Posted on 11/26/2010 3:28:25 AM PST by Scanian
On Thanksgiving, here’s a guy for whom all red-blooded Americans should be truly grateful. Allen West might just be the black president to save the US in 2012 from the ruins created by the previous one.
Allen who? The only reason I’ve heard of West – a former US army Lt Col, now US Representative elect for Florida’s 22nd congressional district – is that I keep being forwarded YouTube videos of his speeches and interviews by enthusiastic American friends. Even more so than Marco Rubio, he strikes me as the dream candidate for the GOP ticket in 2012. Obviously his skin colour is going to do him no harm, given what we saw of minority voting patterns in the last US presidential election. Nor is the fact that he has been endorsed by kingmaker Sarah Palin. But even without either of those advantages, he’d still be a mightily strong contender – as I think you’ll gather when you watch the video.
What I like about West is that he tells it like it is. He doesn’t wriggle or squirm or duck – he’s a man of clear principles. And they’re the right principles, too. Though he believes in low taxes and small government, for example, he’s not prepared to pussyfoot around as regards US security.
In the above video, his interviewer David Gregory fails to trip him up with a question about passenger profiling at airports. (”I don’t call it profiling. I call it trend analysis” he says.) And again fails to trip him up with one of those “OK. So which area of desperately needed, much appreciated government spending would you cut?” elephant traps that the more lily-livered variety of Me-Too Conservative dreads. “I think everything needs to be on the table” says West, without batting an eyelid.
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Personally, I’d be happy to have him as FL’s first black senator, replacing Bill Nelson.
Nothing against West; but, the concept of looking for color or who’s turn is it, is playing into the hands of deception, IMO.
Only conservatives get my vote. Hope republicans take note of that.
I would love to see that too. I think it would be great.
Here we go again with the old myth, promulgated by the “thinking” classes that the Savior of this nation must be black. We have accepted every cockammie plan in the world to achieve that nirvana where finally black america will show the rest of us how to live. It ain't going to happen folks, and I do not demean Col West. He seems to be a nice and accomplished man, but it is skin color alone that causes this kind of wild speculation. It is silly.
I am sold. Anything except McRomney and Jeb Bus who are going to be the establishment favorites.
“Allen West: America’s next black president?”
I wonder how this thread would go if the title was “Jim Smertz: America’s next white president?” ????????
Would it be RACIST to do so? You bet!
For example: Miss white America beauty pageant. United white college.....etc........
No doubt about it.
Maybe a bit too early to pull that chain although I agree he would be fantastic in a leadership sense. I would rather we just hold on and see during his first year of the 112th Congress and I’m sure his humble persona might agree.
Would it bother you? It wouldn’t bother me.
Let’s make an early New Year’s resolution to toss all PC thinking in the trash.
“If it’s about the lives of my men and their safety I’d go through hell with a gasoline can.”
That’s stand up, I like him.
Maybe in the UK they are thinking of him that way but I will reiterate what I commented earlier:
West for Senator in 2012.
Put creaky Dem. Bill Nelson out to pasture.
“I don’t vote race. I vote political philosphy. To demean the debate over race is disgusting, infantile and worthy of a commie rat.”
You are right, and besides, black voters vote for the one that offers the most freebies.
Blacks will still go 95% for the Dimocrap.
I dont know whats in his political future but this man has my respect.
He is not afraid to speak the truth when those around him shy away from it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkGQmCZjJ0k
mainstream blacks will vote:
first for a black dem
second choice for a white dem
third they would not vote for a black conservative. . . period.
mainstream blacks will vote:
first for a black dem
second choice for a white dem
third they would not vote for a black conservative. . . period.
My vote goes for Charles Payne
Uh, Hows about we wait until he can find the men’s room in the House?
Hey, let’s start making some noises for that around here!
I am proud to say that I was a very early Rubio supporter and now I think I’ll do the same for Allen West.
He has yet to make his first vote in Congress but I really can’t see a patriot like Allen being a disappointment.
If any Florida FReepers can think of a better candidate to run for the Senate in ‘12, please let me know your choice.
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