Sen, Macaca, dogged by protest, dodges downtown

[bigtree]

Allen, dogged by protest, dodges downtown

By David Royer/staff
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4:35 p.m. STAUNTON — Sen. George Allen gave the slip to protesters, supporters and city officials today, bypassing an afternoon stop in downtown Staunton for an unannounced lunch break at a local drive-in restaurant.

The last-minute change in plans came minutes after a man identifying himself as a University of Virginia law school student broke in front of reporters at an event at Staunton’s Holiday Inn, forcefully asking the senator, “Have you ever used the word n-----?”

He also questioned why Allen, a one-term Republican senator and former governor, had once displayed a noose in his office.

Allen, caught off-guard but still smiling, put his hands on the man’s shoulders and offered to speak to him later, but aides quickly led the man out of the room and Allen soon boarded his bus and left.

more: http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060825/NEWS01/60825001


more on law student: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1983599&mesg_id=1983599

[marmar]

1. Awesome...We're going to "smoke him out."

Harass him at every appearance, drive him insane. {That would be a very short drive, methinks.}

[warrior1]

2. Choking on his own words

karma

[xchrom]

3. the reality ''senator macaca'' is facing

only makes me smile.

may he choke on his ''macaca''.

[Cha]

4. The Macaca's on allen's

back and he ain't goin' nowhere.

[tanyev]

5. Funny how much some elected officials hate it when "the people"

really want to talk to them.

[leftchick]

6. Protest Pic at The Link!

I can't post it for some reason but it is well worth the look! "Racism is not a family value"!!!

:)

[WA98296]

7. Now that's what I call activism. If we're lucky we'll see him on Countdown