Macaque

One of my two senators, George Allen of Virginia, has just committed the unforgivable freudian slip that will sink his presidential aspirations.
Annoyed by a young man filming his speeches for his opponents'campaign, Allen called him a "macaca". This epithet was addressed to the young man with the video camera, who happened to be the only dark skinned, Indian American, in the room. "Welcome to Virginia, the real America" sneered Mr. Allen. That Mr. Siddarth was born in Dunn Loring, Northern Virginia adds to the comic of the situation.
The senator, a fluent French speaker, tried to explain his racist slur away by saying it referred to the young man's mohawk..
When are republican politicians going to stop taking their audiences for complete idiots? Perhaps the good senator should wake up and look at the "real" Virginia around him.

"Macaque", in French slang, is a derogatory word for dark skinned persons of non-European origin.
As French speaking senators go, give me John Kerry anytime.