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

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

He's finished, anyway, so all this really makes no difference. After the insane email he sent Rep. Wasserman Schultz, there is no doubt he means what he says. During the last election, he even used rhetoric about going to his opponent's house, which is clearly crazy as well.

The insane email that called Wasserman Schultz unprofessional? That sounds like an accurate description to me. Anyway, this is obviously just rhetoric you can throw to the crowd, you know, kind of like how Republicans like to throw Grandma off cliffs?

Allen West calling somebody else unprofessional is de facto insane, even independent of the content of the email, which was rhetorically a throwback to a century that most of us wouldn't want to live in as well as at points quite blatantly misogynistic.

Incidentally, I always found the point in the email at which West tells the leader of a major national political party to 'focus on [her] own congressional district' hilarious considering that he lives in her district, not his own.

I mean, you don't have to defend West on the email even if you like him. I think probably most people have at some time in their life sent a highly regrettable email to somebody they don't like. It's just unfortunate when it's done semi-publicly by a US Congressman.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

West will be back in Congress. Sorry.

I take it you agree with Mr West on this as well as other topics?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

The fact that many may think that doesn't make him more likely to win reelection, of course.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

The fact that many may think that doesn't make him more likely to win reelection, of course.

No, but the fact that he is moving to a new improved Congressional district chock full of additional Republican voters does.

So parachuting into a safe seat like they do with such characters in Britain, then?  I wonder what your opinion of this practice in when people in Britain, or for that matter Democrats, do it.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

The fact that many may think that doesn't make him more likely to win reelection, of course.

No, but the fact that he is moving to a new improved Congressional district chock full of additional Republican voters does.

So parachuting into a safe seat like they do with such characters in Britain, then?  I wonder what your opinion of this practice in when people in Britain, or for that matter Democrats, do it.

No particular opinion one way or another. As a general rule its beneficial when the Democrats (ie, say, Steve Rothman) abandon districts where they will lose in favor of bashing another Democrat.

You go where you can best serve the public.

All right, fair enough then.

For what it's worth, I don't object to West seeking greener pastures either, since he's staying in 'his' area of South Florida and not blatantly carpetbagging to Texas or someplace (it would have, I like to think, annoyed me when HillRod did that had I been politically aware at that time).