Allen West Won't Tap Right-Wing Radio Host
By Adam Weinstein
MOTHERJONES.COM
Thu Nov. 11, 2010
On Monday, demagogic, Islam-hating Rep.-elect Allen West (R-Fla.)
caused his first congressional controversy.
Today, he announced his first flip-flop.
(I'm ready to puke already)
The firebrand tea partying West, who as an Army officer confessed
to abusing detainees(cowards always like to bring up
the detainee incident) and won a conservative South Florida district
last week, today reneged on a Monday promise(when did a simple
announcement become a "promise"? to appoint right-wing
radio host Joyce Kaufman as his congressional chief of staff.
Kaufman is a fellow demagogue who spends her air time railing against
Muslims, touting an "infidel" ballcap she wears, advocating the hanging
of illegal immigrants, and saying Jews who vote for Barack Obama
"don't embrace being Jews anymore."
West's office made the announcement this morning in a statement:
"It is with deep regret that this Congressional office and the
people of CD 22 will not have Joyce Kaufman as my Chief of Staff.
Joyce is a good friend, and will remain loyal to South Floridians and to me.
I will always seek Joyce's counsel for being a good Representative of this
Congressional District."
West's rhetoric tracks Kaufman's pretty closely, and they were thick as
thieves on the campaign trail. But a counsel for the House Committee on
Standards of Official Conduct said yesterday that Kaufman's appointment
could be "problematic." 'a counsel'? like that is somebody worth quoting)
It appears Republican House leaders may have stepped in, prevailing on
West to turn down the crazy and pick a chief of staff who (unlike Kaufman)
might actually have a modicum of experience with legislative affairs,
media messaging, and constitutent services.
"House leaders may have stepped in"
Just a bold face lie!
Here is the real reason Joyce choose to resigned.)
West's already-troubled tenure poses a direct challenge to Republican
leadership that's not going away anytime soon: While it's in their political
interest to keep loose-talking neophytes like him away from the limelight,
where they might turn off mainstream voters,(if there are any
Republican leaders that feel that way, they need to be challanged)
they can't deny that his brand of anger brings in the campaign cash.
He was tops among all congressional challengers in donations this year,
in no small part because of endorsements from the likes of Sarah Palin
and small contributions from angry tea partiers and right-wing vets across
the country.(Now he is getting personal, talking about you and me)
He has a chance to become the Michele Bachmann of the South,
(wouldn't that be wonderful?)
but only if he manages to avoid alienating his constituents with bad
governance and worse sound bites.
(This Clown, Adam Weinstein, we need to pray for.
This clueless sheeple has no idea whats coming his way with the recent
and up coming elections in 2012)
(Comments are mine, Barry 'Bigbare' Carson)
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