Allen West Unloads On Debbie Wasserman Schultz Again

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) again went after Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) with coarse words on a conservative talk radio show Monday. Houston radio host Michael Berry asked West to play a "free association game" and say the first thing that pops into his mind in an "undiplomatic, unscripted" way. Berry said Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

"I need a bucket," he said.

Berry then mentioned the July 19th incident when West e-mailed Schultz and members of the Democratic and Republican leadership with the subject line: "Unprofessional and Inappropriate Sophomoric Behavior from Wasserman-Schultz." In the e-mail, he called her "the most vile, unprofessional, and despicable member of the US House of Representatives." He concluded: "You have proven repeatedly that you are not a Lady, therefore, shall not be afforded due respect from me!" He said an apology was "not happening" after suggesting to The Huffington Post's Jennifer Bendery that he was sorry for his remarks.

West stood by his e-mail on the radio, which he said was provoked by the congresswoman making "a personal attack against me on the House floor." The attack he referred to was when she criticized his support for the "Cut, Cap and Balance" bill without naming him on the House floor. "The gentleman from Florida. who represents thousands of Medicare beneficiaries, as do I, is supportive of this plan that would increase costs for Medicare beneficiaries, unbelievable from a Member from South Florida," she said.

Berry asked West, whose military career ended after he tortured an Iraqi policeman by firing a pistol past his head, if he had used any "psychological intimidation tactics" against Wasserman Schultz. "I think I did, because she's been pretty quiet."

He defended his characterization that she is "not a lady." "I don't think how she carries herself – gentleman, gentlelady -- she is not that way when you think about some of the things that she has said in the position that she's in as the DNC chair and also as the congressional representative."

West lives in Wasserman Schultz's neighboring district in South Florida. Members of Congress must live in the U.S. State they represent, but there is no law requiring they live in the district they represent.

Wasserman Schultz's Communications Director Jonathan Beeton responded to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel about West's comments. "We’ve come to expect these types of over-the-top comments from Allen West," he said. "It is a shame because Americans want their members of Congress to get people back to work and protect seniors and the middle class, not engage in sexist, sophomoric attacks."

Comments

[qwerty6040]

09:33 AM on 10/17/2011

West is beyond "association word games." He's beyond "Rohrschach blots." He needs massive doses of thorazine now!

[Paul Hacker]

09:15 AM on 10/02/2011

Rep. Wasserman Schultz is one of the nicest people you could meet and one of the most competent Members of Congress. I have been following her for the past 5 years and live in an adjoining district. She was unopposed in her district in 2008 because the Republicans couldn't find anyone to run against her and trounced her opponent last year.

[ocrmom59]

04:52 PM on 10/01/2011

Of course he will back track and say he didn't mean it the way it sound. Him and Cain really has a lot to learn and I am afraid that win Obama wins his reelection they will be the first to say that it is imposssible for him to have won again after all of the hard work of throwing the kitchen sink at him.

The republicans and teaparties have down everything in their power to turn the sane american people against the president and the democrats but it isn't working. All the american people has to do is just sit back and watch the republicans party continue to put their foot in their mouth.

[joejett]

09:20 PM on 10/01/2011

The Obama presidency has turn the American people against him. I applaud Rep West and Mr Cain for having the courage too stand up to the vile poison that has been throw their way. I feel sorry for you my friend. It saddens me, you think Average Americans that are stepping up and protesting for the change in government we were all promised by a Senator from Chicago. Are for your ideas trying too dismantle what we all share....a great country !

[Watching rock grow]

02:24 PM on 10/01/2011

Apparently, they don't know how to play Free Association word game. You are supposed to use one word only, not word phases such as I need a bucket. Showing yet again, Republicans are no longer a viable political group who can't even play a psychological game correctly, let alone govern in a competent fashion.

[bluntobject]

01:18 PM on 10/01/2011

Please....you BIG Silly girl. Shut up and stop acting like somebody stole your Barbie doll.

[bmike]

10:23 AM on 10/01/2011

When you get on a fringe talk show you have to go fringe or the show will lose its listeners. When West is not on fringe he is one of the smartest politicians we have. Without the fringe West is a smooth operator. Sometimes it may be the cocktail hour that is causing the problem.

[kimbanyc]

10:10 AM on 10/01/2011

The disgraced former Colnel appears to relish his role as a bully.

Yet another republican't bully.

[BrBrenda L Gertsch]

09:37 AM on 10/01/2011

DJ Jazzy Jeff is lookin' for ya. Now get your boom-box and go home. Debbie don't play that game....Homey.

[Symphysodon]

08:12 AM on 10/01/2011

Yet another conservative male who seems threatened and afraid of women. Wouldn't you just love to hear him explain just what exactly a "Lady" is? Mr. West could keep a psychiatrist busy for a very long time.

[BMcCue7]

11:37 AM on 10/01/2011

That's undeniably correct; West has real issues with women.

His fear of women even extends to an almost superstitious belief that strong women cause economic deficits, believe it or not.

Allen West: "...all of these women that have been neutering American men and bringing us to the point of this incredible weakness — to let them know that we are not going to have our men become subservien­t. That’s what we need you to do. Because if you don’t, then the debt will continue to grow…defic­its will continue to grow..."

[Decipherer]

07:23 AM on 10/01/2011

What is this guy, a stalker, and why wasn't he prosecuted/court martialed for war crimes?

More importantly, why did the voters of his district elect this ja.ck.wa.gon in the first place?

[thegreatdaveo]

09:39 AM on 10/01/2011

The military leadership usually gives senior officers the choice of taking "early retirement" when caught breaking the law. West was given the option of facing a court martial or resigning his commission. He took the coward's choice.

[Decipherer]

10:07 AM on 10/01/2011

Yes, but either way, it was a better choice than that which we gave to the German officer corps at Nuremberg.

Thanks for explaining how U.S.military officers (and presumably, not enlisted personnel at Abu Ghraib, for example) have gotten off the hook on the matter of war crimes.

[Watching rock grow]

02:27 PM on 10/01/2011

Why wasn't he? He's a Republican they have been excusing the majority of their own since Nixon.

[Marty Kenyan]

06:30 AM on 10/01/2011

This man is an embarrassment ...
an embarrassment to his race
an embarrassment to his gender
an embarrassment to the military he was dismissed from
and an
embarrassment as an American .....

[seanny53]

09:51 AM on 10/01/2011

I agree he's an embarrassment, but I see no reason to bring race into it.

[Watching rock grow]

02:29 PM on 10/01/2011

I do with the likes of Bill Crosby, President Obama, W. Smith, E. Murphy, R. Simons and others showing that strong healthy caring black males do exist. West is a sad respresentive of a historical people.

[kimbanyc]

10:09 AM on 10/01/2011

fanned

[skyshoes]

06:05 AM on 10/01/2011

Does this West guy actually DO anything? I guess any republicant spending every waking hour obsessing about another representative from their own state (brilliant by the way) will take away time spent trying to ruin the country. Another bad choice Florida wingnuts.. Florida the place where they cheered death during their "debate".

[Watching rock grow]

02:31 PM on 10/01/2011

LOL Skyshoes you make me laugh! What has any Republican done since Saddam came out of that spider-hole but make a mockery of the USA?

[Daniel R Cobb]

03:40 AM on 10/01/2011

West's behavior toward Wasserman-Schultz is obsessive and bizarre. She might want to consider taking out a restraining order. I.e., you may encounter me on Capitol Hill, but stay away from residence.

[Daniel R Cobb]

03:15 AM on 10/01/2011

Dangit. I misspelled "incite".

[Classof89]

02:23 AM on 10/01/2011

So someone who publicly disagrees with his policies, he chooses to take it personal, and in return, he's going to make it personal? Very professional.

"Berry asked West if he had used any "psychological intimidation tactics" against Wasserman Schultz. "I think I did, because she's been pretty quiet."

-- Something's wrong with him.

An officer and a gentleman, he ain't. This is nothing more than classic schoolyard bullying, and for some strange reason, West is stuck in the 12-year-old zone. He seems to spend more time thinking and talking trash about Cong. Wasserman Schultz than offering solutions on employment, poverty and the economy.