Rep. Allen West to Muslim Group: "NUTS!"

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Source: Mother Jones




Courtesy of CAIR

The full context here is that West has been locked in a war of words with CAIR, a group he believes is aiding and abetting the Muslim Brotherhood's efforts to destroy America as we know it. West has asserted that Islam is a "totalitarian theocratic political ideology" and, when confronted by a CAIR spokesman at a town hall meeting this spring, said "Don't try to blow sunshine up my butt." When it was revealed that the gunman in the Norway massacre was an avid fan—like West—of some of America's leading Islamophobes, CAIR wrote to the Congressman to ask him to dissociate himself from folks like Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer.

The one-word reply from West, an Army veteran, was a reference to this incident, immortalized in Band of Brothers:


http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/08/rep-allen-west-muslim-group-nuts

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1. What a shithead.

[Enrique]

2. lol at the gratuitious slam on Joe Barton

The Miami New-Times says that this letter, from Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) to the Florida chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations "might be the dumbest thing ever written on congressional stationery," which is serious charge in a legislative body that also includes Joe Barton

:rofl:

[gratuitous]

5. Oh, you want a gratuitous slam? Here ya go

I edited Mr. West's letter to better reflect its intent:

I am writing to you with regard to your recent letter: NUTS!

You're welcome. Accept only genuine gratuitous-brand slams for the finest in internet snark.

[demmiblue]

6. That is a most appropriate revision!

:thumbsup:

[LibertyLover]

3. How sad that General McAuliffe's classic response to the demand

by German troops that he surrender Bastogne to them be so ill-used.

[Kalidurga]

4. Is he trying to prove that his religion is....

nuts?

[Aviation Pro]

8. He just sullied the name of the Screaming Eagles...

...with that stupid response. Hey, Lt. Col. there's a reason why you were passed over twice.

[LLStarks]

7. Zero class. This guy thinks he's an old-fashioned gentleman, but he's just an asshole. nt