Senator Allen and His Thugs
Yesterday, a Virginia constituent asked Senator George Allen to answer for his personal behavior in his first marriage, and his unwillingness to unseal his divorce records. I don't generally favor politicizing the personal behavior of candidates. But Senator Allen has made personal behavior an issue. Senator Allen has launched attacks on Navy Secretary Jim Webb for the fictional sexual behavior of characters in his military novels, novels which have received raves from George Will, John McCain, the Weekly Standard, and the National Review, among other conservative institutions. Senator Allen has to play by his own rules. If the behavior of fictional characters in Webb's novels are fair game, then the actual behavior of Senator Allen is certainly fair game.
What was the response of the Allen campaign to these honest questions? Three Allen staffers grabbed the Virginia voter, one grabbing him by the neck and badly choking him, endangering his life as they dragged him out of the room, and then pushing him to the ground in the hallway outside.
George Allen has storm troopers working for his campaign, ready to physically attack anyone who, unforgivably, asks him a question. Virginia voters, you may want to get your affairs in order before you go to an Allen rally. You could get hurt.
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