There are some truly nutzoid ideas out there on the far-right, but this one is today's winner. A winger by the name of Dan Emmett wrote a piece in the
formerly great Washington Post Bezos Bugle's "PostEverything" section that urged deranged
former Rep. Allen West be
named to head the Secret Service, the agency responsible for defending the President and his family. It's apparently
not a satire. West is, of course, infamous for his vitriolic attacks on President Obama, saying things like "Barack Hussein Obama has an Islamist sympathy" and urging members of the military
to disobey the President's orders. He falsely claimed that up to 81 Democratic members of the House
were Communists. West was forced out of the Army after beating an unarmed Iraqi policeman. In short, he's a piece of work.
In reality, this extremist would be more likely to shoot at the President than defend him as a Secret Service official. He belongs under psychiatric care, as does apparently Mr. Emmett.
