Rep. Allen West , R-FL, speaks during an address to the 39th Conservative Political Action Committee February 10, 2012 in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

The Huffington Post reports that comedian Bill Maher called Republican Florida Rep. Allen West’s party a “party of apes.” West sparked a recent controversy when we called Democrat members of Congress ‘Communists’ and attacked Maher, saying someone should “take him to the padded cell and give him 20 CCs of the high test.” The Huffington Post reports:

The elephant might not be the best party mascot for the GOP, according to comedian Bill Maher.

Maher derided the Republican Party as the “party of the apes” in blog poston Monday, also blasting Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) and suggesting he be institutionalized:

[T]he idea that the blame for our government’s dysfunction is equally shared by the parties just is a giant, steaming mound of horsesh*t and anyone who has paid attention to politics over the last 20 years knows it. Or as I like to call it, “The Rise of the Party of the Apes.”

In response to West’s recent remark that about 80 Democrats are communists, Maher — who has donated to President Obama’s reelection campaign — suggested someone should “take him to the padded cell and give him 20 CCs of the high test.”

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