Posted on 08/23/2006 12:58:59 PM PDT by Blackirish
Gad, this nation has to do better. Can't we find a candidate from somewhere other than that cesspool up on Capitol Hill?
Tell it to Allen.
Allen, just stop talking about it like Hillary and Howard Dean when they deride the "black wait staff" or service station Indians
Allen, just stop talking about it like Hillary and Howard Dean when they deride the various groups
That's right. Let's pile on Allen. We need to keep this story going and get that seat out of his hands and into that of Webb (D). Thanks for your cooperation.
Yep. It's a non-issue really. The world didn't come to an end. I can think of far better things to eat our own over than the meaning and uses of the word macaca. Frankly, the Democrat hack deserved the word.
Stop it Senator. These liberal A-holes will never let you off the hook. Either don't say this stuff or stick by your guns when you do.
That's to whom I was directing my comments. I was paying attention to the context lol.
It is actually funny, if not sad, to see so many people in our own ranks go for the bait, hook, line and sinker, and suspend the offensive campaign, infight, go reactionary, and build up Webb (D) in the process.
This guy has polling results that must indicate he's still in freefall. The GOP needs to step in and save this guy. His presidential potential is zero, but we must keep that seat.
I won't be happy until he puts on an brilliant ivory evening gown, goes to Poplar Forest, stands in the necessary and sings the apology to the tune of Terri Jack's "Seasons In The Sun".
Not who I want in the WH in either case.
I called his office and told them to tell the Senator to SHUT UP! Enuf with the apologies already so I'm sure he will stop now that I have called. I also called McMutiny's office (McCain) and told his guy McCain is a self serving flip flopper like Jacque Kerry! Told him I'd lost what little respect I had for McCain and would NEVER vote for him. So I guess I have told them all off today! It's liek road rage! Ha!
They're not offended at all, they're acting offended just so we'll get our long knives out and take out an unbeatable candidate for POTUS.
I mean, why should they get their hands bloodied? It's easier if they let us do it. I won't have any part in their childish games.
I don't know much about politics, but I do know that you never go on the defensive like this.
He should call the guy. Then turn around and attack Webb for something.
In the Liberals minds, we're all bigots, racists and homophobes. Don't get baited by the oldest shell game in politics.
I agree, he should knock it off. That said, I thought it was a bizarre thing to say, and I actually didn't even see it as a racist insult. I thought he was annoyed but was actually looking for another word (although I have no idea where he got "macaca" from, since to my knowledge, it's not a common insult in the US).
Allen was clearly annoyed, in any case, and I think if somebody has that thin a skin, he needs to go out and develop a thicker one. GWB will occasionally take on press folks who are regular idiots at press conferences, but in general, he's pretty un-provocable. Unfortunately, that's how you have to be, and I hope that Allen learns this.
I've always liked him, but he really screwed up on this. I have to seriously question the judgment of a politician who calls someone a name, especially while they are campaigning and in front of a camera. Just stupid, and the guy was a minority too, that makes it 100x worse in the hyper PC world we now live in.
A bigot? No. A boob? Well, he could be. He very well could have 'Howard Dean screamed' himself.
"He called that man a macaca!"
"A what?
"A macaca! It's a type of monkey but he DID say he meant it as something else. He's such a racist!"
"Yeah, whatever..."
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