Earlier this week, incumbent Senator George Allen (R-VA) made headlines (and subsequently apologized) for referring to an Indian-American man as 'macaca'. We look at the incident, Senator Allen's history in Virginia, and how this 'controversy' is playing outside the Beltway.
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Virginia Politics: George Allen's 'macaca' mistake
Listen Thursday, Aug. 17, 2006 at 12:38 p.m. in Elections, Local Elections, National Elections, Politics, Society
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Tom Davis
Chair of the Government Reform Committee, US House of Representatives
Bob Gibson
Reporter, Charlottesville Daily Progress
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