there, block that black man, it’s all ok as long as it is a Republican!!!!
Thanks dila813.
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