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Beyond Macaca

George Allen's history of racism didn't begin with his "Macaca" comment. Here, via The New Republic, is a story from The Nation about Allen's association with the Council of Conservative Citizens, the successor to the White Citizens' Councils of the 1950's.

Can this guy's presidential ambitions die already, please?
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