Tuesday, September 26, 2006

More Sabato   [Rich Lowry]

Here:

Sabato, who made his comments during an interview on Chris Matthews' "Hardball" program on MSNBC, later declined to specifically identify his sources.

"My sources are former classmates who came to me with stories that matched up," Sabato said late Monday night. "I never solicited them. They came to me during the past few months."

Also, Allen’s ex-wife on the turtle incident (how weird is all this?):

The Times reported Monday that Christopher Taylor, an anthropology professor at Alabama University in Birmingham, said the two were talking about turtles in a pond near Allen's property. According to Taylor, Allen used the slur when explaining that only blacks eat the turtles.

Taylor is quoted on the New Republic Web site as saying, "I'm a Democrat and I certainly want to see (Allen's) opponent elected."

The Allen camp released a statement from Allen's first wife refuting Taylor's story. Anne Waddell, who was married to Allen from 1980 to 1984, said she recalled Taylor coming to their home to buy a puppy.

"I can say with absolute certainty that his recollection that George said anything at all that could be considered racially insensitive is completely false," she said. "He would never utter such a word."

Waddell said, "I was the one who fished for the turtles in our pond because they were eating the young goslings. The person who ate the turtles was our neighbor."

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