Senator George "Macaca" Allen just keeps on getting weirder and weirder. But he's right in step with his weird Republican audience.
When asked "in a campaign debate about the veracity of a report that his mother has Jewish blood, Sen. George Allen admonished the questioner to stop 'making aspersions.'"
Aspersions?
You might have thought the testy Senator was asked if his mother was a member of the KKK.
It has been reported," said Fox, that "your grandfather Felix, whom you were given your middle name for, was Jewish. Could you please tell us whether your forebears include Jews and, if so, at which point Jewish identity might have ended?"
Allen recoiled as if he had been struck. His supporters in the audience booed and hissed. "To be getting into what religion my mother is, I don't think is relevant," Allen said, furiously. "Why is that relevant -- my religion, Jim's religion or the religious beliefs of anyone out there?"
"Honesty, that's all," questioner Fox answered, looking a bit frightened.
"Oh, that's just all? That's just all," the senator mocked, pressing his attack. He directed Fox to "ask questions about issues that really matter to people here in Virginia" and refrain from "making aspersions."
Ahem, we're afraid to know why Senator Macaca was so offended, but, reportedly, Senator Macaca's mother hails from " the prosperous and well-known Jewish Lumbroso family ."
Does this mean Virginia isn't for Jews?
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