The Drip-Drip-Drip of George Allen's Dirty Laundry

Taylor Marsh by Taylor Marsh | Oct. 8, 2006 (Opinion)

Allen's "macaca" troubles are bad enough, but even those just got worse.

However, now something new has broken out. It seems Allen didn't report his stock options. He just doesn't understand the difference between right and wrong. Evidently Allen thinks privilege equals an exemption. On that he's in lock step with George W. Bush.

Ryan Lizza, who first filled out the story of Allen's passion for hanging a noose in his office and his love ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Rod Amis - Oct 8, 2006 - 7:48 PM PDT
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 by Warren Keith Wright - Oct. 12, 2006

Every once in a while it’s refreshing to read a let-it-rip lambasting of a public figure who seems to richly deserve it. Naturally, Taylor Marsh couldn’t be offering you this scarification of George Allen’s character if it weren’t for the AP; but given that a blog is like a letter to a friend, or several thousand of them, many of whom “know” you only because they like your tone of voice, you can lower the bar as you wouldn’t for straight reporting. Now, the photo with its ... More »

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 by Rod Amis - Oct. 8, 2006

Marsh readily identifies herself as partisan and this a partisan piece that reveals a lot about Mr. Allen. Thinly sourced but, as always, well -written.

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