Hey, Macaca

This evening I sat down for my routine reading of the news and came across a story on Yahoo about Senator George Allen of Virginia. In a nutshell, the Senator said this to a man of Indian decent:

“This fellow over here with the yellow shirt — Macaca or whatever his name is — he’s with my opponent”.

The article focused on whether or not the statement was racist and went back and forth with quotes proving to be neither interesting nor insightful. Nearing the end of the article I still had question as to whether or not the Senator is a complete ass or just a sometimes ass. Then comes the closing paragraph.

“Allen has been accused of racial insensitivity before. He wore a Confederate flag pin in his high school yearbook photo, used to keep a Confederate flag in his living room, a noose in his law office and a picture of Confederate troops in his governor’s office, but has said he has grown since then.”

A noose in his office? I guess the ass question is answered.