WP: Minorities in GOP Rally for Allen at "ethnic rally" in N.Va.

[DeepModem Mom]

Minorities in GOP Rally for Allen in N.Va.
By Tim Craig
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 10, 2006; Page C06


Supporter speaks with George Allen before a GOP event dubbed an "ethnic rally" for the senator at Edison High School in Fairfax County. At right is Rep. Thomas M. Davis III. (By John Mcdonnell -- The Washington Post)

Virginia Sen. George Allen joined several hundred Asian, Hispanic and black supporters in Fairfax County yesterday at a rally designed to show diversity within the Republican Party while recognizing immigrants' growing clout in state elections.

The event came as Allen, a candidate for reelection who has been dogged for weeks by charges of insensitivity to minorities, juggles a rural image that has served him well in past races with the political reality that vote-rich Northern Virginia includes swelling ethnic populations....

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In Fairfax County, the state's largest jurisdiction, 27 percent of the population is foreign-born. In Loudoun County, whites made up nearly 83 percent of the population in 2000, compared with 74 percent today. The number of Hispanics in Prince William County more than doubled in the past six years, census figures show.

Virginia's ethnic population remains a relatively small portion of the electorate, pollsters say. And unlike African Americans, who tend to vote Democratic, immigrants in Virginia are not closely aligned with either political party, making them critical swing voters in close elections....

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Democrats say the ("macaca") remark hurt Allen among non-white voters, including Korean and Indian Americans who often vote Republican in federal races....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/09/AR2006090900944.html

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Seems to me that Dem rallies are always "ethnic", they don't need

to be "dubbed" anything by political handlers & campaign consultants.

[bleever]

2. "Go, Ethnics!!"

"We know that if we give you the football, the real one this time, you'll carry it downfield, a good ways, until one of us stops you.

"You're a key part of what makes America, like football, so great: someone always has to be on the losing side when Real Americans win, and you're there to do your part.

"So, ethnics, I salute you. Just as I salute, as a gentleman does, the officers of the Union Army, having gained this temporary victory."

[JI7]

3. being a token pays well

[POAS]

7. Taking my cue from Babs, I'd say---

Many of them came from underpriviledged circumstances, so this is working out rather well for them.

[LibDemAlways]

4. I'd be willing to bet each and every one of those

"ethnic" supporters was paid to be there. Who came up with that stupid idea? Must have been Dick Wadhams. Way to go, Dick. You just succeeded in making Allen look even more stupid and bigoted than he already is. "Ethnic rally?" The very idea is absurd. Will the caucasions now demand equal time, particularly the ones Allen pals out with who wear hooded sheets?

As The Casual Observer so aptly commented, every Dem rally includes all ethnic groups. No token, bussed in "ethnics" in our party.

Honestly, just when you think Allen couldn't be any more of a jerk, he comes up with something like this.

[SoCalDem]

5. So, did felix slip up and call them Darkies?

:)

[skiddlybop]

6. A dedicated "ethnic" rally?

Once again, it's segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever for Felix Allen.

And don't forget...the French pronunciation is Feh-LEEKS...

[nerddem]

8. eeww, at my old high school?

not to fret though, it's solid blue territory. young dems outnumbered teenage repubs 5 to 1 during the 2000 election then the repubs faded away altogether.