Wow. This will be all over the news.

Macacawitz.

macaca = mad
witz = twits
mad twits?

sorry I like the phrase maccacawitz ! catchy! without the insult attached as she said it! (caca shitz)

oh god this can go all over the place!   

who are these people and what have they done and said? i'm not tryingto be a smart ass here, i really have no clue what you are talking about. it seems someone made up this lil "hybrid slur" , used it, and was fired for it. what's the problem?

We run fast, so you got to keep up!

Try Googling Racial slurs on Michael Steele, Joe Lieberman, Ken Blackwell, and Lynn Swann.  Then go to Hymie town, the "n-word" by none other than Robert "Sheets" byrd.  That should be a good start.

Come back if you need more things to google.

Oh, and try the DailyKos.com and democratunderground.org for the rank and file view.  And the lack of 'Outrage' on the democrats part.  Kind of like the lack of outrage on the "peaceful" muslim part.

From the article:

"A young field staffer made an error in judgment, and we immediately accepted her resignation," Weed said in a written statement. "In no way do I or this campaign condone derogatory language."

What more, exactly, did you want to happen?

Also, from the article:

Dick Wadhams, Allen's campaign manager, said Ibis's e-mail "fits a pattern of anti-Semitic behavior" by Democrats. Wadhams said Allen's opponent, Democrat James Webb, should be held accountable for Ibis's e-mail because she also was one of his volunteer organizers. Kristian Denny Todd, a Webb spokeswoman, said Wadhams sounds desperate. "I've never heard her name," Todd said. "She is a Weed for Congress staffer, and they took care of it right away."

Seems to me like the R's are trying hard to spin this into a Webb/Allen debate when there are no grounds for that.

What more, exactly, did you want to happen?

Did I ask for anything to happen?  Please show me where I asked for more than she got?

perhaps the asking here was in the recognition of the party of apartheid and bigotry to finally own up to their sins and denounce those that practice it.  Something that has not happened., nor I doubt will anytime in the near or far, future.

Do I hear anyone DENOUNCING the bigots and racists over on the democrat side?  Sorry, my hearing is going.  Say again?

*Sighs/frowns*

I sure hope you don't mean ALL democrats, or atleast...those who are not politicians.

Cause I sure as hell don't do that, or my gf.

I don't think you do, but...ya know, some folks might take it and run with it.

Anywho, onto the person in question....blegh. Guess she decided to play foul.

Do I hear anyone DENOUNCING the bigots and racists over on the democrat side? Sorry, my hearing is going. Say again?

Maybe you missed this line:

In no way do I or this campaign condone derogatory language.

(Citizen)Dr. GuyOctober 6, 2006 18:07:43Reply #12 I sure hope you don't mean ALL democrats, or atleast...those who are not politicians I was careful to not say ALL. Just many.

Ya, like i said below.

I don't think you do, but...ya know, some folks might take it and run with it.

But when Republicans made up and used the word

allen didn't 'make up' the word. it's a tunisian insult he learned from someone--prolly family members who lived in north africa.

regrettable tho it may be, nothing that staffer did comes close to allen--while governor of virginia--eagerly crawling into bed with the council of conservative citizens (the most recent incarnation of the nototious white citizens' council) which has been designed as a hate group by the anti-defamation league.

By, "the word", I was referring to "Macacawitz". Which I thought was the "word" under discussion, and which my provided links clearly relate to. But I hear ya.

It is the word in question. But you are incorrect. Republicans did "not" make up this word.

During a speech, Allen paused, then began referring to Sidarth: This fellow here over here with the yellow shirt, Macaca, or whatever his name is. He's with my opponent. He's following us around everywhere. And it's just great. We're going to places all over Virginia, and he's having it on film and it's great to have you here and you show it to your opponent because he's never been there and probably will never come. [...] Let's give a welcome to Macaca, here. Welcome to America and the real world of Virginia.[13] According to Sidarth, he was the only person of color present among the crowd of 100 or so Republican supporters, some of whom applauded Allen's remarks.[14] The Webb campaign accused Allen of using a racial insult; macaca has been identified as a Francophone epithet for North African indigenes, and commentators have suggested that he may have heard the slur from his mother who is French Tunisian.[15] The word has different meanings in other languages, for example, the word macaca/macaco means fool, clown, simpleton in Italian.[16]

And the use of Macaca"witz" points to someone of a "Jewish" backround.

We are all aware of the intended meaning of the word, if we weren't, it has been ham handedly pointed out several times above already

Actually, NOT all of us do. And for the record... not one of your links prove or "even" show, that republicans made up this word.

macaca = mad witz = twits mad twits? sorry I like the phrase maccacawitz ! catchy! without the insult attached as she said it! (caca shitz) oh god this can go all over the place!

macaca - Monkey. calling a minority a monkey is considered (according the to Washington Post, the source of this story) a racial slur. Witz - hymie. A derogatory term for a person of Jewish Ancestry.

Well, we are typing at the same time, but maybe we can still communicate.

I am beginning to understand that links alone are not enough, that quotes must be made.

On September 25, Spencer Ackerman at The New Republic reported:

According to spy at a GOP hill-staffer bash on Friday, there's a new nickname for George Allen circulating in Republican circles: "Senator Macacawitz."

Which seems plausible, because six days earlier, on September 19, 2006, at The National Review John Podhoretz used the 'comical' pen-name "Felix Macacawitz".

That is the earliest use of the word "macacawitz" I have found. It is not hard to believe that Mr. Podhoretz came up with it himself. But even if he didn't, with no evidence to the contrary whatsoever, I can safely say that a Republicans or conservative came up with the word.

And that is beside the point. Whether they originated the word or not, conservatives used it much earlier than this issue with the Democratic staffer, and no one here has even come close to getting as angry at this prominent columnist as they are at the campaign underling.

Well, I'm not going to do more research for you--not on this matter anyway. If you don't know what side of the fence The National Review and John Podhoretz come down on, then you apparently don't want to know.

What gets me is the fact that you're the only person still interested in this. I applaud your conviction, if I tend to find you a bit obtuse and uninformed. But all the other jackals picking at this story seem to have moved on to the next bit of road kill.

Where are the sarcastic remarks about lack of media coverage now? Where are the accusations that the use of such a word signifies an underlying racism in the mindset and general political stance of the person who used it now? Where'd you all go? Getting fired was too good for the Democratic foot soldier, but we can let Republicans say "macacawitz" without comment at all? Where are the backhanded "KKK" comments--which conveniently ignores that racists and fascists have supported Republicans, the party of David Duke, since the Civil Rights era--where are y'all now?

I sincerly hope that this silence is a sign that some of the previous responders and the originator of this thread are distracted by some serious introspection. Yeah right.