Where’s the Outrage?

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From WaPo: Virginia Sen. George Allen apologized directly to S.R. Sidarth yesterday, telling the 20-year-old Democratic campaign staffer that he was sorry for offending him with remarks that have generated nationwide criticism for being racially insensitive.

Allen’s telephone call to Sidarth was the first direct contact between the two since Allen (R) was caught by Sidarth’s video camera calling him a “macaca” and welcoming the Fairfax native to “America and the real world of Virginia.”

Sidarth said Allen told him that the apology was “from his heart.”

“His main point was he was sorry he offended me,” Sidarth, a fourth-year University of Virginia student, said in an interview later. “He realized how much he offended me from the comments I made in the media.” more

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Just think how this would have played if Senator Allen would have called this young man the next day. No TV interviews. No Daily Show. No hundreds of blogs bashing him. It would have been squashed.

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