Sidarth on Dickenson County
Brian November 15th, 2006
A popular figure in the 2006 election was S.R. Sidarth, the tracker that was called “macaca” by Sen. George Allen on a campaign stop in Dickenson County.
Sidarth shared his feelings about the incident and his thoughts on Dickenson County here in the Washington Post.
Sidarth said:
Nothing made me happier on election night than finding out the results from Dickenson County, where Allen and I had our encounter. Webb won there, in what I can only hope was a vote to deal the race card out of American politics once and for all.
To be fair, I am not sure we (voters in Dickenson County) took into consideration the “race card.” We did, however, cast votes for a new direction in D.C. and for a candidate that will fight for working folks.
Dickenson had a little company in the Webb column in SWVA…Buchanan (by a mile) and Russell (barely) were also in the Webb column.
Take the race card out of everything including affirmative action and all race-related aid once and for all?