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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsConfused: Why did they announce Allen West and Colin Powell's name
as the new Congress and swearing in convenes?
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Confused: Why did they announce Allen West and Colin Powell's name (Original Post)
Sugarcoated
Jan 2013
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Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)1. Some fools voted for West and Powell for speaker.
Sugarcoated
(7,726 posts)3. DERP
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)8. Really?
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)2. just the thought of west sends shivers down my spine!
Sugarcoated
(7,726 posts)4. Me, too
It scared me a little . . . good fucking riddance to that filth!
RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)5. somebody just voted for Bush's Comptroller General.
David M. Walker.
Sugarcoated
(7,726 posts)7. Boy, they're all over the place
They're a mess, aren't they?
Mass
(27,315 posts)6. Gohmert voted for Alan West for speaker.
RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)9. Blue Dog Dem Jim Cooper voted for Colin Powell
Gohmert and some othe teabagging goober voted for West.