NLS: Rumor Mongering
If Jim Webb’s son is going to have his myspace profile dragged into this campaign, can we ask if the rumors are true on who Forrest Allen is named after?Rumors? What rumors?
Oh, he means the one an anonymous commenter started a few months back that accused Allen of naming his son Forrest after Nathan Bedford Forrest. Nevermind that Forrest is Allen’s daughter*, folks still picked it up and ran with it. When I pointed out this fact to Ben in an IM conversation he said it was funny how these things happened.
Funny indeed.
Perhaps Forrest is a family name. Perhaps it was chosen by George Allen’s mother who the LeftyBloggers feel is the most racist person in the world because she taught her son all the French he knows including the insult of the week. Or perhaps they thought Forrest was a pretty name.
*4:11 PM UPDATE: I have been corrected by Jaded JD. Forrest is George Allen’s son. Not sure why my research back in April told me otherwise but there you have it. Just the same, demanding an explanation as to why someone has a particular name merely because you want to associate that name with a historical figure and their baggage is crazy.
