Allen West was at one point a genuine congressman from the unfortunate state of Florida, aka Future Atlantis, but he lost his seat after he proved too embarrassing to be even a Republican member of House, which is saying something. Undaunted, however, West has since moved on into a new semi-lucrative career of being a Republican has-been who continues to have strong opinions on things.
Like, for example, that the reason so many football players are getting injured these days is because of a lack of prayer in schools.
The former Republican congressman talked about a secular group that wanted the University of Tennessee to stop public prayer before football games. He then recalled how when he played football in high school, a pastor held a prayer before every game and, on top of that, they didn’t even have all the heavy-duty gear that modern players currently wear.
“I don’t remember catastrophic injuries,” he said. “I don’t remember anyone getting carted off that field, paralyzed. See, there’s something about the power of prayer.”
Sounds conclusive to me.
Let us all now quickly return to our own semi-lucrative careers of ignoring Allen West, at least until he, too, announces a presidential bid. He's still more qualified than Ted Cruz.