Allen West

Politician

Allen West is a former U.S. Congressman and military officer known for his strong advocacy of freedom and leadership principles.

Born
February 7, 1961
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"Are we witnessing an Obama 'Wag the Dog' moment with Boko Haram in Nigeria? I say yes."

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"I think the difference the Jimmy Carter presidency and the Obama regime is navet and maliciousness. I think this is purposeful maliciousness. That's why what you're seeing now in this administration. I don't think they care for this country. And I think they're trying to make it into some kind of third-world socialistic cesspool. I think they are willing to get in bed with any dictator or despotic ruler that they see."

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"I'll give you a great example of an issue that no one brought up during this Florida primary, the fact that we're going to have a Chinese made oil rig put in place about 60 miles off the coast of Florida."

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"The great thing that I appreciate - the fact that my godfather, William 'Sticky' Jackson, was a Tuskegee Airman because my father was first born in Ozark, Alabama. The sacrifices and the commitment of those men made it possible for myself and many others."

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"The Republicans in the House and Senate took the district that I firmly represent, 22 in south Florida, from a D plus one to a D plus five almost a D plus six district, which means you are given a five to six percent registration advantage to Democrats. They drew in more Democrats into the district I represent."

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"Every year, thousands of Californians flee that populous paradise for tax-eased small government oasis of America's red states."

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"But when I look at the fact that today is 1,000 days that we have not had a budget for the United States of America, you know, the House, one of the things we did, we passed a budget last year. But that is still sitting over there at the Senate. And so we have got to get this country back on track."

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"I will take my hands off Medicare when there is no Medicare, then I will come and see you, sir."

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"As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell."

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"I think that there is a changing wind. There are black conservatives out there, and their voices need to be heard."

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"When you talk about raising that debt limit, the only way that I would ever support raising the debt limit if we also talk about budgetary controls on the federal government, capping its spending, how do we deal with the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid problems, because they cannot continue to run on auto-pilot."

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"Today’s endorsement by President Barack Obama of the creation of a Hamas-led Palestinian state based on the pre-1967 borders, signals the most egregious foreign policy decision his administration has made to date..."

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"I think that Governor Romney needs to talk about the fact that what he tried to do in the state of Massachusetts was him seeing what could be best for his state, but maybe it didn't work out as well."

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"There is a simple maxim that I use to express this situation, 'when tolerance becomes a one way street, it leads to cultural suicide.'"

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"Where is love exchanged? Where is the love felt when a state administrator stuffs a welfare check into an outgoing mail?"

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"You have an imperial presidency that makes Richard Nixon look like a boy scout."

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"This is one thing that's very interesting, how the people on the left always talk about separation of church and state. When you look at the theocracies all across the Middle East, where we look at constitutions that are based upon the Qur'an, I don't think you want to see that happening in the United States of America. So it is a theocratic political construct."

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"It would be nice if Patrick Murphy was half as upset about Democrats removing God and Jerusalem from their platform, or booing when they were added back in, as he is pretending to be about our new tv ad which simply points out what happened."

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