Stealing a colleague's amendment and passing it off as your own is not something you'd expect from a US senator. But George Allen once again proves that nothing is beneath him. From his derogatory "Macaca" and "Welcome to America" comments to a Virginian native, Mr. Allen is demonstrating a type of character that is common among hoodlums and thieves. No shame and no sense of honor.

Webb campaign responds to Allen theft:


Yesterday, Senator George Allen embarrassed Virginians again.

This time Allen didn't say anything stupid. In fact, what he had to say was good. Too good, in fact. It was so good that it turned out it was stolen.

Asking to speak before Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Allen introduced an amendment to the Department of Defense appropriations bill that would provide $19 million in additional funding for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center program, which provides treatment care and research for veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries.

So, what are the odds that George Allen had the exact same idea as Durbin, the exact same dollar figure as Durbin, the exact same language as Durbin (save one word)? And why did Allen seek special permission to speak before Durbin unless Allen was seeking to take credit for an amendment to which Durbin had already prepared and written?

Geez, Senator, has it really come to this? Are you so bankrupt of ideas that you have to steal another Senator's amendments and call them your own? It is clear you stole Dick Durbin's language. There are no odds that you could have written an exactly identical amendment to Durbin's, save one word -- I guess you thought this would allow you to call the amendment your own -- that it would have the exact dollar figure and that you would have to run down to the Senate floor and cut in front of Durbin (talk about cut and run, Senator) and introduce a virtually identical amendment. Did you think no one would notice?

From: http://notgeorgeallen.blogspot.com/

It's a site devoted to trashing Allen but they didn't make the story up. It's been on some of the cable news shows too. Keith Olbermann said that Durbin distributed a copy of his proposal to various senators. So if they come forward and say that Allen used virtually the exact same language on a proposal Durbin floated days before...??

Also here.

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