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monmouth

(21,078 posts)
Mon May 14, 2012, 11:33 AM May 2012

Allen West Compares Riding His Motorcycle To 'Touching My Wife'

Do you want to know how nutty Allen West is?????

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) spent part of Mother's Day weekend talking about motorcycles -- and how if someone went for a ride on his bike, it would be like that person was "touching [his] wife."

West was talking about his plans to ride his motorcycle to the Republican convention in Tampa this summer when, during an interview with a California radio show, the host asked West if he could take a ride on West's Honda VTX 1800R retro.

"That would be like touching my wife," West said, according to a report in Sun-Sentinel, a South Florida newspaper.

When the radio show host said it wouldn't be quite the same thing, West doubled down.

"Yes," he said. "It would be."

A request for clarification by West's spokeswoman was not immediately returned.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/14/allen-west-motorcycle-wife_n_1514695.html





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Allen West Compares Riding His Motorcycle To 'Touching My Wife' (Original Post) monmouth May 2012 OP
ah, ownership. but really men, us women just lack a sense of humor. nt seabeyond May 2012 #1
BLECH! cindyperry2010 May 2012 #2
Let him talk! Lost-in-FL May 2012 #3
Wonder when he'll trade yesphan May 2012 #4
how is his wife like his motorcycle? Enrique May 2012 #5
She doesn't start on cold days? n/t sarge43 May 2012 #7
Make a lot of noise? N/T IggleDoer May 2012 #8
Making a joke about the analogy of motorcycles and Congressman Shame's wife fail me. Suji to Seoul May 2012 #9
She might be a "soft tail" and I hope she is not a chopper Botany May 2012 #11
I'd post something, but then I would be called names. sakabatou May 2012 #15
Easy peasy - they both give him woodies. polichick May 2012 #17
She keps throwing him off. rug May 2012 #18
He looks like a doofus when he touches his wife too. n/t Chan790 May 2012 #21
A statement easily misinterpreted. Turbineguy May 2012 #6
Can you imagine being that idiot's spin doctor? Suji to Seoul May 2012 #10
Well, it's permanent employment cleaning up after that elephant parade. n/t sarge43 May 2012 #12
Hey, Allen ... ride a little faster. Bake May 2012 #13
He probably treats his bike better than his wife. LiberalFighter May 2012 #14
Some guys refer to their boats, cars and even guns as "she". MrSlayer May 2012 #16
Is his wife really that hot? aikoaiko May 2012 #19
Fuckin' gross. Iggo May 2012 #20
Mother's Day + motorcyle + "touching my wife" + Allen West = Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2012 #22
And The Winner Is....... iloveObama12 Jun 2012 #23
 

Suji to Seoul

(2,035 posts)
9. Making a joke about the analogy of motorcycles and Congressman Shame's wife fail me.
Mon May 14, 2012, 11:52 AM
May 2012

Maybe he had to buy his wife too. . .I can't imagine any woman willing marrying batshit crazy, paranoid, stupid and psychotic.

But hey. . .convinced murders on death row have wives on the outside.

Turbineguy

(37,324 posts)
6. A statement easily misinterpreted.
Mon May 14, 2012, 11:41 AM
May 2012

My Father used to say "Never lend out your bicycle, your fountain pen or your girlfriend!"

He lent a friend his bicycle and it was stolen. Somebody borrowed his fountain pen and bent the nib. I don't know how the girlfriend thing went.

Still, comparing your motorcycle in favor of your Wife is not a wise thing to do. Close friends who know you, would understand it. A public statement is idiocy. But the sort of idiocy we've come to expect from West.

Bake

(21,977 posts)
13. Hey, Allen ... ride a little faster.
Mon May 14, 2012, 12:41 PM
May 2012

In fact, ride a whole lot faster. Nothing will happen ...

Bake

LiberalFighter

(50,912 posts)
14. He probably treats his bike better than his wife.
Mon May 14, 2012, 02:12 PM
May 2012

Probably wouldn't let his wife touch the bike.

Can't imagine anyone wanting to be married to that freak.

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
16. Some guys refer to their boats, cars and even guns as "she".
Mon May 14, 2012, 06:23 PM
May 2012

And they will no more let you pilot, drive or shoot their "girls" than they would let you fuck their wives. That's what he's saying here.

West is a freak show but this is much ado about nothing.

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