Rep. Allen West Calls Out DNCC

(R-Fla) Representative Allen West, according to Ben Smith, crack Politico reporter, and Thers, owner of a waddling duck picture at Whiskeyfire, both brought attention to Florida Republican Representative Allen West for his thoughtful and well documented response to statements by Democratic National Committe Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz directed a laundry list of complaints against West: That his support of Cut, Cap and Balance legislation would cut Medicaid, increase cost for Medicare beneficiaries and hurt the poor people of South Florida through helping those least in need of help, the most wealthy.

Rep. West "respectful" response: "... you are vile... despicable... a coward... shut the heck up..." followed by him throwing his pootie and plopping down. Ms. Wasserman Schultz was unharmed by the words. West's response may have been typical of the hot summer months, but there is a more likely explanation. From a letter written by the Florida Representative:

I am bringing your actions today to our Majority Leader and Majority Whip
and from this time forward, understand that I shall defend myself forthright
against your heinous characterless behavior……which dates back to the disgusting
protest you ordered at my campaign hqs, October 2010 in Deerfield Beach.

You have proven repeatedly that you are not a Lady, therefore, shall not
be afforded due respect from me!

The DNC Chairwoman's statements hinted at nothing remotely untoward or unprofessional. Representative West's response revealed embedded misogyny. It's difficult to determine why he reacted the way he did. The comments from Wasserman's Schultz were perceived by Representative West to be threatening in ways the text itself could not have included. Such an over reaction from a member of Congress tells of character issues. A deeper analysis of his stance can single out the thread of his thinking that results in the defensiveness.

That Representative West felt so threatened by a woman, and displayed aggression, indicates desire to quiet the feminine gender through masculine posturing. Such a revealed facet of character in the face of numeric debate goes directly to the root of his role as a community leader, and shows that is where he feels insecure. It is impossible that his role in the community itself is a weakness, or he would not be speaking from a position of strength on its behalf. It is the most essential basis of community leadership that reveals instability, his home life.

He showed misogyny, and that means there is a problem. The riddle is already solved. He's not young enough to have masculine insecurities. That only leaves his marital status in a realm of reducing possibilities - investments and finance can't be his weakness, that is his approach. Representative West is married, so that can't be a source of weakness. That leaves only one possibility. Allen West may be compensating for his own weakness of having been unfaithful to his wife.

Last night I was working on this and got shut out of the system. The conclusion does not follow at all from the evidence, except as the most analytically likely case. Such burdens of proving innocence have been placed before many people. All that is truly evident is that the Representative exhibited a marked aggressive response against a soft spoken chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. There may have been racism on hs part. Maybe he just didn't like her, but his response would still be very problematic.

A personal problem betwen he and his spouse would be the least politically damaging thing for him, analytically. It never had to be acknowledged that some self-important theorist said somthing about it. It offered an easy way out. Maybe it's something more problematic. Maybe it's nothing at all. I just thought about it and wrote my analysis of his behavior. I have only the data you do. Obviously I can have no definitive proof of anything but that the story was very striking in its angle of factuality.