Newberry is Shrill! And not without reason:

Why is the Post printed on paper?

To wipe the drool off their chins when talking about reactionary racist Republicans.

Michael D. Shear and Tim Craig turn in an unprofessional, biased and blatantly inaccurate piece on “The Rise and Fall of George Allen”, blaming “Washington” and not Allen.

Note that there is not one quote from anyone to the left of Attila the Hun. Note that the entire series of “accusations” are framed as being absurd - when, in fact, they were given reality by the lies Allen told trying to explain away the remark. It wrapped racism along with bigotry along with ignorance - the target was a young man born in the United States - in a way that made it clear that not only has George Allen not caught up with Virginia’s changing politics, he hasn’t caught up with the 20th century.  Read more 

Git your token Republican darkies here. Free advice for Republicans: ’separate but equal’ isn’t exactly the rallying cry for “ethinics” anymore.  Read more 

Heh.

By BOB LEWIS, Associated Press Writer

RICHMOND, Va. - A senator who had singled out an Indian man at a campaign event and referred to him as “Macaca” declined a leadership award from a minority scholarship fund Thursday after donors protested his selection.  Read more 

Would it have been to much to ask, that for once a Republican should simply do the right thing because it’s right?

OK, cancel that. National Journal:

Did Allen’s team — or a sympathizer — poll Northern Virginia to see whether the “Macaca” remark left a bruise?

A NoVa voter reports receiving a telephone survey asking pointed questions about the nature and scope of Allen’s apology.

The dial room in question, according to the caller, was “Central Research.”

Allen’s campaign won’t discuss its polling; the Virginia GOP disclaims any knowledge; the NRSC says it hasn’t done a poll, either. And Webb’s campaign has no idea, either.

The first portion (after asking about general favorability and initial ballot) was about Allen; the surveyist asked:

1) Have you seen/read/heard the Macaca comment? [Duh!]

2) Do you consider the comment racist?

3) Have you seen/read that Allen had apologized? [That was the non-apology apology. Apparently, it didn’t work.]

4) Should Allen say he is running for president while he’s running for senate or should he not comment on any 2008 presidential aspirations at this time?

So, prospective Presidential candidate George Felix Allen had to run a poll instead of just apologizing for calling a constituent a monkey. They polled on whether people thought “macaca” was racist; they did. And they polled on whether the non-apology apology made the problem go away; it didn’t. And only then did Allen suck it up, call the guy, and make a real apology. (Though, truth to tell, I need to check the wording on that.)

What’s wrong with these people?  Read more 

A record that sells 100,000 copies qualifies as a Gold Record. According to a very interesting story in today’s Richmond VA Times-Dispatch, the video of Sen. George Allen calling a native-born Virginian American a “macaca” has now been viewed on YouTube more than 250,000 times.

Therefore I suggest that this qualifies for 2.5 Gold Macacas, and that this term be used as a ratings service for YouTube links henceforth.

Once it gets to a million hits, which I suspect is a very safe bet before November and absolutely gay-ron-teed to happen if Allen keeps bobbing to the top of the cesspool which constitutes the Republican contenders for President in ’08, it will be refered to as having won a Platinum Macaca.  Read more 

As one of our Republican-enabling commenters inadvertently points out, George Felix Allen is, well, stupid.

Yet another Republican nimrod.

I mean, how much intellectual firepower do you need to avoid calling one of your constituents a monkey—when the monkey is holding a camera?

More firepower than George Felix Allen, apparently.

And voters agree:  Read more