Rep. Allen West (R-FL), a star of the Tea Party movement, delivered a raucous address at CPAC — ranging from such varied topic as extolling his own identity as a black conservative, lambasting liberals as wanting to crush the individual, and citing the 19th-century French libertarian philosopher Frédéric Bastiat in calling the social welfare state “legalized plunder.”
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