Rep. Allen West of Florida, one of the most disturbed — and disturbing — men ever to serve in Congress, has finally admitted that he lost his reelection bid to the House to Patrick Murphy after demanding a recount that put him further behind than the original count did.
“While many questions remain unanswered, today I am announcing that I will take no further action to contest the outcome of this election,” West said in a statement released early this morning to The Palm Beach Post…
“While there are certainly still inaccuracies in the results and the actions of the St. Lucie County and Palm Beach County Supervisors of Elections rightly raise questions in my mind and for many voters, after much analysis and (Sunday’s) recount in St. Lucie County, our legal team does not believe there are enough over-counted, under-counted or fraudulent votes to change the outcome of the election,” West’s statement said.
He will now officially begin his next career as a martyr, going on the Christian rubber chicken circuit to dazzle them with tales of imagined persecution and convince them that they are a downtrodden minority. I hear that’s quite lucrative.
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John Pieret
November 24, 2012 at 9:30 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
While there are certainly still inaccuracies in the results and the actions of the St. Lucie County and Palm Beach County Supervisors of Elections
Credit where credit’s due … he ran on the delusional ticket and he stuck with it to the end!
Didaktylos
November 24, 2012 at 9:38 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The people have spoken … the bastards !!!
beezlebubby
November 24, 2012 at 9:38 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
What is this about being a martyr without the usual convention of having first died for one’s beliefs? Living people can’t be martyrs. When West is forced into arena matches with lions, we can talk.
rmsc
November 24, 2012 at 9:41 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
It’s good work if you don’t know (or care) the difference between right and wrong.
D. C. Sessions
November 24, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The usual insurance program for unemployed Republican officeholders is a gig with a think tank (assuming a lobbying gig isn’t available.) However, I don’t think even the Heritage Foundation is so flush that they can afford both West and his ghostwriter.
zippythepinhead
November 24, 2012 at 10:29 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The voters were clearly biased toward the Democrat. If we simply discarded all the votes for his challenger, then West would have won.
John Hinkle
November 24, 2012 at 11:15 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Translation: How in the fuck did he win? He must’ve cheated somehow. How could more people vote for a democrat? It just doesn’t make sense.
yoav
November 24, 2012 at 1:18 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
with Glenn Beck gone fix noise still haven’t filled their really, really, really crazy slot, the Allen West show will be hilarious.
d.c.wilson
November 24, 2012 at 4:40 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
This whole bit of performance art was just his audition tape for Fox/Clear Channel.
By January, he’ll have his own radio show and will be making regular appearances on Hannity’s America.
No question.
gratch
November 26, 2012 at 3:26 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Well he remained consistent. His concession had all the grace and dignity his political career had.
democommie
November 26, 2012 at 7:23 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
“Allen West Concedes, Starts Career as Martyr”
Let me know when he ends his career, as a martyr.