Florida Congressman Allen West's Unfortunate Gun Metaphor

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There are those who might say that we've gotten a little too sensitive about language in the months and weeks since Rep. Gabby Giffords was shot in Arizona. I'm one of them. Calls to civility are always welcome, and it is smart to keep rhetoric from overheating. Sometimes it goes to far though, when a common saying is attacked as though it is a literal call to violence. That's what we do in this country, either take things too far, or take things way too far.

This is not one of those times. What Rep. Allen West (R-Naturally) said is just plain stupid.

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Allen West Suggests Anti-War Congressmen Should ‘Get Shot At A Few Times’

In the wake of the killing of Osama Bin Laden, the House came closer than it ever has to voting for an end to the war in Afghanistan today when a bipartisan amendment that would have required President Obama to submit a timetable for withdrawal failed by just 12 votes, netting approval from 26 Republicans. . .

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