Rep. Allen West (R-FL), one of the most controversial Tea Party freshmen in Congress, lost his bid for re-election Tuesday night. Despite moving to a new, more-Republican district (Florida’s 18th congressional district), West was edged by challenger Patrick Murphy (D) by 2,500 votes. During his two-year tenure in Congress, West earned a reputation as not only one of the House’s most brash members, but also its top Islamophobe.
Why Allen West Lost: 16 Of His Worst Moments In Congress: Ah, Rep. West…we hardly knew ye. Well, no, the problem is that we knew him all too well…as, it turns out, did his constituents. Anyone care to bet that he’ll land softly at Fox “News” Channel? I can hardly wait to hear him unleashed.
Four more years to enact a new Great Society: The people have spoken. Time for Conservatives to get used to it. If we could survive eight years of George W. Bush’s Reign of Error ©, Conservatives will have to get used to the idea of Barack Obama rocking their world.
Meet The Nation’s Five Worst Election Officials: Five Republicans, charged with ensuring the integrity of their state’s elections, turn out to be the biggest cheaters and worst threats to democracy of all. Fox, meet hen house.
The 6 Best Moments For Women In The 2012 Election: Finally, someone other than well-fed White males gets a chance to show what they can do. Good on them.
The 20 biggest sore losers of election night: There are winners and there are losers. Unfortunately for them (and us), Conservatives are very sore losers.
The Ten Worst Predictions Of The 2012 Election: I don’t know about you, but I find the collective Conservative aversion to truth to be quite entertaining.
65 best quotes of election 2012: And thus is history made.
4 CEOs That Threatened To Fire Workers If Obama Won: Let’s see if they’re craven and inhuman enough to follow through.
Looking Ahead: Seven States That Could Next Expand Rights for Same-Sex Couples: Interracial marriage was once considered immoral and illegal. Americans got over it. So it will be with marriage equality.
Four More Years - Obama beats the right wing hate machine: Not that the hate machine will grind to a halt, of course, but the good guys won, and it’s going to be fun to listen to the haters screw themselves up into a self-righteous lather. Let the silliness commence…or continue….
Four GOP Senate Candidates Who Lost The Argument On Taxes: It turns out that Americans really don’t want to subsidize the 1% at their own expense. Go figure.
New Info On Romney’s Tax Avoidance: 15 Years Of Little Or No Taxes: Quelle surprise, eh? Now we’ll never get to see his tax returns.
