If you really believe and of that crap about George Allen then you are incredibley (sp) naive.
Not a question of believing GA or not—what he or his campaign did is out there.
If that is the best way he could have managed his staff and/or the press then he was in a place he didn’t belong.
Like I said, all he had to do was shut up, kiss babies and collect money.
When they tried to liken Jim Webb to John Kerry they were not only foolish, they were wrong.
Don’t forget a lot of Vets, although they didn’t like Webb transferring loyalties weren’t going to do a ‘Kerry’ on him as he didn’t deserve it.
The ‘macaca (sp)’ thing, though grossly overplayed was put out there and if GA had only said it once he may have gotten a slide, but he continually repeated it.
To use a word or phrase 3-5 times in a ‘thought’ then claim you didn’t know what you are saying is really a case of being naive.
Granted if Webb had been running as an R his USNA days and statements he made later about Women In Combat, would have crucified him but he got a pass while running as a D. If he had been running against John Warner (R-VA) I probably would have voted for Webb, but I stuck with Allen despite his shortcomings.
Well, like I said, I’ve known George Allen for over 20 years.
I haven’t spent nearly as much time reading the Washington Post.