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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.

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  • Sunday, September 24, 2006 05:19 PM

    This Guy has Issues with Identity

    He's a Californian who calls himself a real Virginian.

    Embraced the Confederate while saluting the Stars and Stripes.

    A neocon Christian who hid a Jewish bloodline.

    Uses colorful language to describe other people of color.

    This has all the symptoms a mental disorder right? I mean, this can't be normal.

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