Allen West on Liberals: Get the Hell Out Of The U.S.

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Happily, he got screwed in redistricting and will lose his seat in November. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Amen.  This is really disgusting rhetoric.  At its most basic level, America is supposed to be about freedom of expression, freedom of political beliefs, the right to participate in the political process, and, should constituents vote one into office, the right to represent their interests.  The U.S., at varying times and circumstances, has been served well by both its conservative and liberal traditions.  For West or anyone else to say crap like this is about as un-American as any rhetoric can get.

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I doubt he actually BELIEVES that...

Then you can't have followed the man's career.

I have followed it with great interest and have met the Lt Col several times....he is one o f the politiciasn i Respect the most and I want him to run for President one day- I do not believe HE believes this, it was for the crowd

Sorry Clarence, but he should not have said anything like this for the crowd--especially if he really doesn't believe it.  Political flame-throwing is one thing--but for a man who served in the army, was he fighting for the freedom of only people who agree with his political views, or for everyone's freedom?  My dad was a WWII veteran for all four years of the war, and a staunch Republican, but he would never in a million years have said anything this base, not even in private.  And whose freedom is West protecting as a member of Congress, for that matter?  The only thing that disappoints me more than West saying this is how frequently things very much like this are spouted by other public officials as well.  This country is supposed to be, at its core, a democracy of people who may believe as they see fit, and who have rights to participate in the political process, not some tyranny of people with only one set of beliefs about how the economy should be organized.  Apologies for the rant, of sorts, I'm obviously not upset with you, but with West, but this kind of rhetoric really pisses me off to the core.