Although born and raised in Whittier, California with no family or heritage from the South, George Allen embraced the Confederate flag, wearing a pin in his high school picture. He was also caught spray painting his own school with racial language like "Burn Baby Burn" to make it look like a rival (mostly black) high school had vandalized his school.
"But the people who have had influence on my life personally were,... the cow boss that I buckarooed for on a ranch near Winnemucca, Nevada. That was good: you just made your own rules, made your own laws there, you could do anything you wanted to do, really, and easily get away with it because there were no witnesses." -- George Allen
In her book "Fifth Quarter," George Allen's sister Jennifer said "Ever since my brother George held me over the railing at Niagara Falls, I've had a fear of heights." and+óGé¼-ª "when I refused to go to bed, George dragged me up the stairs by my hair.+óGé¼-¥ also+óGé¼-ª +óGé¼+ôGeorge hoped someday to become a dentist. George said he saw dentistry as a perfect profession - getting paid to make people suffer.+óGé¼-¥ (Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter)
George Allen named his son "Forrest" after Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the founders of the Klu Klux Klan. Allen has also wrapped himself in the Confederate flag since high school and from 1998 to 2000 he kept a noose hanging from a fichus tree in his office. (The New York Times, 6/19/05; MSNBC, 5/24/06)
Addressing the '94 Virginia state Republican convention as Governor, Allen said of Democrats, "Let's enjoy knocking their soft teeth down their whiny throats." (Washington Post, 6/9/94)
As governor of Virginia, Allen called the Civil War "a four-year struggle for independence and sovereign rights." and pledged to +óGé¼+ôfight the beast of tyranny and oppression that our federal government has become" (Newport News Daily Press, 12/22/02) Allen also played a Confederate officer in the Civil War movie "Gods and Generals"
"As governor of Virginia, Allen personally initiated an association with the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), the successor organization to the segregationist White Citizens Council and among the largest white supremacist groups."
Beyond Macaca: The Photograph - That Haunts George Allen
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George Allen opposed making a holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. and opposed the 1991 Civil Rights Act but has rubber-stamped every crazy right-wing policy of the Bush administration.
George Allen ran for US Senate in 2000, claiming to be a non-partisan moderate, whose daddy coached the Redskins but Allen has said he is bored in the Senate, where he does little for the Commonwealth of Virginia. However, he has accepted a ton of money from big oil companies for rubber-stamping the Bush agenda.
Is George Allen's unshod pony in the above photo
a.) In pain
b.) Sick
c.) Ashamed
d.) Abused
e.) All of the above
Recently, George Allen bullied the only person of color, in an all-white crowd in Southwest Virginia, calling him "Macaca" twice and baited the crowd to laugh along with him. In North Africa, where Allen's mother is from (French-Tunisia), "Macaca" is a racial slur. Although Allen's target was born and raised in Fairfax, Virginia, Allen ridiculed Sidarth further by welcoming him to what he called the "real Virginia" (the all-white Virginia).
George "Macaca" Allen Vote for Change in 2006 and Boot George Allen Introducing George "Macaca" Allen
Thanks, and great job, Todd!
One quote that interested me was George Allen's comments about the people who had influenced his life (bolding is mine):
Kinda makes you wonder, doesn't it?
You can't use the flyer as it is, at least in any volume. It has no meaningful attribution ("a concerned Virginian" doesn't do it), and there are real limits on the ability of an individual to produce literature for a campaign. It's not just that you would be violating the federal law by not having an actual attribution, but you know that the Allen folks would raise hell, because it will give them a reason not to talk issues.
Go ahead and print up a few if you want, and hand them to friends. But it can't be the basis of any serious leafletting.
Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations
I don't see any limitations except as an in-kind donation and the limit seems to be $21,000 per person. It looks like if you don't go over 40,000 print outs per person, you should be fine.
The Dude Ranch Bully for US Senate
The Flyer (PDF, 441KB)
Comments
rooted for Tampa Bay vs Washington (teacherken - 9/14/2006 7:38:43 PM) in playoffs last year -- of course brother Bruce is GM of Buccaneers -- there's got to be a public statement or video or sound that could be used, perhaps with an ad on radio broadcasts?oh, and the Whittier bit could also be used (teacherken - 9/14/2006 7:39:27 PM) born and raised in Whittier - where Richard Nixon went to college....HA! Great flyer! (phriendlyjaime - 9/14/2006 7:43:45 PM) Can we use this at will?Of course (Todd Smyth - 9/14/2006 7:49:16 PM) You guys jumped on this before I got it all pretty. The pdf flyer is attached.From the article posted earlier.... (lwumom - 9/14/2006 7:50:55 PM) by Lowell, from the American Enterprise Online:But the people who have had influence on my life personally were, first and foremost, my father, who said never become discouraged, always fight, be focused, discipline yourself. Judge Williams is still alive, he’s a federal judge from Southwest Virginia I worked for. Probably another influence was the cow boss that I buckarooed for on a ranch near Winnemucca, Nevada. That was good: you just made your own rules, made your own laws there, you could do anything you wanted to do, really, and easily get away with it because there were no witnesses.
Oops! (lwumom - 9/14/2006 8:18:29 PM) Didn't see Lowell's comments on the same subject!Thanks (Todd Smyth - 9/14/2006 8:51:30 PM) Notice the update. I also updated the flyer.Allen flyer (cvllelaw - 9/14/2006 9:54:45 PM) Folks:Can you point this out? (Todd Smyth - 9/14/2006 10:55:27 PM) I can't find anything that even touches on private citizens. The FEC regulations only cover registered organizations and campaigns.
http://www.fec.gov/l...Put in his name... (cvllelaw - 9/14/2006 10:01:01 PM) Oh, and I also note that the flyer just talks about "Sidarth," without giving a first name or initials. I like the suggestion on DailyKos -- call him "Virginia native S. R. Sidarth".great great flyer. (drmontoya - 9/16/2006 1:54:01 PM) todd, you rock!