Slur Shows Presidential Hopeful Unworthy

Times Union ^ | 8/22/06

[areafiftyone]

The Liberal Papers are milking this for all it's worth. Can't wait till this blows over. We need for Allen to win his Senate Seat!

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

ping for future.

[mkjessup]

Well it's obvious the Times Union is in the tank for Webb, if it were the other way around, they would be arguing that "Webb's service to the Nation demonstrates that he is above any sort of bias or bigotry."

But put that (R) after the candidates name?

It's SATAN! *RUN* !!!!!

[aruanan]

Slur Shows Presidential Hopeful Unworthy

He just should have called him a political stalker.

[wideawake]

Again, "macaca" is not a racial slur. In the colloquial Ladino dialect of Tunisian Sephardic Jews it means "someone who harasses, who annoys" (i.e. behaves in the way a macaque monkey behaves - following people around, reaching in their pockets, begging for food) - A Sephardic Jew would apply the term to his salesman brother or to the telemarketer who just called him - it has no racial connotation.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

What are Mr. Allen's stances on things such as abortion, islam, israel, china, and federal power?

[craig_eddy]

So if you insult anyone at all, you can't be President? I guess they've re-written the Constitution to include that little caveat.

So who does that leave as an eligible candidate? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

[Gone GF]

Hard to imagine the Times Union will have a whole lot of influence down here in Virginia.

[ritewingwarrior]

Its not the Senate seat that the media cares about. It is Allens run in 2008. They are setting up the base to destroy him.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

He's still an eligible candidate, but the decision is up to the voters. If this insult turns voters against him, then he won't be picked, simple.

[areafiftyone]

It is a Racial Slur for Arabs. It means the "N" word.

[Dutch Boy]

The left should beware of the law of unintended consequences. If they force the issue too hard it will turn and bit them just like the culture of corruption and countless other ploys. It must be sad when all your party has to offer is cheap name calling and we're not Bush. Not a positive plan in sight from the dems.

[stylin19a]

I saw the tape on this. Allen was pretty bad. He kept repeating the word...with emphasis.

Repubs never put their foot in their mouths anymore.
They shoot that sucker off long before it gets anywhere near their mouth.

[areafiftyone]

Allen has basically the same stand as Bush. No different. He's a conservative. But they want Webb to win the seat and they are going to milk this for what it is worth.

[Fighting Irish]

Dear George,

As a former constituant of yours may I suggest, if you really wish to be a contender for the oval office, find yourself a hooker .... get drunk with her .... drive past the Washington Press Corp and ditch the speeding auto into the Potomac.

[Fresh Wind]

Quoth Senator Byrd (D-KKK):

"There are white n*****s. I've seen a lot of white n*****s in my time. I'm going to use that word."

When will ANY liberal paper write a scathing editorial about Kleagle Byrd's racist remark?

[pepperspray]

He should have known better, in all seriousness.

[areafiftyone]

I never looked at the video. I heard it wasn't very good for Allen.

[cicero's_son]

Yes, we need him to win his Senate seat.

But this is a perfect example of why he's unsuitable as a Presidential candidate.

[MarkL]

Oh, Darn, Allen again? I thought that this was going to be about Biden or Clinton.

Mark