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By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:12:44 +0000

Foot in mouth disease runs rampant lately...

WASHINGTON | Former United Nations ambassador Andrew Young has become the third political figure thi...

By: Chris Lawrence

Chris Lawrence — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 04:49:08 +0000

Well, whether the dude's haircut is really a mohawk or a mullet... either way, it's not called a "macaca" or whatever Allen called it. So my point about Allen's inability to name haircuts stands.

By: The Moderate Voice

The Moderate Voice — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:48:01 +0000

Young Quits As Walmart Spokesman Amid Racial Comments Flap...

Just in case you thought Virigina Senator George Allen was the only person who seems tolerance-challenged and suffers from foot-in-mouth disease, think again:...

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:22:55 +0000

Chris,

Scroll down on the haircut issue. It appears there are two sets of photos going around. One from Webb which would call Allen's tonsorial acumen into question and one not from Webb which would support Allen.

By: Chris Lawrence

Chris Lawrence — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:04:13 +0000

I'd argue that while racist comments aren't OK if they aren't made by an important political actor, they are (by and large) irrelevant.

Besides, Allen has more serious problems than his inability to name haircuts, like being about as electable as Mike Dukakis.

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:58:54 +0000

Lets see. Marginal figure on the left, very clear cut racism in the statement. Not so marginal figure on the right, questionable whether racism was meant by the remark.

I guess it all is where you set your standards at. Is racist comments okay if the person isn't a major political player?

I think Young isn't the only left side figure who has put his foot in his mouth in this way (e.g. Biden and Hillary), but those who do it on the right seem to get a much bigger dose of trouble for it.

Mel Gibbson catches a world of hurt, but Wallace can barely mention the anti-semitism to the Iranian head of state (no I'm not going to look up how to spell his name).

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