These old…washed up…racist GOP hacks should just go away. If this is their new attack…I say…

Bring on Sen. Barack Obama!

From Think Progress. This is huge.

Larry Sabato, who is one of the most respected political observers and professors in Virginia has confirmed that when he was a student with Sen. George Allen (R-VA) in the 1970’s, he heard Sen. Allen use a racial slur to refer to blacks. George Allen has repeatedly denied that he has ever used the “N” word.

George Allen is a liar, a bigot and a racist. He is going to go down for this. Vote Jim Webb.

This scandal has been brewing for a couple weeks now, ever since Sen. George Allen (R-VA) called a young staffer working for his opponent Macaca.

According to Salon and as reported by Political Wire:

“Three former college football teammates of Sen. George Allen say that the Virginia Republican repeatedly used an inflammatory racial epithet and demonstrated racist attitudes toward blacks during the early 1970s.”

AmericaBLOG via Salon.com:

Virginia Sen. George Allen, explaining how news that his grandfather was Jewish is “just an interesting nuance to my background”:

“I still had a ham sandwich for lunch. And my mother made great pork chops.”

What a sensitive guy…

Sen. George Allen (R-VA) is a verified racist. He was caught hurling racial slurs at a young campaign volunteer for his opponent and his popularity and poll numbers are tanking.

This morning Max Blumenthal at The Nation released a very telling piece on Sen. Allen’s racist past and his embracement of the Council of Conservative Citizens, a hate group descended from the Klan. Allen will lose this race, because overt racism transcends party labels. Allen is un-American and he should be punished by the voters for his un-American, bigoted views. George Allen might just be the stupidest, empty-suit politician alive today.

Well, maybe not.

If you read one article today, read this piece.

Could George Allen’s (R-VA) career in politics be over? Let’s hope so. Jim Webb (D) still has a massive uphill battle, but Allen can’t stop hurting himself with his racist mouth. Ryan Lizza of the The New Republic found this article on Allen’s Jewish roots. Interesting stuff.

One of the questions I had about Eve Kessler’s fascinating look at Senator George Allen’s Jewish roots is whether Allen has known about this heritage but played it down, or whether it was news to him.

Bob Gibson, a longtime columnist for the Charlottesville Daily Progress, relays the following anecdote, which seems to clear things up:

It’s funny, but the only time that George Allen ever wanted a correction from me in 27 years of covering his races was when I wrote about his mother’s Jewish family origins. He insisted, through a press secretary, that his mother was raised a Christian.

As I said, this controversy is taking a toll on Allen. A Zogby poll released yesterday has Webb up 1%. Not significant in numbers, but it’s the movement that counts. Even if the spread is 4-5% in reality, this race is tightening and putting enormous pressure on Allen. This is a good thing!

George Allen, the racist Virginia Senator who was caught on camera hurling racial slurs at an opponent’s young staffer has now personally called his victim to apologize.

From the New York Times:

Senator George Allen of Virginia personally apologized to a volunteer for his opponent’s campaign on Wednesday for a perceived racial insult, addressing a misstep that has complicated his re-election campaign and raised doubts about his potential as a Republican presidential contender in 2008.

A few hours before he appeared with President Bush at a fund-raising event, Mr. Allen telephoned the volunteer, S. R. Sidarth, to say he was sorry for mockingly referring to him as “macaca” at an Aug. 11 campaign event. Mr. Sidarth, a 20-year-old college student, caught the moment on video as part of his job of recording Mr. Allen’s public appearances, and it quickly became a sensation on television and the Internet.

What did Allen say in his apology?

“He apologized for his comments,” said Mr. Sidarth, who is an American of Indian descent, in a telephone interview from the University of Virginia, where he has resumed his classes. “He took the blame for saying them, and he said he didn’t realize how offended I was until he heard my comments from the media.”

George Allen is not only an empty suit, he’s a bigot and he doesn’t deserve to be a member of the United States Senate. His racist past and this latest debacle have certainly disqualified him from being President or Senator.

The latest polls have shown support for Allen is dropping and the netroots community - particularly DoubleSpeak - has hit him from every angle.

Beating Allen should be a priority for every American. There is no room for ANY racism in America and especially in the United States Senate.

Jim Webb in 2006.

Well the spinning continues in Macaca-gate. If you’re not familiar with the story you can catch up here but the gist is that Sen. Allen is a bigot and publically harassed a minority staffer from Democratic opponent Jim Webb’s campaign. Well now the Allen campaign has another explanation. From Hotline:

What does Macaca really mean? Three Virginia Republicans confirmed to the Hotline that several Allen campaign aides and advisers are telling allies that the word was a made-up, off-the-cuff neologism that these aides occasionally used to refer to tracker S.R. Sidarth well before last Saturday’s videotaped encounter.

According to two Republicans who heard the word used, “macaca” was a mash-up of “Mohawk,” referring to Sidarth’s distinctive hair, and “caca,” Spanish slang for excrement, or “shit.”

Said one Republican close to the campaign: “In other words, he was a shit-head, an annoyance.” Allen, according to Republicans, heard members of his traveling entourage and Virginia Republicans use the phrase and picked it up. It was the first word that came to his mind when he spied Sidarth at the weekend’s event, according to Republicans who have been briefed on Allen’s version of the event.

Translation: Senator Allen isn’t a bigot, he’s just a huge asshole.

Here is S.R. Sidarth, the 20-year old UVA student who was a victim of Sen. George Allen’s (R-VA) racist assault. Picture courtesy of Wonkette.