You didn’t have to be at the meet and greet event this summer when Virginia Senate hopeful George Allen referred to his opponent’s volunteer — who was present in the crowd video taping the speech — as “macaca,” a remark perceived as a racial slur against the Fairfax, Va., native of Indian descent. All you had to do was type a few keys at YouTube.com, and it was as good as being there. Better, certainly, than reading about it in the Washington Post, which ran roughly 30 articles,
editorials and related news items about Allen’s gaffe.
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An Alternative Guide to Election 2006
Posted by: Erika Morphy November 1, 2006 08:00 AMYou didn’t have to be at the meet and greet event this summer when Virginia Senate hopeful George Allen referred to his opponent’s volunteer — who was present in the crowd video taping the speech — as “macaca,” a remark perceived as a racial slur against the Fairfax, Va., native of Indian descent. All you had to do was type a few keys at YouTube.com, and it was as good as being there. Better, certainly, than reading about it in the Washington Post, which ran roughly 30 articles,
editorials and related news items about Allen’s gaffe.