TNR: George Allen and the N-word. Pond Scum

[keta11]

In the wake of allegations that Virginia Senator George Allen repeatedly used the word "nigger" as a college student at the University of Virginia in the 1970s, the senator today issued a blanket denial that he has ever uttered the word. "I don't remember ever using that word and it is absolutely false that that was ever part of my vocabulary," Allen told the Associated Press Monday.

But now another former acquaintance of the senator's has come forward, saying that Allen once used the word "nigger" in his presence in the early '80s. Chris Taylor, a University of Alabama professor of anthropology, says the incident occurred in about 1981 or 1982, when Taylor (then a...

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HAVE YOU BEING INSULTED BY SENATOR MACACA YET????

[Beetwasher]

1. Oh Come On, He Didn't Say "Nigger"

He was talking about Africa and said "Niger". Or he was calling the guy cheap and said he was "niggardly". Oh, no, I got it! It wasn't "nigger", it was some word he made up that was a mix between "nice" and "cigar", he really meant to say "Oh, it would be nice to have a cigar" but instead mixed it up and said "nigger".

[Kutjara]

2. Truth be told, I'm feeling a bit left out.

Felix hasn't insulted pasty white middle-aged guys of Irish descent yet. How come we aren't worthy of derision? What do I have to do to get him to call me names? You're nobody until Allen hates you.

[Beetwasher]

3. Ah, Shut Up You Mick!

:evilgrin:

[Kutjara]

4. That's flabby old Mick to you! n/t

But I appreciate the sentiment.

[Beetwasher]

6. I Was Trying To Be Nice!

n/t

[wicket]

5. What a stupid, racist asshole

:grr: