tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post115592982461442672..comments2023-10-31T06:25:46.016-04:00Comments on SLANTblog: Allen's gift to Webb; use it wellF.T. Reahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042465274190082050noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1155954440760839352006-08-18T22:27:00.000-04:002006-08-18T22:27:00.000-04:00Alice Marshall, anonymous, bob griendling,Allen ha...Alice Marshall, anonymous, bob griendling,<BR/><BR/>Allen has given Webb the very issue he needed most -- Allen himself. <BR/><BR/>Who is George Allen? <BR/><BR/>Other than to strike focus-group-driven right-wing poses, what has Allen ever done for working Virginians? Isn't he embarrassing to all Virginians who still care about civility? <BR/><BR/>eirishis,<BR/><BR/>Race is an issue if you make it so. As it happened, Allen did. I just don't want the whole Webb effort to focus on that, alone. This gaffe is about so much more.F.T. Reahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02042465274190082050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1155952681083847252006-08-18T21:58:00.000-04:002006-08-18T21:58:00.000-04:00F.T., I think you're on to something. Calling hi...F.T., I think you're on to something. Calling him a racist only hardens some of his support. I got a feeling we'll have plenty to ridicule and let him die a thousand cuts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1155951082138892872006-08-18T21:31:00.000-04:002006-08-18T21:31:00.000-04:00How is race not an issue facing the nation?How is race not an issue facing the nation?Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13910093886404792584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1155950726593395792006-08-18T21:25:00.000-04:002006-08-18T21:25:00.000-04:00F.T. Rea, though I may be on the other side of the...F.T. Rea, though I may be on the other side of the entire issue (I think the blog community has jumped to way too many conclusions), I respect this post. If this must be an election issue (I'd much prefer a campaign on the issues affecting Virginia and the nation, rather than a race on race), it should be done with some class, and it should be done in the way you describe - critiquing Allen's professionalism and that of his office, talking about him being out of touch with the "real world" he claims to know.<BR/><BR/>Somehow, I don't think that will happen, though. Too many "anonymous" supporters out there. And it doesn't help when an influential blogger like NLS is too busy lighting fires.eirishishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13432110297687631589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1155946166766314562006-08-18T20:09:00.000-04:002006-08-18T20:09:00.000-04:00We're still in the anger phase. We should continu...We're still in the anger phase. We should continue attacking. This phase ends Sunday afternoon, after the Sunday morning news shows have gone off: then we begin the ridicule.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1155937136339107872006-08-18T17:38:00.000-04:002006-08-18T17:38:00.000-04:00Maybe we should hit Allen from another direction.<A HREF="http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=11861" REL="nofollow">Maybe we should hit Allen from another direction</A>.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13910093886404792584noreply@blogger.com