This picture is apparently very, very, damning evidence that Senator George “Macaca” Allen is totally 100% racist. MORE »

We did as much as we possibly could to keep the Macaca story afloat, we admit (come on, it’s August), but we are still fairly amazed by the results of the Wall Street Journal/Zogby Interactive poll showing whatsisface (you know, the Dragnet guy) ahead of a man who, up until this month, had been thought of as a good bet for the GOP Presidential nomination. Sure, it’s by one point, but who knew veiled racism had political consequences! In Virginia! Now all the challengers with nothing to lose will be getting their own Indian kids. MORE »

• The Osama and Kola story comes to the big screen - think “Pretty Woman meets Midnight Express.” [TPMmuckraker]

• Limbaugh guest host believes racial slurs good enough for Stanley Kubrick are good enough for him. [Media Matters]
• They get moral points for trying, but now Time Inc. is giving up and going back to the grey haired fans that adore them. [Romenesko]
• Tom Cruise knows the Germans are suckers for some totalitarianism and he wants in. [The Swamp]
• You thought S.R. Sidarth uses his free time to help orphans and shut-ins? Nope, he spends “at least a few hours a week jacking off to Internet porn,” just like you . [Riehl World View]
• If New York Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Suozzi had any chance of winning, he wouldn’t be wasting time with any of our punch-drunk family members. [Gawker]
• New “Google Soapbox” debuts, has conservative slant. [MoJo]
• Federal Air Marshal Service drops dress code, fearing it endangered marshals cover — it’s not the clothes guys, it’s the mustaches. [Captain's Quarters]

In a videotaped “political stunt” that probably wouldn’t even amuse fans of the Capitol Steps, a guy in a very lame gorilla suit causes basically no trouble at all at some Rick Santorum appearance in Pennsylvania. Hit play and prepare to be underwhelmed. MORE »

The Post today runs the inevitable profile of S.R. Sidarth, the young man who followed Senator George Allen around with a video camera until Allen called him an obscure racial slur, which was bound to happen but has been entertaining for a week and a half nonetheless. “Sid” is, understandably, wary of his sudden national prominence — but not so wary that he isn’t willing to get a little of what’s coming to him: MORE »

Forget George Allen and his monkey slurs. Wonkette is endorsing his wacky mom, Henrietta Lumbroso (or “Etty Allen”). MORE »

Natural-born charmer George Allen is more than a cruel-hearted senator facing the end of his political career thanks to the most arcane racial slur controversy since “Hymietown” — he’s also a Jew!

That’s what the obsessed-with-Jews newspaper Forward claims today, at least.

The California-born glamour boy has a “French Tunisian” mother. But Forward says instead of being a run-of-the-mill French imperialist crushing the aspirations of occupied North Africans, Mrs. Henriette (Etty) Lumbroso Allen was also a member of the “august Sephardic Jewish Lumbroso family.”

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• Biologists can now harvest stem-cells without destroying an embryo; White House and members of Congress trying to think up new objections. [NYT, W$J]

• Bush no longer touting “unseen-progress” in Iraq; new slogan is “Hey, it could be worse.” [WP]
• Some Republicans angry over lack of CIA fear mongering regarding the Iranian threat. [NYT]
• George Allen calls to personally apologize for “macaca” remark, “from his heart.” [NYT, WP]
• Elizabeth Dole, however, sticking by Conrad Burns and his slurs. [AP]
• Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski losses badly in republican primary, blames “anti-incumbent mood.” [NYT, WP]
• Freed of his Democratic cloak, Lieberman wants everyone to know how much he loves the Iraq war. [NYT]

We’re going to start this post with one of those old-school “newspaper ledes” because Macacagate Fever is not exactly sweeping the nation just yet.

The Virginia Republican who was apparently a front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination in ‘08 — because nobody had ever heard of him outside of Virginia and D.C. — has reportedly apologized for making an obscure racial slur.

At an August 11 campaign stop, Sen. George Allen pointed out his opponent’s “tracker,” who was following Allen around with a video camera. Because it’s always smart to start spouting off bigoted nonsense when your opponent’s campaign is videotaping you, Allen called the kid a “macaca.”

After 12 days of clumsy denials, it seems Allen has finally ‘fessed up.

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Jim Webb’s senate campaign just sent out a Help Wanted e-mail seeking somebody to chase Sen. George Allen around Virginia and videotape whatever nutty thing he does next.

Virginia statewide campaign is looking to hire a tracker. This position requires extensive in-state travel, following opponent’s campaign and filming all public remarks and events. Applicants must have a car. Competitive salary and benefits. We are looking to hire immediately, through the November election.

But it seems like they’re leaving something out … something important.

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