Fox News hires Allen West for his ‘valuable point of view’

[DonViejo]

Fox News announced on Thursday that it had hired former Rep. Allen West (R-FL) as a contributor to the conservative network.

“Representative West’s congressional and military experience along with his fearless approach to voicing key issues will provide a valuable point of view to the FOX News lineup,” Fox News Vice President Bill Shine said in a statement obtained by The Washington Post.

Earlier this year, the tea party star began hosting a show with the conservative online network Pajamas Media after his 2012 loss to Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-FL).


West is expected to fill an ideological hole at Fox News that was left after the network severed ties with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) earlier this year.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/17/fox-news-hires-allen-west-for-his-valuable-point-of-view/

[PatSeg]

1. Thought this was an Onion story

Guess this is FOX's response to the Tea Party protests that they are leaning too far left. I'm afraid to ask, how crazy can they get?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. Because their current stable of drooling psychopaths isn't insane enough????!!! nt

[JaneyVee]

3. LOLZZZzzzz

[Cirque du So-What]

4. 'West is expected to fill an ideological hole at Fox News...

that was left after the network severed ties with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) earlier this year.'

I don't buy that explanation at all. It's not as though brainless twits who can play a talking-head role are in short supply, after all. I suspect that what makes Allen West's point of view so 'valuable' is his relative rarity - an African American conservative.