Origin of Macaca

By Mary Ann Akers
Roll Call Staff

Nov. 13, 2006, 12 a.m.

Now we can bring you the true, untold story of the great political “macaca” debacle. Democrats not only have Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) to thank for his fatal slip of the tongue, they have young S.R. Sidarth, Mr. Macaca himself, and Democrats at Quinn Gillespie & Associates.

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