Senator "Macaca": Full of Caca

The more I read about Senator George Allen, the scummier he seems. His "macaca" crack, now immortalized for all on YouTube, wasn't just an isolated foot-in-mouth episode. And, to be sure, we've all had our foot-in-mouth episodes. No, Senator Allen is a graduate of the Trent Lott School of Racial Tolerance, from his love of all things Confederate, to the noose he used to keep in his law office, to his chumminess with the white supremacist Council of Conservative Citizens. The Nation has more. Note that Mississippi governor Hayley Barbour has also done some photo ops with the CCC.

And both Barbour and Allen are considered potential presidential candidates by the GOP. I guess the party ditched that cumbersome "big tent" concept...

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