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Sunday, September 24, 2006 12:00 AM

Teammates: Allen used "N-word" in college

Three members of Sen. George Allen's college football team remember a man with racist attitudes at ease using racial slurs.
By Michael Scherer

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  • Sunday, September 24, 2006 08:19 PM

    a real heartland of Virginia sentiment

    Having grown up in the heartland of Allen country, the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, a geographical region that makes even Utah seem faintly bluish by comparison, I know that Allen's flask of racism was always one of his biggest political assets, so long as he only brought it out and passed it around with a certain crowd of people. Based on his behavior and the legendary macaca comment, this story doesn't surprise me at all. Actually this morning I found myself wondering when "old friends" of Allen would materialize to tell us what a racist jerk he used to be back in the day. That when is now!

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