Allen West To CPAC: 'Bended Knee' Will Never Be Conservative Tradition CPAC 2013: Lt. Col. Allen West “I’ll give it to you straight, Last November we did take one on the jaw, but this movement and this fight is not determined by the punches that we take. We’re defined by how quickly we pull ourselves off the mat and our perseverance.” “There’re no shortage of people telling us what conservatism cannot accomplish, what we can’t do, how we cannot connect, how we must change our values to fit the times.” “Well, ladies and gentlemen, I want to tell you: That that truly is a bunch of malarkey,” “Last time I checked,” he continued, “a bended knee is not, nor shall it ever be a conservative tradition.” “I’m speaking from experience when I tell you that there is nothing on this green earth that a liberal progressive fears more than a black American who wants a better life and a smaller government,”