Friday, August 25, 2024
Allen: "Macaca" Not Racist
George Allen's campaign aides have come up with a new explanation for the word "macaca," which the senatorial candidate and presidential aspirant repeatedly and publicly used to describe an Indian-American man who worked for his opponent.
The Hotline reports: According to two Republicans who heard the word used, "macaca" was a mash-up of "Mohawk," referring to Sidarth's distinctive hair, and "caca," Spanish slang for excrement, or "shit."
Said one Republican close to the campaign: "In other words, he was a shit-head."
Just in case you forgot, George Allen wants to run for president.
The problem with this explanation is that Sidarth had a mullet, not a Mohawk, and the two hair cuts are quite different. Could the candidate, who is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, have gotten the two confused? Nuh-uh. Trust me—they know mullets in Virginia. If you wear a mullet in Virginia, chances are you drive a pick-up truck and root for the Redskins. If you wear a Mohawk in Virginia, you probably try to avoid having the crap beat out of you on a regular basis....
In any event, isn't it reassuring to know that George Allen wasn't using a racial slur—honest!—to refer to the young campaign-worker, but was merely calling him a shithead?
A mullet: so
very wrong.
A mohawk: only
marginally better.
The Hotline reports: According to two Republicans who heard the word used, "macaca" was a mash-up of "Mohawk," referring to Sidarth's distinctive hair, and "caca," Spanish slang for excrement, or "shit."
Said one Republican close to the campaign: "In other words, he was a shit-head."
Just in case you forgot, George Allen wants to run for president.
The problem with this explanation is that Sidarth had a mullet, not a Mohawk, and the two hair cuts are quite different. Could the candidate, who is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, have gotten the two confused? Nuh-uh. Trust me—they know mullets in Virginia. If you wear a mullet in Virginia, chances are you drive a pick-up truck and root for the Redskins. If you wear a Mohawk in Virginia, you probably try to avoid having the crap beat out of you on a regular basis....
In any event, isn't it reassuring to know that George Allen wasn't using a racial slur—honest!—to refer to the young campaign-worker, but was merely calling him a shithead?
A mullet: so
very wrong.
A mohawk: only
marginally better.
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Best mullet nicknames, feel free to contribute:
1.Business in the front, pleasure in the back.
2. The LPGA
3. The 7
4. The NHL
5. Mudflaps
1.Business in the front, pleasure in the back.
2. The LPGA
3. The 7
4. The NHL
5. Mudflaps
For the record, Allen has long since given up on offering explanations for the term and flat-out apologized to the guy. That Hotline item is from the 18th.
Is anyone else confused by this? Why did the candidate have to explain the use of the term "macaca"? Does "macaca" actually mean something? Either you're presuming too much here or I'm missing something. And who the hell is George Allen anyway -- wasn't he the owner of the Redskins? He's running for office?
The mullet is gross, no two ways about it. The Mohawk, however, is cool. Was cool then, is cool now. In short, a classic. I wonder if any real Mohawk Indians wear Mohawks these days -- and if so, are they being *ironic*?
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