Posted on 08/18/2006 2:40:37 AM PDT by John Carey
Sen. George Allen's mental journey to the imaginary land of Macaca has brought the one-term Virginia Republican -- considered a presidential hopeful for 2008 -- more national attention than ever before. But not in a good way...... The Macaca incident became a sensation on the video-sharing Web site YouTube.com, where some visitors helpfully posted clips of macaques, which are monkeys. It spawned a host of predictable jokes -- "Funny, you don't look Macacan" -- and inspired a hilarious bit on "The Daily Show" that ended with a potty-humor punch line not entirely suitable for the opinion pages of a distinguished newspaper. Suffice it to say that another make-believe realm called Yapipi was invoked.
As you probably know by now, Allen was making a campaign stop and spotted a college student who was shadowing him -- videotaping all his appearances -- to gather possible ammunition for the campaign of his opponent, Democrat James Webb. The young man, S.R. Sidarth, is of Indian descent. Allen pointed him out for the all-white crowd, calling him "Macaca, or whatever his name is," and then said to Sidarth, "Welcome to America and the real world of Virginia." Sidarth happens to be a Virginia native.
Allen and his aides scrambled....
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Open mouth, insert foot.
I am suprised ( or not) at attempts by the MSM to keep pushing this lame newsstory in the limelight for as long as they can.
But perhaps if Allen had just brushed it aside as a misunderstanding and moved on and told the Indian student to pss off, the story would have moved on by now .
It is disappointing to see Allen's wimpishness in this incident, hope this does not affect his poll ratings. He is definetly not Presidential material.
Whatever. This kid was following him around with a camera for his opponent's campaign. I could see how that could get annoying. In context, the "real world of Virginia" wasn't a reference to his race or nationality, it was a reference to Allen's earlier comments about Webb campaigning in Hollywood. As usual this story is 99% phony indignation and lib media hype.
Yes, but of course you have to factor in the fact that journalism has a field day with the story for a long time, whereas Hillary can say much worse things and have the media turn into a black hole instead of an amplifier.Generally the worst damage occurs when people appologize. For example, the infamous "Sixteen words" about British intelligence, Saddam's Iraq, and yellowcake from Africa. That statement was and still is exactly true as Bush made it - but when the WH appologized for it that made it "false." Even "a lie." That is why it takes a sharp cookie like Reagan to handle that sort of situation. Or maybe Tony Snow . . .
Funny how there was zero coverage of Biden's Gandhi and convenience store lines. You gotta love the loyalty of the Democratic media.
George Allen is a dumbass. Making fun of somebody's appearance when that person has a video camera running is stupid enough.
Doing so while attempting to run for President is D*U*M*B.
If you don't think making fun of someone's physical appearance is going to keep you from being elected President -- ask your mama.
If Allen was trying to demean the guy's race he would have called him "Apu" or "Punjab" or something. Anyway, the Dems own pet moron Joe Biden made a much more insulting remark about Indians a few weeks ago.
Actually, the Gandhi line was Hillary's, also a member of the protected class.
Interesting. Thanks for posting.
Dumbass? For supposedly commenting on someone's appearance.
Wow.. the thought Liberal police is in full flow here.
The only misstep Allen may have made is the apology, he should have just told the kid to move on.
The Left seems very, very afraid of George Allen.
Yeah, Biden says something truly offensive and...nothing, not a word. This incident is damning. The media is nothing but a pimp for the DNC.
"... a potty-humor punch line not entirely suitable for the opinion pages of a distinguished newspaper."
??? I thought this was in the Washington Post, Not Mad Magazine...
There's supposed to be a Rasmussen poll out on the race later today.
Like there's a difference?
Allen will be fine.
There is no Reagan, so we just have to go with what we have and make the best of it!
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