Letterman has his lists, and I have devised one listing the reasons I believe that the re-election of George Felix Allen would be a disaster for this fine state and its people. Below are the ten reasons why Allen needs to go:
10. In last years' pro football playoffs - which the Washington Redskins made for the first time in ages - George Felix Allen rooted for Tampa Bay...this from a guy who rode his Daddy's fame as the Redskins coach into the Governor's mansion and then on to the U.S. Senate. You may have lost northern Virginia with that one, George!
9. Allen tries to sound like a cross between John Wayne and Andy Griffith. This from a guy born and bred in southern California and raised in Miami. Wahoo....ride 'em cowboy! Or is it...yehaw, you go thar, Georgie!
8. As governor, George F. Allen started the decline in state finances that brought us crises in higher education, transportation, etc. People should not run for political office if they believe government is the problem. They should stay home and yell at their television sets, while counting their money.
7. Try to write George F. about an issue and see what you get...a canned response that has little or nothing to do with your original message. Not what most of us would call good "constituent service."
6. Try being a lobbyist with pockets stuffed with contributions for pliant candidates for office and see what you get...Allen will kiss whatever necessary to get that cash, and then you just need to let George know how he should vote.
5. George F. has tied himself in knots about "choice or no choice" lately. He likes Barr Labs very much as a company and is a stockholder, but he doesn't use their products. Since they make the "morning after" pill, I'm sure glad to hear that tidbit. This is the same George F. Allen who supports South Dakota's recent ban on all abortions, even those to save the health or life of the mother. A suggestion for George: If you need to support "wacko" state legislation, you should get behind Bob Marshall, who puts at least ten bills in every General Assembly session that obsess about sex.
4. George F. Allen has said that he finds the U.S. Senate boring and that he wishes he had been born in Iowa. Maybe he should just quit the Senate and buy himself a nice farm in Iowa. Come on, Georgie, you are a multi-millionaire. You can afford to become a gentleman farmer and putter around with your horsies, chickens, ducks, etc.
3. George F. Allen used to decorate his office with a noose and his house with a giant Confederate flag. Hey, George? Just which of your ancestors are you "honoring" with the flag? Just what "history" are you "honoring" with a hangman's noose? Methinks the boy has a weird case of arrested development.
2. If re-elected by Virginians, George Felix Allen promises to serve for two years, even though he will be out of the state and often absent from the Senate. He does promise, however, to visit every fire house and town hall in Iowa and every village in New Hampshire.
1. George Allen never met a suggestion or a proposed law put forth by the Bush administration that he didn't like. I am sure he would like to raise his 94% "suck-up" average with Bush. Maybe he can get to 100% agreement with the Gang That Can't Shoot Straight, but only if we let him have the chance.
Now, I don't know what you want to do with that, but
- it shows at least one Allen of that generation has some football knowledge (remember, George co-holds UVa record with 5 interceptions in one game)
- loyalty to family seems to outweigh loyalty to a team based in the state -- "Skins headquarters are in Ashburn, in lovely Loudoun County
let's focus on the latter - Kaine actually carried it last year. Somehow I think a targeted mailing or handbills might have some effect - in Loudoun, perhaps at FedEx for people with Vrignia plates (although doing that might be difficult), perhaps with a radio ad, especially if you can get it on during a Redskins broadcast, or around a show featuring the coach or focusing on the "Skins
An openly racist representative has no place in the U.S. congress--especially not as a Senator from Virginia.
George Allen is free to practice his deviant views on his own free time, on his own dollar, in the private sector. Just not on this taxpayer's dollar.
The MSM have gotten interested in the story of Allen's racist remarks. When will they give some time to the positive story of Jim Webb? We need to get Webb's story in front of voters.