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TOUCH THE MONKEY George Allen's "macaca" remark continues to plague the Virginia Senator, who delivers multiple apologies--including one from the hitherto unplumbed "deepest part of my heart." But it isn't until 10 days after the event that Allen finally apologizes directly to the alleged macaca, S.R. Sidarth. "He didn't realize how offended I was until he heard my comments from the media," says Sidarth. The Allen campaign has spent almost two weeks trying to convince voters that Allen isn't racist, just clueless. They may be right...
Before he was appointed by President Bush to the new, post-Katrina preparedness job, Foresman spent more than 22 years in emergency-management in Virginia. His hiring in December was one of the few bright spots of the past 12 months, say veteran emergency planners who know him. He understands the importance of preparing for all kinds of disasters, not just terrorist attacks. But he does not soft-sell the challenge ahead. "Frankly, the American public doesn't do well with being told what not to do," he says. With reason: before James Lee Witt became FEMA director under President...
Republican Senator George Allen of Virginia, a sunny conservative, had hoped to use his re-election race this year to build the machinery for a White House run in 2008. Last week he became the first political victim of the phenomenal YouTube era. Allen is videotaped at each campaign stop by a "tracker" for his Democratic opponent, James Webb. Such operatives are standard on the stump, and aides warn candidates to ignore them. But Allen, speaking at a rural picnic, took the bait. He singled out the Webb volunteer, who is of Indian descent, telling the crowd to welcome "Macaca...
...Percentage of the population that is non-Hispanic white in Hawaii--up 6%--one of two states where the percentage of whites is growing. The other is West Virginia...
...show real statesmanship. "It would take a Prime Minister who has a rational view of the situation, who says, 'This is bad for Japan, and I won't go,'" says Robert Dujarric, a Tokyo-based analyst and senior associate at the National Institute for Public Policy in Fairfax, Virginia. "I don't know if that...