Allen explains "macaca" remark (just on Wolfie)

[karlrschneider]

See, his staff had nicknamed him "Mohawk" for his short hair and he just got the words mixed up.

Well, sure glad that's all cleared up.
:eyes:

[wicket]

1. This racist asshole used to have a NOOSE hanging in his office

So his explanation just doesn't fly.

[Avalux]

2. That's so damn WEAK.

Best he could come up with?? Allen is a racist nutjob and no amount of explaining can make his comment go away - he said it twice. How stupid. :eyes:

[KamaAina]

3. "Barney Fag" all over again

"Fag" != "Frank"; "Macaca" != "Mohawk".

See? And all this time you thought Bush** was the only repuke who hadn't mastered the basics of the English language. :sarcasm:

[whistle]

4. Bullshit!

[WI_DEM]

5. and with that explanation this whole thing will blow over

you can count on it--thanks to the dumbass media we have today.

[MaineDem]

6. I was yelling "bull shit" at the tv

It wasn't even good spin...just pure bull shit. He got caught being a racist.

[unpossibles]

7. if he doesn't know that a "mohawk" is not only not just short hair

but also could be construed as racist in a different way, then he should be forced to retire immediately as a disgrace.

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. He isn't enough of a man to just admit it, is he?

To just say he made a mistake. Felix is chicken shit.

felix is a real bully when he is heading up an ugly crowd of republican assholes in some Virgina hotel ballroom, I wonder how he would fair up in the streets of Baghdad.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

9. I Read That Explanation Earlier. Ain't No One Gonna Buy That.

It is almost hard to contain laughter at the absurdity of the explanation and how far fetched it is. The only thing that keeps the laughter at bay is the realization that he is a discriminatory racist scumbag.

[pnwmom]

10. So he meant to call him a Mohawk? Insulting Native Americans instead?

And this is supposed to be an excuse.

[tularetom]

11. G Felix Allen just ain't ready for prime time

You'll see lots of these little incidents between now and the election I think. This mofo is not only a bigot, he's dumb as a box of rocks and I suspect he has a trainload of baggage if somebody wants to find it. He's been able to operate under the radar up to now but he has big time ambitions and the media won't be able to keep the ugly truth hid.

[The_Casual_Observer]

14. I've seen smarter boxes of rocks.

[CottonBear]

12. Felix is just diggin himself in deeper abd deeper.

I did learn a new word today. I'm a born and bred Southerner and I'd never heard of that racial slur word. I was simply not exposed to people like Felix.

[karlrschneider]

16. Actually, I had never heard it before, either...but I knew that a "macaque

is the name for a monkey and I would sure as HELL never use it to describe someone.
:eyes:

[CottonBear]

23. I knew about the monkey too and I would never describe someone that way.

:( I'd never even heard of this Felix Allen guy until recently (via DU). I've got enough trouble with idiot Republicans down here in Georgia to keep up with all of them in other states

[karlrschneider]

28. No kidding...between Sonny and Saxby you guys got yer hands full.

;-)

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. He's the guy with diaper rash on his face. No wonder he said that.

[Gogi]

15. Now really, how many Americans are familiar...

with the word "macaca"? And is it really a homonym for "Mohawk"? And, since there are American Indians named Mohawks, does it really make any difference when the idiot in question is a southern senator who once had a noose in his office?

Senator: Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining!

[redherring]

17. Well, he was playing to his White audience

Damn right he was being racist.

[norml]

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[Cooley Hurd]

19. Bullshit - his staff claimed they called him "mohawk" because of his hair

Mohawk...


NOT a mohawk (Sidarth).

[tularetom]

20. What I want to know is how did Woof react?

Actually don't tell me I bet he said something like "Well, that explanation should clear the matter up."

[slampoet]

21. This reminds me of the guy in Clerks 2

That thinks the term "Porch Monkey" isn't racist. He then defends it by saying that his Grandma used to say it all the time.


Here is the best fact about this.

Senator Allen's Mother is TUNISIAN. She is from French ruled North Africa.

THAT is where this racist term originated.

It without a doubt PROVES that Sen. Allen Grew up a biggot and never stopped being a biggot. Otherwise he'd never even have known the word to confuse it. He knew EXACTLY what he was doing. Mohawk is just a biggot spinning.

[Bluebear]

22. EVERYBODY SING! "You say mohawk and I say macaca...."

no, that's not logical.

[vireo]

24. He should claim he mistook him for Paul "Macca" McCartney

It would be about as credible.

[dave502d]

25. So now he is a lier and a racist asshole. n/t

[Beetwasher]

26. I Might Believe Him If He Said He Meant To Say "Bukake"

As I'm sure his looking at a swarthy, lithe young man...well, you get the idea....

[Rosemary2205]

27. That racist POS is probably our next el presidente

[LWolf]

29. Got it mixed up with what?

Is "macaca" a word, or slang term, or just something stupid slipping awkwardly from an inept speakers lips?

Short hair is now a mohawk?

I'm struggling with the connection between short hair, mohawk, and "macaca."

It looks more like a mixup of "my caca" to me.

[karlrschneider]

30. Beats the shit outta me, I was just reporting what they said.

;-)

[LostinVA]

32. "Macaca" is a French Tunisian slang meaning n*gger

Allen's mother is French Tunisian. He is fluent in the dialect.

[LWolf]

35. Ahhhh.

Fluent in racist epithets in multiple languages.

This is an elected U.S. Senator.

:banghead:

[PaDem]

31. Yesterday it was a mullett..........

today a mohawk. Anyone want to vernture a guess at what's next?

[Major Hogwash]

33. I ain't buying it. That kid had been introduced to Allen during the week.

And whether he could remember his name or not, he shouldn't have used a term like that.

And IGNORANCE is no defense for using a term like that!!

[ecstatic]

34. He did it on purpose, and it will win him points with his base

so he has nothing to worry about. What a racist a$$.. Just saw the clip on Lou Dobbs...