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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat the hell is Mitt thinking....
The Most Extreme Race-Based Positions Of Mitt Romneys New Black Leadership Council ChairThe Romney campaign announced Wednesday that Rep. Allen West (R-FL), the Tea Party darling from Florida, will be one of three chairs on the Romney For President Black Leadership Council.
West will serve alongside Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC), and Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll to help facilitate dialogue between Mitt Romney and respected leaders who provide unique expertise, experience and knowledge on a range of issues impacting black American communities, according to a Romney press release.
Here are some of the extremist race- or ethnicity-based viewpoints that West will bring to the table in his official relationship with the Romney campaign:
West says the federal government is 21st century slavery. West once argued that we are creating the sense of economic dependence, which to me is a form of modern, 21st century slavery, specifically referencing Social Security Disability. He also said of all social programs redistributionary handouts is in fact the most insidious form of slavery remaining in the world today. Another time, West told residents of his home district that President Obama has not interest in helping Americans: He does not want you to have the self-esteem of getting up and earning and having that title of American, West said. Hed rather you be his slave. On a similar note, West once called fellow Congressional Black Caucus member Rep. Maxine Waters (R-CA) a plantation overseer.
West believes we are at war with the Islamic culture. West is a believer in creeping sharia, the idea that Muslims are trying to instate strict Islamic law in the United States. The Congressman has been host to radical anti-Islam activists, for which he recieved harsh criticism from religious groups, but did not apologize. West also claimed that a Muslim member of Congress represent[ed] the antithesis of the principles upon which this country was established and was a wolf in the hen house. (He even screened a Muslim-bashing film in honor of September 11th.)
West doesnt like the idea of a multi-cultural America. West fears political correctness or the desire to be a multi-cultural America. He once argued, you have to repel invasions when talking about undocumented immigrants. Illegal immigration, he said, can be considered what the founding fathers wrote as an invasion into your country. When President Obama issued his directive to relieve young, undocumented students with no criminal record, West called the move one of those backdoor opportunities to allow people in the next five months to get the opportunity to vote.
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http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/09/05/797161/allen-west-race-based-positions/
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What the hell is Mitt thinking.... (Original Post)
one_voice
Sep 2012
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Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)1. What are YOU thinking...
...thinking Mitt thinks?
Mitt has 0% of the black vote. His addition of West should give him -15%.
one_voice
(20,043 posts)2. Wait wut?
edited to add: I hope he keeps digging himself into a bigger ditch!
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)4. You heard me.
Oh, wait.
I have no doubt that Mitt's ditch will extend all the way to China before this is over.
lpbk2713
(42,775 posts)3. For appearances only.
If they had any self worth they would ask Mittens how many
Blacks hold positions of authority in the Mormon church.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)5. Allen West?!? Mitt has lost his god damned mind
I would LOVE to see his come up to Detroit and try his shit around here
And try to leave here without ending up on a platter.