Ain't it great? The idiots at "Meet the Press" were hard-pressed to come up with a "balanced" approach to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. So what did they do? They asked viewers to complete the sentence "I have a dream," as if Martin Luther King Jr. had failed us on that score. Let Nicole Belle at Crooks and Liars
explain why NBC chose to exhibit Mitt Romney giving us his take on the subject:
Blast from the Past. At Daily Kos on this date in 2006—VA-Sen: Frameshop: Allen At It Again, Winks At White Folks:
Adding insult to injury in the "macaca" affair, video cameras trained on George Allen's latest apologies have captured yet another disturbing scene: Senator Allen winking at a room full of white folks before apologizing for his racism.
The video in question was published in a Washington Post article by Michael D. Shear and Tim Craig ("Allen Calls Webb Aide, Apologizes For Remark" 24AUG06).
Just after the 1 minute mark in the video, Senator Allen responds to a question from the audience by saying "I want to be very careful about the words I use," then winks and smiles at the all white, elderly crowd in Springfield, VA. In response to Allen's wink and smile, the crowd erupted into laughter. In the next scene of the video, Allen apologies for the "macaca" incident saying, "From the deepest part of my heart, I am sorry and I will do better."
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