Posted on 09/26/2006 4:22:31 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
September 26, 2006
US Senator George Allen is responding to more allegations of racist behavior.
The latest comes from a former college teammate.
Former teammate Doctor Ken Shelton says, "Allen said he came to Virginia because he wanted to play football in a place where 'blacks knew their place.'"
"He used the N-word on a regular basis back then," said Shelton, who was in Salon.com.
During a hunting outing with Allen and another teammate, Shelton says Allen drove the three to a black neighborhood and "he proceeded to take the doe's head and stuff it into a mailbox."
Bishop Gerald Glenn says he used to see Allen as a Confederate flag waving redneck and has talked to the senator about his perception problem in the African American community.
While the two still disagree on key issues, Glenn says assassinating Allen's character does nothing for the voters of Virginia.
Allen told reporters today that he and Doctor Shelton weren't close and haven't spoken to each other in more than 30 years. Other teammates have released statements saying they've never heard Allen use racial slurs.
Allen's approval rating is down in the latest poll released today by SurveyUSA. The poll was taken last week, so the numbers do not reflect possible reaction to the Salon.com article.
Makes you wonder what else he's faking as he runs for president.
I disagree, romney had stumbles during his 2 campaigns and didn't handle them as well as slick as his supporters seem to think he would a future one. Theres also a big difference, romney has never faced the kind of scrutiny allen has. Better allen gets this now and knows how to deal with it in '08. Make no mistake, in '08 dems will come after romney (if hes the nominee) with just as much and he will stumble. Allen if he's our nominee will likely respond much better.
This race has turned into a great way to prep allen for a presidential race, something none of the other '08ers have going for them. He can turn around in '08 and say look, i won in a purple state against a moderate democrat who ran against the war, and i was able to get past the media barrage against me.
I'm indian and i don't consider myself white....
Problem with being too polished is that it makes you seem inhuman. Do you really think somone as scripted as romney could pull a bullhorn moment like george bush did? I doubt it. I could see rudy or allen doing it, but certainly not romney. Mccain on the otherhand.... i can see him just having a meltdown.
One of the many ways Democrats use to steal elections--lie about the GOP nominee and call him or her a racist. That'll get the media going and the sheeple will follow.
George Allen was born in Whittier!
However, he didn't exactly "make it up" since he'd heard the staff calling the stalker with the camera that very same thing at an earlier time.
It's someone on his staff who makes up names.
Someday when you are startled by something, stop to think what your name is. OK?
I didn't say "all" Indians ~
Nixon's home!!!!! What a mensch.
who says it wasn't my guy this time? He needs to be a little more aware of the game.
This is one of the best museum/libraries I've seen for a President. Guy had some rich friends Fur Shur.
But it was 115 degrees the day we visited.
Guess what? It seems that this whole story of Allen doing this is ripped off from a more recent incident in the area:
http://www.wral.com/news/5893016/detail.html
Also, the claim was that the prank was inspired by The Godfather, but that film hadn't even come out yet at the time Allen was alleged to have done this.
This whole thing is about '04 for the Dems (revenge against Allen for chairing the NRSC and knocking off Daschle) and about '08 for some GOPers (Weekly Standards, some bloggers, some Freepers) who are looking to damage Allen so as to help their preferred candidate (many of them Romney backers.)
To the GOPers, I say knock it off until after Nov. Let's hold this seat and hold the Senate. There's plenty of time for primary politics afterwards.
The videotape is a fake?
Anyone who is willing to throw one of our guys overboard on the word of the enemy is not on our side.
Nixon's boynhood home was not moved to the library. His father built it there.
In 1912, after purchasing about nine acres in what is now Yorba Linda to start a citrus farm, Frank Nixon built the house from a kit. A few months later, on January 9, 1913, Richard Nixon was born at the house. The farm later became the site of a school, which, in turn, became the site of the library.
Thne notion that the house was moved to the library is a myth that simply will not die. I am a docent at the library, and scarcely a shift at the Birthplace goes by in which someone doesn't ask about the house being moved.
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