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Introduction: Let us hope that the number of Asian Americans who voted in Virginia against George Allen because of his racist name-calling exactly equals the number of votes by which Allen lost the election. The justice of such a parallel would be delicious!
There were plenty of reports about Allen's loose talk concerning a number of ethnic groups. Obviously, George Allen is casually indifferent to the effect of such talk on the sensibilities of others. This is his privilege. Let him enjoy the privelege now as a private citizen. That is absolutely appropriate, IPSE DIXIT.
We received a commentary from our good friend Diganta on this subject and thought it should be shared with as many people as possible. So, read on:
"To be frank I am still perplexed by Indian Americans who are loyal to a party that has historically had prominent leaders of their party that are/were unabashed bigots e.g. Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, David Duke (elected as State Representative), and Trent Lott (who's now back as House Minority Whip) ... sadly this list is not exhaustive nor will it be static.
"As a person of Indian origin I'll be damned if I ever vote Republican, as long as the GOP keeps bigots like Allen and Lott around. I happen to think getting a $300 tax (2002) refund isn't worth a party that backs a person that insults my heritage or race. The real macaques are the likes of Ramesh Ponnuru of the National Review who in my opinion are sell outs, because they blindly walk in lock step with radicalized neo-conservatives and the right wing religious zealots."
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I thought macaca was what i try to do each morning---
People vote against the democrats for economic reasons. Some people will do anything for money.
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