Can we swap out Obama for the honorable Lt. Colonel Allen West???
Just play the video of congressional candidate Lt. Col. Allen West. You’ll be glad you did. / Congressional candidate Lieutenant Colonel West speaking at the American Freedom tour in Fort Lauderdale Florida at the Revolution Nightclub. / West, who captured 45 percent of the vote in his Florida swing district in 2008, says his positions on the economy and national security are resonating with his constituents. “It has nothing to do with race,” he said. “People don’t care about your color, they care about your character.” Retired Army Col. Louis Huddleston, who is running for Congress against incumbent Rep. Larry Kissell, D-N.C., is blunt when talking about race. “My bona fides and my credibility … have nothing to do with my race,” he said. “It may be good for copy or for media sensationalism. But my success will not be based on race. “I don’t function from that paradigm,” he said. “Race is a benign characteristic. It is who you are and what motivates you that matters.” Frazier said he