"I'll consider the future when I get to the future," he told reporters

[underpants]

Yep Va. Senator Allen just happened to be in Iowa, but don't take that to mean he is running for the Presidency or anything.



http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&%09s=1045855935264&c=MGArticle&cid=1137834818934&path=!news!politics

This was Allen's first visit to Iowa. He reminded audiences that his late father, former Washington Redskins coach George Allen, had his first head coaching job at Morningside College in Sioux City. Allen's parents married there, and he was conceived there, he said.

Allen was asked why he has changed his position to favor ethanol, a government-subsidized gasoline product made from corn?

Steven Schmitt, chairman of the Black Hawk County Republican Committee, said "He reminds me of a young Ronald Reagan. I think most Iowa Republicans are a little bit right of center. I think that's where he is. He is not on the extreme right."

Allen defends use of special appropriations
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137834839965&path=!news&s=1045855934842

U.S. Sen. George Allen defended congressional spending earmarks last night, although he said they need more scrutiny.

"Every single earmark I've gotten, I'm proud of," Allen told more than 300 people gathered for a town hall meeting at Chesterfield County's Clover Hill High School. Many were students.


A questioner who criticized the spying program drew boos from the Allen-friendly audience.

"I'd take him over John McCain," said retired Virginia Air National Guard Gen. Wilbur E. Ross. McCain, a Republican senator from Arizona, also is exploring a presidential candidacy. "Senator Allen is looking after our national interests."

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. Right, but not far right

More like Reich.

[mattclearing]

2. No, of course Senator Allen is not on the extreme right.

:eyes:

[underpants]

3. His father was a football coach

Did...didya know that?

[mattclearing]

5. Seeing as how my avatar is the DC flag, you'd think I'd have picked up

on that. :)

He's a clown.

[underpants]

7. A campaign in one picture

[wtbymark]

4. The future does not belong to those who are content with today - anon

[zbdent]

6. That quote makes me think of a sign at a favorite eatery

"Free Beer Tomorrow" - Tomorrow (the future) never gets here - because at midnight, Tomorrow becomes Today . . .

[underpants]

9. SWEET NECTAR OF LIBERTY

Allen said it AGAIN on Wednesday January 26th the year of our lord 2005

Condi Rice’s confirmation hearing
1/19/05
http://allen.senate.gov/?c=story&t=press&story=2005011961776.859375


Because of President Reagan's steadfast determination, hundreds of millions of people tasting that sweet nectar of liberty in central Europe are now friends and allies," said Senator Allen.

On the 2004 election
10/10/2004
http://www.vote-smart.org/speech_detail.php?speech_id=69507
Ronald Reagan's election changed the dynamic of the Cold War from one of containment and co-existence to the advancement of freedom. As a result, hundreds of millions of people in Central Europe, once behind the Iron Curtain, now taste the sweet nectar of liberty, have joined NATO, and are true friends and allies.

Senator Allen's Tribute to President Reagan
June 8, 2004
http://www.nrsc.org/nrscweb/newsdesk/articles/401.shtml

But President Reagan believed the blessings of liberty must not be bestowed only on a few nations and only to those blessed to be born on free soil; Ronald Reagan, with the strength of his convictions, exported and advanced democracy to continents, countries, and people yearning to taste the sweet nectar of libert.



GOVERNOR ALLEN SELECTED AS "JEFFERSON SCHOLAR"
August 28, 1998
http://www.alec.org/viewpage.cfm?pgname=3.1aa56

He also pointed to North Korea, China, Iraq, Cuba and other countries where "there are people who have never truly tasted freedom's sweet nectar.

[FSogol]

8. Just another dumb extreme right Fake Cowboy. n/t

[oneighty]

10. Campaigning

with football in hand. I have seen that before. Looked stupid then looks stupid now.

180

[cannabis_flower]

11. Something people forget when saying that biofuels are not feasible is.....

is that corn is not the most efficient crop for biofuel. Check out this link for a discussion of the process of turning biomass into fuel and which plants would be the most suitable for biomass fuels. Hemp would be much more efficient than corn. http://www.ratical.org/renewables/biomass.html