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If you meant Allen West, he claims he fought communists in Congress. On the battlefield, not so much.

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Al Queda thanks the NRA every day.

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<i>"overwrought language"</i>

He's speaking in Tea Party. I downloaded the translator app. It comes out as "nyah, nyah da boo boo".

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"How is it that someone who wore the uniform of this great nation and stood on freedom’s ramparts against the enemies of liberty, communists and socialists, now embraces one of their fundamental tenets?"

England? Canada? Sweden? I want West's list of the "enemies of liberty" who have national health care.

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Freedom's ramparts is totally my new name for my genitalia.

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Did you mean to say Allen West? 'Cause Colin is ten years older than I.

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Please dear Lord of the GOP, I wish for West/Gohmer 2016.

Amen.

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Fuck off Allen. Not very clever I know.

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Only if o'er the ramparts we can watch.....

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Hey Allen. Is it hard to be a big mouth loser? Because you make it look so easy.

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<blockquote>But maybe Col. West also missed Powell’s real point, which is that, having worn The Uniform, Powell knows exactly how effective really good government-run health care can be.</blockquote>

Uh, that's <strong>Lt.</strong> Col. West, and he's damn lucky it's not "Mr."

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Or understand that stitching someone back together and dumping them on the street with a giant bill <strong>IS NOT QUALITY HEALTHCARE</strong>, which is why the US has worse healthcare outcomes than almost the whole of Europe.

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Yeah, but you didn't have to pick the <i>ugly</i> one.

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True, but <em>I</em> bet it isn't a Honda.

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