Allen West Ousted From NAACP Event Over Communist Remark

[SeattleGirl]

WASHINGTON -- It turns out calling Democratic lawmakers "Communists" has some consequences.

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) was supposed to be the keynote speaker at a fundraiser for his district chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) this past Saturday. But days before the event, the group canceled the gathering and asked West not to come back when they rescheduled. Why?

"There's a certain statement he made about Communists," Jerry Gore, president of the Martin County NAACP, told Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers. "That statement alone ... we do not represent that type of atmosphere."

The NAACP chapter is rescheduling its banquet for Sept. 15, with a new keynote speaker. Gore told Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers that a spokesman for West said he "understood" why the organization didn't want West to speak anymore.

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/23...45242.html

Glad to see there is at least one real consequence to West's crazy-talk.

[janedrake]

(04-23-2012 01:22 PM)SeattleGirl Wrote:  WASHINGTON -- It turns out calling Democratic lawmakers "Communists" has some consequences.

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) was supposed to be the keynote speaker at a fundraiser for his district chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) this past Saturday. But days before the event, the group canceled the gathering and asked West not to come back when they rescheduled. Why?

"There's a certain statement he made about Communists," Jerry Gore, president of the Martin County NAACP, told Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers. "That statement alone ... we do not represent that type of atmosphere."

The NAACP chapter is rescheduling its banquet for Sept. 15, with a new keynote speaker. Gore told Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers that a spokesman for West said he "understood" why the organization didn't want West to speak anymore.

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/23...45242.html

Glad to see there is at least one real consequence to West's crazy-talk.

Good for them! Although what they were thinking by inviting him in the first place, I have to wonder!

[KonaKane]

Now he's going to scream that the communists in the NAACP are out to get him.

Watch.

[janedrake]

(04-23-2012 01:31 PM)KonaKane Wrote:  Now he's going to scream that the communists in the NAACP are out to get him.

Watch.

I've think you've nailed it! Perfect.

[SeattleGirl]

(04-23-2012 01:31 PM)KonaKane Wrote:  Now he's going to scream that the communists in the NAACP are out to get him.

Watch.

Yeah, that's what I'm waiting for too.

[Still a Democrat]

Why would they ever have him in the first place?

[SeattleGirl]

(04-23-2012 07:19 PM)Still a Democrat Wrote:  Why would they ever have him in the first place?

Good question.

[jaxx]

The voters will see that the NAACP dumped him and hopefully they will too. He's a loose cannon.

[Brewman_Jax]

Why would he even be invited in the first place? Perhaps as a teaching example.

Allen West is an example of what NOT to do, including selling out one's own people and selling one's soul for personal gain.

[KonaKane]

The TeaTards are playing West out as the Leninesque "useful idiot".

[PoliticalTiger]

Although he'd never admit it, I bet he's relieved. It'd probably be the the first time he'd be in a large room filled fill with mostly black people - he's more used to being in rooms filled with white people like at GOP functions and Teabagger rallies where you see nothing but a waves of white faces.

[Fire1]

(04-24-2012 12:52 AM)PoliticalTiger Wrote:  Although he'd never admit it, I bet he's relieved. It'd probably be the the first time he'd be in a large room filled fill with mostly black people - he's more used to being in rooms filled with white people like at GOP functions and Teabagger rallies where you see nothing but a waves of white faces.

Exactly! I think he said it deliberately, hoping to be cancelled.