{"id":8108,"date":"2012-09-28T10:45:13","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T17:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=8108"},"modified":"2012-10-02T11:44:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T18:44:52","slug":"allen-west-disgraced-army-reject-attacks-opponent-for-a-teenage-bar-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=8108","title":{"rendered":"Allen West: Disgraced Army Reject Attacks Opponent For A Teenage Bar Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the annals of disreputable political attacks, Allen West is going to have a place of honor reserved. His latest ad is a pathetic and desperate assault that avoids any discussion of substantive policy matters, but goes directly for jugular with an absurdly irrelevant personal smear.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R-lDL9_qDDs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For the record, Patrick Murphy was a nineteen year old college student in 2003. His arrest is surely not a moment of great pride, but anyone who is surprised that a teenager in college drank alcohol and got into a fight at a bar doesn&#8217;t know many teenagers in college. The charges were dropped and Murphy went on to graduate and become a successful businessman.<\/p>\n<p>In 2003 Allen West was in Iraq where he <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/05\/27\/world\/struggle-for-iraq-interrogations-colonel-risked-his-career-menacing-detainee.html?pagewanted=all&#038;src=pm\" target=\"_blank\">submitted an innocent Iraqi police officer to torture<\/a>. For that abusive and illegal behavior West was relieved of his command and only escaped a court-martial due to the intervention of a couple of powerful GOP torture supporters in congress. He was allowed to <em>&#8220;resign&#8221;<\/em> from the service but not without paying a fine and having his record sullied by his having disobeyed the law and ignoring orders.<\/p>\n<p>West&#8217;s ad concludes by saying <em>&#8220;Two men, a country in crisis \u2014 you decide.&#8221;<\/em> That&#8217;s a good question. Who is the better man to represent the 18th district of Florida? A man who was thrown out of a bar as a teenager, or a man who was thrown out of the Army for torture and insubordination. And we might also ask whether one would prefer a Murphy, a man who has demonstrated his competence and diplomacy, or West, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=7935\" target=\"_blank\">maniacal extremist<\/a> who thinks that 70-80 of Democratic members of congress are communists and calls anyone with whom he disagrees a Nazi. That&#8217;s the caliber of man who Mitt Romney chose to chair his Black Leadership Council.<\/p>\n<p>You can help Murphy defeat West here: <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickmurphy2012.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Murphy for Congress<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>[Update]<\/strong> Murphy just released an ad responding to West&#8217;s attack. The ad goes straight at West&#8217;s military misconduct and unlawful acts.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v1BcISId0Mg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the annals of disreputable political attacks, Allen West is going to have a place of honor reserved. His latest ad is a pathetic and desperate assault that avoids any discussion of substantive policy matters, but goes directly for jugular with an absurdly irrelevant personal smear. For the record, Patrick Murphy was a nineteen year [&hellip;]<\/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],"class_list":["post-8108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-election","category-general","tag-allen-west"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-26M","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7747,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=7747","url_meta":{"origin":8108,"position":0},"title":"The Sad State Of Politics: Hall Of Fame Hypocrisy From Allen West","author":"Mark NC","date":"8\/9\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"A new ad was released today by a Super PAC supporting Patrick Murphy of Florida. 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In a rambling whine to the press, West complained that the election was fraught with corruption and wrapped his concession in a lame excuse, saying... \"Our legal team does not believe\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Election&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6959,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6959","url_meta":{"origin":8108,"position":2},"title":"Allen West&#8217;s &#8216;Weapons of Mass Destruction&#8217; Remarks Backfire Bigtime","author":"Mark NC","date":"4\/26\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday on the House floor, Whackadoodle Poster Boy Allen West added to his treasure trove of inanities. 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Let's go to the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Election&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7871,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=7871","url_meta":{"origin":8108,"position":4},"title":"Allen West&#8217;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. During an appearance on Fox News with Neil Cavuto, West went on another deranged rant against President Obama saying... \"Let's be very honest and let's put this military vernacular. 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