Slur Shows Presidential Hopeful Unworthy

Times Union ^ | 8/22/06

[areafiftyone]

Well personally I never thought he was qualified to run for president. I think he's a good Senator and hope he retains that seat for a long time. But this does not help him at all because of his background problems.

[claudiustg]

---In the colloquial Ladino dialect of Tunisian Sephardic Jews it means "someone who harasses, who annoys" ---

Looks like I'll have to go with your definition since in the whole article the author did not see fit to posit a definition, Very curious that.

[Hand em their arse]

"The Allen campaign, trying to stomp out the furor, explained defensively that the candidate had merely mangled the word Mohawk, a nickname he said his staff had given Sidarth to reflect the shaved sides of his unusual haircut..."


This could be one of the most moronic responses from any campaign, republican or democrat.... I mean give me a friggin' break...

[Seeking the truth]

Indeed, the audience laughed at Allen's crude sally.

I didn't know the audience consisted only of French Tunisians - after all, as the writer says, only those of French Tunisian ancestry would know what "macaca" is.

[Obadiah]

The Liberal Papers are milking this for all it's worth.

They always do! Yet another example of the piercing double standard on race used by liberals. I swear they live to sniff out any statement of racial contention to use to bludgeon a Republican with. At the same time, guys like Sen. Bryd are referred to as "the conscience of the Senate". Balderdash!

[ReagansRaiders]

I'm originally from Albany and the Times Union is a bigger liberal rag than the Washington Post. In fact, they basically take all their articles from the WashPo and reprint them.

[JCEccles]

Have I said this morning yet how much I loathe the vile putrefaction on the body politic known as liberalism?

There aren't enough words or time.

I suspect you're cheering this evil and dishonest cheapest of cheap shots on a fine conservative.

[longtermmemmory]

perhaps we should say all newspapers have "kaa kaa" brains.

I really wish we could find a way to ge to the advertisers of these local papers.

Advertisers need to learn that supporting such left wing absurdity COSTS them business because we the consumers spread the word that advertiser X supports a left wing paper.

[ReagansRaiders]

Ah, that was a Marianne Means op-ed. She's a moron.

[JCEccles]

Well personally I never thought he was qualified to run for president.

Big suprise.

DU troll.

[DoctorMichael]

The Pubbies have been carefully courting the Indian community. We have/are skimmed/skimming off the highly educated, entrepreneurial class from their country. This is an attempt to drive a wedge between the two.

[JCEccles]

This is areafiftyone's attempt to drive a wedge right here at FR.

Go back and review this troll's posting history.

[Condor51]

This does it. New law in effect.

As of Jan 1, 2007 all spoken and written words are hereby banned because every word is derogatory in some obscure language nobody has ever heard of, except the three people who speak it on an atoll in the pacific, or deep in the amazon jungle, and somebody may take offense or have their feelings hurt - directly or indirectly, now and/or in the future. As such, mankind shall henceforth communicate by shrugs and grunts ONLY!

An aside, I'm pretty sure "macaca" means 'sh*t for brains' in Bhutanese.

[areafiftyone]

I suspect you're cheering this evil and dishonest cheapest of cheap shots on a fine conservative.

Did you see me cheer? Don't accuse me unless you know for sure. My reaction was not one of cheer. I said we need him to keep his Senate Seat. Just because you don't like what the paper wrote don't take it out on me.

[Corin Stormhands]

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

He said it twice.

[onyx]

Well personally I never thought he was qualified to run for president. I think he's a good Senator and hope he retains that seat for a long time. But this does not help him at all because of his background problems.

Ah, but yesterday you stated you had nothing against Allen. Seems you do, after all.

[areafiftyone]

YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A TROUBLE MAKER. GO BACK AND REVIEW THE POSTS ON ALLEN'S SLUR. I DID NOT POST THEM ALL. GET A LIFE!

[Corin Stormhands]

I didn't know the audience consisted only of French Tunisians - after all, as the writer says, only those of French Tunisian ancestry would know what "macaca" is.

I'd put money on the fact that no one, no one at the rally, Sidarth included knew that the word was a French slur.

[Hoodat]

I must have missed the Times Union editorial on Sen. Robert Byrd (D-KKK), and his use of the N-word.

[areafiftyone]

I don't have anything against him and I stated time and again that if he wins the nomination for president he has my vote hands down.