If you haven't seen George Allen's classy new campaign video, here it is.  Although there has been some effort to deflect what Senator Allen meant by calling a young Indian-American gentleman (and native Virginian) taping his appearance for the Webb campaign, "Macaca" or "Macaque", we do have a few choices and none of them reflect well on the Senator:

1. 'Macaca' - French : racist slang; similar to English 'nigger,' used to describe Arabs.
2. 'Macaca' - English : racist slang; similar to 'nigger' used to describe Arabs.
3. 'Macaca' - English : racist slang; used by American white supremacists in 'insider' talk about African-Americans.

Then again Jason Zengerle points out his mom was French Tunisian and he does know how to speak French.  Probably thought his audience wasn't that sophisticated right?

Update(8/15/06):  Sorry, looks like Youtube is down right now but check back later....