Anyway, if you want reasons to hate Allen, I’d stick with what he’s done as Governor, or, more recently, as U.S. Senator. You will not be disappointed.

There are two things driving it:

(1) the nominee has to be so stupid that he could not begin to understand the job of President, let alone ever DO it, and

(2) he must not be so stupid that he doesn’t understand completely that should he EVER try to do one single thing on his own without orders, he will be killed instantly.

An example of someone TOO stupid to replace Bush would be Santorum. An example of someone too smart would be McCain.

I don’t think however that they want to have an election and lose—and then keep the White House anyway (a la Milosevic). So my guess is that there will be no more elections until the puppet dies, and even then the elections will by then have been so rigged that there will never be another honest one held.

But even a noose isn’t necessarily racially-tinged depending on the context.

That context is a history of racial intolerance. Seriously, you should read the whole article. The fetishistic attachment to the confederate flag (he wore a confederate flag lapel pin in his yearbook photo), opposition to the MLK holiday and other civil rights related legislation, and the graffiti incident all form a pretty obvious pattern.

Also, I dunno if I’d consider the claims of five different witnesses (including one supporter) to be merely “hearsay”, but that’s beside the point. The ultimate problem isn’t that this one man is a racist but that the Republican party is to keen on embracing him as a leader. Like I said earlier, if the GOP truly cared about race relations, there wouldn’t be a place for him in the party.

The confederate flag on the wall? Hell, I have an 80 year old grandma that has one too. Oh, and she and my grandfather were outspoken civil rights advocates in a backwoods community where Klan membership rivaled that of the Rotary Club. While I understand why some people don’t like the confederate flag, it’s not fair to imply that it’s a potential indicator of racism — particularly in the deep South.

The graffiti? 35+ year old hearsay that I have a hard time caring enough about to determine its validity.

Really, I think that the most that can be implied from what was posted is that perhaps Allen is racially insensitive — or maybe in the early 90s he was politically stupid. Regardless, I feel that one should hold back a bit before throwing around words like ‘racist’ or ‘bigot’. The moment this notion gains even marginal attention is the moment that Republicans break out their megaphone and say that the Democrats are trying to destroy a man’s career based upon racially charged innuendo and hearsay.

A better reason not to vote for Allen? Because Rush Limbaugh really seems to like him.