Sen. George "Macaca" Allen will concede the race for the Senate, sources say.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15635543/
Allen to Concede
Discussion in '2006 Archive' started by Magnetic Poles, Nov 9, 2006.
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So why are you calling Allen "Macaca"? Isn't that a racial epithet?
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I thought they had an automatic recount in Virginia?
Cheers,
Jim
PS. What does "macaca" mean? I am not familiar with that word. -
For a good laugh, check out the Macaca Blues.
BTW, that probably cost enough votes to give the Senate to the Democrats. So let's all give a hand to Sen. Allen, and welcome to the REAL world of America! -
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Yep. "Macaca" is inscribed in big letters on Allen's political tombstone.
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While the rest of you hack away in mud, let me address the rational and logical Jim:
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Thanks Tom.
I would suggest then, Mr. Allen was quite magnanimous when he conceeded the election the other night, knowing he could have had a state sponsored recount....I didn't see the final count.
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Webb has a 7,000 vote margin of victory. A recount wouldn't change that by very much, if at all. The re-canvass of votes in the Montana race on Wednesday, where there was a button that failed to get pushed in one county when votes were being tabulated, didn't change the total, and that margin was just over 3,000 votes. I give Mr. Allen credit for saving the taxpayers the expense of a recount and acknowledging that it wouldn't change the outcome of the race.
Recounts only provide hope for candidates in extremely close races, where the totals are within fewer than a couple of hundred votes. -
Thanks Jack, Yes I appreciate what you are saying. We don't always get the numbers up here in Canada. The news just said it was close......
Cheers,
Jim