This is a really lame defense. Politicians do stupid things all the time, and Republicans in particular have an illustrious history of showing how completely out of touch they are with reality. I see no evidence–in the video or anywhere else–to suggest that George Allen is too smart to use a racial slur. This is like saying, “There’s no way George W. Bush would invade Iraq. Nobody’s THAT stupid.”

Senator George Allen’s racial remark to a 20 year old Indian man last week, has re-highlighted accusations that the Senator is a bully and a bigot. Senator Allen’s sister, Jennifer Allen, documents many cases of her brother’s bullying in her book Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach’s Daughter. Read the excerpts below.

Explaining why she is scared of heights, Ms. Allen writes that “Ever since my brother George held me over the railing at Niagara Falls, I’ve had a fear of heights.” [Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter, page 43]

Referring to George’s relationship with one of her boyfriends: “My brother George welcomed him by slamming a pool cue against his head.” [Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter, page 178]

Referring to George’s early leadership skills, Jennifer wrote: “We all obeyed George. If we didn’t, we knew he would kill us. Once, when Bruce refused to go to bed, George hurled him through a sliding glass door. Another time, when Gregory refused to go to bed, George tackled him and broke his collarbone. Another time, when I refused to go to bed, George dragged me up the stairs by my hair.” [Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter, page 22]

Referring to George’s early career aspirations, Jennifer wrote “George hoped someday to become a dentist. George said he saw dentistry as a perfect profession – getting paid to make people suffer.” [Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter, page 22]

Referring to George’s habit of terrorizing a Green Bay Packer fan in their neighborhood, Jennifer wrote that the fan’s mailbox often “lay smashed in the street, a casualty of my brothers’ drive-by to school in the morning. George would swerve his Mach II Mustang while Gregory held a baseball bat out the window to clear the mailbox off its post. . . . Lately, the Packers fan had resorted to stapling a Kleenex box to the mailbox post to receive his mail. George’s red Mustang screeched up beside us, the Packers fan’s Kleenex mailbox speared on the antenna.” [Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter, page 16]

Of course his explanation is that he is a flag collector.

More likely is that this guy is an out and out racist repub knuckle-dragger.

“Hell I thought those people liked being called monkeys… how was I to know that monkey boy was so sensitive… I sure am sorry if he’s so out of touch with the reality of the real world here in Virginia that he is somehow offended by his obvious resemblance to a monkey… Dang… Sooooooooooooooooooorry”

Trust me…Allen may play dumb and say he doesn’t know what the word means, but the people from that area of Virginia? I guarantee they’ve never heard of it.

If Allen didn’t know what “macaca” meant, why the hell was he using it? “Oh, it was the first thing that came to my mind.”

He should have been booed off the stage.

We are going to have to start shouting down people who make these outlandish comments in public situations to draw attention to show what evil bastards they really are.

You too. Please look into the record of John Tasini. He’s against the war in Iraq. He’s for same sex marriage. He’s the total package.

Thank you.

Please consider supporting progressive, anti-war John Tasini for the US Senate in New York in the Democratic primary. He’s running against the DLC candidate, Hillary Clinton.

If anything, please support him to put pressure on Hillary to take more progressive positions.

Thanks, so much.

http://www.tasinifornewyork.org/

Oh, so you are really strict! :)
If you have to go, please, by all means. I still have to glue some stuff.