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Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Last week, our esteemed junior Senator took to the Senate floor to introduce an amendment--minus the difference between "shall" and "will"--that was identical to Dick Durbin's proposed amendment. The Durbin amendment was circulated a full week prior to Allen's stunt.
Coming on the heels of Allen's use of the now famous "M-word," Allen's latest blooper earned him more derision in the national media and continued embarrassment for the Commonwealth.
Not Larry Sabato then posted a typo that appeared on the Senator's site where he spelled the word "rally" with an "e." Of course, there are those who cry foul and say, "Please tell me you're not talking about a typo. If you are, I assume you'll also make a post about this grammatical error on the front page of Webb's website."
I guess picking out typo's could be considered petty. My site is full of them-of course, I am not running for the U.S. Senate-but any of us could type a little ham handed at times. It's not like the guy posted pictures of North Carolina on his website and passed them off as Virginia. Now that would be ridiculous.
Er....
Is that the Linn Cove Viaduct that wraps around North Carolina's Grandfather Mountain? Come on! There is no way the Senator thinks this is in Virginia. Did he run out of Virginia landmarks? What about Craney Island?
When you're a six-year incumbent with a 5 to 1 money advantage and are tied in the polls I guess you'll try anything for traction. I heard Dick Wadhams is polling to see if folks would be more or less likely to vote for George Allen if they knew he was married to former Senator Bob Dole.
posted by Libertas @ 11:25 PM,
