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Reephdweller

08-15-2006, 04:15 PM

<a href="http://www.yahoo.com/s/369582">Sen. Allen apologizes for calling man 'Macaca'</a>Sen. George Allen apologized Tuesday for remarks that offended a man of Indian descent who was tracking the Republican's re-election campaign for Democratic challenger Jim Webb. S.R. Sidarth said he felt Allen was singling him out because of his race when the senator called him "Macaca" during a GOP rally Friday at Breaks, Va., near the Kentucky border."In no way was it meant to demean him, and I'm sorry if he was offended," Allen said in a telephone interview.Allen, who is positioning himself for a possible run for president in 2008, said the name was "just made up" and that he had no idea that macaca is a genus of monkeys including macaques. The name also could be spelled Makaka, which is a city in South Africa.Sidarth, who was born and raised in Fairfax County, has said he felt Allen was singling him out because he was the only nonwhite in the audience, but an Allen campaign spokesman said not all of the rest of the crowd was white.On Monday, Allen spokesman Dick Wadhams said the name "Macaca" was a variation of "Mohawk," the nickname Allen campaign staffers gave Sidarth for his partially cropped haircut. Allen, however, said Tuesday that he made up the name himself.Allen has been accused of racial insensitivity before. He wore a Confederate flag pin in his high school yearbook photo, used to keep a Confederate flag in his living room, a noose in his law office and a picture of Confederate troops in his governor's office, but has said he has grown since then.Sure seems like he's grown. These republicans sure know how to campaign!

Tall_James

08-15-2006, 05:49 PM

I'm posting because I don't want Reefy to think that his posts aren't interesting.They are.Just not this one.       Only kidding.

sr71blackbird

08-15-2006, 06:07 PM

Little did the senator know that "macaca" is Indian for "dot head'

FUNKMAN

08-15-2006, 06:10 PM

should have went with Mahabone...

patsopinion

08-15-2006, 06:54 PM

i prefer to call them guptey gupties

HBox

08-15-2006, 07:04 PM

Allen has been accused of racial insensitivity
before. He wore a Confederate flag pin in his high school yearbook
photo, used to keep a Confederate flag in his living room, a noose in
his law office and a picture of Confederate troops in his governor's
office, but has said he has grown since then.And he was born in California and raised in Southern California and Chicago so that makes sense.

epo

08-15-2006, 07:42 PM

And people wonder why republicans often get generalized as racists?  Its not fair...but shit like this doesn't help. And George Allen wants to be your President.  <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/wallbash.gif" border="0" />

PapaBear

08-15-2006, 07:45 PM

Mark Warner for Prez in 2008.

HBox

08-15-2006, 08:05 PM

Rob Corddry on the Daily Show had the best comment on this: "I have no idea what Macaca means but it sure sounds racist."

Recyclerz

08-15-2006, 08:13 PM

HBox wrote: Rob Corddry on the Daily Show had the best comment on this: "I have no idea what Macaca means but it sure sounds racist." It sure does.Ahhh, George Allen's America. Where the borders are secure and dark-complected Americans are <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/14/AR2006081401114.html">derided as monkeys</a>. What did Allen mean? We now know that not only is '<a href="http://listofethnicslurs.quickseek.com/#M">macaque</a>' a French language slur used to describe North Africans but Allen has a dizzyingly direct way of being familiar with the word. His mother is French Tunisian. Given that it would be amongst the French colonial population in North Africa that the word would have the greatest currency (even if only by familiarity rather than use), it seems close to impossible to believe that Allen didn't become familiar with the word growing up.From <a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/">www.talkingpointsmemo.com</a>I don't know if Allen is a racist or just another ambitious empty suit.  But I do remember the last time we got an ambitious empty suit as President.  And I don't think that one worked out so well.*  <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/wink.gif" border="0" />* Hint - It happened in 2000.

A.J.

08-16-2006, 03:58 AM

I had never even heard of this word before.

MHasegawa

08-16-2006, 03:06 PM

A MACACA MONGREL RACE!!!!!

FUNKMAN

08-16-2006, 03:09 PM

A.J. wrote: I had never even heard of this word before. the italians use it all the time " hey you gonna sucka macaca or what ?"

Reephdweller

08-16-2006, 07:42 PM