And now we're on to the dumb things George Allen says. This could take awhile . . .

-And we start with Macaca.
-Allen comes out admitting a mistake and saying that he apologizes. That really is the best way to deal with this sort of thing.
-He says it was a made up word. Seems unlikely unless he hangs out with three year olds.
-Oh yeah, Allen used to keep a noose hanging from a tree branch in his office. That's not great.
-Allen counters that he grew up in a football family and learned that black people can play well too . . .
-Allen calls his display of the Confederate flag as youthful indiscretion. He was anti-establishment. Russert: "But you were governor."
-Webb has previously referred to affirmative action as state-sponsored racism.
-Webb discusses his Southwest Virginia bonafides. Not sure how this applies to racism.
-Webb says that African Americans are the only ethnicity to be discriminated against by the government. Somewhere a Japanese guy shrugs.
-Russert asks if Allen will pledge to serve a six year term. Allen starts throwing out a bunch of platitudes. Russert says he's already read his campaign brochure. Nice.
-And Allen closes by quoting Mark Twain. That's something.