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MORE “GEORGE FELIX ALLEN, JR.”

In June, the lefty blogger Ezra Klein approvingly cited a James Webb statement for its references to George Allen:

Notice anything funny about Jim Webb’s press release responding to George Allen’s attacks? I’ll give you a hint: George Allen is never mentioned. Instead, George Felix Allen Jr. makes a series of appearances. From a masculine, almost movie star-ish name to a silly, four worder that ends with a diminutive, the more Webb blasts “George Felix Allen Jr.” the more Allen’s much vaunted masculine authenticity will look like the show it is.

By the way, Allen’s father was George Herbert Allen.  He’s not a junior.

Byron York is a former White House correspondent for National Review.
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