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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAllen West: Kidnapped Nigerian girls are a ‘fishy’ Obama plot to distract from Benghazi
Former Rep. Allen West (R-FL), a Fox News contributor, suggested this week that focus on nearly 300 kidnapped girls in Nigeria was a fishy plot to take attention away from President Barack Obamas scandals, including the terrorist attacks in Benghazi.
In a Monday column on his website, West opined that concern about the terrorist group Boko Haram, which kidnapped the girls, right now seems fishy to me.
I find it interesting that everyone (including the First Lady) is now all up in arms about Boko Haram and their jihadist actions, he wrote.
West likened the attention on Boko Haram to the Dustin Hoffman movie Wag the Dog, which depicts a war that has been fabricated by a presidential campaign to distract from other scandals.
Are we witnessing an Obama Wag the Dog moment with Boko Haram in Nigeria? I say yes, he asserted. Consider all the scandals facing the Obama administration, especially Benghazi and the Select Committee, which Rep. Nancy Pelosi referred to as a political stunt.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/12/allen-west-kidnapped-nigerian-girls-are-a-fishy-obama-plot-to-distract-from-benghazi/
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Allen West: Kidnapped Nigerian girls are a ‘fishy’ Obama plot to distract from Benghazi (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
May 2014
OP
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)1. Obama's Fault.
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)2. Is this satire? If so, it's a little over-subtle, I fear. N.T.
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)3. What is this problem that Republicans have with reality?????
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)5. It gets in the way of their lies.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)4. I wish we locked up the insane and the liars
That way this dipshit would be out of society's way.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)6. I wish that too.
Depending on the circumstances, lying can be the most serious crime there is.
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)7. The new Republican party..............
msongs
(67,381 posts)8. how bout a plot to distract us from being ruined by wall street nt
3catwoman3
(23,965 posts)9. This guy is more full of shit...
...than our cats litter boxes, and we have 5 cats.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)10. My watch is ON TIME
good to know.
struggle4progress
(118,270 posts)11. Translation: "I wonder if I can get my name in the news again today"
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)12. Crazy just called. Wants everyone to know
that Allen West is technically "wackadoo,"and does not represent the views or opinions of Crazy, LLC, or its member stations.
daligirl519
(285 posts)14. Bravo! n/t
lpbk2713
(42,751 posts)13. OMFG
The stoopid ... it hurts.
AceAcme
(93 posts)15. Wow. Dementia is rampant in The Godforesaken Republican Homeland, Inc.
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