Sen. Allen’s gaffe gets YouTubed
Steve Safran August 16th, 2006
While some still try to figure out about the power of YouTube, witness what happened to Sen. George Allen (R - Virginia) as he stumped for re-election. Sen. Allen, obviously cheesed off at an opponent’s campaign worker who was videotaping the event, called the worker “Macaca,” an odd choice somehow meant to denote the kid’s ethnicity in some way. (The worker in question, S.R. Sidarth is of Indian descent.) A Macaca is an asian monkey. Allen then said “welcome to America” to Sidarth, an American born in Virginia The video hit YouTube faster than you can say, well, “Macaca.”
The power to control the message - and the gaffes - is now out of the spin doctors’ hands.
3 Comments Add your own
1. Chris | August 17th, 2006 at 6:27 am
I have to say, I thought the “Welcome to America” was meant more as “welcome to the world outside the Beltway, where the REAL Amercians live” type of comment. Still a bizzare rant though.
2. thedetroitchannel | August 17th, 2006 at 6:37 am
i thought he said “malaka”, which, as any good greek knows, might apply to many inside the beltway.
3. tx | January 18th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Wow, thanks for the excellent information!
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