It's pretty interesting looking at how the MSM is covering the West attack on Wasserman-Schultz

[cali]

and comparing it to how they've covered Palin. Here is a man who unabashedly makes an ugly, sexist attack on a colleague- and fund raises off of it, and the MSM is covering it as an amusing "spat". The Post ran this:

Rep. Allen West vs. Jane Austen and the Brontes: Who wrote what? (quiz)
By The Reliable Source


Jane Austen, Rep. Allen West, and Charlotte Bronte (Archive image; Joshua Prezant for The Washington Post; archive image ) Rep. Allen West (R) sent Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) a scorching email Tuesday after his fellow Floridian criticized his support of Medicare cuts on the House floor. Nasty, yes — but what bold 19th century prose! Can you tell which rich disses were penned by the Tea Party freshman, and which by the great ladies of Bonnet Fiction?

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/rep-allen-west-vs-jane-austen-and-the-brontes-who-wrote-what-quiz/2011/07/20/gIQAoZOJQI_blog.html

This is from Politico:



Baiting West


Debbie Wasserman Schultz, on MSNBC just now, suggested she sympathized with Allen West because of the terrible "pressure" he's under for his position on budget cuts that could affect seniors and added insult to injury by addressing West — who lives in her district, not his — as "a constituent of mine."

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http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0711/Baiting_West.html?showall

From the Miami Herald:


Spat between Wasserman Schultz and Allen West is political — and personal

From charges of sexism to “vile” words, the spat between representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Allen West has gone on for months and shows no signs of letting up.


BY MARC CAPUTO
[e-mail]

In a sign of the hostile atmosphere in Congress, two of its most partisan figures, Broward representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Allen West, continued a personal feud Wednesday that overshadowed the serious debate over how to get the nation out of debt.

The spat played out on national television after having erupted the day before when West sent an email calling Wasserman Schultz “vile” and “despicable” after she said on the House floor that a Republican budget-cutting plan ruined Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

The dispute isn’t all about policy. It’s rooted in personal Broward County politics dating back to Wasserman Schultz’s 2010 claim that West supports denigrating women because he was a columnist for a racy South Florida biker mag. West said those remarks were false and offensive.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/20/2323481/spat-between-wasserman-schultz.html#ixzz1SjgzZrpa

The MSM seems to find his attack on her "amusing".

[Vinca]

1. I think Debbie Wassman Schultz was trying to put a sane spin on it

rather than calling him out as the demented lunatic he is. If the media was doing its job, they would be calling West out as a demented lunatic. You have to wonder how this would have been covered if Debbie was a puke and West was a Dem.

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2. Get over it Allen.

"WAAAH!! No fair!!"



You're embarrassing yourself.

[catabryna]

3. West lives in Wasserman Schultz's district?

Does anyone else find this strange?