Allen West Concedes

 

Florida Representative Lt. Col. Allen West has conceded to Democrat Patrick Murphy.

The controversy started with a last minute surge of early Democrat votes from St. Lucie County that Democrat officials claimed weren't counted properly. West managed to get a partial recount, but in the end he made the strategic decision that he was not going to spend time and money on a drawn out court battle to force a full recount.

He ended up with 1,904-vote, or 0.58 percent, deficit, just outside the 0.5 percent threshold to automatically trigger a recount of all votes.

“For two weeks since Election Day, we have been working to ensure every vote is counted accurately and fairly. We have made progress towards that goal, thanks to the dedication of our supporters and their unrelenting efforts to protect the integrity of the democratic process,” West said in a statement to POLITICO. “While many questions remain unanswered, today I am announcing that I will take no further action to contest the outcome of this election.”

West congratulated Murphy, saying, “I pray he will serve his constituents with honor and integrity, and put the interests of our nation before his own.”

West was a high profile target,and the Democrats spent a great deal of money to get the fiery patriot out of office.I'm sure they're absolutely ecstatic about it.

I'm sorry to see him go, but I have a feeling destiny isn't through with Colonel West yet. Such men don't just disappear in times like these, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if future events prove that the left  would have been better off leaving him where he was.

The Latest from Rep. Allen West On The Continuing Recount Saga

The no doubt that Rep.Allen West was targeted by Democrats, both as an outspoken and unintimidated conservative and as an uppity black man who refused to stay on the Democrat plantation.The race ended up being one of the most expensive House contests in the country.

Here, West gets interviewed by FOX's Sean Hannity and gives us the latest on what appears to be extremely suspicious circumstances behind that race and why he's demanding a full recount.

You don't suddenly just 'find' 4,000 Democrat votes at 1 AM in the morning unless something fishy's going on..

Answers Sought On Obama's Release of Hezbollah Commander Who Killed 5 U.S. Troops

The Obama Administration hasn't just limited its catch and release program of our enemies to the Taliban.

The latest beneficiary is Ali Musa Daqduq, a Hezbollah commander connected with the killing of five U.S. soldiers back in 2007. Daqduk was released to the Iraqis in December of 2011 and was freed by them shortly thereafter, and some members of Congress, especially Representative Col. Allan West want to know why the Obama Administration kicked him loose. So do I:

Republicans on Capitol Hill are furious over the Obama administration’s handling of a purported Hezbollah commander, who was connected to the killing of five U.S. soldiers in 2007 and now is set for release by an Iraqi court.

The most recent GOP lawmaker to express frustration and to demand answers from the administration is Florida Rep. Allen West, who on Wednesday sent a letter to President Obama questioning why Ali Musa Daqduq was turned over to Iraq in December 2011.

West dismissed the argument by Obama officials that they were forced under a Bush administration agreement to release Iraqi citizens upon exiting in December 2011, saying Daqduq was in fact a Lebanon citizen.

“You had options when dealing with this terrorist,” wrote West, a 22-year Army veteran. “When you were elected president, the American people expected you to provide leadership.”

West suggested Daqduq should have been transferred to the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he could have been tried before a military commission. He also called Daqduq’s release an “utter betrayal” to American soldiers who have died in Afghanistan and Iraq.

It gets better. In a letter sent by Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 10 to Attorney General Eric Holder and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta accuses the administration of deliberately withholding information from lawmakers about the charges against Daqduq and his subsequent release to the Iraqi authorities until after it had occurred.

“Eight pages of charges ... appears to indicate that either the administration was purposefully withholding information from Congress or it had not done the due diligence required to file charges,” states the letter signed by Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the committee’s ranking GOP lawmaker, and the seven other GOP lawmakers on the committee.

This should be a top story on all the alphabet networks and a headline on every newspaper in the country. Instead, we get to read about a WAPO/ABC poll with no mechanics given that purports to show Romney and Obama 'tied', about Obama's attack on Bain Capital and about Ann Romney's equestrian hobby.

They ought to be ashamed of themselves, as should this president.

Rep. Alllen West Roasts A Black Hollywood Lefty

Oooh, this is a good one. Actor Samuel L. Jackson decided to take a shot at Republicans and the Tea Party, saying essentially that President Obama's race was the name of the game. Watch how Rep. Allen West gives it to him:

“Samuel L. Jackson, I guess, disregards the 16.7 percent unemployment rate in the black community, a 20 percent unemployment rate for black adult males and a 45-46 percent unemployment for black teenagers,” the Florida Republican said. “I think the racism that he is talking about is coming out of the White House and this administration.”

( hat tip Breibart's Big Hollywood via long time Joshua's Army member Louie Louie)

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Allen West Has A One-Word Response To CAIR

The South Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) , a Muslim Brotherhood front group sent a letter to Rep. Allen West at the beginning of the month. The letter, from CAIR South Florida Executive Director Nezar Hamze, demanded that Rep.West cut his ties with 'Islamophobes' Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, Joe Kaufman, and Joyce Kaufman, among others.

Congressman West's one word response is below:



I always said brevity is the soul of wit.

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Rep. Col. Allen West Runs Down National Security Challenges

A fascinating and extremely worthwhile half hour talk by Rep Col. Allen West at a Center for Security Policy event in New York City on the national security threats America faces...and what we need to do about it.

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Allen West Tells Us Why We Haven't Won The War On Jihad yet

The newly elected Congressman from Florida 22, Lt. Col. Allen West was on a panel about a year before the election when a question was put to the panel about the nature of the war we're engaged in.

What he had to say is illuminating, to say the least (as compared with the horse manure that usually gets peddled on the subject) and one reason why I was pushing so hard to get him into Congress.

(hat tip and a citation for Joshua's Army member Zeb G.)

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