I am not from Va. but is George Allen a major embarrassment?

[rurallib]

I see him on C-span and the guy seems to be totally clueless. He cannot go beyond the talking points and he doesn't seem to understand those.
Are there any jokes out your way like "George Allen is so stupid that .......".
Sorry, but I just had to get this out of my system. Is his only claim to fame his father?

[Cush]

1. yes

he's only famous because of his daddy

[nytemare]

2. Allen was a good coach, but I suppose I am more in the Gibbs generation

Love Gibbs.

[kodi]

3. laugh on, you just described popular opinion on george bush circa 1997

george allen is the natural heir to george bush. he speaks the same language, is smarter than his mouth and has the same type of religious right supporting him.

those who support bush whole-heartedly see more similarities in allen and bush than any other potential GOP candidate for president, and that includes jeb bush too.

[rurallib]

6. This is simply scary because it is so true.

I have heard Allen described as another W. OH MY GOD!!

[autorank]

4. We don't think about him enough to come up with jokes.

He's a jack ass and will lose next time out. There is one simple reason he was elected, he has the same name as his father who coached the stupid Redskins (except when Gibbs coached the 1st time and Cooke owned them, that was a great team/organization). That's right, the old name recognition nepotism.

What you see and hear is who he is, no other explanation. The guy was elected against Chuck Robb, D, a sitting Senator. Robb went into the election feuding with former Gov. Wilder (D) and caught getting/giving massages to a really hot much younger lady (nobody believed the massages were solely therapeutic). Allen barely won.

We'll see who runs against him in 2006. It won't be a good year for Allen.

[Virginian]

15. I don't think he is what you see.

He just looks like a person who smiles in public at strangers but behind closed doors, he beats his wife and kids. To me, he seems like he is a Jeckle and Hyde. His public persona is the opposite of his real personality.

In addition he hasn't met a Bush policy he doesn't love.

I hate the shit eating grin he perpetually wears. You can tell he doesn't ride motorcycles, he doesn't have bugs on his teeth.
I wonder if he has a different face he keeps in a jar by the door at home for funerals and solemn occasions.

[Cha]

5. Read it and laugh!

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/05/13.html#a2924

[magnolia]

7. Yes...

...he is a major embarassment. Making jokes about him calls to attention that he exists and I try hard to forget that sad fact.

[ernstbass]

8. He is a buffoon

and the Virginia repugs love him - it's sickening and be advised this idiot has his eye on the white house.:banghead:

[underpants]

9. SWEET NECTAR OF VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!

Allen said it AGAIN on Wednesday January 26th the year of our lord 2005

Condi Rice’s confirmation hearing
1/19/05
http://allen.senate.gov/?c=story&t=press&story=2005011961776.859375

Because of President Reagan's steadfast determination, hundreds of millions of people tasting that sweet nectar of liberty in central Europe are now friends and allies," said Senator Allen.

On the 2004 election
10/10/2004
http://www.vote-smart.org/speech_detail.php?speech_id=69507
Ronald Reagan's election changed the dynamic of the Cold War from one of containment and co-existence to the advancement of freedom. As a result, hundreds of millions of people in Central Europe, once behind the Iron Curtain, now taste the sweet nectar of liberty, have joined NATO, and are true friends and allies.

Senator Allen's Tribute to President Reagan
June 8, 2004
http://www.nrsc.org/nrscweb/newsdesk/articles/401.shtml

But President Reagan believed the blessings of liberty must not be bestowed only on a few nations and only to those blessed to be born on free soil; Ronald Reagan, with the strength of his convictions, exported and advanced democracy to continents, countries, and people yearning to taste the sweet nectar of libert.



GOVERNOR ALLEN SELECTED AS "JEFFERSON SCHOLAR"
August 28, 1998
http://www.alec.org/viewpage.cfm?pgname=3.1aa56

He also pointed to North Korea, China, Iraq, Cuba and other countries where "there are people who have never truly tasted freedom's sweet nectar.

[Catchawave]

18. LOL....

...I hear him referred to "Forrest Gump" around DU, Senator Gump :)

He's no John Warner, that's for sure.

[redsoxdem]

10. George Allen vs. Mark Warner

Since George Allen is such an idiot it really shouldn't take a lot of work for Mark Warner to defeat Allen in Allen's Senate re-election bid, that is if Warner has the guts to run against him. As a Virginian and a Democrat, I think Warner should run against Allen, and end any chance that Allen might run for president. Warner is a better politician than Allen, and Warner should forget about his desire to run for president, and end Allen's time in DC. Hillary has the presidential nomination locked up anyway.

[spooky3]

11. welcome to DU, and I agree with all but your last sentence.

[livinginphotographs]

12. My #1 hope is that Mark Warner runs against that dumbass.

But I have to disagree on Hillary - at least, I would like to hope she doesn't have it locked up.

[Catchawave]

19. Hi redsoxdem !

:hi: Welcome to DU........

What worries me, is that an Allen v. Warner presidential slugfest is predicted on both sides of the aisle for 2008.

Hillary's a sweetheart, but I think the state of NY is going to make her promise not to run in 2008 before they re-elect her in 2006.

We shall see :)

[livinginphotographs]

13. Allen is like a hillbilly Ray Romano.

A complete buffoon with just as irritating a voice. Plus, he's got that glazed-over Santorum look.

[Virginian]

14. The accent is as fake as Dubya's

Allen isn't from VA, he grew up waving Confederate flags in California where racism was his hobby.

He has this slit in his backside that fits Cheney's hand just right. He would make another good puppet president for PNAC. He doesn't have the backbone to be a good statesman, it was removed to install the puppet controls.
I think they want to shift from one George to another, If Dubya is George the second, that would make Allen, "King George the turd."

[ernstbass]

16. I met this asshole at a football game when he was govenor

and he was wearing a cowboy hat and boots! Sickening

[LibDemAlways]

17. I knew him when he was a teenager in Southern California.

He was probably the only kid in California with Confederate flag bumper stickers on his car.

Another classmate in the Palos Verdes High Class of 70 was Daulton Lee, a drug dealer, who later was convicted of espionage and given a life sentence.

Guess which one got into more trouble in high school.