ALLEN USED THE N*** WORD!!!!!!

STORY AT SALON

Comments

[J.C. Wilmore]

Allen is toast.

He should drop out now and donate his campaign fund to charity.

[Matt in VA]

Game. Set. Match?

I'll have to read the article.

[Matt in VA]

The headline says no match. But definitely a big lead in the second set.

[anonymous]

Bad link, worse story. What an embarassment to Virginia. At least Ben can fix the link. ...

[Jason]

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/09/24/allen_football/

Over the past week, Salon has interviewed 19 former teammates and college friends of Allen from the University of Virginia. In addition to the three who said Allen used the word "nigger," two others who were contacted said they remember being bothered by Allen's displaying the Confederate flag in college, but said they do not remember him acting in an overtly racist manner. Seven others said they did not know Allen well outside the football team, but do not remember Allen demonstrating any racist feelings. A separate seven teammates and friends said they knew Allen well and did not believe he held racist views. "I don't believe he was insensitive," said Paul Ryczek, who played center in Allen's year before joining the Atlanta Falcons. "He had no prejudices, biases or anything else."

In the interviews, old teammates generally spoke of him highly, as a good friend, a bright and ambitious student, and a colorful character who embraced Southern culture, listened to country music, and attracted the nickname "Neck," as in redneck. "If a black guy dropped a pass, he would say something to him," said Gerard Mullins, who played defensive back in Allen's year. "If it was a white guy, same thing. It really didn't matter where you were from, who you were, or anything."

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So three people, two unidentified, say he was evil incarnate while seven say he was a good guy and no problem. So we automatically believe the three because, clearly, they are objective while the other seven must be biased.

Yeah, sure.

[J.C. Wilmore]

Holy crap!!! Read the article! One of his fellow players accuses Allen of a hate crime!

Read the thing about the deer head!

[anonymous]

Link appears to be fixed...Not poor Felix though.

14 wig flips !

Yeah, those three must be real credible, especially since they did not even have the courage to reveal their names.

[Poli-Carp]

I can't believe a leftist website could find three people who didn't like Allen in college. I'd hate to think of what some people would've said about me.

[Mason Conservative]

Who to believe? A leftwing website and teamates from near 30 years ago or Sen. Ben Lambert?

Hmmmm

Gee, since the Allen campaign has been such a paragon of gentlemanly behavior, honesty and fairness, I can't believe that a couple of men who don't do anything related to politics are a little reticent to take on a sitting Senator, with millions in the bank and no qualms about sliming anyone who questions him. What a shock! Clearly they couldn't possibly be telling the truth....try again right-wingers.

[Virginia Centrist]

Jason -

Please. Everybody knows about this, it's been an open secret in Virginia politics for years. Where have you been?

[Matt in VA]

UVA's first starting black quarterback was in Allen's graduating class. Now that's an interview I'd love to see on television.

[republitarian]

I used the "N" word this morning...

Is that a big deal?

WILL HE BE PROSECUTED FOR THIS HATE CRIME????

[Keith]

Let's get this straight: THREE out of nineteen former teammates interviewed--including some who have donated to Democrats--say that he said racist things, but SEVEN former teammates said that he definitely did NOT say racist things. So twice as many say that he definitely wasn't racist than say that he is racist. But the memories of the three who can hurt Allen's campaign are given more weight over the others?

This has about all the credibility of a Dan Rather story on Bush's time in the National Guard.

[Doug]

Hmmm... it was back in the 1970s- so does that not count MC and your like? Sort of like writing an article that someone else titles "Women Can't Fight"? No wait, those 4 women from the academy were only 4 out of 2,500.

Dear Hypocrites, he's your man, you sleep with him.

[Matt in VA]

The TNR article is no longer working. Is anyone else having this problem?

MC,
It doesn't matter if the story is true or not. If it influences how someone will vote, then it doesn't matter if George was a member of the NAACP in the 70's. This story fits a narrative, and that narrative is that Senator Allen is a bigot.

Welcome to hardball.

Maybe he likes to sing along with rap songs or quote Dave Chapelle.

[Average Republican]

Come on guys its not like he ever called black people the "N-word" to their face. He only used the term in private with other white people. Whats wrong with that?

It's just a word he made up.

[Not Robert Roberts]

Yeah.... he made it up. it means mohawk... or something.

[Vivian J. Paige]

Average - I certainly hope you are being facetious.