Rep. Allen West (R-FL) told Laura Ingraham tonight on the O’Reilly Factor that he was the modern day Harriet Tubman.

Allen West: “Well I think Laura when you look at what is happening, the laughable hypocrisy is that the big black bus is not going into the black communities. When you have unemployment in the black community, 16.3% in July and it dropped down to 15.9% in the month of August, that’s not in the right direction. So you have this 21st Century plantation where the democrat party has forever taken the black vote for granted and you have established certain black leaders are nothing more than the overseers of the plantation. And, now the people on that plantation are upset because they’ve been disregarded, disrespected and their concerns are not cared about. So I’m here as the modern day Harriet Tubman to kinda lead people on the underground railroad away from that plantation into a sense of sensibility.”

 

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  1. #1 August 17, 2011 at 8:22 pm

    NeoKong commented:

    Underground Amtrak.

  2. #2 August 17, 2011 at 8:26 pm

    ar05075 commented:

    Tell it like it is Mr.West.

  3. #3 August 17, 2011 at 8:30 pm

    Sally commented:

    Well put, Colonel.

  4. #4 August 17, 2011 at 8:34 pm

    Redwine commented:

    This is what leadership looks like.

    Go West!

  5. #5 August 17, 2011 at 8:37 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    Lt. Col., now Congressman Allen West, is one of the best, and he joins
    many others, ie: C. L. Bryant & Alfonso Rachel & NBRA just to name a
    few..

    ==

  6. #6 August 17, 2011 at 8:38 pm

    Valerie commented:

    The analogy fits.

    Aren’t the heroes of the Tea Parties an interesting bunch? Isn’t it odd that all those “bitter clingers” like those well-spoken female fireballs, and men of the black persuasion? And isn’t it strange that so many of those dumb rednecks can do math?

  7. #7 August 17, 2011 at 8:41 pm

    Taqiyyotomist commented:

    THAT’S WHAT I”M TALKIN’ ABOUT, RIGHT THERE.

    WEST/PALIN or PALIN/WEST 2012!

    GUTS TO SPEAK THE RAW TRUTH WITH BOTH OF ‘EM.

    /shouting off

  8. #8 August 17, 2011 at 8:43 pm

    Taqiyyotomist commented:

    #5 bg

    ZO! He could, could, and soon, be a media force to be reckoned with.

    We shall see.

  9. #9 August 17, 2011 at 8:44 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    re: #5 August 17, 2011 at 8:37 pm
    bg commented:

    dang, knew i forgot someone important..

    Herman Cain.. :-)

    [he's also on the video, speaking of vids, here is the related teaser]

    ==

  10. #10 August 17, 2011 at 8:46 pm

    Jackson commented:

    Allen West rocks!!

  11. #11 August 17, 2011 at 8:47 pm

    donh commented:

    I have waited a long time to hear this. You never heard it from J C Watts, Colin Powell, Condeleeza Rice, or Michael Steel. They were just black interlopers eager to take advantage of the opportunities affirmative action gave black people to accelrated leadership positions within the Republican party without really believing in conservatism . They never spoke out against the racism of socialism and elite white liberals. They never did a damn thing towards ending the race baiting plantation politics of the welfare state. What West is saying can actually draw quality black voters to the party, which the fake token appointments of the past failed to do.

  12. #12 August 17, 2011 at 8:48 pm

    Taqiyyotomist commented:

    THIS QUOTE negates his PIGFORD vote, right now.

    All is forgiven, Lt. Col. West.

    (Just do something about Pigford, already! You may be the ONLY face Americans will listen to on this issue!)

    Again:

    West/Palin or Palin/West 2012!

    Two immense sets of figurative huevos right there.

    TRUTH 2012.

  13. #13 August 17, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    lest not forget Kevin Jackson (also wish i
    could recall all at once, aah, patience).. ;-)

    re: #9

    also on the = also in the

    ==

  14. #14 August 17, 2011 at 8:52 pm

    Dr_Tumbleweed commented:

    Everyone here feels the same way about this man.
    What a shining example — for ALL Americans.

  15. #15 August 17, 2011 at 8:52 pm

    Taqiyyotomist commented:

    If neither receive the GOP nomination:

    WRITE-IN

    WEST/PALIN 2012!

    And DAMN the GOP, spineless, globalist sitzpinkler cowards that they are.

    WRITE THEM IN.

  17. #17 August 17, 2011 at 9:05 pm

    Ginger commented:

    bg… How do you do the smilley face wink?

  18. #18 August 17, 2011 at 9:10 pm

    Jules commented:

    The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know My name is the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon thee.

  19. #19 August 17, 2011 at 9:12 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    #17 August 17, 2011 at 9:05 pm
    Ginger commented:

    : – ) no spaces = :-) smile

    ; – ) no spaces = ;-) wink

    : – | no spaces = :-| mad

    : P no spaces = :P stick out tongue

    : D no spaces = :D laugh

    there are others, but i don’t know where to
    find ones that work in this particular forum..

    (don’t really care about them that much lol)

    ==

  20. #20 August 17, 2011 at 9:13 pm

    Ginger commented:

    Jules…..AMEN!

  21. #21 August 17, 2011 at 9:16 pm

    Ginger commented:

    bg…Thank You sooo much. I am going to send this to my e-mail and print it out. ;-)

  22. #22 August 17, 2011 at 9:19 pm

    Joanne commented:

    Allen West rocks. West/Palin or Palin/West

  24. #24 August 17, 2011 at 9:22 pm

    Ginger commented:

    Do not forget Mr. Cain I just love that man.

  25. #25 August 17, 2011 at 9:23 pm

    Big Al commented:

    the black community desperately needs role models like Col West. I hope he can withstand the sh#t storm headed his way. Something tells me he can.

  26. #26 August 17, 2011 at 9:24 pm

    malclave commented:

    “and you have established certain black leaders are nothing more than the overseers of the plantation”

    Ouch… that’s gonna leave a mark.

  27. #27 August 17, 2011 at 9:24 pm

    DaMav commented:

    West is one of the finest leaders in America today.

  28. #28 August 17, 2011 at 9:27 pm

    Taqiyyotomist commented:

    Jules

    Funny, apropos, but definitely not biblical.

  29. #29 August 17, 2011 at 9:30 pm

    Taqiyyotomist commented:

    And don’t get me wrong, Jules.

    That made my night, and I shall go to bed laughing about West as Jules in Pulp Fiction.

    :D

  30. #30 August 17, 2011 at 9:31 pm

    Valerie commented:

    OT Blast from the Past

    David Stockman: Rick Perry Is Right, the Fed Is “Totally Wrong”

    http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/david-stockman-rick-perry-fed-totally-wrong-151724790.html

    at least two clips with an extended discussion of what’s wrong with our economy, and what needs to be done, and why.

    What’s good for families in the US is good for all families, regardless of color and other trivial distinctions.

  31. #31 August 17, 2011 at 9:32 pm

    ahem commented:

    He’s absolutely right. American Blacks have been snookered by the Left. Most of them are still are on the plantation. And they’ll stay there as long as they fall for those grievance-mongers who make them believe they are powerless. Fortunately, many astute Black Americans–like Allen West–are appearing on the scene, who have seen the light and are insisting on their full share of personal and intellectual freedom. That’s something to look forward to.

  32. #32 August 17, 2011 at 9:36 pm

    donh commented:

    Yes I can only immagine the look on Debbie Was-A-Man’s face… http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/screenwriter/files/2010/06/bride_of_frankenstein.jpg

  33. #33 August 17, 2011 at 9:37 pm

    SM-AZ commented:

    Allen West for Prez! God bless him.

  35. #35 August 17, 2011 at 9:42 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    #30 August 17, 2011 at 9:31 pm
    Valerie commented:

    i honestly cannot imagine how many people are right about what
    the Fed is wrong about these days, must be in the thousands, nay,
    millions by now..

    ==

  36. #36 August 17, 2011 at 9:49 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    re: #35 re; #30 August 17, 2011 at 9:31 pm
    Valerie commented:

    lol, gaffes & crickets, too funny!!

    ==

  37. #37 August 17, 2011 at 9:56 pm

    Stuffy commented:

    Pretty much most of the time I see a clip from this guy he has got it goin’ on.

  38. #38 August 17, 2011 at 10:06 pm

    Fionnagh commented:

    This man just makes my heart SING!!!!!

  39. #39 August 17, 2011 at 10:09 pm

    Molon Labe commented:

    I’d have prefered if he had said, “I’m here to lead all people away from the slave plantation of socialism.”

  40. #40 August 17, 2011 at 10:18 pm

    silentcal_rox commented:

    AMEN!!!!!!

  41. #41 August 17, 2011 at 10:28 pm

    george commented:

    Romney/West? Hmmmmmm

  42. #42 August 17, 2011 at 10:43 pm

    American Woman commented:

    General David Petraeus (affectionately known by the Taliban as the Ass-Kisser Of Baghdad) could learn much from West.

    God bless you Allen West for speaking the truth loud and clear.

  43. #43 August 17, 2011 at 11:00 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    re: #19 re: #17 August 17, 2011 at 9:05 pm
    Ginger commented:

    : – ( no spaces = :-( sad

    ==

  44. #44 August 17, 2011 at 11:07 pm

    JimmyT commented:

    Are you guys forgetting this is the same man that voted for Pigford payments? Are you forgetting what he said about the TEA party’s resistance to the raising of the debt ceiling? Before you get to high on him, look at what he does as much as what he says. He has some wonderful soundbites, but he doesn’t always live up to what he says. I like what he says, most of the time, but, I’m with holding judgement as to how far up the ladder I want him to rise. I’m not sure as to “what you see will be what you get”.

  45. #45 August 17, 2011 at 11:10 pm

    TylorHumphry commented:

    .I got an iPad 2 32-GB for $21.68 and my girlfriend loves her Panasonic Lumix GF 1 Camera that we got for $ 38.76 there arriving tomorrow by UPS. I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 40 inch LED TV to my boss for $ 657 which only cost me $ 62.81 . Here is the site we use to get it al from, http://to.ly/aXqd

  47. #47 August 17, 2011 at 11:15 pm

    workingclass artist commented:

    RIGHTEOUS!

  48. #48 August 17, 2011 at 11:17 pm

    workingclass artist commented:

    #41

    We need West where he is…He’s important there so is Rubio, Ryan, and a lot of other conservatives and we need more of them in both houses and in all the states.

  49. #49 August 18, 2011 at 1:15 am

    RS commented:

    Christy-West ticket… dream

  50. #51 August 18, 2011 at 1:40 am

    garrison commented:

    Alan West is strait up baller, he’s like Kobe Bryan and the lake show..gonna win much game thruout the years and just begining to get good now for everone to see.

  51. #52 August 18, 2011 at 2:01 am

    SacTownMan commented:

    Watch out for the Pravda Media to use this in a smear campaign soon!!

    How dare he question the Welfare state, everyone knows it creates jobs??

    http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-agriculture-secretary-food-stamps

    I wonder if Sheriff Joe thinks he’s clean enough?

    http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/biden_obama_clean_articulate_bright_african-american/

  52. #53 August 18, 2011 at 2:42 am

    bg commented:

    ++

    #44 August 17, 2011 at 11:07 pm
    JimmyT commented:

    Allen West explains Pigford vote

    ==

  53. #54 August 18, 2011 at 2:51 am

    ohiochili commented:

    I am more cautious about Mr. West since the Pigford vote.
    I don’t know….maybe I should get some medication for my TEA party schizophrenia.
    He is right on the mark for this one as he has been for the majority of his sound bytes so far.

  54. #56 August 18, 2011 at 4:27 am

    Chicago Jake commented:

    Allen West is a true American hero and he’s proved it out in the badlands (both DC and elsewhere).

    West as VP would be a waste of talent.

    Perry-Bolton, w/ Allen west as Secretary of State.

    No more bowing, world!!

  55. #57 August 18, 2011 at 4:37 am

    Ipso Facto commented:

    Yesss sir, I sho nuf be carrying yo luggage Missah Obama!

    Sooner or later the blacks are going to figure it out. The Democrats have been throwing them crumbs (benefits) to keep them ignorant, uneducated plantation workers (Democratic voters). While the “benefits” seem great up front, they are really like the crack that keeps people from ever being able to live their lives to their fullest potential.

    The black race has been decimated by the Democratic party. You can’t accept “help” unless you are one-down. So the Democrats keep telling the blacks they are going to reach down from their white horses and “help” the black community. And what have they received but an addiction to that which keeps them from ever being able to get up on one of those horses of their own.

  56. #58 August 18, 2011 at 4:55 am

    Militant Conservative commented:

    Love the American spirit in west. The black

    community is a lost cause. Too many years of

    Entitlement sugar daddy. Too few make anything

    Out of thier lives. Even the NFL athletes have

    An entitlement attitude, oh that’s right thier union.

    Sad really, they think/expect so little of themselves.

    Plantation mentality indeed.

    Powder is dry

  57. #60 August 18, 2011 at 7:13 am

    towhee commented:

    There’s another parallel between West & Harriet Tubman–both were known to carry a gun. Google Harriet Tubman+gun. A few years ago there was a mural that showed her with a rifle, which set off a controversy among gun-control advocates.
    http://reason.com/archives/2000/12/01/disarming-harriet-tubman

    Contrast West & Tubman to the modern day NAACP which promotes gun control and joined in the failed lawsuit against gun makers.

  58. #61 August 18, 2011 at 7:42 am

    USMC Thomas commented:

    Tragically, low income Blacks are more influenced by the attitude of so called black leaders like Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, now under investigation by the FBI.

    This was from an interview questioning his opposition and roadblocks to an industrial inland port that would create thousands of jobs in his district…

    “Slavery, Jim,” he said, “that’s an institution. And the effort of the institution was working. And working traditionally is a job.
    “I am going to tell you,” he said, “the nickname that most African-Americans have for a job. It’s called a slave.”

  59. #62 August 18, 2011 at 8:49 am

    KC commented:

    Great response President West.

    Run Baby Run!

  60. #63 August 18, 2011 at 11:24 am

    dudefrombronx commented:

    I LOVE WEST!

    I want all of those named by West to attack him so he can destroy them with pure historical facts

  61. #64 August 18, 2011 at 12:05 pm

    JRD commented:

    I used to love this guy and actively campaigned for him. I was elated when he won and finally became my congressman. He talks great but his voting in the congress sucks. Sorry but unless you people move to Fl-22 I don’t see how he will win reelection. We are over West’s BS. I don’t want to hear what you are going to do West show me. So far you voted for Pigford, voted to increase the debt ceiling, and then called the Tea Party Peeps loons. See ya. You have some serious ‘splainin to do.

  62. #65 August 18, 2011 at 12:17 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    #57 August 18, 2011 at 4:37 am
    Ipso Facto

    an excellent little summation, thank you..

    hope you don’t mind my adding a cadre of reverential UNCLE TOMS to not
    only seal the deal and guarantee their ignorance, but keep the HATE against
    WHITEY the scapegoat alive.. because the truth is, people of ALL COLORS in
    HIGH PLACES have been fanning the flames of RACISM to not only PROFIT
    themselves, but to retain their powerful positions for decades, even sorrier
    to say, most especially those in Africa and the Middle East..

    [please scroll for much more, ie:, info @ links, thank you]

    oh yes, there is beyond a show of a doubt EVIL in this world, and it not only
    has no borders, but it comes in ALL colors, creeds, and credentials at a high
    cost to all civilized members of the human race.. :-(

    ==

  63. #66 August 18, 2011 at 12:20 pm

    RedBeard commented:

    West is a genuine guy, and an honorable man. He admits publicly that his Pigford vote could have been a big mistake. How many other politicians would be so honest?

  64. #67 August 18, 2011 at 12:48 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    duh. re: #65, thought i edited..

    a show of a doubt = a shadow of a doubt

    ==

  65. #68 August 18, 2011 at 1:21 pm

    RedBeard commented:

    The idea expressed by a handful of people, that Allen West should be primaried due to his support of the Boehner plan and/or Pigford, is just ridiculous. Whether or not the plan deserved support, West doesn’t deserve the vitriol aimed at him.

    I would only ask those few, the ones who now think West is their enemy, to please name one person who has never done anything with which they disagree. Living or dead. And once we discover that there has never been any such person, then it would seem that everyone who ever lived has to be an enemy. Silly, isn’t it?

  66. #69 August 18, 2011 at 1:30 pm

    Patty commented:

    Hopefully, Rep. Allen West’s words will truly resonate throughout the Black Communities. As he has said before you can give a person a hand up but hand out forever will put them in more despair. The unemployment in America is hurting all colors and before our economy fail the blacks were the most unemployed of Americans.

    There are so many ways anyone can go to College or better themselves. There are good parents and teachers who must work with their kids. Instill in them at an early age to strive for greatness. There is a time coming when Government cannot do so much, therefore individuals in each city have to step up even more to help.

    I believe when a child has a full belly, gets attention that is critical when they are young and wonderful role models can accomplish anything even in these hard times.

    We need to reverse the radicals views of the past and start caring for the future of America. That way intelligence and common sense can truly lead the way to a better nation.

  67. #70 August 18, 2011 at 1:39 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    i heart these guys..

    can’t believe Rush mentioned this great blog..

    What is the difference between slaves on plantations and
    blacks who blindly vote for Democrats? August 18, 2011

    [What does a slave-owner have to provide, free, for his slaves?

    1. Free Housing.
    2. Free Food.
    3. Free Healthcare
    4. A menial education sufficient to the task he requires the slave to perform.

    What is the one thing a slave owner required of his slaves?

    1. Unquestioning Loyalty.

    What do the democrats always promise to provide, free, to blacks?

    1. Free Housing.
    2. Free Food.
    3. Free healthcare
    4. A free menial education, sufficient to get them to the voting booth.

    What is the one thing Democrats require of their constituents?

    1. Unquestioning Loyalty.

    The only question black democrats have to ask themselves is:

    Who’s your master now?]

    more @ link/s..

    ==

  68. #71 August 18, 2011 at 10:49 pm

    Gail commented:

    I can’t tell what pins Lt. Col. West has on his lapel. I was hoping it was an American flag after what lamestream ABC News came out with today. Feel free to pass it on! Here it is in all it’s “UNGLORY!”:

    Yesterday, the brass at ABC News issued orders forbidding reporters to wear lapel pin American flags or other patriotic insignia. Their reasoning was that ABC should remain neutral about “causes”. Since when is support for preventing our death & destruction some sort of a cause? Since when is patriotism to be discouraged. I urge you to boycott ABC and its sponsors and affiliates

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