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Greta Van Susteren Helps Legitimize Allen West Again

Posted by Ellen -7842.60pc on April 29, 2012 · Flag

You’d never know from watching his appearance on On The Record Friday night (4/27/12) that Allen West, the Tea Party Congressman from Florida, has come under a lot of criticism lately. Most recently, he proclaimed, “There’s about 78 to 81 members of the Democrat Party who are members of the Communist Party. It’s called the Congressional Progressive Caucus.” His inflammatory rhetoric is also why he’s been targeted for defeat by Democrats and facing a primary challenge in August. But the Republican Party is backing West and Fox News seems to be following suit.

During his most recent On The Record appearance, not a word was uttered by the supposedly “liberal” Greta Van Susteren about West’s McCarthyite tactics. Instead, she introduced him by showcasing some more of his inflammatory rhetoric – and discussing it sympathetically. “Congressman Allen West says President Obama is aiming tax weapons of mass destruction at Americans. What does he mean by that? Well, Congressman West joins us. Good evening, Sir.”

West told Van Susteren that Obama’s tax plan would “truly destroy our economy.”

Van Susteren did note that the tax code probably seems unfair to ordinary Americans but then immediately moved to her own criticism of Obama by saying that he had made “no effort to reform it” when Democrats held the House and Senate. Complaining about Congress putting their own careers above fixing the tax code, she made a friendly effort to add, “I imagine you’re frustrated by it, Sir.”

Of course he is. “I came here to present the right type of pragmatic, principled solutions. Reforming that tax code is one of the important parts to restoring economic security here in the United States of America. But seemingly, that’s not something that we have a willing partner to confront in the Senate side and definitely from the Administration.”

If it occurred to Van Susteren that calling Democrats “communists” and “despicable” might impede a willing partnership, she kept it to herself. Instead, she thanked West cordially for his appearance.

This is not the first time Van Susteren has helped legitimize West’s outrageousness.

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truman commented 2012-04-30 09:46:11 -0400 · Flag
McCarthy-West is a complete jackass. Let’s hope that Mittens follows the sage political advice of Princess Snow Snooki and selects him as VP.
radpat_USA commented 2012-04-30 06:52:07 -0400 · Flag
Legitimizing someone on Fox is like multiplying any number by “0”, the result is always “0”.
Joseph West commented 2012-04-30 00:51:54 -0400 · Flag
I’d certainly appreciate it if Congressman War Criminal would let us all know when the GOPbaggers EVER offered a serious proposal to make a fairer tax code. None of their actions since Jan 2011 have shown they’re even the least bit concerned about changing the tax code to help those who pay taxes and are eligible to vote (the latter point kicks the idea of corporate personhood to the curb—unfortunately, it’s the corporations who’ve been helped the most by the GOPbaggers).

I’d like to see the Constitution amended so that military people who leave the service with any type of blotch on their record are prohibited from holding political office for no less than 10 years from separating from the service. With this type of law in effect, we wouldn’t have to see animals like this war criminal. (I’d be even happier if folks like Cong War Criminal were disenfranchised. West essentially plea-bargained his way out of a felony charge but gets to keep all his rights of citizenship. How many African-American men in Florida have that luck? There are a lot of them who’ve served their full prison terms and have been released but face so many hurdles in getting their voting rights restored, but along comes the War Criminal and he gets elected to Congress where he sucks off the very government teat that he so hates.)
NewsHounds posted about Greta Van Susteren Helps Legitimize Allen West Again on NewsHounds' Facebook page 2012-04-29 19:53:03 -0400
The Republican Party is backing West and Fox News seems to be following suit.








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