Allen West wants you to stop talking about Donald Sterling

[Capt. Obvious]

so that you can talk about Benghazi.

Allen West: 'We Know More About Sterling Than Benghazi'

Former Rep. Allen West's (R-FL) read on coverage of Donald Sterling is that it acted as a distraction from the real ongoing scandal: Benghazi.

In a blog post, West argued that Sterling's racist comments and the National Basketball Association's response by banning him from the league received an an undue amount of coverage compared to other issues, like Benghazi.

Here are the key paragraphs of West's post:

Or how about the lies and deceit of President Obama on healthcare and of course Benghazi, which we now know a video had nothing to do with.

Has our culture devolved to the point that the private statements of an NBA owner draws more outrage than the lies and deceit of the President of the United States?

TPM

[Arkana]

1. Allen West should be pitied, not hated.

Clearly the man has had an ice pick lobotomy and we should not pick on the mentally disabled.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Allen West is a loser.

Literally, a loser.

[underpants]

3. Does this Mr. Ghazi own a major sports franchise?

[rocktivity]

4. Rocktivity wants you to stop talking about Allan West.

And whether uttered in private or not, remarks about your workplace that are detrimental to that workplace are grounds for dismissal -- especially if you've agreed to abide the workplace's code of behavior.


rocktivity

[liberalhistorian]

5. And I wish Allen West would shut up

and go away, but that's not gonna happen, unfortunately.

[Ecumenist]

6. OH FUCK Allen West. He needs to STFU....I cannot STAND this perverted, hypocritical

LIar. Why the hell hasn't he taken a tour of the military's brig?

[oldandhappy]

7. Maybe Allen needs to stop talking.

Maybe!

[Orsino]

8. West gets paid only when he talks...

...and only then when he also pleases certain masters.

[bravenak]

9. Allen West wants us to talk about Allen West.

He got his wish. Allen West is another Uncle Ruckus.

[jmowreader]

10. If we stop talking about Don Sterling, we can talk about Allen West's war crimes

[Gothmog]

11. Allen West is an idiot and is crazy

I have trouble caring about what this crazy idiot thinks

[GoCubsGo]

12. That seems to be a trend with his ilk.

They don't necessarily want to switch the subject to Benghazi. They just don't want to talk about it--period. I participate in a sports-related discussion board. Yesterday, one of the two resident tea baggers there basically posted, "Don't even bring up." Others blew him off, and brought it up. I'm not completely sure why he wanted the subject avoided, but I suspect he was not happy that the racists lost here. The other one was whining about it being discussed, too. I'm sure they'll disappear for a few days like they do every time something like this comes up, and other members point out how wrong they are.

[spanone]

13. bwahahahahahaaa so mr west has become a comedian since being voted out of office..

[Ikonoklast]

14. What a sad, little man.

How miserable his life must be, full of delusions and self-loathing.