Re: Rep-Elect Alan West plans on joining the Congressional Black Caucus

John Conyers will have a cow

On Nov 7, 9:37 am, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Alan West plans on joining the Congressional Black
> Caucus<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/rep-elect-alan-west-pla...>
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> 7, 2010 at 9:00 AM | Tags: Alan
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> How will the Congressional Black Caucus react when they meet a man who
> doesn't use race, race-baiting or victimhood in every breath? I don't think
> any members of the CBC have ever meet someone who wants to judged on the
> content of their charctor instead of the color of their skin. Just saying.
>
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> The Hill
> <http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/128005-rep-elect-wes...>
> reports:
>
> Congressman-elect Allen West (R-Fla.) said he plans to join the
> Congressional Black Caucus next year.
>
> West, one of two black Republicans elected to Congress in Tuesday's
> election, said he plans to join the Democratic-dominated bloc, to challenge,
> in West word's, the CBC's "monolithic voice."
>
> *"I plan on joining, I'm not gonna ask for permission or whatever, I'm gonna
> find out when they meet and I will be a member of the Congressional Black
> Caucus and I think I meet all of the criteria and it's so important that we
> break down this 'monolithic voice' that continues to talk about
> victimization and dependency in the black community," West said on WOR
> radio.*
>
> "We've got to turn this thing around, and I think it's time for some
> different voices to be in that body politic," he added.
>
> West hasn't been shy about giving grief to President Obama, the nation's
> first black president, grief on issues of race. West *accused the president
> of exploiting race for political
> purposes*<http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/107789-black-gop-can...>after
> his administration decided not to prosecute members of the New Black
> Panther Party on allegations of voter intimidation in the 2008 election.
>
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