Letters to the Editor
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He just doesn't get it
When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.
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Bittersweet
Yeah, it's always fun to watch this fool kick himself in the arse... but it would also be nice to hear some news about his qualified, charismatic and supercool opponent. Mind you, I don't go digging for the full coverage of the race, but the very fact of me hearing a lot about Allen's screw-ups and NOTHING about his opponent's virtues is terrifying. What happens if/when the Democrats seize control of Congress? Anything good? I'm not so sure anymore.
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macacans-a-plenty...
That these people would agree to attend, much less pose, with that idiot is nauseating. America is apparently full of people who are bound and determined to vote directly against their own sef interests. Madonna ragazzi!!!
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Did you look at the pictures?
He actually stands behind a podium with a sign that says "Ethnic Community Campaign Rally". None of the smiling faces seem to mind. Interesting world.
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George Allen's Ethnic Friends
This is eerily reminiscent of Stephen Colbert's picture of "my black friend":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ColbertAlan.png
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Read it and weep, Allen
From today's Richmond VA daily:
Warner campaign support grows in Va.
BY JEFF E. SCHAPIRO
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER Sep 12, 2006
Democrat Mark R. Warner stands a better chance of carrying his GOP-leaning home state as a presidential candidate in 2008 than Republican George Allen, The Times-Dispatch Poll shows.
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149190572506
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Tancredo Speaks to Neo-Confederate organization
From the Southern Poverty Law Center:
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=79
Congressman addresses hate group
by Alexander Zaitchik
COLUMBIA, S.C. | Sept. 11, 2006 -- For a college football game day, the South Carolina State Museum in downtown Columbia was a busy place on the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 9.
On the ground floor, a United States Army brass band commemorated the victims of 9/11. One level up, not far from the museum's permanent Confederate Army exhibit, the state chapter of the League of the South (LOS), a neo-Confederate hate group, hosted a barbeque in honor of Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, head of the House Immigration Reform Caucus and likely contestant in the 2008 GOP presidential primary. Proceeds from the $15 per-plate fundraiser went to Americans Have Had Enough!, a South Carolina-based non-profit coalition for which Tancredo serves as honorary chairman.
While Tancredo's hard-line "deport 'em all" stance on immigration has made him a favorite politician of white supremacists, this marked the first time the congressman has appeared at a hate group event.
Dressed casually in a yellow t-shirt, Tancredo addressed the standing-room audience of 200-250 from behind a podium draped in a Confederate battle flag. To the congressman's right, a portrait of Robert E. Lee peered out at the crowd of Minutemen activists, local politicians, and red-shirted members of LOS and the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The Confederate trappings of the event found a mismatch in Tancredo's standard nativist polemic, which stayed clear of references to Southern heritage or direct plaudits for the LOS, a Southern white nationalist organization dedicated to "Southern independence, complete, full, and total."
Tancredo's appearance was part of a five-day sweep through conservative South Carolina, which hosts an early GOP primary and has seen the Southeast's largest percentage gain in foreign-born residents since the 2000 Census. Rising to his friendly audience, Tancredo blasted South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham for being too soft on immigration and basked in the long applause that followed his harangues against illegal immigrants and "the cult of multiculturalism" that glorifies disunity and refuses to acknowledge the "Christian principles enshrined in the U.S. Constitution." (Tancredo did not appear to grasp the irony of addressing the "lack of unity" in America in front of a group dedicated to Southern secession.)
The afternoon's proceedings were opened by Garland McCoy, board member of Americans Have Had Enough! McCoy, a veteran conservative activist and treasurer of the telecom industry front-group Progress and Freedom Foundation, declared he "has not been so excited" by a politician in a long time. "Tom Tancredo can go all the way," he said. Most in the crowd appeared to agree. "I brought my son here today to meet the next president of the United States," one man told Tancredo during the question-and-answer period.
McCoy was followed by a lineup of conservative South Carolina politicians and LOS members, including a local preacher who during a rambling convocation called upon the audience to "pray for everyone involved [in the fight] against those coming from desperate cultures and languages [sic]."
At the close of Tancredo's speech, several men in confederate-themed clothing stood up and bellowed the first notes of "Dixie," the Confederate anthem. They were soon joined by voices from throughout the large hall, which was now entirely on its feet. Tancredo, a second-generation Italian-American from Denver, appeared confused by the sudden burst of strange song. He quickly worked his way toward the exit with his staff.
Trancredo's encounter with the League of the South continued outside. On the steps of the museum, Tancredo held court with LOS officials and supporters in Confederate clothing. He held a batch of the materials being distributed at the barbeque, among them a copy of the The Citizen's Informer, the newspaper of the Conservative Citizens Council, the racist organization that grew out of the segregationist White Citizens Councils of the 1950s. When questioned about the newspaper, Tancredo responded that he did not know its history.
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Not real brown people
I bet someone will find out they are just photoshopped generic white people.
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Separate But Equal
Sen. Allen obviously believes in the time-honored southern tradition of separate but equal campaign rallies.
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Walmart Americans
George Allen is just proving that he's down with the Walmart set.
I was picking up some shampoo in Walmart the other day, and I looked across the aisle to see that the opposite shelf was for "Ethnic Care." Ethnic Care, of course, means hair care and cosmetic products intended for the African-American consumer market.
I'm glad that Walmart has a separate shelf for black folks. I would have felt so violated had they put black shampoo on the same rack as white shampoo.
Praise the Lord for George Allen - maybe when he's elected, we can get some of those nice ethnic water fountains, and install those special ethnic seats at the back of the bus!