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A tiger is a tiger. The media will take Allen's statements and run with them forever. It is unavoidable. It's who they are. However, I can differentiate between the smear campaign (like going back for college buddies to see if George ever uttered a dirty word or racial slur) and Allen's own words. Simply replaying Allen's macaca remarks over and over is enough to drive away most of the minority vote. Smears are unnecessary and overkill.

My concern is not borne of the media storm but rather the amount of wincing I do when I hear the original sound bite. Will I support him if the is the nominee? Absolutely. And I'll work as hard for him as I did for GWB. But he stands little chance of pulling together the demographical support he will need to win. It was a Gary Hart moment for those old enough to remember "Monkey Business."

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Simply replaying Allen's macaca remarks over and over is enough to drive away most of the minority vote. Smears are unnecessary and overkill.

Do you know what macaca meant before this flap? Did anyone there know what it meant? How many Americans know what it meant? If Allen had used monkey instead of macaca, would that have been a big deal? This is a manufactured smear job.

My concern is not borne of the media storm but rather the amount of wincing I do when I hear the original sound bite. Will I support him if the is the nominee?

Spare me. I found it to be harmless. He was making fun of his opponent's political operative who was taping everything he said. The MSM and the Webb campaign had to research what this North African expression meant before they could express mock outrage. The fact that it sounded like Kaka was why it reasonated with those present.

I find it amazing how people can be manipulated by the MSM. You wince because they have conditioned you to respond that way.