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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 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 >>

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 >>

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'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 >>

Florida and Presidential Election Results Live Blog, UPDATED: Obama Re-Elected

Well. It's here. The 2012 Election is finally, coming to a slow and merciful end. Time to close the polls, tally the votes, and hope that Florida didn't screw things up too badly. Keep it here as we update the winners, and losers, and tell you who's President, who won the Senate race, who won wha ... More >>

Patrick Murphy Leading Allen West in Latest PPP Poll

There's one more week of campaigning (*party streamers and fireworks!*), and polls show an ever-tightening race between Allen West and Patrick Murphy. In August, the DCCC polling people reported a tied race. Then, on October 1, the Garin-Hart-Yang poll reported Murphy with a lead. Now comes a new ... More >>

Palm Beach County Human Rights Council Endorses Obama

The Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, a group dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, have released their list of candidates they're endorsing. Among them, President Barack Obama, West Palm Beach Attorney and police officer Dave K ... More >>

Allen West Rips Patrick Murphy for Supporting Same Medicare Cuts He Does

Socialist hunter and conspiracy uncoverer Allen West voted for the Paul Ryan budget cuts that would affect Medicare. He also said those who oppose his backing of  Ryan's plan are totally going to Kamikaze themselves. "I will be supporting the House GOP Budget Plan as authored by my colleague B ... 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 >>

Obama's Bear-Hug Pizza Guy Hugs Charlie Crist

While at a Patrick Murphy fundraiser yesterday, Charlie Crist was asked about Scott Van Duzer's bear-hugging President Obama. And Crist expressed a strong desire to meet the man. "You know what?" Crist responded. "I wanted to stop by the guy's... Where is his place?" Crist, whose ousting from the ... More >>

Allen West Gets His Own Words Repeated To Him By Children

See also: Allen West: Dems Are "Afraid of Black Conservatives"Rep. Allen West's Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy debuted a nifty new ad last night called "Time Out." The 30-second ad features children reciting some of West's most asinine lines and insults verbatim. West told reporters in a conf ... 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 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 >>

Rep. Ted Deutch to Endorse West Challenger Patrick Murphy

Democratic freshman Rep. Ted Deutsch will endorse Patrick Murphy, the District 18 challenger to Rep. Allen West, at an event tomorrow that a Murphy press release will feature "over 150 seniors from Century Village, Cypress Lakes, and Golden Lakes."West tried to win over the Century Village crowd bac ... 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 >>

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 >>

Bill Clinton Looks at Obama's Problems, Points to Allen West

Absent any actual legislative influence or accomplishments of his own to tout in his campaign, Allen West has turned to whining nonstop about Barack Hussein Obama and his evil communist Marxist progressive liberal despicable agenda. Don't take my word for it -- check out West's Facebook page and loo ... 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 >>

Allen West Launches First Attack on Patrick Murphy

The ugliness has started. Sort of.Until now, Congressman Allen West has remained almost silent when it came to actually having an opponent in the race for the District 19 congressional seat -- though Democrat Patrick Murphy followed him up there after West bailed on District 22 for friendlier demogr ... More >>

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Donates to Allen West Opponent Patrick Murphy (UPDATED)

Update, 4/19: Got comment from Wasserman Schultz's camp. Added to the story.Original post, 4/17:Between January and the end of March, South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz donated $73,000 to Democratic campaigns across the country. It's not surprising -- she's chair of the Democratic ... More >>

Allen West Officially Not the Number-One Target of the Communist/Progressive/Democrat Party

Whenever anyone reports on Congressman Allen West saying something ridiculous, he likes to declare that it makes him "the number-one target of the Democrat Party of the United States of America" because they hate freedom, Abraham Lincoln, and people who tell the truth.But a Politico story& ... More >>

Everett Wilkinson Might Let Allen West Pulverize Him in District 18 Race

​One day after Martin County Sheriff Robert Crowder announced that he'd be running against Congressman Allen West in the newly drawn District 18's Republican primary, South Florida Tea Party Chairman Everett Wilkinson tweeted that he's "considering running" as well."Congressman West doesn't live i ... More >>

Patrick Murphy Following Allen West to New District 18 Congressional Race

​Democratic congressional candidate Patrick Murphy's campaign just announced that he will be moving from his original plans to run in District 22 up to the newly drawn District 18 to challenge Congressman Allen West for a seat in the House of Representatives.West announced last week that he was gi ... More >>

Frankel and Hasner Running for Allen West's Seat; Who Knows Who Else Will?

​Now that Allen West has announced his intent to ditch the 22nd to run in a more Republican district farther north, there's no telling who's going to come out of the woodwork to snag the open seat in the November election.Right now, the only sure candidates are Republican Adam Hasner, who was runn ... More >>

Lois Frankel Endorsed by Democratic Legislators Ahead of Possible Primary

​Democrats Lois Frankel and Patrick Murphy have maintained that they're both hell-bent on defeating Republican Rep. Allen West in this year's election.On the other hand, it's not 100 percent that they'll both want to run against West considering the redistricting process, so both Democrats have be ... More >>

Allen West: Nazi Propagandist Joseph Goebbels Would "Be Very Proud of the Democrat Party"

Rep. Allen West, the self-proclaimed Harriet Tubman.​The sun rose again this morning, meaning another entry in the expanding catalog of Shit Allen Says.Let's preface Rep. Allen West's most recent outlandish statement with the disclaimer he gave shortly after his explanation of the Democratic Party ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh's Defense Attorney, Roy Black, Hosts Fundraiser for Patrick Murphy

What would the 99 percent say about this?​Memo to Patrick Murphy: If you want to win street cred with the 99 percent, don't have Rush Limbaugh's lawyer host your fundraiser.Murphy, the Democratic congressional candidate hoping to unseat U.S. Rep. Allen West, has opened himself up to a lot of bad j ... More >>

Patrick Murphy: "I Am Proud to Stand With the 99%"

​Patrick Murphy, one of the Democratic hopefuls in the race for Rep. Allen West's congressional seat, has joined several of his party colleagues -- including DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and former Rep. Alan Grayson -- to come out in support of the Occupy movement.In an email t ... More >>

Patrick Murphy: Allen West's Campaign Donors Are Tea Party "Whacktivists"

crooksandliars.comMaybe you should get your hands on a dictionary.​Well, here's one way to explain the $3 million difference between the fundraising totals of Rep. Allen West ($4.1 million) and hopeful Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy ($1.1 million): 50,000 Tea Party "whacktivists" across the ... More >>

Allen West Raises More Cash Than His Opponents -- About $1.5 Million More

Rep. Allen West​The Democratic opponents to Rep. Allen West have ranked among the top fundraisers of all the congressional challengers during this election cycle -- and they're still getting drowned by the cash coming into the campaign of the Tea Party titan.West's campaign announced today that he ... More >>

Patrick Murphy, the Hopeful Challenger to Rep. Allen West, Breaks $1 Million in Fundraising

Patrick Murphy​The campaign of Democrat Patrick Murphy -- who hopes to take on Rep. Allen West in the 2012 election -- announced today that candidate Murphy has raised $1.1 million in his bid for the congressional seat.Murphy, who raised more money in the first two quarters than any other congress ... More >>

Lois Frankel Outraises Patrick Murphy During Last Quarter in Bid to Take On Allen West

Lois Frankel​Shortly after we posted the announcement from the Patrick Murphy campaign about the hopeful Democratic challenger raising $313,000 last quarter -- $1.1 million total -- we got word from the camp of Lois Frankel, the other Democrat in the race, striking back.Frankel's campaign announce ... More >>

Patrick Murphy on Allen West: This Is Congress, Not Professional Wrestling

Murphy for CongressPatrick Murphy​Patrick Murphy -- who hopes to face off against Rep. Allen West in the 2012 election -- sent out an email yesterday to his supporters, reminding them that although it may seem West is running for WWE heavyweight champion, he's actually running for reelection to Co ... More >>

Patrick Murphy on the Credit Downgrade and Keeping Tea Bags Out of Coffee Mugs

patrickmurphy2012.comPatrick Murphy​Patrick Murphy, who is vying for the spot to challenge Rep. Allen West for his seat in 2012, is keeping up with the game in Washington, D.C.This week, he says he's "disturbed" by the country's lowered credit rating, calling it "unacceptable," and he's also unvei ... More >>

Patrick Murphy Also Contributed to Charlie Crist's U.S. Senate Campaign

Murphy for CongressPatrick Murphy​After yesterday's story that 2012 congressional candidate Patrick Murphy was the only recipient of campaign contributions from former Gov. Charlie Crist for this election cycle, we've discovered that Murphy also donated to Crist's failed U.S. Senate bid.According ... More >>

Patrick Murphy: The Only 2012 Candidate With Campaign Contributions From Charlie Crist

Murphy for CongressPatrick Murphy​Former Gov. Charlie Crist certainly has plenty of friends and enemies across Florida, but we now know who he's a fan of in the 2012 elections: congressional candidate Patrick Murphy.Murphy -- a Democrat who's touted having the highest fundraising totals of any con ... More >>

Allen West on Gay Soldiers: "People Can Change Their Behavior, but I Can't Change My Color"

​Well, it didn't take too long for Rep. Allen West to make a statement that people are seeing as more outlandish than his last one.West was asked by an audience member at a speech Saturday night about openly gay people serving in the United States military, according to the Tampa Tribune.His respo ... More >>

Democrats Call on Allen West Censure and Apology, Neither of Which Are Likely

​Patrick Murphy, the Democrat who wants to take over Rep. Allen West's seat in 2012, says West's attack on Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz shows he's "incapable of controlling himself," and says he should face a censure.Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith today demanded an apology from West, ... More >>

Allen West Raises $1.5 Million in Second Quarter, Drowning Patrick Murphy's Excitement

Rep. Allen West, possibly replacing his pupils with dollar signs.​Patrick Murphy -- Rep. Allen West's young opponent in the 2012 election -- had a lot to be excited about last week when he announced he'd raised $450,000 last quarter in his bid to unseat West.Yesterday, though, West released his qu ... More >>

Patrick Murphy Raising Tons of Cash in Bid to Unseat Allen West

Murphy for CongressPatrick Murphy​We're still a pair of Novembers away from seeing the fate of Rep. Allen West's congressional seat, but 28-year-old Patrick Murphy looks like he's already giving the congressman a run for his money -- lots and lots of money.Murphy announced that he raised $450,000 ... More >>

Broward County Gets to Foot the Bill for Federal Lawsuit Over a Chihuahua

planetverge.com​Here are your tax dollars at work: The Broward County Civil Rights Division filed a federal lawsuit last week on behalf of a 68-year-old Deerfield Beach woman who says her Chihuahua is prescribed to her by a doctor for emotional support.In what Phyllis Schleifer's attorney calls a ... More >>

A Pre-Emptive Political Obituary For The Young Man Who Wants Allen West's Seat

What you've just seen is an advertisement from a Democrat named Patrick Murphy, a 28-year-old small businessman and CPA who's running to represent Florida's 22nd district in 2012. Of course, we've already got somebody occupying that seat: Rep. Lt. Col. Allen West. Rep. West is arguably the fastest-r ... More >>