He brought it on himself

That's what the Rethug buttplugs said about the 'Swiftboating' of John Kerry: he brought it on himself by emphasizing his war record. Well, mutatis mutandi, Allen dragged his mother into the debate to defend himself against charges of racism; hence, he brought the 'Jewish question' on himself. So stow the righteous indignation, wingnuts.

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This is a man, after all, who has Presidential aspirations -- but when asked if his mom was Jewish, lashed out at the debate panelist, Peggy Fox, with angry warnings about 'casting aspersions.' Clearly, what America saw was that George Allen was not comfortable being steered deeper into a conversation about his mother's Jewish identity. But is that all we saw? In fact, the anger was not just a product of George Allen's defensiveness about his Jewish heritage, but also his frustration that the Peggy Fox's question had just stolen the ball -- taken away the power of his 'mother' frame by asking a question about why he was hiding from his own heritage that built upon already circulating details about Allen's mother. Suddenly, Allen's deft attempt to control the 'macaca' affair by trapping it inside the 'mother' frame had been pulled out from under him and he was left exposed, out of control.

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