Allen West on the Mangru Report

Posted by The Right Scoop The Right Scoop on June 13th, 2010 in Politics | 15 Comments

On a slow news day, you can’t go wrong with more Allen West. Nothing major here, but I’d say this guy is ready to run for President. Can’t wait for the day he decides to do that:




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  • KeninMontana

    Wow, great interview. He speaks to the point, no hemming and hawing and all without a teleprompter.He is definitely the man!

  • Jojode

    How refreshing to hear the voice of reason. Even if you don't agree his confidence and reasons are clear and calm. My brain doesn't know what to do with that HAH.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/U7LQAHKQMWAXNV3PT4SPJ4ZKTY Danny

    For chrissakes, Obama does not have a teleprompter when he gets interviewed.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/U7LQAHKQMWAXNV3PT4SPJ4ZKTY Danny

    I would caution you against having someone run for president who has little/no experience in public office. We thought it was a good idea too and, well, just be careful.

  • http://doorwaybuck.com CM Sackett

    …and does an unbelievably shotty job, too.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Ju6kWfXEk&feat…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAUZFMHXbD8

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omHUsRTYFAU&feat…

    NOTE: I will grant you, Danny, that some of these were created specifically FOR the purpose of pointing out his stumbling, bumbling, innate babbling… but there is an incredible amount of fodder for that cannon.

    There is NONE of same from LTC ALLEN WEST… NONE.

    Sackett

  • http://doorwaybuck.com CM Sackett

    So, Danny, does this mean you and I are in agreement that the current occupant of OUR HOUSE was indeed

    One
    Big
    Arse'd
    Mistake for
    America?

    Honestly…

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/U7LQAHKQMWAXNV3PT4SPJ4ZKTY Danny

    Glad to hear you're home safe and I hope you had a good time. I've been literally all day every day in the library, so I won't be able to actually sit down and bang out the two or three thousand words that I owe you until this weekend — sorry about that, but rest assured that I will get back to you, if a bit late.

    In all of the links (except for the second because it's been edited to emphasize his stuttering) he sounds kind of bumbling and professorial but certainly not stupid – in the last one, also, he sounds tired. Keep in mind that presidents have never been subject to this level of recording until extremely recently. Although I'll concede that off-script Obama could use to be more direct and forceful (as could I, for example, but I am not president), I would be willing to wager that there is less than one hundredth of the amount of recorded media of Allen West than of Obama – and there's plenty of unscripted Obama that can stand up to anything you've got of LTC West – so I really don't think it's a fair comparison to make. Not only that but West remains a niche figure (for now – I think the guy is going places) and really hasn't yet had to deal with national coverage that is anything but totally fawning.

    At the end of the day he may very well be better at dealing out straight talk, but that day hasn't come yet. Also, although it doesn't necessarily matter in politics, I would be willing to wager my house that in terms of intellect, Obama has Allen West beat.

    Anyhow, I leave you with these, since (particularly the first one), I believe are pretty devastating refutations that he's an ineffectual speaker off prompter.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5BE9_x7xTo

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SL2rK0DInQ

  • KeninMontana

    Perhaps he should consider it then?
    Just a thought.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/U7LQAHKQMWAXNV3PT4SPJ4ZKTY Danny

    In some respects, yes, but for VERY different reasons.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/U7LQAHKQMWAXNV3PT4SPJ4ZKTY Danny

    Hey, CM, out of curiosity (legitimate curiosity), who would you say have been the top 5 presidents? (Conditions: excluding Washington and at least 2 need to be 20th/21th century – so top 5 inside those parameters)

  • http://doorwaybuck.com CM Sackett

    …figured the reasons would be (quite possibly) diametrically opposite. :O)

  • KeninMontana

    In all honesty, a military officer functions like an executive, everyday they make admistrative and executive decisions that affect the lives of those around them. I don't know if you have any military experience, but I'll try to frame this in a way most,even many outside the military would understand the point I'm about to make. You seem to be an intelligent person Danny ( I mean that in all sincerity),have you ever heard of the practice of “fragging”? It became very prevalent during the war in Vietnam. LTC West is the type of officer that troops would follow into hell and straight into the devil's bedroom, our current President would be very much akin to the type of officer who would have a grenade tossed into his “hooch”(tent,foxhole,etc) by one of his own men because his decisions repeatedly wasted the lives of men for no reason.
    Suffice it to say I would put West's “executive” experience up against Obama's any day of the week and twice on sunday. But believe me, point taken.

  • http://doorwaybuck.com CM Sackett

    The following link (yes, to a site I created specifically because I believe LTC ALLEN WEST should be our next President) is to the most comprehensive gathering of videos/speeches BY Allen West on the web ~and another thanks to TRScoop for a couple of contributions I found nowhere else!~

    http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=11…

    You, and all others wishing to know more about what ALLEN WEST believes and has to say about a vast array of topics (from the economy, to muslim extremism, to the oil spill) IN HIS OWN WORDS, can get a strong sense of just where he stands, and how firmly, from the videos posted there.

    As for the current occupant (yes sir, that is the best I can do) being any 'match' (in eloquence, let alone in depth, lack of hesitancy/hedging, and especially in utter honesty of communication and lack of BS), I leave that to:

    1. The citizens of this country, and around the globe (who have spoken clearly about their thoughts on BOTH men… links available upon request)
    2. Posterity

    Our (yours and mine) individual firm thoughts on the matter are, I believe, obvious enough to require no further statement.

    Sackett

  • http://doorwaybuck.com CM Sackett

    “Also, although it doesn't necessarily matter in politics, I would be willing to wager my house that in terms of intellect, Obama has Allen West beat.” ~DANNY~

    Building a house on sand (his, not yours), regardless of how grand or ornate… is NEVER a sign of intellect (or wisdom) worth mentioning.

    NOTE: And if his “intellect” is so vast and superior, in all honesty fine sir, WHY ARE ALL RECORDS (including kindergarten)… SEALED?

    Sackett

  • Enoch73

    I'm just please to see some legitimate conservative candidates coming through the pipeline. I've got a number of people that I'd turn the keys over to at this point, and West is definitely one of them. Have we not had presidents of military/less-than-political background before? Washington was a pretty decent chap, I'd say, and don't give me the “things are more complicated now” crap. He and his peers had to figure this thing out from scratch. Who better than a decisive, efficient, competent, honest military man?
    (And U.S. Grant wasn't half as bad as his rep, as is witnessed by a successful reelection and civil rights record, btw for the haters.)

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