I remember a TV interview with democrat Robert Byrd of W.VA.
He used an uacceptable term and was given a chance to retract it right away and did not. It was far worse than George Allens remark.
I still remember his hurtful remarks to this day, and I haven't recovered. He was talking about white macacas. Oh, the horror.
I remember that incident. On the Senate floor he used the term "nigger" and "white nigger". It was a one day story and then it was gone forever.