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Allen West for Congress.

Allen West sings Tom Petty!

Florida Republican congressman and vice presidential contender Allen West sings Tom Petty's Running Down a Dream at Lynn Westmoreland for Congress rally, July 25 (video does get vertical!).  Compare and contrast with Scranton Joe.

Allen West explains Obamatax

Allen West

Florida Rep. Allen West uses a sneaker analogy to explain Congress's new found power to tax anything you do, or don't do.

“Now we have a federal government that has unlimited taxing authority and power based upon the precedent that was just established by the Supreme Court,” West said, “So that if I want to tell you that all runners in the United States of America must buy New Balance running shoes and if you don’t buy New Balance running shoes, I’ll tax you for it.”

West said that there is now literally "nothing that the government cannot do" by imposing a tax.

Republicans, to differentiate themselves from Democrats, must choose leaders who can make very important points in very clear words.  Have you ever listened to Mumblin' Mitch McConnell or Weepin' John Boehner?  Does one out of a hundred of your friends or neighbors even recognize either of these career politicians?  In a time when America's very existence is on the line, Republicans spouting legislative jargon and bipartisan boilerplate are nothing more than power tools for the enemy.  

We need plain speakers like Allen West.  As a matter of fact, we're not the only ones who hold that radical position.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a top surrogate for GOP front-runner Mitt Romney, suggested Wednesday night that controversial Tea Party freshman Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) could be a "good" choice as the party's vice presidential nominee.

Nikki Haley, Sarah Palin

"You've got great ones. You have heard Gov. Palin talk about West, and he's good," Haley told Fox News. "Of course, Marco Rubio is great, and Chris Christie. We know he can be the fighter, and I think there are so many really great ones out there. I think Romney is going to have a hard time picking."

Palin told Fox on Tuesday night that she hoped Romney "goes rogue" and picks someone like West for the nomination.

"Top of my list is Allen West," Palin said. "I love that he has that military experience, he is a public servant willing to serve for the right reasons. When I talk about going rogue, what I want is to encourage the GOP nominee to not think that they have to go with somebody necessarily safe."

Harry Reid, Joe Biden

And let's not ignore the visuals.  When it comes to entrenched, powerful, corrupt, vindictive old white men, the Democrats are second to nobody - compare and contrast.

We like the cut of this West fellow's jib

Col. West greets Gov. Palin, Rolling Thunder, Washington, 5/29/11

Now that Finger Lakes lawn mowers are in the barn for the winter and our snow blowers aren't out yet, let's get caught up on another real American, Lt. Col. Alan West (Ret.), now congressman from Florida's 22nd district.  From West's official website, his point of view on Obama's May call for Israel to return to "Auschwitz borders:"

Today's endorsement by President Barack Obama of the creation of a Hamas-led Palestinian state based on the pre-1967 borders, signals the most egregious foreign policy decision his administration has made to date, and could be the beginning of the end as we know it for the Jewish state.

While we're bombarded with mainstream media's daily Newt/Mitt/Rick/Rick/Michelle/Ron crapola, let's not forget that we have real leaders on the sidelines.  Jim Boeheim is not the only one with a deep bench.

 Title used with apologies to Iowahawk.