Allen West

Allen West Hired By Fox News Finally!

Frankly, Fox News, what took so damn long? After months of doing pretty much nothing since he lost his re-election bid to patrick Murphy, Allen West has finally landed himself a job! In the most obvious hiring of all time, West will become a Fox News contributor, the network announced on Thursday. ... More >>

Tea Party to Recount Votes in Allen West Congressional Loss

Tea Party to Recount Ballots in Allen West Congressional Loss

A Texas-based Tea Party organization and the St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections have agreed on a plan to provide the group access to county voting records from the 2012 federal election and voter registration and other records going back to 2009. See also: - Allen West Will Soon Be an Ex-Con ... More >>

Allen West Threatens FAU Students on Facebook and Twitter; Says Wife, a Trustee, Has Been Harassed (UPDATED)

UPDATE 3:40 p.m.: Angela Graham-West did call to explain why she felt harassed. She indicated that students had come to her work office uninvited and also sent messages to her office calling for her firing. A post with her explanation will be posted shortly. Here's her side of the story. Original po ... More >>

Allen West Forms New PAC -- the "Allen West Guardian Fund." Who's Donating?

Disgraced ex-military man and confessed torturer Allen West's sell-by date is long past. His 15 minutes should have been up when he conceded defeat in his race for reelection in Florida's 18th Congressional district last fall, after playing the victim card through a petulant few weeks of post-E ... More >>

Allen West, Tea Party Wünderkind, Funnels Campaign Cash to Two New Nonprofits

He's baaaaaaack! Allen West, the outspoken Palm Beach Gardens Tea Party Republican congressman who lost his reelection bid late last year, has shuffled hundreds of thousands of dollars in leftover campaign money to seed the Allen West Foundation and American Legacy Guardians.

Allen West Wants Your Money for Next Generation, a Podcast He Made with Pals in his Parents' Rec Room

For former House Reps, especially for ones with as recognizable a brand as Allen West, life post-Congress should be a pretty cush gig. Someone out there will pay to hear you talk ($$), or to talk to a TV camera ($$$), or even to talk to your old pals on the Hill in the interest of some earth-maiming ... More >>

Allen West Almost Became the New Speaker of the House

After many House Republicans lost their shit over Speaker of the House John "It's Not Pronounced Boner" Boehner helped them lose their fight over the fiscal cliff bill that was passed on New Year's Eve, many began to make harrumph noises about whether he was fit for duty. So when the 113th Congress ... More >>

Broward-Palm Beach Power Rankings: Israel Swings an Ax, Local Voice Goes Big Time, and Allen West Gets In One More

The local personalities, egos, and public figures who swung through the news cycle this week, ranked by New Times' crack research department using through a highly scientific algorithm (i.e. cocktail napkins and a Boggle board). 5. Congressman Allen West. The clock might be running out for Congress' ... More >>

Allen West Says Patrick Murphy Cheated

After spending craploads of money to win a second term in congress, and then not winning the election, and then having his request for a recount denied because he lawfully didn't have the numbers to get one, and then getting a partial recount only to have that recount reveal that he was down even mo ... More >>

Allen West Kind of Compared Himself to Abraham Lincoln

Just because Allen West isn't around to yell COMMIE! at people from his seat in congress, doesn't mean he's not going to stop saying loopy things. West spoke to NPR's Michael Martin over the weekend to discuss the election and his memories of being in congress.In the interview, West tells  ... More >>

Allen West Getting His Very Own Lighted Holiday Sign on Saturday

As you may have heard, Allen West lost his election battle with Patrick Murphy, as well as math. But the fine folks at Stand Up Florida want to remind West not to lose his battle with common sense. On Saturday, local constituents will be putting up a lighted message at Cultural Plaza in downtown L ... More >>

Patrick Murphy Is Asking for Help to Fight Off Allen West and His Lawyers

With Allen West refusing to yield to losing an election and Florida sending officials down to St. Lucie County to investigate the situation, it looks like we're all in for the long haul on this whole "West Refuses to Concede" thing. Newly elected Congressman Patrick Murphy knows this all too well. ... More >>

Allen West Legal Circus Resumes, Draws Flies; Staff Issues Threat

Veteran's Day honored confessed torturer Allen West by seeing the courts closed, allowing the disgraced former officer and his attorneys a day off from further embarrassing themselves. The legal maneuvers they've employed in lawsuits against local elections officials to stave off defeat in last ... More >>

Allen West Gets an Invite to Run for Office in Georgia

International Commie Hunter and wooer of women everywhere Allen West may have lost his bid for Florida's 18th District (or so that's what the socialists would have you believe!), but that doesn't mean he can't take his batshit nuttery someplace else. In fact, Sue Everhart, chairman of the Georgia ... More >>

For Once, We Agree With Allen West -- Please "Go to War" to Defend Our Freedom From Ungodly Democrats (and Win Election You Lost)

Jon Stewart talks about this sort of nonsense a lot. Every election, he gets asked who he wants to win based not on his own political leanings but on comedy. Who will provide the best fodder for the meat grinder? Invariably, Stewart says something along the lines that it's not the characters or pers ... More >>

Allen West Still Trails Patrick Murphy After Partial Recount

A partial recount of ballots from St. Lucie County happened on Sunday and -- news flash -- Allen West is still losing. The recount narrowed Patrick Murphy's lead somewhat, but the tally still isn't enough to trigger an official all-out recount. On Friday, West's motion to impound the ballots and v ... More >>

Five Future Career Options Allen West Should Consider

Allen West isn't giving up without a fight. Even though the incumbent Commie hunter lost by 0.8 percent to Patrick Murphy, he's demanding a recount. A West Palm Beach court is slated to hear West's case for an injunction today at noon. But his energy will surely be better spent polishing the ol ... More >>

Joyce Kaufman Says Allen West Would Have Beaten Patrick Murphy, Had He Paid Her 20 Grand

Conservative radio talk-show host Joyce Kaufman, who was appointed to be Republican Congressman Allen West's chief of staff back in 2008 because, well, she's just as batshit nutty as he is, lamented West's loss to Patrick Murphy on her radio show on WFTL-AM (850) on Wednesday. Kaufman blamed the de ... More >>

Allen West Protesters Rally Outside Court Where He's Calling for a Recount

Allen West is in court today to file a motion to have the St. Luice County ballots and voting machines impounded for a possible recount. Patrick Murphy leads West by about 0.66 percent, which is too big a lead to constitute an automatic recount. Under Florida law, you need a 0.5 percent ... More >>

Allen West's Motion to Impound Ballots Denied

The Allen West schadenfreude continues on the Pulp today!  Palm Beach County Circuit Court Judge David Crow has denied U.S. Rep. Allen West's motion to impound ballots and voting machines from his loss to Patrick Murphy in the District 18 congressional race. Crow ruled that West's motion was ... More >>

Allen West Begs for Judicial Activism, Gets None

Not being on good terms with the concept of the rule of law, cashiered ex-Colonel (and soon to be ex-U.S. Rep.) Allen West went to court today to ask for judicial action -- though it was really extrajudicial action he wanted. That's a concept the disgraced former officer knows well.West's  ... More >>

Allen West's Lawyers: Let's Interrogate Elections Officials

Since mock execution is not an accepted method of investigating election results in South Florida, confessed torturer and probable one-term congressman Allen West has turned to the next-best thing: a team of high-powered attorneys.See also:-Allen West Won't Concede, Demands RecountTuesday's results ... More >>

Allen West Loses to Patrick Murphy; Fox News to Gain a Crazy Person

It's a sad day for Commie hunters and fans of men who force their wives to have buttsex everywhere -- and kind of a bittersweet morning for the Pulp this morning. Several sources are reporting that Allen West has lost his bid for reelection to Patrick Murphy for Florida's 18th District.(But West mo ... More >>

Allen West Won't Concede, Demands Recount

Those vote tabulating machines are COMMUNISTS! As we predicted earlier today, Allen West is not going quietly. Even though the polls are closed, the ballots are counted, and the margin of victory for Patrick Murphy is outside any legal reason to require a recount, Allen West is demanding a rec ... More >>

Allen West Accuses Florida Democrats of "Nefarious Actions"

Commie Hunter, master conspiracy theorist, and Romance novelist Allen West went on Fox & Friends this morning and accused the Florida Democrats of "nefarious actions" when it comes to all this "asking for an extra day to vote in early voting" fiasco. "[I] think you're starting to see some nefa ... More >>

Marco Rubio Endorses Allen West

Because this is a crucial time for our nation, where character and courage are indeed needed, because the United States needs to get back to prosperity and ensure its citizens are secure for generations to come, Marco Rubio has decided to endorse Allen West for Congress. Because Allen West obviousl ... More >>

Allen West Down By 9 to Patrick Murphy In Latest Poll

According to a poll taken for the Democratic group House Majority PAC by Garin-Hart-Yang Research, Allen West is trailing challenger Patrick Murphy 52 percent to 43 percent. THAT RESEARCH FIRM IS COMMUNISSS!! Last week, West's campaign released their own poll showing the congressman leading Murphy ... More >>

Allen West Event Disrupted by Protesters, Beer Throwing

Protesters interrupted an Allen West event the other day at Pirates Cove Resort & Marina from their balcony above the congressman. West was six minutes into his speech Wednesday after noon and was probably just about to get into how Obama wants to marry terrorists and paint the White House ... More >>

Allen West: Democrats "the most racist party I've ever seen in my life"

The sun rises, the sun sets, Allen West says some ridiculously hyperbolic shit. It's all part of the fabric of life, the universe, and everything. Speaking to a group of black Republicans last Wednesday at the RNC in Tampa, West opened his face hole and words came out to the effect that the Democr ... More >>

Allen West Says Obama Is "Feeding Us A Crap Sandwich"

Because he doesn't "mince words," and "pulls no punches," and "keeps it real," Rep. Allen West went on Fox News Saturday morning and told America that "Obama is serving up a crap sandwich with a smile." The term is supposedly a military term. Because West likes to remind everyone that he was in the ... More >>

How Allen West Uses the Military and Ignores Its Biggest Problems

The political entity that is Congressman Allen West would not exist without the military. It is his sole qualification for office, and he touts it at every opportunity. You would be hard-pressed to find any public statement from "the Colonel" that doesn't mention his military service, and he's justi ... More >>

Allen West Aimlessly Blubbering, Lying About How Obama Is Incompetent and Hates Free Enterprise

In a move I wish was slightly more surprising, Congressman Allen West has posted another petulant Facebook message that includes an entire Wall Street Journal column he didn't write."It seems the inept community organizer has failed. A second term? One must be stuck on stupid!" he wrote. "It is ... More >>

Patrick Murphy Launches First Attack on Allen West, Uses West's Own Words

While plenty of candidates are going to be trying to make their opponents look like off-kilter, rhetoric-spouting do-nothings, it's not likely any have an easier time of it than Patrick Murphy, the Democratic candidate aiming for the District 18 seat.He's running against that velvet-voiced charmer A ... More >>

Allen West Trots Out Former Soldier for Vapid Campaign Ad (VIDEO)

Robert Delgado was an American soldier. He left behind his pregnant wife to serve under Allen West in Iraq, where Delgado was wounded by fire from an AK-47. He was saved, he says, from body armor West gave to him, and he says it in the latest West campaign ad.This is the latest reason Allen Wes ... More >>

Allen West Not Paying Payroll Taxes on Campaign Workers

Congressman Allen West's campaign isn't paying its taxes.The question, however, is if it owes any. A review of campaign finance disclosure documents shows West has spent well over $300,000 since the beginning of 2012 on consulting, staffers, and costs directly associated with his staff. But, while D ... More >>

Allen West Goes on National Fundraising Tour: Eight Out-Of-State Fundraisers

Many blogs have already been written of Congressman Allen West's Friday announcement that he'd raised well over $2 million between April and the end of June. What we didn't know until Sunday afternoon, however, was how he spent it. Documents filed with the Federal Election Commission reveal West too ... More >>

Six Reasons Allen West Is Wrong About the Health Care Law Being Useless

Congressman Allen West, along with anybody else up for election in November, is really ticked off about the Supreme Court upholding the terrible progressive Marxist Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.West, however, is the only one calling it the "Patient Protection Unaffordable Tax Act (PPUT ... More >>

Hero Allen West Bravely Attacks Palm Beach Post in the Palm Beach Post

For a guy who acts like he carries his testicles around in a wheelbarrow, Allen West is sure going to great lengths to avoid confrontation on the campaign trail.In addition to refusing to debate primary opponent Bob Crowder, West is ducking the editorial board of the Palm Beach Post, whom he called ... More >>

Allen West on Healthcare: Obama Wants You to "Be His Slave"

Congressman Allen West is perturbed by the Supreme Court upholding the individual mandate. That isn't particularly surprising, so when he called it "a sad day for Americans," there wasn't a blog post about it. Likewise when he said, "Well, I got a great idea. I believe that for personal security, ev ... More >>

Allen West Praises G.I. Bill in Same Week He Calls Student Loans Communist

Last week we told you about Allen West's assertion that federal student loans are communist, something found "in a book written by Marx or Engels called The Communist Manifesto." He said in a video posted June 14 that "it's called the state control of education."Well, two days after that video was p ... More >>

Patrick Murphy, Democratic Challenger, Sends Out Fundraising Email: "This Will Make Allen West Mad"

Patrick Murphy has a great campaign tactic to use in the District 18 race against Rep. Allen West -- he can always point out that he isn't Allen West.Murphy followed West to District 18 after the congressman announced he wouldn't be running in his home district, ol' number 22. His campaign routinely ... More >>

Crazy-Eyed Washington Columnist Defends Allen West From Hypothetical Democrat Hypocrisy On Fictional Racism

Sometimes there are slow news days. Washington Examiner commentary writer Joe Gehrke must have had the slowest of his life yesterday.He was criticizing a blog post by smirking HBO commentator Bill Maher, a nice, soft target for a conservative gentleman. Maher's post was a meandering meditation ... More >>

Allen West Says Federal Student Loans Are Communist (VIDEO)

Congressman Allen West is all about "equality of opportunity." He blabbered about it, to thunderous applause, back in January. After yelling about beaches and Georgia and how great it is that he has a job, here's what he said about giving everybody a shot:No matter where you are born, no matter wher ... More >>

Obama Announces Halt on Deporting Some Illegal Immigrants; Allen West Immediately Launches Conspiracy Theories (VIDEO)

Today, the Obama administration announced the issue of an executive order that says illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children will no longer be deported. It has plenty of caveats -- they must have no criminal record, for example, and earn a high school diploma, among other things.C ... More >>

Allen West Says Teaching at Deerfield Beach High School Was Worse Than Afghanistan

Congressman Allen West touched on every issue under the sun in his half-hour of remarks at his campaign kickoff event over the weekend -- we'll be looking at a bunch of them this week, but one thing that stuck out enough to pass on today was the congressman's view of public education, which he says ... More >>

D-Day Was Very Good to Allen West's Campaign Facebook Page

Allen West (and the people working for him) get social media. West was named the most engaging Twitter user in Congress a few months ago, and he's gained 20,000 since earning the title, putting him at more than 56,000 followers.His campaign Facebook page has more than 96,000 likes and is getting mor ... More >>

Allen West Says He'd Consider Raising Taxes: What's Going On? (Video) (Updated)

Update, 1:17 p.m.: Added comment from Patrick Murphy, his Democratic opponent in the District 18 race.Allen West's unpredictability quotient is through the roof these days. The whole "communists in Congress" thing was off-the-wall, but it was at least in line with the rest of his statement ... More >>

CAIR Officials on NDAA, Indefinite Detention, and Allen West Calling Them an "Un-Indicted Co-Conspirator"

Believe it or not, the Council on American-Islamic Relations might actually have something in common with tea party members. It's about last year's National Defense Authorization Act, which a federal judge ruled last week is vague enough to potentially allow for the indefinite detention of American ... More >>

Allen West Argues Against Amendment to Ban Indefinite Detention of People Arrested on American Soil (Updated)

Original post, 2:37 a.m.:Legislation was considered late Thursday night to specifically ban the indefinite detention of persons detained on American soil on suspicion of terrorism.It was an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, and would settle the most controvers ... More >>