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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=takoma]I have no intention of defending Allen West, but rather than arguing with the respondent(s) defending him, I think we should thank them for actually answering OP's question and explaining what they see in West.[/quote]

It's the same old answer as always.  West confirms their biases.  West stokes their fears with his conspiracy theories.  And FOX News loves him and repeats what he says.  They eat it all up because it's what they want to hear.  And since it's on the news, since it keeps being repeated, it's all true and legit, right?

Too bad the fact checkers have proven most of what West has ever said to be at best severely misguided, and at worst, batshit insane.  There's frankly very little that West has ever said that was truthful or above board.[/quote]

Such a strange post - I haven't watched Fox in eons...but I HAVE met and have spoken to West.

This is how fact-checkers operate:

West - "The sky is blue"

Fact Checker - "Actually, sometimes the sky is grey - so FALSE. LIAR"

The reality is, it's liberals that reject the facts. Germany is a great example. So is Venezuela.

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Nice try but nope.  Read up:  http://www.politifact.com/personalities/allen-west/[/quote]

If you read, it's exactly what I said - fact checkers tend to pull out x or y like "has no plans" and uses those as fact. It's sort of like when Obama and Hillary said it was a video that caused the Benghazi attack - there was a video but it was unrelated.  Also like the gunrunning across the border - Fast and Furious. There's lots of fuzzy logic going on there as well, such as when the Obama administration says that Mexican criminals are buying guns in the US and committing murders in Mexico. They are, but it's because of OUR gunrunning setup.[/quote]

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