Allen West Beats Out Bee-Crapping Dog for Dubious Cable TV Honor

Producers for liberal MSNBC pontificator Keith Olbermann have been following our extreme conservative candidate for Congress, Allen West, since April when the host devoted his "Special Comment" segment to the campaign comments where West encouraged supporters to make incumbent Ron Klein "scared to come out of his house."But West has...

By Thomas Francis

August 25, 2010

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Producers for liberal MSNBC pontificator Keith Olbermann have been following our extreme conservative candidate for Congress, Allen West, since April when the host devoted his "Special Comment" segment to the campaign comments where West encouraged supporters to make incumbent Ron Klein "scared to come out of his house."

But West has never won "Worst Person in the World" honors, and on this night he was up against a dog that ate a beehive and a New York gubernatorial candidate who seems to think internment camps for the poor are a good idea. How would West do against such fierce competition?

And last night, Broward and Palm Beach Republicans voted by a nearly 4-to-1 rate for West over David Brady.

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