News-7 Poll: Sen. Allen remarks "inappropriate" (47% not Racial Slur)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=5293378

A News-7 SurveyUSA poll found that a majority of Virginians (56%) had heard about Senator George Allen's remarks to a campaign volunteer for his opponent, Jim Webb.

Of the 309 people who were familiar with the story, two-thirds (67%) thought it was inappropriate for Sen. Allen to refer to the college student of Indian descent as "Macaca," but the respondents were more evenly divided over whether the comments were a racial slur.

Allen has apologized for the remark. Half those surveyed said he needs to say more, while 46% thought the apology was sufficient.

While respondents were evenly divided on whether the incident will hurt the Senator's re-election changes or have no effect, 61% thought the comments would hurt Allen's chances in a campaign for President of the United States.

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Do you think Allen's comments were a racial slur?

45% Yes

47% No

8% Not Sure

[gatorboy]

1. The last two polls are interesting.

Do you think the incident will help? Or hurt Senator Allen's chances for reelection? Or will it have no effect?

Question asked of 309 people familiar with story
Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 5.7%

7% Help
46% Hurt
46% No Effect
1% Not Sure

Question asked of 309 people familiar with story
Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 5.5%

Do you think the incident will help? Or hurt Senator Allen's chances of running for President of the United States?
8% Help
61% Hurt
30% No Effect
1% Not Sure
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It's as if a number of the polled individuals are saying, "Yeah, he's a racist but we don't mind so much, but the rest of the country might if he ran for higher office....Those sensitive liberals!"

[Kickoutthejams23]

4. It's Stupid

And Racist and mean. Mocking people that have less power than you has no place in public (or private) discourse

[gatorboy]

5. Hey what issue is that comic panel from?

I was listening to an interview the other week with one of the actors from the old Superman series. And he was commenting on all of the bondage imagery that went into the series.

Lois did seem to have gotten tied up quite a bit. :P

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. I don't know but it's probably from the same site where you can find gems

such as this. http://www.superdickery.com

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. ...and this.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

10. ...and the best of all.

Oooops, I may be breaking the rules with this one. No talking about the tombstoned. My bad.

[newyawker99]

12. Hi Kickoutthejams23!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Captain Hilts]

2. If it's not a racial slur, what is it? nt

[Ian David]

3. If Allen was going to lie instead of apologizing, he could've done better

He could have claimed he meant to say, "Fakakta" and got it confused with "Macacca."

fakakta: Yiddish for crazy, all mixed up.
http://www.minyanville.com/library/dictionary.htm#F

[jseankil]

6. These white owned corporations are going into black communities

and taking out black owned businesses by under cutting them.


Is that racist?

[Catchawave]

7. Roanoke, Va., eh?

Not quite the liberal center of Virginia, but it concerns me more than 40% of those polled haven't heard about Mr. Allen's "oopsie". So the 45% of the yes votes in the poll, are of 60% who have heard about it ?

God, I love the media :rofl:

[electricmonk]

11. It was a statewide poll

Roanoke City is fairly liberal the county not so much. Everyday on the way to work I pass at least one car that still has a Kerry sticker on it and plenty of Jim Webb signs.