The difference is, of course, that Jim Webb was being honest, and Allen was lying.

Allen said he'd NEVER used it. Webb said that he did, and cited the use of it in one of his novels as an example.

Based upon the wacko talking points offered up by the Allen apologists on this quetsion, they are arguing that Webb is "just as bad" as Allen because he use dthe word in a novel.

Well, then, I guess that makes Mark Twain an inveterate racist too.

You people are just too silly to take seriously anymore.

BTW, I remember when "conservative blogs" jumped all over the Trent Lott ting to prove they:

A) Weren'r racists, and

B) Would criticize opne of their own.

Unlike those lockstep, lemming libbie blogs, dontcha know.

Well, so much for all that hard work.

Which part of "She declined to say whether he had ever used the word apart from when he wrote his book" is it that you do not understand?

hesiod...
you make the statement that Allen was lying.
prove it. where is the evidence that he ever used the dreaded n-word?

so far i have heard of one former college teammate make the accusation. refuted by 4 other teammates.

then there is the political commentator who says he recently heard about it from people he won't name, thus denying the ability to substantiate or refute.

hardly proof. if you have better, let's hear it.

Jim Webb and I became very good friends while we were in the U.S. Naval Academy. I was a plebe and he was already a secondclassman (third year). And I was in the Academy as a foreign midshipman from the Philippines. He impressed me with his ease in dealing and connecting in a pleasant but dignified way with all sorts of people. He later became a senior officer in the Brigade of Midshipmen leadership hierarchy. Our friendship survived the decades after graduation and we exchanged visits, I to his place in Virginia and he to the Philippines. My Congress staffers have nothing but good words for him because of his easygoing ways.
I wish him luck in his present endeavors which admittedly are intestinally more demanding than writing a good novel, but on par with the tough boxing matches he went through at Annapolis.

Roilo Golez
House of Representatives
Philippines

The stack of sh** the democrats put togather about Allen is now melting into a mess. A noted professor has now retracted his statement that he had heard Allen use nigger as a slam against a black. See everyone, quit beating around the bush and use the word nigger not the letter n. Everyone knows what you're doing and that makes you no better than someone that comes out and says the word. Actually it marks you as a coward hiding behind the word and a real racist to boot. Now in the world of hype a professor that was reconized as a streight shooter can no longer be trusted in anything he says. This kind of thing will not be forgotten, and will also mark Webb's life as a liar, a spoiled brat, and a slimeball. Believe it or not, until this debacle he had my vote. Now we know he's a worthless pile of sh** with no plan to help Va and will do or say anything for a vote. I have sent Allen (and Warner) many messages (maybe you can check his official email and find my messages) letting him know he could no longer count on my support or vote. Now Allen has gained one more vote. Maybe I should get his last letter (from yesterday) out of the trash and send him a contribution.

Allen did use the term Macaca. And that is an ethnic slur. I saw the film on tv. That man is not fit to serve in government.

What part of "I have never used that word in my general vocabulary or in any derogatory way" don't YOU understand? Here, I'll translate it into monosyllabic speech for you:

"Yes, I did use that word, but not to hurt people."

It's not the word, it's the intent. That's why "macaca" was so damaging. None of us had ever heard that word before, but it was obvious that his INTENT was to humiliate a dark skinned person. And I don't believe for a second that you're too stupid to understand that, no matter how much fake outrage you muster up.

You are pretty good at the monosyllabic speech. Perhaps less so at mind reading.