The Resume

(March 8, 1952- )
Governor of Virginia (1994-98)
US Senator from Virginia (January 2001-January 2007)
Son of football coach George Allen

Why he might be annoying:

During a campaign stop, he twice called S. R. Sidarth, an Indian American filming the event for Allen's opponent, 'macaca.' Macaca is a racial slur in French-speaking nations of North Africa. Coincidentally, Allen's mother speaks French and is from Tunisia (August 11, 2006).
A half dozen people have gone public with their memories of Allen frequently using the word 'nigger' as a college student.
Three people have gone on the record that after killing a deer hunting, Allen cut off the deer's head, asked for directions to the nearest home owned by a black man, and then shoved the head into an oversized mailbox.
As governor of Virginia, Allen initiated a meeting with the white supremacist Council of Conservative Citizens.
Even though he is pro-life, Allen owns stock in Barr Labs, the maker of the 'morning after' pill.
For five years, he failed to disclosure his ownership of stock options as required by Senate ethics rules (2002-06).
He chews tobacco.

Why he might not be annoying:

Within two weeks, Allen called Sidarth to personally apologize for his remarks.
He defended himself against charges of racism by noting that his maternal grandfather was interred in a Nazi concentration camp.
He co-authored the law extending the ban on taxing the internet until 2007.
He co-sponsored a resolution that had the Senate formally apologize for never passing federal anti-lynching legislation.
He was class president his senior year in college.
He was in the falconry club in high school.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 107th United States Congress - Senators [January 2001-December 2002]
• 108th United States Congress - Senators [January 2003-December 2004]
• 109th United States Congress - Senators [January 2005-December 2006]
• Amateur Wrestlers
• Beast's 50 Most Loathsome People in America [2006] (Ranked: 32)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 01]
• Celebrity Juniors
• Chickenhawks
• CPAC Straw Poll Winners (Ranked: 2006)
• I Attended UCLA
• I Attended University of Virginia
• I Was a Speaker at the Republican National Convention [2004]
• Jason Sudakis Impersonations
• Liberty University Convocations (Ranked: 2010)
• Look at Me, I'm Mounted
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Cowboy Hat
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 295)
• Profiles 18751-19000 (Ranked: 18983)
• U.S. Governors
• U.S. Senators

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 94 Votes: 52.13% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 109 Votes: 51.38% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 34 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 62 Votes: 46.77% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 182 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 818 Votes: 54.52% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 156 Votes: 71.15% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 1278 Votes: 73.55% Annoying