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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 08:06 AM
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I so hope this new George Allen-is-a-racist story gains traction...
Edited on Mon Sep-25-06 08:08 AM by marmar
I read some excerpts from the Salon story. A fellow teammate says that one night after hunting he sought out a black neighborhood so he could leave a bloody deer's head at someone's home?
Not only is Allen a racist, he's clearly a psychopath. And this was one of the Repug favorites to run for president in 2008? They're going to change their acronym to GOWP - the Grand Old Wizards Party.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 08:08 AM
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1. Agreed! Allen is, IMO, one vile excuse for a human being.
Webb's still a little too conservative for me, but he's a great improvement over an overt racist.
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mucifer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 08:08 AM
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2. I hope it motivates liberals and people of color to vote.
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 08:15 AM
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3. It sure seems to be. Even among republicans....
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patricia92243 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 08:26 AM
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4. I want to google th article about him that his sister wrote. Anybody know
her name? Or maybe already have a link? A person's sibling bad-mouthing him as strongly as his sister did, is very interesting.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 08:32 AM
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5. Here's one discussion of the book she wrote:
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patricia92243 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 09:20 AM
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9. Broke his brother's collarbone - wow!!
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 10:40 AM
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10. I know. He seems like a real nutcase.
:scared: :crazy:
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magnolia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 10:47 AM
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11. Jennifer Allen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Allen_(politician)#Charges_by_Allen.27s_sister_Jennifer
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magnolia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 10:51 AM
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12. Nice guy...huh!
Charges by Allen's sister Jennifer
Allen's younger sister Jennifer Allen Richard alleges in her memoir Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter (Random House Publishing, 2000) that Allen attacked his younger siblings during his childhood. <45> She claims that Allen held her by her feet over Niagara Falls,<46> struck her boyfriend in the head with a pool cue,<47> threw his brother Bruce through a glass sliding door, tackled his brother Gregory, breaking his collarbone,<48> and dragged Jennifer upstairs by her hair. In the book, she wrote, "George hoped someday to become a dentist…George said he saw dentistry as a perfect profession—getting paid to make people suffer."<49>


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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 08:32 AM
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6. This no doubt will solidify his base and make him a hero at free republic
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 08:44 AM
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7. There's a constituency for racism, but, yes, it's sticking. nt
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 08:48 AM
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8. True, there is a contingent for whom this story and "macaca"...
are badges of honor....But I am glad it's sticking. People are now thinking: "Where there's smoke, there's burning crosses."
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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 01:35 PM
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13. Let's not forget his meeting with the CCC
Edited on Mon Sep-25-06 01:36 PM by rateyes
a White Supremecist Group:

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Ashy Larry Donating Member (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 02:46 PM
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14. We Want Webb!
Please check out the latest video released by the Webb campaign: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9fBxGHNH_s . Jim Webb is a very inspiring leader and will never be bought or bullied!
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