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" It appears that the House of Representatives may find itself short one raving nutcase in January, as Allen West seems to be in some trouble down in Florida against challenger Patrick Murphy. Over at Josh&amp;#039;s joint, they&amp;#039;ve put up Murphy&amp;#039;s latest ad, in which he does everything short of accusing West of having been a war criminal:      The important thing to remember here is that it was the act of menacing an Iraqi civilian, and the Army&amp;#039;s response to West&amp;#039;s actions, and especially the latter, that are entirely responsible for West&amp;#039;s having a political career in the first place. (A contemporaneous story in the New York Times says only that West is &amp;quot;preparing to start life over as a high-school social studies teacher.&amp;quot;) It was how he raised money for his defense fund, which easily transitioned to a campaign organization. It was how he first endeared himself to the conservative powers that are running his party now. He got famous because of something the Army had done to him. Soon, he was in Congress, and free to say that most Democratic politicians were communists. When I say that cruelty has become their ideology, the career of Allen West is what I&amp;#039;m talking about. That said, I&amp;#039;m not entirely sure that this ad isn&amp;#039;t the one punch too many that never should have been thrown. West stands indicted as a fool out of his own mouth. That should have been enough. Murphy was already in a winnable race. Now, he&amp;#039;s going to have to answer questions about his own lack of military service for the next month, and he allows West and his people to cast Congressman Crazeehead as a victim....  &amp;quot;What kind of man who has never worn the uniform attacks an honorably discharged combat veteran for acting to protect the lives of his soldiers?&amp;quot; said West campaign manager Tim Edson. This is an argument that need not have been joined. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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