George Allen's Sister Recalls His Beatings

[RedEarth]

Wednesday, November 01, 2006
George Allen's Sister Recalls His Beatings

Republican George Allen's sister has published a cringeworthy biography entitled "Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter" (available at Amazon.com here).

Among some of the more revealing excerpts relating Allen's characteristic "compassionate conservatism", we find:

"Ever since my brother George held me over the railing at Niagara Falls, I've had a fear of heights."

"We all obeyed George. If we didn't, we knew he would kill us. Once, when Bruce refused to go to bed, George hurled him through a sliding glass door. Another time, when Gregory refused to go to bed, George tackled him and broke his collarbone. Another time, when I refused to go to bed, George dragged me up the stairs by my hair."

http://aliberaldose.blogspot.com/2006/11/george-allens-sister-recalls-his.html

[wicket]

1. What a lunatic

K & R

[Hav]

2. .

Wow, he's such a nice guy. The voters in Virginia must love him sooo much!

[Union Thug]

3. Sounds like a typical family values kind of guy to me.

Typical bully, republican asshole. Are you surprised?

[partylessinOhio]

4. Were they orphans? Where were the parents?

[FredScuttle]

12. Daddy George was coaching the Rams

and Mommy was looking up new racist slurs to share with young Felix.

[whistle]

5. "Ever since my brother George held me over the railing at Niagara Falls, I've had a fear of heights.

...Allens response, "Come-on sis, that is called getting over your fear of water.":sarcasm: What a sick f*ck that Macaca Allen is. And he is supposed to be the next republican candidate for president?

[Dhalgren]

6. Is this brother "George Felix" or father "Coach George"?

:shrug:

[originalpckelly]

7. I didn't know holding your sister 170 ft in the air was a way to respect her...

Maybe Jim Webb should hold his wife over the railing at the space needle, that'll show everyone in Virginia how much he respects her.

:eyes:

Goodness gracious, Allen sure as hell has a lot of nerve even trying to go after Webb.

[noonwitch]

8. My brother was pretty brutal as a kid, but grew up to be okay

He beat the shit out of my sister and I, and did a few worse things because our mother left him in charge when he was only 10. I don't blame him, I blame her.

I wouldn't bring it to the press' attention if he was running for public office, however. He's not the same person, plus he's had a lot of problems as an adult dealing with guilt for the things he did as a kid. The fact that it still troubles him 35 years later tells me that he has changed for the better.

[BonnieJW]

9. Except

all of this crap doesn't bother Macaca at all. He thinks it's "manly" to spit at women, denegrate those with a dark complexion, and use the N word.

[Straight Shooter]

11. George Allen wasn't ten years old.

I'm sorry about your experience as a kid. Even at 10, I would never have beaten my siblings. It depends on what your temper threshold is, how much you can put yourself in another's shoes, and I'm glad your brother has learned to rise above physical responses to emotional situations. He needs to drop the guilt, though, if at all possible. If you've forgiven him, then it's a weight he can set by the side of the road and move on in his life. We have all done things we regret. Most of us, anyway.

But as evidenced by the thugs assaulting the reporter today (see home page on DU for video), Allen didn't give a crap about someone being physically attacked in his presence. His response? "Stuff like this happens."

[Double T]

10. Sounds like neocon material to me...........

would be perfect candidate as 'Secretary of Torture' in a bushco WH.

[mhatrw]

13. Wow! I think that was BushCo's strategy for Iraq.

As well as Karl Rove's election strategy ...

[Bluebear]

14. Sadistic. A perfect Republican. nt

[CoffeeCat]

15. They start torturing early in Republican families...

...that's why it's easy for them to implement it as National policy.

They've got years of practice under their belt--by the time they've been elected.

Sick, dysfunctional, sociopaths are running our country.