Is Senator George Allen a bully? Obviously. Is he a racist and xenophobe? Apparently. Is he not very bright? We already knew that.
Senator Allen, who has so far has had an undistinguished career as a member of the ruling party in the United States Senate, has finally made a name for himself. Well, actually, he made a name for a Webb volunteer. For the few people on the planet not familiar with the story, Senator Allen was speaking before an all white crowd in Southwest Virginia and during this speech singled out a dark skinned volunteer for the Webb campaign who happened to be videotaping the speech. He twice called the young man “Macaca” – the name of a monkey and common racial slur used in Europe. He said “Welcome to America” as if the color of his skin made him an alien. His reference to Webb visiting Hollywood movie moguls may or may not have been a veiled reference to Jews. (Mel Gibson was too drunk to remember the code words.) You can watch the whole thing here.
The Senator’s choice of words has generated more than a little comment across the internet. Here are a few:
Senator Allen's explantion at Hotline
A new explanation for Macaca at Hotline
Virginian’s feel the remark was inappropriate but evenly divided as to whether it was a racial slur or not
He really meant to call him a shithead
Kathleen Parker says the Senator is a rude cad
The distinguished Senator has a Mel Gibson moment
The nativity test
George Allen’s America
Poll shows gap narrowing since Macacagate
The Sidarth family v Allen
The defense: he meant to call him a shithead
Allen’s immigrant problem
Allen’s race problem
The Dem’s ideal Republican candidate for president
Senator Shithead
Virginia bloggers chime in
“Welcome to America, Macaca.”
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