{"id":6959,"date":"2012-04-26T11:13:52","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T18:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6959"},"modified":"2012-04-26T11:13:52","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T18:13:52","slug":"allen-wests-weapons-of-mass-destruction-remarks-backfire-bigtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6959","title":{"rendered":"Allen West’s ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’ Remarks Backfire Bigtime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday on the House floor<\/a>, Whackadoodle Poster Boy Allen West added to his treasure trove of inanities. The man who brought us gems like “If Joseph Goebbels was around, he’d be very proud of the Democrat Party,”<\/a> and “I believe there’s about 78 to 81 members of the Democrat Party who are members of the Communist Party,”<\/a> now adds this soon-to-be classic<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“President Obama seems determined to punish and wipe out economic success in this country, leveling tax weapons of mass destruction on all taxpayers.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You have to wonder what point West is attempting to make. Does he really want to analogize alleged defects in Obama’s tax plan with weapons of mass destruction that turned out to be non-existent? That would mean that the defects West is assailing are not really there. In effect, West is making an analogy that affirms the worthiness Obama’s proposals and reminds listeners of the GOP’s deceptions. Nice work, Allen. And if that wren’t enough, West also said that…<\/p>\n

“Although he has never served our country in uniform, or risked his life to defend its freedoms and liberties on distant shores, it seems President Obama understands a thing or two about weaponry.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here West is taking another opportunity to remind listeners of something that reflects worse on him than his target. Obama may not have served in the military, but he also wasn’t reprimanded, fined, and nearly discharged dishonorably for engaging in torture, as West was<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Patrick Murphy is West’s Democratic opponent for the 18th district seat in Florida. Feel free to help him out<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday on the House floor, Whackadoodle Poster Boy Allen West added to his treasure trove of inanities. The man who brought us gems like “If Joseph Goebbels was around, he’d be very proud of the Democrat Party,” and “I believe there’s about 78 to 81 members of the Democrat Party who are members of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[152,1],"tags":[956,183],"class_list":["post-6959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-election","category-general","tag-allen-west","tag-barack-obama"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-1Of","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7871,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=7871","url_meta":{"origin":6959,"position":0},"title":"Allen West’s Crap Sandwich: You Want Lies With That?","author":"Mark NC","date":"8\/26\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"GOP whackadoodle congressman Allen West has once again demonstrated the classlessness of the Republican Party. 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