Florida GOP Candidate Uses Tragedy and Fear to Gain Popularity in Brilliant Political Gambit
And The Karl Rove Award for Most Speedy and Shameless Use of a National Tragedy for Personal Political Gain goes to…
Lt. Col. Allen West (Ret), who is running for Congress in Florida's 22nd District, released a statement on Friday morning that heavily insinuated that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan — the soldier responsible for the Fort Hood killings — was a Muslim extremist.
"This enemy preys on downtrodden soldiers and teaches them extremism will lift them up," West said, in a statement titled "Terrorists Are Infiltrating Military". "Our soldiers are being brainwashed."…
In releasing his statement, West appears to be the first politician to claim a link between Malik Hasan's shooting rampage and Islamic extremism or terrorism. Reports on the incident aren't 100 percent clear. But they generally suggest that Malik Hasan was acting out of intense stress over a pending deployment to Iraq. That said, authorities have not ruled out that Hasan was acting on the behest of an unidentified radical group. Hasan was a lifelong Muslim who worked at a psychiatric hospital in Bethesda, Maryland.
Please bear in mind that Col. West managed to win this award without the use of nearly any pertinent information or time for serious analysis.
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Hey Cube, you could not be more wrong. I live in South Florida. He was an unknown in 2008. He ran for only 8 months. He had no support from the Republican Party. "Ass handed to him"? He lost by less than 5 points to a well financed incumbent. Maybe you should come to one of his fundraisers. You might get your facts straight and not make a total jackass out of yourself on the blogs.
Florida's 22nd District — Because We Suck*
*I know that dude… He ran last time and got his ass handed to him. Big money behind him though. I was invited to a fundraiser for him in 2008 and I think this year I'll have to go… as Fake Cube.
Of course he was an extremist infiltrating the military. That's why he was in the military before Sept 11th and why he requested and was denied a discharge after Sept 11th. It was all part of a secret plan to stay in the military for another 8 years and go on a killing spree.
Makes perfect sense.
"Our soldiers are being brainwashed."
Duh! Why else would they have gone on killing sprees in Iraq?