This makes some of the claims in the Salon piece on George Allen’s football years look shaky. On the other hand, I don’t know precisely how many decorative nooses, confederate flags, or off-the-cuff racial slurs you need to qualify as a bigot, but I’m pretty sure Allen clears the bar.

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.