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Chit-Chat Question: If Colonel Allen West decided to run for the Republican ticket or threw his weight intp politics and said he'd be vice president for Trump...would y'all like that idea?
08/08/2023 | Self

Posted on 08/08/2023 4:42:26 PM PDT by know.your.why

I know its not going to happen. Its just that...everytime I listen to this decorated ex-marine I tell myself.."this man on point....wish he was running shtuff."


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1 posted on 08/08/2023 4:42:26 PM PDT by know.your.why
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To: know.your.why

Love Allen West, but I hope he stays away from politics. He is way too valuable as an outside voice.


2 posted on 08/08/2023 4:47:31 PM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore………)
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To: know.your.why

Byron Donalds!!!!!!!
Byron Donalds!!!!!!


3 posted on 08/08/2023 4:48:03 PM PDT by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: know.your.why

I love Allen but not as Pres/VP. another position would be better for him but not sure what


4 posted on 08/08/2023 4:48:10 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: know.your.why

Nope. I really don’t care for someone using their military rank on their sleeve all the time. I know countless military officers and no one does it. If he had any credentials at all outside of having been in the military you’d think he would use those instead.


5 posted on 08/08/2023 4:48:16 PM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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No! He might be a good talker, throws out red meat, but look in the details and he’s a bit loony. Last time he was running, I recall him making comments that were beyond embarrassing, were just wrong.


6 posted on 08/08/2023 4:48:20 PM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected.)
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To: know.your.why

I’d be good with him as VP, but I don’t think he’ll run.


7 posted on 08/08/2023 4:49:21 PM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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He would be a perfect attack dog.


8 posted on 08/08/2023 4:49:27 PM PDT by bray (You can tell who the Commies fear.)
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To: know.your.why

Trump/West 2024. I like it.


9 posted on 08/08/2023 4:52:30 PM PDT by clashfan (Whom shall I fear?)
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To: know.your.why

I would love to see VP West.


10 posted on 08/08/2023 4:53:01 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: pollywog

Bryon Donalds? Speaking for whoever is the nominee, Trump, DeSantis, or someone else, the VP needs to be constitutionally qualified, which eliminates Haley, Ramaswamy, Rubio, Cruz, and others; they also need the ready-to-go experience to step in if necessary. I strongly think that leaves the choice among sitting governors (and there are quite a number to choose from). Lastly, who adds votes to the ticket? Trump will need a women, to balance against his history of adultery, porn stars, whores, payoffs, etc. DeSantis will need someone different, he’s already got the family and family man area covered, so he’d need someone to widen the base. No one comes immediately to mind.


11 posted on 08/08/2023 4:54:02 PM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected.)
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That’s not too bad of an idea


12 posted on 08/08/2023 4:54:18 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: Reno89519

Not this crap again


13 posted on 08/08/2023 4:56:42 PM PDT by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: know.your.why

he was not in the Marines.


14 posted on 08/08/2023 4:56:49 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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“Nope. I really don’t care for someone using their military rank on their sleeve all the time”

The term Colonel is also a title, from the commonweath of Kentucky as in Colonel Harland Sanders.

But Colonel West was army. I know plenty of retired Navy Chiefs who are still called chief. And there’s some Army Majors who are calked Major, although you won’t hear any Naval Lieutenant Commanders which is the same rank called Lieutenant Commander they just call them Commander but that’s not as frequent as either Chief, Major or Colonel or perhaps Naval Captain which is the same rank as full bird Colonel.

Allen West was not a full bird colonel he was a lieutenant colonel which in the Navy is called a Commander.

I don’t have a real problem with it but it’s kind of strange when a Lieutenant Commander wants to be referred to as Commander or Lieutenant Colonel wants to be referred to as a full bird colonel. Whereas a Major which is a Lieutenant Commander in the naval Services is sometimes referred to as Major for some reason.


15 posted on 08/08/2023 4:57:05 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: pollywog

He’s a wuss.


16 posted on 08/08/2023 4:57:12 PM PDT by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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What? You don’t agree with a governor, for example? Or why I think some might be better or worse? Or that the choice depends on who the nominee is? Who’s your choice and why?


17 posted on 08/08/2023 5:01:56 PM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected.)
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To: know.your.why

Harris proved that ANYBODY can handle the VP job. All you have to be able to do is talk **** and giggle a lot.


18 posted on 08/08/2023 5:03:34 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("There's no cryin' in baseball and there's no ethics in politics!" )
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To: know.your.why

Love his quote about carrying a gas can through hell to save his men.


19 posted on 08/08/2023 5:04:08 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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If it’s about the lives of my soldiers at stake, I’d go through hell with a gasoline can.

Allen West


20 posted on 08/08/2023 5:05:16 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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