Posted on 09/19/2006 4:16:14 AM PDT by nj26
We could do worse.
"Funny, confderate history month didn't hurt him with african americans in virginia. He gets the highest vote % of any republican in the state for african americans. He has more the double the approval rating(among blacks) (35-40%) of any other republican including that rino warner. When elections have rolled around he usually gets 20-25% of the black vote."
Do you think that will be the case after the national media is finished with him?
Just look at what they have done with macaca, a word no one has ever heard of.
Not to mention what his GOP opponents will to him.
That being said, I'd be proud to be a Jew.
I think I remember the curse that mentioned any president nominated in a year ending in Zero wouldn't finish their term. Reagan disproved that by about an inch.
Generally, the lame duck president's party loses seats on the last election meaning '06. We're going to disprove that.
Generally, Senators don't win the presidency. We're going to disprove that with Allen. He's a good man and just what we need now.
I beg your pardon, but I do not believe anything the Post says, and I did not form my impression of what happened based on their article. There are other sources and opportunities to see and hear the exchange.
The insulting use of terms like "servile" and "disgusting" do not foster useful communication between conservatives.
Please understand, I fully understand why he was angry; I would have been upset too. But it's not always necessary to show the anger. Sometimes a more effective point can be made by smoothly slipping a verbal knife between the questioner's ribs.
Dems and thier lib allies become more NAZI-like every day now. I wonder if the Jewish Dem Voter realizes what's happening???
Hitler's Civil Service Act of 1933....
The Civil Servants Act means that only Aryans (members of the Aryan ”race”) can be employed as civil servants. The law defines what constitutes non-Aryan based on biological principles, in the ‘1. Ordinance for the re-establishing of the Civil Service’ (the “Aryan Law”):
§2 (1) Non-Aryan is he who descends from non-Aryan, especially Jewish, parents or grandparents. It suffices that only one parent or grandparent is non-Aryan.
§2 (2) Civil servants, who were not employed before 1 August 1914, shall provide documentation of their Aryan descend or of their active participation in the World War.
Have you ever seen a John Wayne movie called "The Quiet Man"? It is set in Ireland. In one scene, John Wayne and another character pull up in front of a pub named "Cohan's." John Wayne looks at the sign, and his companion says, "Over here, we pronounce it Co-HAN."
It was about driving a stake through his own heart as far as any future national political office is concerned.
And the point is????
Maybe so but, by characterizing the question as "an aspersion", he jumped the political shark.
Take a question about a hypothetical black ancestor:
An answer along the lines of "(Yes - No), my grandfather (was - was not) black. Did you have any policy questions?" is what America expects from a 21st Century American politicians.
Replying that the reporter should refrain from "making aspersions" is the same as answering "How dare you imply I have black blood coursing through my veins?" That is the answer you would expect from a David Duke.
Bullshit.
They're nifty for surfacing fissures too!
It's very obvious he held his anger.
I fear that some Freepers are not able to comprehend this not having held their own mother's in high esteem.
Yeah, I pretty much gleaned that from the article.
I don't know enough about the man to make a decision either way.
However, your attitude and rudeness have, in my mind, reflected poorly on your candidate.
Think of George M. Cohan and his family, "The Four Cohans". As Irish as they came. :)
I can't think of a single USNA graduate (James Webb, John McCain, Jimmy Carter, Charles Larson) who I am proud to see in politics. What's up with that?
I don't see his reply as angry, I see it as indignant. He's not screaming, he's not furrowing his brow, he's not excessively scowling.
Dana Milbank simply made up emotions to describe Allen. Watch the video, he didn't recoil. He looked surprised at the question I guess, although his reaction didn't really seem odd -- I watched some other questions and often the candidates have "interesting" looks on their faces as they try to concentrate so they get the question right.
Her question was a long one, giving him a long time to think about it. The quotes in Milbank's article cut the question short, probably to make it sound more reasonable.
And people at the event say Allen did not look angry afterwords when talking about it either, and say he was right to say he was not angry (again, Milbank SAYS he was angry when saying he was not angry, but why believe Milbank?).
There's even a podcast from after the event that a virginia blogger captured with Allen, it's long (over 10 minutes) of solid questions and answers on issues, and it's impressive, when you realise the guy just finished a debate. Good answers, thoughtful answers, not a trace of anger.
The same guy has small audio clips of interviews he and a democrat blogger did RIGHT after the event. Not ONE interviewee suggests that allen was mad, or answered wrong. George Stephanopolis said Allen handled the question well. Local democrat politician said the question was offensive. Webb agreed with Allen on his answer.
The "Allen was angry" spin was added later by Lowell Feld, Webb's paid blogger, trying to figure out how to make this work for his candidate. Lowell's good at this. At one poine he had a big yellow star of david on his web site.
Once this letter came out from Allen, Lowell took it down -- bad idea to remind people of the mark of the holocaust when your opponent's grandfather was held by the nazi's and you are being accused of "calling out jews".
A lot of times you can look at a video, and there are several ways to interpret mood. The democrats know this, and they work hard to plant an idea in the minds of the voters that the mood you are seeing is "anger".
If you start firmly believing that Webb is just an angry man, and watch HIS videos, you will see an angry, bitter man answering questions. His handlers say that's "thoughtful", and if you think that it's what it looks like.
That's all I'll say on the subject.
Good observations, thanks for a valuable perspective.
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