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More scandal for George Allen

Posted by Melissa McEwan at 9:34 AM on October 10, 2006.


"Worthless" stock worth $1.1 million
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Screw you and the horse you rode in on.

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The problems just keep piling up for Mr. Macaca. He uses racist epithets, he's a Jew, he shoves severed deer heads in black people's mailboxes...and he's a big stinking liar.

When news of undisclosed stock options broke yesterday, Sen. George Allen (R-VA) told the AP, "I got paid in stock options which were worthless."

However, according to SEC documents reviewed by Bloomberg, the stock options Allen "described as worthless were worth as much as $1.1 million at one point."

Oops. What else could go wrong for the long-suffering Virginian?!

Meanwhile, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports the national Democratic party is placing nearly $1 million in television advertising for challenger Jim Webb (D), opening with a commercial spotlighting Allen's "macaca moment."

D'oh!

(Political Wire)

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Melissa McEwan writes and edits the blog Shakespeare's Sister.


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STick a fork in him
Posted by: helenwheels on Oct 10, 2006 8:57 AM   
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He's done!

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Despite all that, he's still leading in polls
Posted by: brunowe on Oct 10, 2006 9:07 AM   
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The Zogby, Rasmussen and Gallup polls taken at the beginning of the month show Allen with an average lead of 6%. Webb had drawn even in early September with the whole "macaca" gaffe but Allen's pulled ahead again.

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Definitely still a "viable" candidate
Posted by: bettyn on Oct 13, 2006 12:05 PM   
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in the Repug s**thole that is Virginia. Outside of the surrounding D.C. suburbs, this state is still proud to be a part of the damned ding-dong South!

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