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" Allen West \u2014 congressman, gun-totin&amp;#039; alleged war criminal, Sarah Palin&amp;#039;s pick for Willard Romney&amp;#039;s running mate, and all-around Renaissance whackadoo \u2014 went home yesterday for a town-hall meeting and really let his freak flag fly: The conservative tea party icon also got in shots at Democrats and President Obama, who spoke Tuesday at Florida Atlantic University. West said Obama was &amp;quot;scared&amp;quot; to have a discussion with him. He later said &amp;quot;he&amp;#039;s heard&amp;quot; up to 80 U.S. House Democrats are Communist Party members, but wouldn&amp;#039;t name names. I mean, Lordy lord, at least Joe McCarthy had in his hand a piece of paper with the names of the Communists in the State Department on it.  And, on issues that are important to his district, the congressman explained his abject ignorance by blaming... The Deficit! At the first of two campaign town-hall events in Martin County on Tuesday, the Plantation Republican told a New Hope Fellowship Church crowd it&amp;#039;d be disingenuous to pretend he knows everything about the area, but said he supports local projects like inlet dredging. But he contended that big national issues, such as gas prices, turn out to be the most important locally. &amp;quot;I understand everything about the (St. Lucie) Inlet. I already represent 70 to 75 miles of coastline. Plenty of inlets, plenty of ports. I got it,&amp;quot; West said. &amp;quot;I understand about the (St. Lucie) river situation. I understand about (Lake) Okeechobee. But it won&amp;#039;t mean a hill of beans if the United States of America goes from $15.6 trillion in debt to $26 trillion in debt.&amp;quot; Plenty of inlets, plenty of ports, he&amp;#039;s got it. That&amp;#039;s the heart of your party right there, Willard. Embrace it, you fool. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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