Rep. Allen West: Conservatives Get Flak From Liberal Media Because They're 'Over the Target'
"You know, we have a saying in the military: You don't receive flak unless you're over the target," retired Army colonel Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) told NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell in an interview earlier this week.
"I think that too often on the Republican side of the House" that conservatives have been gun-shy about "taking the flak" from the liberal media for their conservatism. "When you start to water down your message, when you start to say I can maybe get the other side to really like me, then you get yourself in trouble" and the liberal media are "going to hate you anyway," West added. [see video of the interview embedded below the page break]
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Allen West
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 5:57pm.
....is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
We need about 200 more just like him in the Congress.
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West
Submitted by Curly on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 6:18pm.
Amen!
Again, where's that like button?
Submitted by UpNorth on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 7:45pm.
A President and about 80 Senators, along with the 200 in the House.
This is exactly what I have
Submitted by tcm14 on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 6:33pm.
This is exactly what I have been saying. Every time the libs start shrieking, screaming, and whining about something, it is a good sign. Get used to their shrieking, cause if we can beat Obama then they will be shrieking about everything for the next 4 to 8 years.
You and me both, for the last
Submitted by mattm on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 10:46pm.
You and me both, for the last 25 years.
Who uses/used that as a tagline?
Submitted by bkeyser on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 6:38pm.
Beuk? UpNorth? Somebody here, I just can't remember who...
Not me, BK, but you're right, I've seen it on someone's posts.
Submitted by UpNorth on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 7:45pm.
.
Can't remember who either
Submitted by AGreer on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 9:39pm.
But I always get a chuckle or at least a sly smirk when I read it !
EDIT: Just found him. It's misterbee241.
glad you found that
Submitted by bkeyser on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 9:57pm.
it was bothering me ;-)
RedJeep?
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 10:50pm.
I think
Actually it was a quip about Truman uttered by Dewey to his
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 11:05pm.
supremely confident campaign staff on the eve of the '48 election. As I recall. I could be mistaken.
Jer
One of the most admirable members of Congress.
Submitted by KyWriter on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 7:18pm.
Unforuntately, that's faint praise these days. I'd much rather see him in the White House.
I'm hoping that West winds up as the Republican
Submitted by no tingly legs on Sat, 12/10/2011 - 3:23pm.
Vice Presidential nominee. That would be a REALLY smart thing to do, but unfortunately Republicans seem to have a knack for shooting themselves in the foot. Like having McCain running for President in 2008.
Unfortunately, he can never be president
Submitted by gopcongress on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 11:47pm.
Colonel West is perhaps our most courageous tea party member in Congress. He would be a shoo-in for president by 2030 if it weren't for the Iraqi incident in 2003.
"The news and truth are not the same thing." -Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER
Funny that for a Dem, you can have no qualifications, be
Submitted by no tingly legs on Sat, 12/10/2011 - 3:31pm.
a member of a church led by a racist, associate with domestic terrorists, and still get your party's nomination and get elected President. But a Republican with a great record and an Article 15 while in the military? No way. Something is very wrong with that picture.
And he was hammered, of all things, by---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 12/10/2011 - 10:53pm.
PC.
Looking out for the safety of those in his charge, but brought up on charges because he was less than civil to an enemy.
Total BS.
MD
Keep going Allen!
Submitted by Kleenex on Sat, 12/10/2011 - 10:42am.
I wish he was my Rep, he never pulls punches and tells it like it is.
This man can speak
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sat, 12/10/2011 - 11:10pm.
Unlike the POTUS we have now who can't put three words together without uuuh, uumm, uuuh, West can express himself clearly and concisely. This man has to run at some point.
West is honest
Submitted by David Kramer on Sun, 12/11/2011 - 1:31am.
I do not know if you folks get them, but I am subscribed to West's newsletters. At least once a week, I get an email on every action he has taken. Lately, I have been getting almost a daily email. NO, none of them ask for anything, they are just a list of all his actions, his meetings, everything going on.
HOW frelling cool is that?
Anyway, Colonel West must know that saying my father told me, the most important person in the military is not the General, not the Private on the front line, not the President, but the guy supplying all of them, the Supply Sergeant. You could have the best soldier, the best carpenter, the best whatever, if they do not have the tools, the equipment, the food, the information, they are nothing.
This man knows logistics, that is what I like about him.