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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Tomasky

[Just sitting here shaking my head in disbelief]

Virtually every day I read something about the GOP or McCain or Palin or conservatives that makes me say "What the....did I read that right?"

It's common enough to be not worth nothing often, but this one is. The Virginia Republican Party, report Greg Sargent and Eric Kleefeld, is holding a "minority outreac" event starring...George Allen!

Yes, the George Allen who, when running for reelection to the Senate in 2006, called a young man of color "macaca." The George Allen who has shown a disquieting interest in the Confederate flag over many years.

I do not joke here. At any rate, the rally is this Saturday in Fairfax County. It should be right up there with last week's moving "Remembering Brezhnev: the Man, not the Myth" tribute in Warsaw.

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