Allen West: Tea Party Statist and no friend of Liberty or the Constitution

The below article is from 2011, but since Allen West is trying to make some kind of a comeback I feel I should warn Tea Party Activists that he is a Tea Party statist, a fake conservative and no friend to Liberty and the Constitution. He defends the Patriot Act, which portions of it destroy our Constitutional Civil Liberties. And he defends the NDAA that allows indefinite detention of Americans, though he does this by saying the NDAA bill does NOT allow for indefinite detention of Americans when every politician says it does. Denial anyone? Or subterfuge?

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As a black conservative and Republican, Allen West is not your typical Tea Party member. West rode the Tea Party wave all the way to the U.S. House last November from Florida’s 22nd congressional district. He is the first black Republican to represent Florida since Reconstruction.

But in addition to being a member of both the Tea Party Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus, Allen West is also a Tea Party statist.

Before his election to Congress, West was a lieutenant colonel in the army until his retirement after an investigation into his harsh interrogation techniques while fighting in the Iraq War resulted in a $5,000 fine. After his “service” in the military, West worked for a defense contractor as an advisor to the Afghan National Army. He run unsuccessfully in 2008 for the congressional seat he now holds. After speaking at CPAC in 2010 and being endorsed by Sarah Palin, West won the 2010 election against the same Democratic candidate who had earlier defeated him. He was the keynote speaker at the recent 2011 CPAC. West is a favorite of Tea Party members for his attacks on President Obama and government spending and his support for the military and the war on terror.

I have never been too impressed with the Tea Party movement, especially when it comes to issues like the war on drugs and U. S. foreign policy. And although most Tea Party supporters claim they are opposed to big government, in poll after poll a majority of Tea Party Republicans say they have a favorable view of former president George W. Bush. The George W. Bush who doubled the national debt, gave us the first trillion-dollar deficit, drastically expanded Medicare, and not only began two wars that unnecessarily shed American blood and drained the treasury, but waged another war on the domestic front””on the Bill of Rights.

I don’t know how West feels about Bush, but I do know that he is a Tea Party statist who supports the welfare state, the warfare state, and the national security state.

I want to briefly look at these in reverse order, focusing mainly on the welfare state that West would claim to oppose. Read the rest here and read about all the big government stuff Allen West supports.

The Hypocrisy of Bill Maher making racist statements against Wayne Brady that he would attack conservatives/libertarians for

I was watching an interview on CBS This Morning with Wayne Brady, when the hostess mentioned an altercation between Brady and Bill Maher that happened in the summer of 2012. I had never heard about this in the news. Big surprise.

Mr. Maher made a racist statement when saying he wished Obama's foreign policy was more like a real black man - unlike Wayne Brady. Insulting Wayne Brady as not being a real black man. Its kind of ironic that Maher called Wayne Brady not black enough while comparing him to Obama, when Wayne is 100% black and Obama is only half black/half white and raised by a white mother.

Some liberals have spoken out, but most gave it a pass. If a conservative like Sean Hannity or libertarian had said this the liberals would be howling bloody Murder, calling for the host to step down and demanding his network cancel the show. Even, Bill Mahar himself would have severely attacked any conservative or libertarian for making a statement like this.

The hypocricy of Bill Maher for making a racist statement calling Wayne Brady not black enough when he would attack conservative/liberals for saying this. and the silent liberals for not making this a huge news story of this, like they would do if it was a conservative/libertarian host saying this is astounding!

From the Blaze:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/07/06/slap-the-st-out-of-him-wayne-brady-calls-out-bill-maher-for-racial-comments/

The following link has some language that some might not like, especially foul language in the snoop dog interview that follows the Wayne Brady video:

From the Huff Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/13/wayne-brady-to-bill-maher_n_3268077.html

Marco Rubio's Liberal Foreign Policy

DEFINITELY NOT REAGAN!!

Rubio Faked out the Tea Party that he was one of us.

Marco Rubio's Liberal Foreign Policy

DEFINITELY NOT REAGAN!!

Rubio Faked out the Tea Party that he was one of us.