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Politics on the sports page, this time from the L.A. Times in a display that is remarkably vulgar even by the low standards of that dying joke of a broadsheet: "On Saturday, John McCain’s rally monkey, Sarah Palin, popped up in Carson. Fresh off of her victory over herself at the debate, her campaign let Palin out of the cage to rev up the fan base."

You've read the quote. You've heard the rumors. Now, hear the audio of Mark Warner calling the NRA, people of faith, home schoolers and people who believe in the right to life "a threat to what it means to be an American." When this issue first surfaced in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, then gubernatorial candidate Mark Warner "angrily denied the claim" and called it "inaccurate." But the audio will tell you a different story. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpicD6UIq8A

For a decade, Tom DeLay ruthlessly enforced Republican rule in Washington with such vigour that he was nicknamed "The Hammer". But the party's former leader in the House of Representatives will this month launch a national grassroots movement to combat the liberal activists who he believes outfoxed and outmanoeuvred Republicans to win the 2006 mid-term elections. Mr DeLay, who revelled in his reputation as a no-holds-barred Washington operator as the party's chief whip and then majority leader from 1995 to 2005, aims to instil an army of conservatives across the country with his political street-fighting skills. Tom DeLay: 'I have...

Barrack Obama's lipstick on a pig speech yesterday may be his "macaca" moment in more ways than readily meet the eye. Yesterday, Obama made his lipstick/pig speech in the rural southwestern Virginia county of Russell. Shockingly, in 2006, George Allen made his infamous "macaca" comment in the rural southwestern Virginia county of Dickenson. Russell and Dickenson Counties sit side by side. In other words, it is the same patch of dirt. (I'm from there so I can say it.) How can it be that The Chosen One could have been so reckless with his choice of words in the same...

Election '08: Back when he led the polls, Barack Obama gallantly promised a new, post-partisan politics. Now his lead is gone, and he's getting personal about Sarah Palin. However he justifies it, he's starting to look small.Ever since the governor of Alaska joined the Republican ticket, Team Obama has been at a loss about how to take her on. For a while, they just called Gov. Palin the "mayor of Wasilla" and "lieutenant governor" of the state. But now they've turned to far worse code words in a bid to psychologically demean her. On Tuesday in Virginia, Obama himself sank...

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Just about two months before then-Sen. George Allen uttered the made-up word "macaca" that was transformed into a racial slur against Indian-Americans by Democrats, gaffe machine Sen. Joe Biden said this much more direct and insulting comment about Indian-Americans. Never mind all the doctors, lawyers, engineers and software programmers. Apparently, in Dunkin' Donut Joe's mind, they're all like Apu from "The Simpsons" and, according to Biden, you can't go into a 7-11 or Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.

NEW DELHI: With Democrat senator Barack Obama busy in the run-up to the US presidential polls, a group of well-wishers in the capital have decided to send him a symbol of his lucky charm, Lord Hanuman, to help him emerge victorious. Obama's representative Carolyn Sauvage-Mar on Tuesday received a gold-plated two-feet-high idol which she will pass it on to the Obama after it is sanctified. The idol is being presented to Obama as he is reported to be a Lord Hanuman devotee and carries with him a locket of the monkey god along with other good luck charms. An hour-long...

But the real reason for Obama’s extraordinary freakout is that he fears the release of the videotape, reported here, of Michelle Obama in the pulpit of Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s church railing against “whitey.” And we don’t mean Whitey Ford. Four Republican sources have told me that the tape exists. I’ve also been informed that Karl Rove and his allies have a copy of it and are using it to raise funds for independent expenditure groups. The tape, I’m told, will be disclosed as the GOP October Surprise. It’s a ticking time bomb. And I’ve learned that a right-wing Republican billionaire...

Senator Barack Obama fought back Saturday against accusations from his rivals that he had displayed a profound misunderstanding of small-town values, in a flare-up that left him on the defensive before a series of primaries that could test his ability to win over white voters in economically distressed communities. For a second day, Mr. Obama sought to explain his remarks at a recent San Francisco fund-raiser that small-town Pennsylvania voters, bitter over their economic circumstances, “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them” as a way to explain their frustrations. Acknowledging Saturday that “I didn’t...

Delegate for Obama quits over remark CARPENTERSVILLE, IL Says when she called black kids 'monkeys,' she was asking them to get out of tree April 8, 2008 BY ABDON M. PALLASCH Political Reporter/apallasch@suntimes.com Moving to nip in the bud some potential bad press, White House hopeful Barack Obama's campaign persuaded a delegate to step down after she was ticketed for calling her neighbor's African-American children "monkeys." Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski, a Carpentersville village trustee, was elected as an Obama delegate to the Democratic National Convention. She sports an Obama sign in her front yard. On Saturday, two neighbor children were playing in...

Oh, my. Barack Obama may want to call his new Houston office and suggest some decorating ideas. Take a look at the flag flying in the office at the moment: No, that's not a Texas state flag with a picture of Obama on it. It's the flag of the Castro-led Cuba regime, with Che Guevara's face superimposed on the side. A Fox report from Houston captured this image as it showed Obama supporters celebrating his momentum after Super Tuesday. Does Obama know his Houston supporters honor a terrorist in his campaign office? I'm sure he doesn't. However, it would behoove...

ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today announced that George Allen, former Governor of Virginia, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Representative, has endorsed John McCain for president. "John McCain has led a life of heroic service to our country," said Governor Allen. "His experience coupled with his strong belief in core conservative principles makes him uniquely prepared to serve as our next commander in chief. I am confident that he is the only candidate who can combat the threat of radical Islamic extremism, ensure our country's economic prosperity, stop wasteful Washington spending, and uphold our traditional values. Today,...

With his victory in Florida last night, John McCain is now the unquestioned front runner for the Republican nomination. It's been interesting to read the blogs today and read how conservatives are leaning now. They run the gambit. Some conservatives say they will hold their noses and vote for McCain. Some say they will vote for the Dem. nominee, the thinking being that let the Dems. destroy the country instead of our party. Still others say they will simply stay home. What am I going to do? I honestly don't know. I can't see myself ever pulling the lever for...

Since when did monkey become a bad word? Gautam Sheth Bhajji’s alleged slur of calling Symmo a ‘big monkey’ is no big deal if we look in the past what other Aussie players have uttered. Gautam Sheth brings to your notice the not so famous words from down under. Hard-hitting headlines like “Umpires give Oz 2-0 lead”, “Team India: c Benson b Bucknor,” “Umpires beat India” have ruled the roost in Indian media after dim-witted umpiring errors from Jamaican Steve Bucknor and English Mark Benson. But what has become the point of controversy is the word ‘big monkey’ which apparently...

Remember Macaca? The young man whose handheld video brought down former Virginia Sen. George Allen, has resurfaced in the presidential contest that Allen once hoped to be part of himself. S.R. Sidarth, the Fairfax student of Indian descent, is now a paid staffer in the communications office of Democratic Presidential hopeful Bill Richardson. He works in Richardson's Santa Fe office compiling daily newspaper articles for the governor, drafting press releases and performing other communication tasks. Alas, he is not reprising his role as a volunteer "tracker" for the Jim Webb campaign, when he shadowed Allen with a video camera, hoping...

McLean, VA - Today the Fred Thompson campaign announced that two leading Virginia Republicans will serve as the campaign's Virginia Co-Chairs. Former Senator George Allen and Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell will lead the Thompson campaign operation in Virginia. A self-described "Common Sense Jeffersonian Conservative," George Allen has served the Commonwealth of Virginia for over twenty years. Allen first represented Virginia as a delegate in the General Assembly where he held Thomas Jefferson's seat. Elected to the United States Congress in 1991, Allen was later elected as Governor of Virginia in 1994. While in office he achieved criminal justice reform,...

Just 10 months into his first term in elected office, James Webb found himself on the podium for one of the most coveted speaking slots in Democratic politics. The freshman senator from Virginia delivered the keynote address to the New Hampshire Democratic Party at its annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner a week ago, a role that in recent years has been played by current and former White House candidates John Edwards and John Kerry. Two years ago the speech was delivered by Sen. Evan Bayh, who is viewed as a potential vice presidential pick next year.... Direct and withering when talking about...

RELEASED TO THE MEDIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 2007 Live By “Macaca,” Die By “NAMBLA”Top Virginia Democratic Strategist Linked To Pedophile Web Site Richmond, Virginia. (August 25, 2007) – The Old Dominion Blog Alliance (“ODBA”), an organization of approximately 25 conservative Virginia bloggers founded on December 9, 2005, discovered on August 21 that someone registered the domain name of “olddominionblogalliance.com” on August 16 via GoDaddy.com’s Domains by Proxy service in order to conceal their identity. The domain was then set to forward to the web site for the North American Man-Boy Love Association ("NAMBLA"), an organization that promotes illegal activity between adults and...

Hillary has gotten away with lie after lie because the press won't challenge her. She always totally controls the venues in which she speaks. With YouTube, we now have the opportunity to show people the truth, even if they are too lazy to read or do their own homework. If this is the only way to get out the truth, we will keep doing it. Hillary cannot hide forever. HERE IS BACKGROUND AND THE SONG ON YOUTUBE.....LET'S SING! Paul Fray had nothing to gain when he claimed that Hillary had called him a "F***ing Jew bastard" in 1974 after Bill...

Heady Days for James Webb By Susan Jones CNSNews.com Senior Editor January 23, 2007 (CNSNews.com) - Sen. James Webb (D-Va.) announced on Monday that he has launched the Born Fighting Political Action Committee to support the candidates and organizations that share his goals for the nation. "As the Chair of the Born Fighting PAC, I will be guided by three primary goals: reorienting our national security posture, bringing fairness back to our economic system, and developing greater accountability in government," Webb said in a message to supporters. Webb promised that a list of candidates he supports is coming soon. He...

MADISON -- In a study of non-human primates infected with the influenza virus that killed 50 million people in 1918, an international team of scientists has found a critical clue to how the virus killed so quickly and efficiently. Writing this week (Jan. 18, 2007) in the journal Nature, a team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison virologist Yoshihiro Kawaoka reveals how the 1918 virus - modern history's most savage influenza strain - unleashes an immune response that destroys the lungs in a matter of days, leading to death. The finding is important because it provides insight into how the virus...

The conventional wisdom is that George Allen lost his Senate race to Jim Webb because the media focused on some of his embarrassing gaffes, such as calling a Jim Webb campaign operative a "Macaca." But it's also the case that Allen failed to run a conservative campaign on the most important social issue in the race-traditional marriage. It is significant to note that while Allen was losing, a state amendment reaffirming traditional marriage was passing. It got 57 percent of the vote while Allen only got 49.2 percent. One veteran political observer asks, "Why did George Allen not campaign loudly...

This is a long interview type article with a portion below: You previously belonged to the Republican Party and held two big positions — assistant secretary of defense and, later, secretary of the Navy — under President Reagan. I am very proud to have served in the Reagan administration. He had the ability to inspire people in this country in terms of how they viewed themselves as Americans. Why did you decide to switch and become a Democrat? A lot of people have left the Republican Party because they went over there like me on national-security issues and were never...

LOS ANGELES - The word "macaca," used by outgoing Republican Senator George Allen of Virginia to describe a Democratic activist of Indian descent who was trailing his campaign, was named the most politically incorrect word of the year on Friday by Global Language Monitor, a nonprofit group that studies word usage. "The word might have changed the political balance of the U.S. Senate, since Allen's utterance (an offensive slang term for Indians from the Sub-continent) surely impacted his election bid," said the group's head, Paul JJ Payack. Allen narrowly lost to Democrat James Webb in November, helping make it possible...

WASHINGTON -- It wasn't supposed to end like this. Virginia Sen. George Allen - once considered a star of the national Republican Party and a 2008 White House favorite - was cleaning out his office Friday and attending to last-minute legislation as Congress tried to finish its work for the year and head home. Since losing his re-election bid to Democrat Jim Webb last month, Allen has mostly kept a low profile. The walls of his Senate reception office - usually filled with photos, awards and newspaper articles - were bare, save for the nails that once held mementos of...

In the 2006 elections, we witnessed such incredible bias from the Washington Post that even their very own ombudsman finally had to state that their coverage of Republican candidates, Senator George Allen in particular, was excessive and biased. Allen supporters think he can't catch a break; I sympathize. The macaca coverage went on too long, and a profile of Allen was relentlessly negative without balancing coverage of what made him a popular governor and senator. So, how do you bring pressure on the Post to change? Letters to the editor won't make a difference. Canceling your subscription won't make a...

In the 2006 elections, we witnessed such incredible bias from the Washington Post that even their very own ombudsman finally had to state that their coverage of Republican candidates, Senator George Allen in particular, was excessive and biased. Allen supporters think he can't catch a break; I sympathize. The macaca coverage went on too long, and a profile of Allen was relentlessly negative without balancing coverage of what made him a popular governor and senator. So, how do you bring pressure on the Post to change? Letters to the editor won't make a difference. Canceling your subscription won't make a...

<p>Washington has a way of quickly acculturating people, especially those who are most susceptible to derangement by the derivative dignity of office. But Jim Webb, Democratic U.S. senator-elect from Virginia, has become a pompous poseur and an abuser of the English language before actually becoming a senator.</p>

Billed as a moderate, the new Virginia senator sounds more like an old-school leftist. On election day, Arthur Brooks tried to calm the fears of free-marketeers by writing in the Wall Street Journal, "Many of the Democrats at the vanguard of today's political 'revolution' are not exactly left-wing zealots." Among the non-zealots, Brooks cited Jim Webb of Virginia. Eight days later, Webb, now a Senator-elect, made Brooks look positively silly by writing his own op-ed in the Journal, a piece that could easily have been composed by any "left-wing zealot" you would care to mention, including the shade of Karl...

"An Indonesian Muslim woman, a supporter of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), shouts slogans during a protest against U.S. President George W. Bush 's planned visit to Indonesia near the presidential palace in Bogor, west Java, November 19, 2006. "Members of an Indonesian Muslim group prepare signs for a protest against a visit by U.S. President George W. Bush Monday, Nov. 20, 2006 in Bogor, Indonesia. Muslim and student groups have said they will attempt to disrupt the meeting between Bush and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono." "An Indonesian Muslim wearing an Osama Bin Laden t-shirt attends a demonstration...

THREE of Angelina Jolie's bodyguards were arrested by Indian police today following a scuffle with parents at a Mumbai Islamic private school during a movie shoot, police said. Jolie, accompanied by her partner Brad Pitt and their three children, is in India for a month to film scenes for A Mighty Heart, a film about US journalist Daniel Pearl's abduction and murder by Islamic militants in Pakistan in 2002. “We have arrested three of her bodyguards. They may be produced before a local court after police interrogation,” deputy police commissioner Brijesh Singh said. Singh said the bodyguards were arrested on...

The Washington Times reported yesterday that an intense Muslim GOTV in Virginia defeated conservative Republican George Allen. Almost 50,000 Muslims voted in a well-organized campaign: 92% voted for the Democrat Jim Webb. This provided a margin of about 43,000 votes for Webb. His winning margin was about 7,000 votes.

This past summer, between my third and fourth year of college, I decided to volunteer in my home state of Virginia on the campaign of Democratic Senate candidate Jim Webb. For most of the summer, I worked behind the scenes at the campaign office in Arlington, helping set up field offices statewide and performing other odd jobs. In the second week of August, I was dispatched by the campaign to serve as Republican Sen. George Allen's tracker on a "listening tour" across the state. Tracking was a rather solitary pursuit; I videotaped Allen's public appearances whenever I was admitted into...

"I have my own views, and I have a lot of experiences, and I think I can bring the experiences I had to issues rather than having to read off a party briefing sheet," Webb said Friday in an interview. Webb said he will model himself after former New York senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D), whom he described as someone "who had government experience that was shaped by the intellectual world."

True Story About 'Mrs. Macaca' October 19, 2006 To the Editor: We had an interesting experience at Clifton Day this year. Myself, my 11-year-old son and a friend were walking up the street in the big crowd when we encountered Mrs. George Allen and her entourage. A large proportion were skinheads. We are a very political family and we talk politics around the breakfast and dinner table on a daily basis. For some reason, Mrs. Allen introduced herself to my son, who has a sweet "howdy-doody" face with freckles. Here is the exchange: Mrs. Allen: "I am Mrs. George Allen."...

At some point during the final debate tonight in the Virginia Senate race between Sen. George Allen (R) and James Webb (D), someone will probably bring up the "macaca" issue. Questions about what Allen meant when he attached that word to an Indian American campaign worker for his opponent are what started an avalanche of charges of racism, sexism and anti-Semitism that have come to dominate an increasingly close race. While Allen has borne the brunt of charges of insensitivity, Webb has also come under fire for long-ago comments disparaging women. For at least one Virginia voter, the controversy has...

WASHINGTON – Hoping to jump-start a campaign that has been mired in “macaca” and other verbal miscues since mid-August, U.S. Sen. George Allen has bought time on television stations across the state for a primetime speech tonight. “This is a way for me to talk directly to the hardworking people of Virginia,” Allen said today. He hopes to “inspire people for issues and ideas,” he added. Allen’s two-minute address will be broadcast in Hampton Roads on WAVY, Channel 10. It will begin at 7:58 p.m., sandwiched between “Access Hollywood” and “Deal or No Deal?” Background: Allen's lead over Webb disappears...

Foley, Pirro, Allen - Political Set-Ups? Written by Doc Farmer Tuesday, October 03, 2006 File this article under "Things That Make You Go Hmmm...." First of all, let me make my meaning plain -- Former House Representative Mark Foley is a bastard. He's a scumbag. He's a sleazy pervert. He's a disgrace. I don't care if he laid a finger on any congressional pages or not. His Instant Messages were disgusting, and he had no business using his position of power to "flirt" with underage boys (or girls, if he were so inclined). I do, however, have to ask this...

DID REPUBLICAN Sen. George Allen use racial slurs years ago? Did his Democratic challenger, James Webb? Does it matter, in a race between two candidates with long public records and substantial differences on Iraq, health care, the economy and other critical issues? Yes, it does matter. Mr. Allen said he does not recall having used what newspapers delicately call "the N-word." But at least a half-dozen people, including ones with upstanding reputations and no evident political agendas, have now told journalists that he did. The stories they have recounted about Mr. Allen's behavior raise disturbing questions about his character and...

The Sons of Confederate Veterans are demanding that Sen. George Allen apologize for apologizing. Allen has tried to mend fences with minorities over his use of the word "macaca," a racially-charged word, in part by saying he has regretted his infatuation with the Confederate flag. That touched off an angry response Thursday from two leaders of the 4,000-member Confederate group, who said Allen has turned his back on them. "We feel he's using our flag to wipe the muck from his shoes that he's now stepped in," said Frank Earnest of Virginia Beach, state division commander of the group.

"Felix Macacawitz." This nickname is presently haunting Virginia Sen. George Allen in his re-election bid, a campaign that has morphed from a battle between Allen and Democratic nominee Jim Webb into a contest pitting Allen's present against Allen's past. Allen's unraveling began in May, when The New Republic's Ryan Lizza wrote a cover piece chronicling the senator's fascination with the Confederacy, one which clearly exceeds that of a history buff. The article showed an old yearbook photo of Allen with a Confederate flag pin on his lapel. By midsummer, Webb campaign consultant Steve Jarding began calling Allen by his full...

Muslims For America Endorses Senator George Allen - The Senator Allen That We Know By Muhammad Ali Hasan As an American Muslim activist, I am growing upset over the accusations that Senator George Allen is facing. Granted, the use of the word “macaca” was completely inappropriate, but I forgive Senator Allen for good reason. I have met Senator Allen personally, our organization has provided advice to his campaign, and I want to confirm it now and for all – Senator Allen is not racist; in fact, he is one of the Senate’s most open-minded and unbigoted leaders. Senator Allen has...

ARLINGTON, VA – U.S. Senator George Allen released the following statement this afternoon: “Yesterday, I found it especially reprehensible that a reporter would impugn the attitudes of my mother, as Ms. Peggy Fox did in her first question at the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce Senate debate. My mother and father both taught me to abhor bigotry, and Ms. Fox’s suggestion to the contrary was deeply offensive. “The notion peddled by the Webb campaign that I am somehow embarrassed by my heritage is equally offensive, and also absurd. “I was raised as a Christian and my mother was raised as...

From the start, the Virginia Senate race was an emblematic campaign for 2006: combat boots vs. cowboy boots, in the inevitable shorthand. A highly decorated Vietnam veteran and former secretary of the Navy who opposed the war in Iraq (James Webb, Democrat) in an uphill battle against a paragon of sunbelt conservatism with national ambitions (Senator George Allen, Republican.) But in the past month, ever since Mr. Allen’s demeaning reference to a young man of Indian descent at a campaign event, this race has become more than an intriguing clash of symbols; according to the polls, it is now truly...

(CBS News) BELGRADE, Mont. -- Republican Sen. Conrad Burns, whose recent comments have stirred controversy, says the United States is up against a faceless enemy of terrorists who "drive taxi cabs in the daytime and kill at night." During a fundraiser Wednesday with first lady Laura Bush, the three-term Montana senator talked about terrorism, tax cuts and the money he has brought to his state. Burns is one of the more vulnerable Senate incumbents, facing a tough challenge from Democrat Jon Tester. He has drawn criticism in recent weeks for calling his house painter a "nice little Guatemalan man" during...

RICHMOND, Va. - A senator who had singled out an Indian man at a campaign event and referred to him as "Macaca" declined a leadership award from a minority scholarship fund Thursday after donors protested his selection. Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund donors had threatened to withhold contributions if Sen. George Allen, a Republican seeking re-election this fall, received the fund's Community Leadership Award. "The foundation told the senator that they've been catching a lot of static from members and some of their donors, and before it spins into a week of controversy, we just decided to decline it," Allen spokesman...

The 2006 MTV Video Music Awards are tonight at 8 PM eastern. Look forward to host Jack Black, an endless parade of shameless self-congratulations and drunken F-bombs, and maybe some cretins trying to out-gross past appearances. Scheduled performances: Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera. Mayor Bloomberg announced that Shakira will win (no, I'm not kidding). To commemorate the show's return to New York City, MTV has produced VMANYC2006, which will be "the site that never sleeps," with a map showing favorite celebrity places in NY.

Our partners at the Daily Press are reporting that Democratic Senate candidate Jim Webb, down by more than 10 percentage points in late July, has pulled slightly ahead of Sen. George Allen, according to the latest Wall Street Journal/Zogby Poll.