Fla. Rep. Allen West (R--Crazy Town), a great warrior in the tradition of Sir Robin.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/rep-allen-west-to-seek-reelection-in-new-district/2012/01/31/gIQAuiPvfQ_blog.html


Rep. Allen West to seek reelection in new district

Posted by Aaron Blakeat 05:18 PM ET, 01/31/2012


Tea party firebrand Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) announced Tuesday that he will switch districts and run for reelection in Florida’s new 18th district.

West’s 22nd district, which was already Democratic-leaning, got even tougher under a new GOP redistricting plan released last week. The new district would have gone about 57 percent for President Obama in the 2008 presidential race.

But Rep. Tom Rooney’s (R-Fla.) decision earlier Tuesday to run in the open and Republican-leaning 17th district rather than the swing 18th freed West up to make the switch to the neighboring district, which is just north of his current district, which spans from West Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdale.

[yardwork]

1. Your OP made me laugh.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. West keeps on harping on and on about his 22 years of military service.

But never talks much about how his service ended, that being forced to "retire" under threat of court martial for conducting a mock execution of an Iraqi detainee (who was in fact innocent, by the way.)

But I think I've finally found a military figure that Mr. West can rightfully live up to!

Brave Sir Allen ran away.
Bravely ran away, away!
When danger reared its ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled.
Yes, brave Sir Allen turned about
And gallantly he chickened out.
Bravely taking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat,
Bravest of the brave, Sir Allen!

[yardwork]

7. It's perfect for him.

[Ikonoklast]

9. 22 years and still only a Lt. Colonel.

That's what is known as a "Fuck Up".


My cousin's husband made Full Bird in fourteen years.

[RockaFowler]

2. He doesn't live in either district

How in the heck can he just run in whatever district he wants??

I really hate this state sometimes. I have that idiot Rooney right now as a rep and now I get to vote against West. God help us!!

[brooklynite]

4. I believe anyone can run in any district, as long as they live there when they take office.

[RockaFowler]

5. But he still doesn't live in his current district

See he's scared of Debbie Wasserman-Schulz and he lives in her district. But he refuses to run against her in a fairly Democratic district. Now he wants to run in a district that is 2 counties north of him. He doesn't even know the people in our district. Neither did Rooney for that matter.

[feat12515si]

6. what a sad man.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Ask him what the capital of Assyria is.

He could torture an Iraqi to find out ...