Oh, man.

[katranna]

Ah, the grand state of Virginia. The republican incumbent senator calls an Indian-American man "macaca," and then insists that it was not racially motivated and was not meant as a slur (who'da thunk someone would take offense at being called a monkey?), while as the democratic challenger holds that women cannot be trusted to lead men in combat (

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[aliterati]

Well, it's certainly no wonder that you'd stay away from Virginia.

[greensword]

Can you link me to the stuff about Webb?

[katranna]

Sure.

http://www.roanoke.com/politics/wb/82603

http://newsbusters.org/node/7646

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149190613022

He's apologized now, but in the recent interview I saw with him, he did not seem particularly eager to recant the full breadth of his statements.