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Posted by Bill *** George Allen: damaged goods? Virginia Sen. George Allen (R) apologized Monday for what his opponent's campaign said were demeaning and insensitive comments the senator made to a 20-year-old volunteer of Indian descent. Ace eats some crow after a commenter adds: It isn't made up racism. Macaca is used worldwide as a racial slur - thanks to the French in Africa. And guess what? Allen's mother is French and from Northern Africa, but it's entirely possible that he never heard the word in his life and this is just some very remarkable coincidence. Yeah, that's it. Somehow I don't think that this is the last we'll hear of this event, perhaps with good reason. By the way ... Rudy Giuliani? Not a big user of racial slurs. Just sayin'.
Indeed, I think Democrats could have beaten Bush in 2004, and would certainly be better off and less angry as a party now, if they had acted more like Joe Lieberman and Zell Miller and Dick Gephardt all along.
But regardless of all that, the hard reality is that the voters have spoken, and their message was loud and clear: there's no longer room for Joe Lieberman in the Democratic Party. And alas, tonight's result will reverberate through the November elections and into the 2008 presidential campaign. It's really much more than just a single primary in a single state; it's a shot across the bow of moderate Democrats everywhere. And so, whatever further ramifications this result might have, there's one thing it definitely means, one result that is officially cast in stone, as of today: Do you feel it, Brendan? Do you feel the power of the dark side? Let the hate course through your veins! Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-h-*cough*cough*cough* ... *cough* In all seriousness, I'd hope it's a trend; not to weaken the Democratic Party, rather to eventually strengthen it by wresting the power from the hard leftist netroots making a play for the reins. (Via AoS)
At stake in the standoff was implementation of a crucial provision of the U.N. Security Council cease-fire that went into effect Monday. The accord called for quick deployment of 15,000 Lebanese army troops south of the Litani River along the border with Israel. They were to take up positions under the aegis of a reinforced contingent of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, to form a peacekeeping corps with a total strength of about 30,000. Over-under on number of months 'till the next invasion of Lebanon? Posted by Bill at August 16, 2006 09:46 AM | TrackBack (1) Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsI'm calling 4 months, but i've been wrong before. 10 quid on it. Posted by: Judas at August 16, 2006 11:29 AM Months? Did you mean to use that long a time period; much less the plural version? Posted by: Gekkobear at August 16, 2006 11:39 AM macaca? I never heard it before. Perhaps Allen, as a kid, heard his mother use it did not know its context. My grandfather used to talk about the jigaboos (sp?) when I was little ( Posted by: rbj at August 16, 2006 12:32 PM I call today. Is it too late to call yesterday? Posted by: TallDave at August 16, 2006 12:32 PM Um. got cut off there. Posted by: rbj at August 16, 2006 12:35 PM Maybe. But you may need to factor in your slow-wittedness as a child ... Posted by: Bill from INDC at August 16, 2006 12:55 PM They're still in Lebanon, aren't they? I'll take, no reinvasion because they aren't leaving.
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