Allen blamed Webb’s campaign, not his supporters, for the incident [in which men wearing blue “Allen for Senate” stickers wrestled a bogger named Mike Stark to the ground after Stark asked Allen to confirm or deny reports that he spat on his first wife].
“It was typical of the Webb campaign, wanting to provoke an incident,” Allen said. He did not say why he believes the Webb campaign provoked the stunt.
Webb denied involvement.
“I don’t even know what happened yesterday. I don’t even know this individual. But I certainly regret the conduct of certain people there yesterday,” Webb said.
Video of the incident was shown often on cable news networks and circulated widely on the Internet, posing a late-campaign distraction for Allen just as he was trying to make his final push to the Nov. 7 election.
Stark, the blogger, filed a criminal complaint Tuesday with police in Charlottesville, but said he did not know the names of his attackers.
He had signaled his intent to provoke Allen on two left-of-center blogs before the incident. On the liberal Daily Kos blog, he noted his involvement in stunts intended to embarrass Republicans. “Recently I’ve been thinking about how to put these `guerrilla tactics’ to use where it matters: winning elections.
Allen is turning out to be one of the more gaping sphincters in the pantheon of GOP assholes.
I urge every living (and otherwise) Democrat and Independent in Virginia to get out and vote on November 7th!!!