PERFECT CANDIDATE FOR 2012

Allen West is unlike any other candidate with respect to qualifications, ethics, aspirations, electability:

1- First of all, there is too much ridiculous talk about the qualifications of a candidate to federal office. The Democrats' "Palin is not qualified to be President" is laughable because all of those "qualified" candidates from the 2006 Congress are seriously responsible for the current $14.4trillion national debt. If that is what "qualified" can accomplish, then give me one of the Three Stooges; they could not have done worse than the 2006 Democrat Congress and President Obama.

2- Allen West, although a junior Congressman, is eminently qualified because he is smart, logical and understands honor and ethics, two qualities in very short supply in the federal government because the concept of career politician is not conducive to either being honorable or being ethical, not to mention operating a republic. When a person goes to work every day and compromises his principles in order to gain re-election, the result is a corrupted system. When excellence is not the goal, why bother. Allen West is not the type of man to compromise his principles for personal gain to the detriment of the country.

3- Allen aspires to be the best public servant he can be rather than being the best politician he can be. He is better than that; and having put his life on the line to defend his country, it is inconceivable that he would place his own self interest ahead of that of his country, as have too many of the 536 currently in office.

4- Allen separates himself from the current group of GOP candidates because none of them can win and Allen can. He will split the ethnic vote with Obama but will win the majority of conservative and independent voters and consequently the Presidency.

I would also hope that he will take the time to do what Obama shamelessly wouldn't and that is to lift up the poor urban communities. Over two years ago I wrote a blog entitled "Obama's Indelible Mark." Obama had an opportunity to leave an indelible mark on his presidency that no other President in history could have even attempted. He could have walked down the middle of 110th Street in Harlem and given Bill Cosby's "Dutch Uncle" speech. Remember when Cosby gave his speech urging the black community to accept responsibility, to get an education, stop selling drugs to black youth, stop having children out of wedlock, and stop black on black crime. For his concern he was excoriated by the black community's leadership for speaking his mind. You see, the so called community "leaders" were first in line to suck on the teat of the public dole and did not want to lose their supporters and potentially their offices or positions. How dare Cosby challenge blacks to accept responsibility for their economic plight and the crumbling of their community. It was the white man's oppression at the blame. No doubt the reaction to Cosby's speech was enough to convince President Obama not to attempt any action such as Cosby's even though the President knew Cosby's analysis of the black community was spot on. Obama feared losing the black vote and the 2012 election so it would have taken courage for Obama to press that hot button. And since courage has generally not been a word associated with the President, instead he forced through convoluted healthcare and financial regulation while the country was hemorrhaging jobs. Some indelible mark...

I believe that Congressman West will do the right thing even if it might cost him an election. The black community cannot dig out from the hole it is in with 70% of its children born out of wedlock. The family in the black community is destroyed and must be resurrected or the community will remain down. Allen West is the man who can turn the momentum to the positive.

5- Allen West is also an excellent communicator. He speaks with wisdom, knowledge, empathy, strength and straight from the heart, not lifelessly as does Obama from a tele-prompter.

Albiwan..