Net-circulated video causes George Allen campaign meltdown

[PopHistorian]

The reason I think this story is significant is because it was spread via video through the internet via sites like YouTube(dot)com. I mean, even CNN reported that this incident probably wouldn't have made the newscast, but they said the internet-circulated video "caused Allen's senatorial campaign to go into meltdown overnight." That's pretty powerful. On YouTube, click on Sort By -> View Count and it's there at the top.

There are several videos of this on YouTube, with the most popular one garnering nearly 200,000 views (which likely translates into over a million views via other means of sharing the video) in just a few days. It also pushed it onto mainstream news.

Nice to see the Pathocracy flash with 450 views and Pentagon Strike with over 18,000 (several copies) while I was there.

Off-hand remark by senator causes flap
http://www(dot)cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/15/allen.volunteer.ap/index.html

Senator denies remark was racist
http://www(dot)cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/16/allen.volunteer/index.html

Allen denies making racially-charged remark
http://www(dot)cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/16/mg.wed/index.html

 

[Peam]

Found this. Seems Allen might have a good mindset for a top job in poltics.

GOP Senator George Allen's Sister Documents Her Brother's Bully Tactics: "He Saw Dentistry As A Perfect Profession - Getting Paid To Make People Suffer"...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/08/16/gop-senator-george-allen_n_27382.html

Senator George Allen's racial remark to a 20 year old Indian man last week, has re-highlighted accusations that the Senator is a bully and a bigot. Senator Allen's sister, Jennifer Allen, documents many cases of her brother's bullying in her book Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter. Read the excerpts below.


Explaining why she is scared of heights, Ms. Allen writes that "Ever since my brother George held me over the railing at Niagara Falls, I've had a fear of heights." [Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter, page 43]


Referring to George's relationship with one of her boyfriends: "My brother George welcomed him by slamming a pool cue against his head." [Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter, page 178]


Referring to George's early leadership skills, Jennifer wrote: "We all obeyed George. If we didn't, we knew he would kill us. Once, when Bruce refused to go to bed, George hurled him through a sliding glass door. Another time, when Gregory refused to go to bed, George tackled him and broke his collarbone. Another time, when I refused to go to bed, George dragged me up the stairs by my hair." [Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter, page 22]


Referring to George's early career aspirations, Jennifer wrote "George hoped someday to become a dentist. George said he saw dentistry as a perfect profession - getting paid to make people suffer." [Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter, page 22]


Referring to George's habit of terrorizing a Green Bay Packer fan in their neighborhood, Jennifer wrote that the fan's mailbox often "lay smashed in the street, a casualty of my brothers' drive-by to school in the morning. George would swerve his Mach II Mustang while Gregory held a baseball bat out the window to clear the mailbox off its post. . . . Lately, the Packers fan had resorted to stapling a Kleenex box to the mailbox post to receive his mail. George's red Mustang screeched up beside us, the Packers fan's Kleenex mailbox speared on the antenna." [Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter, page 16]