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Rep. Allen West appeared with Breitbart.tv’s Larry O’Connor on The Ben Shapiro Show on Sunday, July 17. He discussed the President’s political priorities in the debt-ceiling debate. He also responded to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s charge of “racism” for those

Want to hear the sound of people making a difference on the Pigford story? I mentioned in a previous post that Allen West had voted no on Rep. Steve King’s amendment to stop Pigford funding. This vote struck me as

I have to go cleanse my palette by watching a legitimate interview carried off by someone who doesn’t get the vapors, like Chris Wallace or even Chris Matthews. Lefty Nicole Sandler begins hysterically by starting off with a straw man

Seventy-nine Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives cast votes Thursday against an amendment to H.R 2112, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2012 that would have blocked the government from paying

Rep. King’s amendment failed – here’s the roll call vote. Every Democrat voted against it – but it lost because 78 Republicans also went against stopping over a billion dollars in money being paid out for fraud. Two votes jumped

Rep. Allen West assures his constituents and his wife that he would not be embroiled in a scandal like Rep. Anthony Weiner because “at the end of the day, I’m too tired.”

A few months ago, I noticed that we had a new artist at our site (BigDawg Music Mafia) named Toots Sweet from New York, New York. My first thought was, “Wow…a conservative musician from ‘America’s most liberal city,’ with a

CAIR’s Nezar Hanze does his real life Claude Rains impersonation. The American Hamas, i.e., the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR ) South Florida Chapter Executive Director, Nezar Hanze, claimed to be “very shocked…very shocked” (he characterized other members of

I’m not a birther, but the left is not helping their cause by hysterically mischaracterizing anyone who disagrees with the President on policy – or even asks why it took him three years to release a birth certificate – as

Brandon K. Thorp, a gay activist from the alternative weekly Broward-Palm Beach New Times newspaper, is only the latest left-winger to launch into a verbal assault on Lt. Col. Allen West, now a Representative from Florida’s 22nd District. Like Sarah

So far, Caroline Glick’s presentation in this video has caused freak-outs by ThinkProgress’ Matt Duss, Alex Jones’ Prison Planet, and a blogger at the vehemently anti-Israel site Mondoweiss. (So she must be on to something good.) They took aim at

Last week, the Center for Security Policy’s National Security Group on Capitol Hill was the forum for a special event which included Rep. Allen West (R-FL), former Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith and the Center’s Senior Fellow for Middle East

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As Congressman Peter King waters down his efforts to show ‘radicalization’ of the Muslim community in the USA by not inviting the people who can tell the reality of the situation to his hearing, people like Steve Emerson, Robert Spencer,

Nothing so reinforces the essential integrity of the American character than another viewing of the American Classic, “From Here To Eternity.” Seen through contemporary eyes, it looks like an extended examination of Lt. Col Allen West’s entire experience with the

I recently sat down for a wide-ranging interview with freshman Forida congressman Allen West. The retired Army Lt. Col and I discussed homegrown jihad, Iran, the Muslim Brothehrood, Israel, healthcare, the national debt and much more. And the take-no-prisoners approach

Though this year marks the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, economic concerns–especially those pertaining to the deficit–continue to dominate the national political conversation. This point was hammered home at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference held over

How about a photo-trip down sharia-memory lane? Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) on the hustings for then-Senate-candidate Al Franken in October 2008 with Somali sharia court enthusiast Abdullahi Ugas Farah. —- The political atmosphere is toxic. I am not talking about

A previous blog of mine featured Allen West’s candid remarks about the living legacy of jihad during a forum in early 2010. Below are extracts from an interview West gave with Frank Gaffney, subsequently, after his election to Congress, this

Rachel Maddow is deeply concerned about political violence, at least when it comes from the other side of the aisle. This week Maddow devoted an hour of her program to the murder of George Tiller, the Kansas area abortionist who

Will the NAACP be celebrating the arrival of two new black faces to the U.S. House of Representatives? Don’t hold your breath. They certainly will not. These two new black congressmen are Republicans. There’s a powerful message here that should

One would think that progressives, whose favorite pastime is patting each other on the backs for how “post-racial” they are, would be gratified to see African-Americans of all political stripes gaining a voice throughout the political spectrum. Certainly, the election

Lt. Col. Allen West is one of the most stand up guys you’ll ever meet. He first came to the public eye when his interrogation of an Iraqi yielded lifesaving results even as it was a bit unorthodox. His professional

One of the most important congressional races to watch tonight is in South Florida where Colonel Allen West is trying to knock off Congressman Ron Klein. Polls show West with a slight lead. The Palm Beach Post reported this on

This Tuesday, as we go to the polls all over the country, we have a chance to elect some great Americans– including many veterans like Allen, Nick Popaditch, Ilario Pantano, Jesse Kelly and many others— who’ve seen this nation’s enemies

Lieutenant Colonel Allen West speaking at the American Freedom Tour at the Revolution, Fort Lauderdale Florida in 2009.

You might think that a prominent veterans organization like the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) would actually reserve its political endorsements for, you know, veterans, or at least those politicians that actually demonstrate some level of respect for the military.

You might think that a prominent veterans organization like the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) would actually reserve its political endorsements for, you know, veterans, or at least those politicians that actually demonstrate some level of respect for the military.

Gotta love this guy: [youtube 7fHEqSG2KD0&feature nolink] Now there’s a debate we’d pay to see. Who do you think would win? Col. West? Or the Commander-in-Chief?

Remember the shot heard ’round the world? Another shot was fired in the Middle East a year ago and the echoes to that shot are exploding like wildfire. That intensely patriotic shot forced an extraordinary and extraordinarily American Army officer

In a powerful new ad for his congressional campaign, Lt. Col. Allen West discusses the incident in Iraq that led to his resignation from the Army. “If it’s about the lives of my men and their safety, I’d go through

A motorcycle rally to support one imprisoned soldier has blossomed into a nationwide “freedom ride” to support a group comprised mostly of Army soldiers who have become known as “The Leavenworth 10.“ On July 18, Scott and Vicki Behenna, parents

“If It’s About the Lives of My Men and Their Safety, I’d Go Through Hell with a Gasoline Can” Today Congressional candidate Allen West released a biographical video– setting his distinguished record straight– in response to a nasty campaign of

The latest edition of my new show, Stakelbeck on Terror, is now online. You can watch it here. In this week’s episode, I sit down with a former Palestinian Muslim sniper who used to work for terror master Yasser Arafat–but

Into my eye line he walks, like Gary Cooper … or Sidney Poitier … onto the dusty main street of High Noon! And in America it is, indeed, approaching High Noon. Colonel Allen West. My awareness of him is a