Congressman Allen West

... for president. I wish.

 

Congressman Allen West tells Newsmax that President Barack Obama has “complete contempt” for Congress and is starting to believe that he has an “imperial presidency.”

 

In the intervew, West speaks to domestic, international and political issues. He doesn't endorse anyone, seems to prefer Abo Orp (anyone but Obama or Ron Paul), but says that Newt Gingrich is the smartest.

 

WATCH (and weep... or pray for a brokered convention):

   

Todah to Yeshiva Son for bringing this interview to my attention.

Comments

[Mannie Sherberg]

I'm too old to spend my time pining for things that cannot be -- but I must admit to harboring a wish that Allen West were running for the presidency. He'd stand out in the current crowd of candidates the way Gulliver stood our among the Lilliputians. He's one of a very few people in American public life who can best be described by old-fashioned terms that we rarely get a chance to use these days: tough ... plain-spoken ... a man of probity and rectitude -- all qualities that don't seem much on display any more. Even the so-called "interrogation incident" in Iraq -- which probably led to his retirement from the army -- showed him to be a man of exemplary courage and character. It's evidently too late for 2012 -- but maybe we can start a boomlet for Allen West in 2016. If America is truly to be turned around, it'll take someone very much like him to steer the ship of state.