George Allen goes (Ma) Ca Ca**Updated**
More from the madman of Richmond in the press today. George Allen is finally apologizing to the young man he was caught babbling to last week. But it doesn't matter. I said it below and I'll say it again, only more clearly this time: the man is a drunk. He was famous as Governor for showing up drunk. He was drunk when his brain failed to tell his mouth to speak intelligibly. He seems to have a problem with that sort of thing. No one seems to be willing to say this out loud, but that's what blogs are for, innit?
The kerfuffle over Virginia Senator, former Governor and future candidate for president George Allen's "racial" remarks yesterday, while extensively covered here in the Times, the Post, and everywhere else, misses the pint, I mean point.
No matter what the dictionary says, I am sure that neither George Allen nor for that matter, anyone else on the planet,uses the word "macaca" in conversation, whether in polite company or when out drinking with Mel Gibson. Nor was anyone refering to the young man's haircut, although I love the image conveyed in the Times' story of Allen's PR machinery working overtime to come up with a credible lie:
The senator’s communications director, John Reid, said in an interview Tuesday that Allen campaign workers had good-naturedly nicknamed Mr. Sidarth “Mohawk” because he would not disclose his name and the sobriquet seemed appropriate for Mr. Sidarth’s hairstyle.
Perhaps, Mr. Reid suggested, “Mohawk” morphed into “macaca,” with results that turned out to be regrettable.
Perhaps. But perhaps the boss was just out of his head again. He gets like that. Mean too, like Nixon (and George W. Bush, who stayed mean even after he quit drinking). Usually Allen does a better job acting normal--Webb must have him wattled, I mean rattled...
Check, please!