http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/5087/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/frank-rich-callous-conservatism-and-racist-republicans <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Frank Rich: &quot;[Virginia Sen. George] Allen has a history of racial insensitivity. He used to display a Confederate flag in his living room and, bizarrely enough, a noose in his office for sentimental reasons that he could never satisfactorily explain.&quot; But how does his opponent, military historian James Webb, feel about the Confederacy? </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Looking for an election-season boost, the Times opened up its exclusive Times Select product to non-paying proles last week, sending editor-columnist Frank Rich's "<a href="http://select.nytimes.com/2006/11/12/opinion/12rich.html" target="_self">2006: The Year of the 'Macaca,'</a>" to the #1 most e-mailed story of the week (the free window is now closed, so you have to pay for Rich's deep thoughts on why Bush-style conservatism lost this year).<img src= "http://mrc.org/Timeswatch/stillshots/2006/FrankRich2.jpg" align="right" width="184" height="250" /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/frank-rich-callous-conservatism-and-racist-republicans" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch ConfederateFlag FrankRich JamesWebb Macac NewYorkTimes NYTimes Sen.GeorgeAllen TimesSelect TimesWatch TimesWatch.org WashingtonPost Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:05:00 +0000 admin 5294 at http://archive2.mrc.org