Sen. Allen (R-VA) Plays to the Republican Base...

...and calls a dark-skinned man of Indian descent a monkey. When viewed with his other forms of sociopathy, I'll ask once again: can the Republicans please nominate a presidential candidate who isn't cracked in the head? (Just in case).

From a historical perspective, a VA congressman once referred to Chain Bridge which connects VA and DC as "the longest bridge in the world, since it goes from VA to Africa." That was a few decades ago though. George Allen: he wants to party like it's 1959.

Update: Atrios points out that "macaca" is a nasty slur directed at North Africans. Who knew Allen was an internationalist?

(more from the Washington Post)

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Staffers for Virginia Senator George Allen attacked a blogger today at a campaign event, and are now trying to lie their way out of it.
About a week ago, Sen. George Allen (R-VA) referred to an American of Indian descent as a "macaca" which is a racist slur (derived from the French word for monkey).
Sen. George "Macaca" Allen (R-VA) is quite possibly one sick puppy:
OK, I'm kidding (legally, he's too young). S.R. Sidarth is the native born Virginian who was called a racist slur by Californian transplant Sen. George Allen (R-VA).

Hey, what's your source on that Allen quote about the bridge to Africa? It's totally in character but I can't find an online reference to it.