Liberals Seem Desperate to Spin Against Allen West

By Craig Andresen

Ahhh...the liberal spin machine...trying desperately to find something about which they can trash Congressman West.

Earlier in the week, West made the announcement that his July town hall meetings would be done by phone instead of in person.

FIRE UP THE SPIN MACHINE!!!

Congressman West has held 2 town hall meetings face to face with his south Florida constituents every month since taking office in January. His meeting are well attended and sometimes, a handful of detractors have offered their vocal foolishness. For his part, West has never been one to shy away from any question and certainly never intimidated.

Now, with budget talks and a fast approaching deadline on the deficit and debt ceiling issues Speaker Boehner has instructed House Members not to take leave and to be available for these most important votes. Knowing full well the stakes, Congressman West offered the following statement:

"this month, a decision by House Leadership to stay in session during the District Work Week to focus on debt ceiling negotiations, means the in- person town halls will not be possible."

With this in mind...what is West to do? He has basically 3 options.

1) Ignore the call by the Speaker to remain in D.C. for possible votes and head to Florida for his town halls.
2) Skip his town hall meetings for July all together.
3) Conduct hus July Town Hall meetings by phone while staying in D.C. for possible votes.

While clearly, West prefers  the personal touch in face to face meetings with constituents he has chosen option 3. West has made no bones about his distaste of telephone town halls in the past but, this time around, the situation demands a different approach.

HOWEVER...according to the liberal spin...and the Democratic Campaign Arm of Congress...

Representative Allen West (FL-22) always ridiculed the use of telephone town hall meetings to connect with voters in the Florida’s 22nd district when he was running for Congress. But now that his constituents are voicing outrage over his votes to end Medicare and protect tax breaks for oil companies making record profits, he has changed his tune and is now turning to the same telephone town hall formats he once described as “cowardice.” “Allen West had no problem calling people cowards as a candidate, but now that his constituents are holding his feet to the fire for voting to end Medicare and protect tax breaks for oil companies making record profits, he is running away,” said Adam Hodge of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “It makes you wonder if Candidate Allen West would call Congressman Allen West a chicken for holding a telephone town hall meeting.”

Really? THIS is the liberal plan to defeat Allen West? Good grief...


Back to Congressman West:


"While I would prefer to be in my district as I have done for the last six months and conduct my town halls in person ... I am glad there have been advances in technology, allowing me to reach my constituents from a distance,"

The liberal spin machine has tried ad tried get to West but like a hamster on a wheel, they're going nowhere fast. Remember the attempted flap over West's scuba dive with a flag? Trying to accuse him of being part of an all white biker gang? The recent attempt to call him anti Muslim?

Oh...NOTHING about his policies, but lots of silly little gnat biting personal attacks.

They even tried a GOTCHA against one of Congressman West's daughters by claiming she posted a swear word on her Facebook wall but...as it turned out...it was another young lady of the same name.

What these desperate attempts and anti West spin show is a very frightened liberal attitude. Congressman West scares them. He is no nonsense, plain talking, conservative to the core, a firm proponent of the Constitution, loaded with common sense, a 22 year Army veteran and impossible to intimidate.

Congressman West identifies with the people and We the People identify with Congressman West.

Expect these sort of spin machine tactics to continue but know...somewhere out there...Allen West is brushing them off like loose lint on a suit jacket.

Meanwhile, the liberals are spinning themselves dizzy.