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Rep. Allen West Defends Newt Gingrich Against ‘Race Code’ Accusations On Fox & Friends

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Col. Allen West, a Republican congressman from Florida, joined Fox & Friends Monday morning to talk about his state’s upcoming GOP primary, Congressional doings, and the President’s shortcomings.

Host Brian Kilmeade began the interview by asking West what Newt Gingrich had to do to win the primary in Florida. West suggested that the candidates channel Ronald Reagan, and ask the people if they’re better off now than they were three years ago.

“Start drawing the contrast with major economic factors,” West suggested, “like gas prices, a gallon of milk, even a carton of eggs. Things that the American people can understand.”

Kilmeade then asked about “race code” being used between Gingrich and Juan Williams at the GOP debate last week in South Carolina. He asked West if he heard the same thing, as an African-American.

There is no race code. It’s a fact. Since President Obama has been in the oval office, you’ve seen a 41% increase in food stamp recipients in the United States of America. We have a President that is making more Americans victims than victors.

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  • 12voltman1
  • Anonymous

    Col West is a good man.

  • Gloves Llarry Donahue

    Allen West is a true American hero.
     And he knows:

    “I’m constantly amazed that modern Democrats have evolved beyond living in caves.  I mean what other animal on this planet can disregard all common sense and logic and survive? 

    Dems believe:
     
    That more unemployment checks create more jobs.

    That investigating the background of George W Bush to the point that you have color photographs of his colon is proper vetting of the Chief Executive, but asking for Barack Hussein Obama’s college records or for information on his association with a known terrorist is racist”http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/i_finally_understand_democrats.html

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Few people say that about men who have left the service in disgrace and who so vehemently disparage First Amendment freedoms, Tina.

  • Anonymous

    Col. West is an Uncle Tom. 

  • Anonymous

    Welfare is only meant to be a safety net. No one is saying that welfare creates more jobs. 

    Get a life.

  • Anonymous

    West is a demagogue and political bomb thrower in the Gingrich mold.

    How unsurprising that you find that admirable.

  • 12voltman1

    That’s putting it bluntly. But your right.

  • Anonymous

    You said the same about Powell before he endorsed Obama, you folks called Condi “Aunt Jemima” and got away with it.

    once again, the racism on the left rears its ugly head.

    Moderator:  Please delete rudeboys comment.

  • Gloves Llarry Donahue

    Gloves. What else does Allen West probably know about Dems?

    Dems believe:

    That the best way to overcome our racist past is to enforce racist affirmative action policies.

    That people who are too ignorant to get a free state issued I.D. card are smart enough to vote

    That poll watchers who want to ensure that election laws are observed and the vote is without fraud are intimidating voters, and black radicals with clubs in front of a polling place are not.

    Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/i_finally_understand_democrats.html#ixzz1kHx3T0lx

  • Anonymous

    I have never talked about Powell or Condolezza Rice on Mediaite! Keep lying!

    Why should my comment be deleted? Can I be racist towards blacks when I am black?

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Does the “American Thinker” believe that if Allen West would not only have shot a pistol in close quarters with a man being interrogated, resulting in a fine and a plea bargain to get the h*e*double hockey sticks out of the service, but also gone on to urinating on the man being interrogated he would have been an even bigger hero, Big Petty?

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    I know I was shocked.

  • Anonymous

    Right! When caught hands down, bring out the useful idiot to defend you. 

  • BooBoo Bear

    Nice try Tina. Mediaite went online July 6, 2009  That’s after Rice was gone, and after Obama was in office.

  • Anonymous

    Thank you!! Tina lies too much!!!

  • Anonymous

    Actually yes, you can.

    If you think black people are a disgrace “to their race” if they vote Republican, then yes, you are racist.

    No one calls an Asian or Hispanic person a derogatory name if they vote Republican, ONLY when it is black people. If you’re saying, which you are, someone is doing something they should’t do because of the color of their skin, then duh, that’s racism.

    “You shouldn’t be President because you’re black.” – racist

    “You shouldn’t be allowed to teach because you’re black.” – racist

    “You shouldn’t vote Republican because you’re black. And if you do, Ima cal you a sellout.” – NOT racist????!

  • Anonymous

    You was the “big You”, not mediatie….for all we know rudeboy works at msnbc and clearly msnbc embraced Powell as an Uncle Tom and Condi as Aunt Jemima.  I didn’t mean to imply that mediaite had called them such, if I was going to state that I would point the blame at mediaite staffers, not some random rude commenter who gets away with posting garbage like this.

  • Anonymous

    My comment was not limited to your racism here at mediaite rudeboy. Now, I repeat my request to the moderators, please delete rudeboys comment above.

  • Anonymous

    It is always sad to see a black man denying racism against blacks when it is so obvious!

    Fox news;http://mediamatters.org/research/201104270009 

    Newt Gingrich

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkGR7s-dsPk 

  • Anonymous

    Your paranoia is showing. Seek help.

  • Gloves Llarry Donahue

    You know that Allen West broke a rule to save his men’s lives and turned himself in. That is a man. You know that, but prefer to demagogue.

    Why not call him an Uncle T** , like your cohorts here do? That’s fine with you?

  • Anonymous

    Conspiracy theory paranoia much?

  • Anonymous

    I have never called Micheal Steele or Condolezza Rice Uncle Toms or derogatory names.

    I called West an uncle tom because he denied racism against blacks when he is black and not because he is a republican.

    Keep lying

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QUGVMSBBEAOYINQ5UOKMV36IQA Sanchia

    I’m so embarrassed that this idiot is my representative in Congress. I’m truly sorry America that people in my area are a bunch of fools.

  • Anonymous

    What a sad commentary on the commenters here on mediaite – not only is this a perfectly acceptable comment for the board (calling a congressman an “Uncle Tom”) but other lefties actually “like” the comment.

    How sad.

  • Anonymous

    Just because he’s black doesn’t mean he can whitewash Republican dog whistle rhetoric. Sooo transparent. So cynical.

  • Anonymous

    Another uninformed opinion from dumb dumb Tina. It must be Monday.

  • Anonymous

    What is sad is that a grown woman like you is trying to get me banned because you do not like the truth and can not accept my opinion.

    A black man that denies racism against blacks is an Uncle Tom……it doesn’t matter if it is a congressman that does such.

  • Gloves Llarry Donahue

    They are a vanishing species.

    The simple fact is that Democrats are the Dodo birds of the human race. The Dodo was discovered by Portuguese explorers in the late 1500′s. The name comes from the Portuguese word “Doudo” which means simpleton.
    They called this bird a simpleton because in their minds it lacked any common sense whatsoever.
    That lack of common sense or survival instinct eventually led to its demise as a species.

    Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/i_finally_understand_democrats.html#ixzz1kI4racuE

  • Anonymous

    I don’t care for calling West an Uncle Tom because I see no reason to bring race into it. But how about calling out all the cretins who attack Obama as a Kenyan colonialist. Or a socialist/marxist/Saul Alinsky-loving thug.

    Don’t be so conveniently selective in your outrage.

  • Anonymous

    Let’s apply a little test using Socratic logic:

    Can a black person work against the interests of other blacks?
    Can a gay person work against the interests of other gays?
    Can a woman work against the interest of other women?
    Can a Jew work against the interest of other Jews?

    The answer to all of the above is of course YES. So yes Virginia, I mean dumb dumb Tina there is such a thing as an Uncle Tom? By the way, are you black? Why are you so offended, but what black people think of other black people then? And how is that racist in anyway when there is no implication of racial superiority in criticizing West?

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    I don’t use that term unless I am talking about literature.

  • Anonymous

    Your comment is logically sound. However, why not call a spade a spade? 

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Don’t worry too much. I’m from Texas. Enough said.

  • Gloves Llarry Donahue

    I knew you didn’t. Be nice to eliminate that kind of stuff altogether.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    I’m not taking sides on whether or not any Black person is an “uncle tom” or not, but I don’t think it rises to the level of a curse word, especially if it is one minority referring to someone in his/her own group.

    I just thought it would be educational to see what wikipedia says about the term: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom

    Uncle Tom is a derogatory term for a person who perceives themselves to be of low status, and is excessively subservient to perceived authority figures; particularly a black person who behaves in a subservient manner to white people.[1][2]The term comes from the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 novelUncle Tom’s Cabin. Critical and popular views of both the character and the novel have shifted over time,[3] leading to a shift in the term’s use.

  • BooBoo Bear

    What is sad is that she doesn’t know what an Uncle Tom actually means.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    he’s a very bad man

    one of his top teabagger lieutenants threatened violence during the 2008 election

  • Anonymous

    Because calling someone an “Uncle Tom” presumes to know what’s inside their heart. I’d prefer to deal with his crazy rhetoric on its face rather than attach a sinister racial motivation to it.

  • Anonymous

    BS. 

    Read the title of this article. I judged West on his actions- he defended Newt’s racism.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SMUGSPLRKQOJBS5T6I4S5H2YSE Andy-48

    I think Gene Rayburn should have used Tina’s name in his Dumb Dora, Was So Dumb..Questions.

    *From the Match Game an early 70′s TV Game Show.

  • Anonymous

    …Is someone holding a gun to Allen West’s head in the background?

    Otherwise this man is in a state of complete denial…

  • OSTL

    very substanitive

  • Gloves Llarry Donahue

    Sheila Jackson Lee.
    Eddie Bernice Johnson.

    Who wouldn’t be proud?

    At least Tollhouse will return as Governor-for-Life, so that’s good.

  • OSTL

    You a big fan of John Kerry I take it? lol

  • OSTL

    Allen West is 100 times the man Mrs. Philby’s husband is. That’s why she hates him to the core. Enough said.

  • OSTL

    a “safety net?” how many generations is that “safety net” to be afforded?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XMBCZW6CKXQ3TDNLIHWAVLLT3A Doug

    Good for you “Rudeboy” from an old political activist who isnt going to be here much longer, you get them my friend. My hat off to you, if I wore one, but go get them, I agree with you. Peace

  • Anonymous

    You are repulsive on so many levels.

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, the libs have their dog whistles out again.

    They know they can’t run on their record so they and their store bought MSM play the race card.  How predictable is that?

  • Anonymous

    We can only hope.

  • Anonymous

    So are you. I like your lib racism.

  • Anonymous

    You are a racist.

  • Anonymous

    You are a racist.

  • Anonymous

    But you are still a racist. You are so funny. If a black isn’t a Dem he is against his race!

    You are one funny man.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SMUGSPLRKQOJBS5T6I4S5H2YSE Andy-48

    Tom…RB is black I think he’s allowed to call him what he is.

  • Pablo

    My, we’ve got a lot of bigots in here this morning.

  • Anonymous

    I never said that you said racist things about Condi or Colin Powell. I wasn’t trying to imply you were.

    Regarding what West has previously said about racism in America, he said (more or less) that racism is NOT as much of a factor as it used to be in hindering someone’s success in the country. 

    He did NOT deny racism existed, but simply that it is not as fervent in this country as it used to be, AND looking at his success, and Herman Cain’s, minorities can and have overcome racism; claims of racism being as big of retardant to success as people on the left claim to be, are not true.

    Now, you can agree with those sentiments or not, but he was NOT saying racism against blacks doesn’t exist.

  • Pablo

    You wouldn’t know the truth if you were choking on it.

    Allen West is a far bigger and better man than you will ever dream of being.

  • 12voltman1

    I think half the people that come here are from Texas!

  • Pablo

    That’s our safety hammock. Totally different.

  • Pablo

    There was no plea bargain. There was no prosecution. You lie, Kook. And if you’re an ex-JAG, as you like to tell us, you know damn well you’re lying. What are you, a racist?

  • OSTL

    lol sad but true

  • Anonymous

    Playing the race card is just shameful. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. 

  • Anonymous

    OOOOO 41% now there’s a statement for politifact to check.
    And I wonder if we can figure out when the huge spike in unemployment started?

  • OSTL

    @andy…rudeboy11 is nothing but a troll…he isn’t black.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SMUGSPLRKQOJBS5T6I4S5H2YSE Andy-48

    Look up Article 15.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    But, nothing like what we’ll see in Florida tonight, huh? What are your friends going to be booing tonight? The Beatitudes?

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    We are a very big state.

  • Anonymous

    You expect that to go unchallenged teabagger?

    1. When I where did I say if a black was a Republican they were against their Race? Oh I didn’t say that so you’ve got a strawman argument there dumb dumb. Try again. That was an epic fail.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    It’s Tollbooth, my friend, and I’d never deny that we don’t have nuts (perhaps that’s where you came up with Tollhouse) on both sides. Gohmert, Poe, Johnson, Hensarling, Culberson, Neugebauer, Olson, Smith, Carter. They could keep Poppycock in nuts all year. Gohmert alone could.

  • Anonymous

    Pablo, I just knew you’d be here defending West!

    Do you know who I am? How do you know that I am not a one percenter or a big leftie politician? Why do you assume that West is a better man than I am?

  • Anonymous

    col. west is wearing a mask!

  • Anonymous

    STFU, troll.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    I suspect you meant “substantive”. If so, it’s not a noun which can be modified. It’s like unto “pregnant”. One is not very pregnant, nor is one a little pregnant.

  • Pablo

    Why don’t you do that? You clearly don’t understand it.

  • Pablo

    I didn’t know that Progressives were all dogs. I’m not surprised, mind you.

  • Pablo

    You know what? That’s NOT TRUE! It’s a 45% increase. And it’s been going up since Obama took office.

    http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/34snapmonthly.htm

  • Pablo

    Tell it to Juan Williams.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TVRWPYRPEQ3DAIZNGRB7W2YYW4 David

    West tries so hard to be “white.”  He should accept that he is black. 

  • Pablo

    Because you’re a dirtbag.

  • OSTL

    thanks patsy!

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/XOP23ESHLWLNTUEFTFDMYCTLOU Connie

    Your original uncle Tom, just the way you like’um.  LOL!

  • Anonymous

    Racism has reduced no doubt. However, racism still exists. Some of it has even evolved to “intellectual racism” or institutonalized racism

    Most racists today would not use abusive racists names. They rather hide behind false statistics and exaggerated news to stereotype other races. or instance, when people state that blacks commit more crimes- that is a lie and racist. All races have the same tendencies to be evil but things like poverty and illiteracy skew the numbers.

  • Anonymous

    Allen West, Tim Tebow 2020 calling it right now.

    But no seriously Allen West absolutely strikes fear in the hearts of liberals. (well if liberals had hearts)

    P.S. A vote for a Democrat is a vote for the widespread savage murder of babies. 

  • Anonymous

    Clinton left federal service in disgrace, yet the public listens to him…so whats the problem?

  • Anonymous

    Wow that’s weird a liberal brought race into a conversation.

    Thanks for reaffirming the stereotype.

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for the media matters link….they a sure fire source to get a completely objective view on anything.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Politics-culture-Reasoned-America/100001284363960 Politics-culture Reasoned Amer

    The most vile Racism today hails proudly, as a matter of policy, from the Democratic Left. That’s how Marxists divde-and-conquer democracies.
    They pit groups against each other.
    Here it’s pitting blacks and Hispanics against whites. Class warfare is thrown in for good measure.

    They also attempt to undermine family and religion, which threatens the government dependency servitude they seek.

  • Anonymous

    Col. West is a disgrace to the military, and thats why he’s no longer IN the military. He’s a war criminal, and a race apologist if not an Uncle Tom. Maybe I’m the only one here who read that book, but Uncle Tom was a pretty good man in my opinion, and always maintained his dignity. One thing’s for sure, I don’t believe that white people (like me) get to decide who’s an Uncle Tom. I think you’d have to walk a mile in those shoes to make such a charge. But I DO believe that Tina in Tampa should get to decide who may and may not comment here. She’s obviously worthy of the task. 

  • Anonymous

    Article 15 is non-judicial form of punishment under UCMJ, which, when compared to a court martial…is a slap on the wrist.

  • Anonymous

    Sorry, but no he doesn’t even put a tiny bit of fear in us.  We know he’s crazy and by now his constituents know too.  Were just waiting for the next election for his constituents to throw him out of office.  They must be embarrassed by him.  

  • Anonymous

    Why don’t you move to Wasserman’s district then?  That way, you can have a like-minded idiot represent you.  Or you can always resurrect Alan what’s-his-name, the “die quickly” guy.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    H e hardly left in disgrace. He left hugely popular, and he has gotten even more popular since he left. You might well argue he ought not be so popular, but that would be a different argument, wouldn’t it?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1283673024 Tara Janes

    Uncle Tom took brutal beatings to protect run aways…The last beating he got, he died from. He died saving his friends. To me that’s not a sell out. Obuma would give up his mamma under beatings like that. He couldn’t take, he would just give her up, probably when he saw the strap….

  • Anonymous

    People like Gloves only see jerks on one side of the aisle. That’s why his comments are so pointless and irrelevant.

  • 12voltman1

    Yes it is. I even lived there for a short bit of time in Austin years ago.

  • val smith

    Is West an Uncle Tom? No.

    Is he a fatuous gas bag who’s two faced partisanship will get him booted out of congress this year?

    Most certainly.

    He has one of the worst and least conservative voting records-just ask the Tea Party.

  • Henry Wood

    I agree, I don’t like hearing the phrase “Uncle Tom.”  I do think it is amusing that Mr. West quite literally lives “on the Plantation (FLA).”

  • Pablo

    Right. It’s an administrative matter within one’s unit. It is not a prosecution, nor is it a plea bargain.

  • Henry Wood

    Q:  How do you know that Newt Gingrich is a racist?

    A:  Because he just won the republiklan primary in South Carolina.

  • Anonymous

    I don’t recall either Powell or Condi being called those things Tina.  You’re probably are just recalling the conversations you had with your close personal friends.

  • Anonymous

    You sould like Mitt asking for help from the moderator at the debate.  It worked well for him also.

  • Anonymous

    You either did the math incorrectly, or didn’t do the math at all from the USDA link you provided.  The USDA figures indicates a 15% rise, not 45% as you stated. Who was it that said,”Trust, but verify?”

  • Anonymous

    The next time Tina wanders into the world of reality will be the first. She is the poster child for the new victimhood mentality of
    the Republican Party. They are not racist/idiots/frauds/bible thumping clowns, it is the media who reports on the fact that they are racist/idiots/frauds/bible thumping clowns who are the problem.

  • Anonymous

    Sort of like calling a sitting president a Kenyan/Muslim/Communist not born in the US  who hates white people (his wife hate whites also goes the narrative). I agree.

  • Anonymous

    West left the military after article 15 proceedings, (I’m sure he was very popular with his troops as well), and Clinton closed out his tenure with impeachment.  Just because many liberals (including you apparently) overlooked and continue to overlook his perjury and obstruction of justice, does not mean it is any less of an embarrassment.  

    Point being, if being “disgraced” is the litmus test for ones credibility, or lack there of, than we have a fairly large list of people on both sides that we should no longer be listening to.    

  • Anonymous

    Why is it that members of the far Right can’t look inside themselves and see they are doing the exact same thing they are accusing the Left of doing.  Didn’t they hear the old southern “code” Gingrich has been using recently, particularly in South Carolina.  And this idea that democrats are Marxist is ridiculous.  And on what facts do the hold the Democrats are trying to create “class warfare” when the Republicans refuse to raise the tax one the rich and tax the middle class more.  This economy has been the same since Reagan introduced “Reaganomics” which has continuously shown that reducing the tax on the rich does Not creates jobs.   I guess there are people who refuse to do their own research and rely solely on one source for information.  What a shame.  For information on Reaganomic, the National debt, and Carl Marx, just look them up in Wikipedia.  It’s that easy.

  • Anonymous

    .Actually that sounds like the modern day Teabagger, the so called organic movement pure as the driven snow who are immune to manipulation from the puppet masters.

  • Anonymous

    I like Allen West, he’s one of the good ones.

  • Anonymous

    How is he not an Uncle Tom?

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Actually, the impeachment was well before the term ended, and it resulted in an acquittal in the Senate. Hence, he was not guilty of the impeachable offense with which he was charged. Sorry. Basic American Jurisprudence. Move to North Korea if you don’t like it.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    And, they are practicing their excuse for losing; “The Media did it!”. I had been wondering what it would be what with ACORN gone and the NBPP never having existed.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    When I go out on my deck, I see Austin in all directions.

  • OSTL

    Was Mrs. Philby your English teacher?

  • OSTL

    @ Mrs. Philby, you didn’t hear about all the thousands of dead people that “voted” in SC? That was Obama and ACORN’s doin’s.

  • Anonymous

    Yeah i am black..and i fear a guy who’s wearing a 1986 Billy Ocean haircut.
     i am lovin the GOP reality show

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SMUGSPLRKQOJBS5T6I4S5H2YSE Andy-48

    Evidently Mediaite doesn’t want people to know when they went online.

  • Anonymous

    I like the fact that you put all known truths about that entire scandal aside, ignore what Clinton has admitted to after the fact, and forget the fact that the house did impeach him, relying solely on the Democrat controlled senate’s conclusion, in order to allow you to come to your final assessment that this whole thing was not a disgrace or an embarrassment.
     
    I understand you need these monumental leaps of logic in order to maintain your internal narrative and your world view.  Thanks for sharing.

  • http://newsbusters.org/ AliveStiIIKickin

    It is YOU who can’t accept that he’s black.
    You picture all blacks to be stupid and liberal (oops…redundancy)

  • http://profiles.google.com/gbthrasher Greg Thrasher

    Now for his excuse making on behalf of  Newt West has been named on Newt’s VP list…..Of course he is just a token!

  • Anonymous

    With Herb Cain on the sidelines someone has to play the Uncle Ruckus role and excuse  republican racism, West is more than happy to do it.

  • http://twitter.com/runforfun54 American

    I need to “unlike” this comment. What I realize is that you are doing the typical Right Wing thing – trying to find the moral equivalence b/w some guy who had sex in the White House and Newtie who tries to impose HIS VIEWS ON OTHERS and then gets pissed off when confronted with his hypocrisy.  You lose the moral equivalence battle. Not surprised that Allan West supports Newt Gingrich.  Newtie hates blacks and Allan West thinks he’s white.

  • http://twitter.com/runforfun54 American

    Who cares? It ain’t the same thing. Newt Gingrich is a hypocritical “do as I say not as I do” ass. Not sure why I even bother with your kind … since Obama will win again with an even larger margin.  

  • http://twitter.com/runforfun54 American

    Allan West is a digrace to the military, a disgrace to his District, and a disgrace to the House of Representatives.  

  • http://twitter.com/runforfun54 American

    He’s not an Uncle Tom .. he just wishes he were white!

  • http://twitter.com/runforfun54 American

    Hey Newtie Supporters — Here is your party in action … http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/01/23/409443/arkansas-democratic-campaign-manager-comes-home-to-find-childs-cat-murdered-liberal-written-on-dead-body/  Charming.  And I’ll spare you the story about Baggers wanting to eliminate any reference to Slavery in Tennessee text books.  

  • Anonymous

    Then if you want to point out Racism still exists, then make THAT argument.

    I’m not arguing with you on that. Rather, in a point you didn’t refute, which is fine if you realize you went too far, I was correctly telling you that Rep. West NEVER said there isn’t racism against black people. Just that HE believes it isn’t the excuse it once was for minorities failing to achieve the American Dream.

    I’m not trying, nor want because that wasn’t my intention, to get into an argument over how much racism there is in America, rather that West never said racism against blacks doesn’t exist.

  • Anonymous

    Then if you want to point out Racism still exists, then make THAT argument.

    I’m not arguing with you on that. Rather, in a point you didn’t refute, which is fine if you realize you went too far, I was correctly telling you that Rep. West NEVER said there isn’t racism against black people. Just that HE believes it isn’t the excuse it once was for minorities failing to achieve the American Dream.

    I’m not trying, nor want because that wasn’t my intention, to get into an argument over how much racism there is in America, rather that West never said racism against blacks doesn’t exist.

  • http://twitter.com/runforfun54 American

    Allen West has his head in the sand.  Anyone with a lick of common sense knows that Newtie has a perfect handle on coded racist language.  http://tinyurl.com/6lz63m8

  • Anonymous

    Thank God for men like Rep. West.  I find it amazing that I can wake up one day and all of a sudden the words janitor or Juan are code words for racism.  Got to love the Progressives, they are doing so much for the country.

  • Anonymous

    I really like political cartoons and fine art.  A picture is worth a thousand words.

  • http://twitter.com/runforfun54 American

    Really? Is that why he insulted half of his district by likening the Democrats’ PR machine to the Nazi Goebbels?  He’s a disgrace to the military and a disgrace to FL. What IS IT with women on this board btw — you, Sara in Italy, Michelle … gosh, I pray you don’t procreate.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08S4poMGvwA George Clueless

    ThinkProgress the anti-Semitic blog? No thanks.

  • OSTL

    a fake account just to post a link nobody will look at? are you that ashamed of yourself?

  • Anonymous

    I know exactly how you feel.  I had Dodd for years.

  • Anonymous


    Just that HE believes it isn’t the excuse it once was for minorities failing to achieve the American Dream.”

    But that’s where West fails!!!! Housing segregation…..discrimination when getting loansif you’re latino or black. Just because racism is reduced doesnt mean that it does not occur in the workplace or doesnt affect the American dream.

  • Anonymous

    Wow…….mediaite is biased as well!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1200351841 Jason Rahall

    This windbag should take his own advice and ‘shut up.’

  • http://newsbusters.org/ AliveStiIIKickin

    Uncle Tom was actually a hero in Stowe’s novel….and if y’all could read…you would know that.
    Yet another fine word/phrase hijacked by the liberal PC Police and made into something evil/perverted…..along with “gay”…..”cougar”…et al….
    Liberals are such dark….evil slugs.

  • Anonymous

    True, it wouldn’t be fair to compare  him to Tom.  Allen West would’ve for sure given away the whereabouts of the runaways.  

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NPUP22FNTPVCXRUMWJEURGQGD4 JonasP

    Smug self righteous hypocritical contard,
    wow that is such succinct comeback, What does West stand for or done except repeat the kind of right wing memes you have been programmed with

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NPUP22FNTPVCXRUMWJEURGQGD4 JonasP

    As if any of your sources are anything but total propaganda ala WND, Hotair or Frontpagemag

  • Anonymous

    …Of course!

    There’s no history of bigotry in this country towards anyone whatsoever…

  • Anonymous

    Wow…I can see your man of conjecture…no suprise…your a liberal. 

    Also, on your question regarding what sources I use, please provide me with an example I have provided in the past other than sources such as the NYT, .gov websites, or videos showing the actual statement from the individual.

    Until than, please just insert your head back up your a**.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jj-Wisniewski/100002654075475 Jj Wisniewski

    West is right. There is no discrimination. I served in the Army in 71/73 when actually there was reverse discrimination. White officers were terrified of Blacks and Puerto Ricans for fear of them screaming discrimination. It was the whites who got the shaft. There was so much racial tension the 3rd infantry division was on constant curfew. Instead of judges sending black criminals to jail, they gave the option to go to the military and the rest is history.

  • Anonymous

    You have gotten the history wrong.  It was Kennedy who first lowered taxes so revenue would go up.  Carter forgot that and things went south.  Then Reagan came in and lowered taxes and  it worked again proving Kennedy was not just lucky.

  • Anonymous

    Don’t be afraid, it’s only a haircut.  You should be afraid of Obamacare though.  That’s going to be a scary reality show.

  • Anonymous

    Gop-tv spins again.Just how many states are there in the state of Florida?Bush relaxed the eligibility for food stamps.The BUSH RECESSION is responsible for the increase in food stamps.Gingrich is the poster child of racism.

  • Anonymous

    So is West Kidd or Play?

  • Anonymous

    Kid N Play hairstyle?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QUGVMSBBEAOYINQ5UOKMV36IQA Sanchia

    I would love to have an intelligent women to represent me , unlike this fool I’m stuck with.

  • Pablo

    There were 31 million in Jan ’09. There are 46 million as of Oct ’11. You can’t do math.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Casey-Sweete/100003307894715 Casey Sweete

    Well, I just gained a new respect for Rep. West.  He, each and every time, referred to President Obama as President Obama.

    Many don’t.  Example is DeMint.  [I will not call him Senator]
    Demint is disrespectful of the great office of President of the United states. Okay Demint?

  • Anonymous

    When did Republicans ever show evidence that voter fraud was even a problem?  The courts ruled they couldn’t in South Carolina.  Now we’ll just have to wait for the rulings in the other states.  I also never heard a program aimed at helping to get rid of racism, was a racist program.  How is it racist?  

    Where did you also get the idea the poor and elderly are ignorant because they possibly can’t afford to travel some where to get their ID’s.  Or that the poll workers ever had a hard time with identification of voters  Also, how many times and where have there  been black “radicals” sitting outside of polling places.  And how many times did they hassle voters. 

    You’re taking FOX News as being the truth, which Canada said differently and wouldn’t allow a FOX to build broadcasting studio to be built in their country and call themselves a “news” station.  Or how about the study at the University of Maryland, a public college, found that FOX viewers were more misinformed than those who didn’t watch the news at all.  I’ve heard most of what you mentioned on FOX, and I knew at the time they weren’t accurate.  Next time research what they say, you’ll be surprised.

     

  • Anonymous

    See,…I suspected he was lying.

    I don’t how we could realistically not expect it to go up when he took office.

    IMO, the GOP has created and is still trying to sell a false narrative, that the worst recession since the great depressionm should have been completely turned around by now and Obama has avoided the very obvious and easy solutions that they know and will implement as soon as thye’re elected. They’ve been doing it ever since he was elected. That ignores the fact that a whole bunch of them were in office ushering this recession in under 8 years of Bush. If the solutions are so easy and obvious , why didn’t we avoid the recession completely?

    I heard a very decent conservative guy say the other night, “I thought Bush was a horrible president but Obama is much worse”

    In what way? Because he hasn’t fixed the mess Bush ushered in, in a couple of years, or revolutionalized a broken corrupt poltical system in a couple of years. Oh that bastard. Maybe Obama is just as corrupt as most of DC. I know I’m disappointed. Still, I haven’t seen anything in this batch of candidates to make me think they’ll do any better. The fact that they pander and bullshit and make the same load of false promises doesn’t impress me at all. Huntsman seemed like a reasonable fairly honest guy who might shoot straight with people, but the base rejected him. Ron Paul is the only one whom I repsect as intellectually consistent and honest, and the GOP itself is making sure he doesn’t get the nomination.

  • Anonymous

    I don’t see West as leaving in disgrace at all. He made a judgement call and paid the price for it. Nothing disgraceful about that.

    That said, what I find more worse than Clinton’s perjury or obstruction, {hardly justice} is the great disservce done by poltical vultures like Gingrich who were willing to attack him personally when they couldn’t beat him on policy.
    The GOP opened that Pandora’s box and personal lives have been fair game ever since. Instread of focusing on issues that affected American citzens as group they decided to waste hundreds of hours and millions of dollars looking for thier personal political victory by using his affair.
    {Never mind that the previous GOP president’s mistress was fairly common knowledge in DC}

  • Anonymous

    You should check out the list of republican Senators that voted for acquittal. Maybe find out why they voted that way.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/4GGRSKKZLA5EKHIIVJQCQMD6VM pamela

    Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!!! What in the world would Allen West know about the race code?….He doesn’t even know what race he is!!!!!….Whether he’s a (silver back go rill a) or a (black ch im pan zee)….I guess he’s let us know which one soon!!!!!…. or better yet maybe Newt can educate him on that…..

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Steve-Crawford/736740943 Steve Crawford

    One of the things that many White Americans don’t understand is the Willie syndrome. West and Cain will be speaking overtime being paid big bucks by the Republicans to get the Black vote. You have four Republicans that don’t give a damn about Black Americans and have spew their racist comments during the campaign. And when they do the two Uncle Toms try to clear up their racial bigot comments. I see the Republican party as the greater evil of the two parties. And many Blacks like myself feel the same way. There are some Republicans that I have supported and voted for, but none of these sorry Republicans that is running for president will I vote for.

     

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Steve-Crawford/736740943 Steve Crawford

    The white slave owners use other Black slave to control and spy on the field Negros. Most of these spying slaves worked in the Big house, and ate the good left-overs. Many were the off springs born of the slave masters sleeping with the female slaves, and being light skinned they work in the big house. There were the field Negro and there were the house Negro, and as Malcolm X and I called them, House Ni—rs., we call them to-day Uncle Toms. The Republicans will be soliciting many Black Uncle Toms in their bid to take the White House back.

  • Anonymous

    Col. West is the biggest Uncle Tom I have ever seen. Boy, the rednecks really have him 
    in their pockets.  He is a disgrace to black america.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jamal-Alexander/100000716082651 Jamal Alexander

    Clinton left this country with a national surplus and a low unemployment rate.  West, on the other hand, is one big joke of a colored boy.

  • :)

    Your racial epithet is appreciated.

    Also, riddle me this Batman, if Clinton was running a surplus, why did our debt continue to increase every year of his presidency while spending on average about 130 billion of defecit spending every from 92-2000?

    I cant wait for your response… 

  • :)

    Your racial epithet is appreciated.

    Also, riddle me this Batman, if Clinton was running a surplus, why did our debt continue to increase every year of his presidency while spending on average about 130 billion of defecit spending every year from 92-2000?

    I cant wait for your response…

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