‘I Am Macaca’…On Jeopardy!

It was a defining moment of the 2006 mid-term election, and arguably the strongest nail in the Republican Congressional majority’s coffin. Rising GOP star George Allen tossed off an obscure North African racial slur at one of his opponent’s campaign workers, solidifying for many the party’s status as “them” in the “us vs. them” equation. Three years later, Allen is trying to make a comeback, and that humble videographer, S.R. Sidarth, has popped up as a contestant on “Jeopardy!”

Sidarth’s claim to fame didn’t come up during the show, but blogger Dan Smith’s wife picked him out anyway (Hat tip to Roanoke super-fan Jill Elswick for pointing this out). Here’s the patented Jeopardy! contestant-banter segment, in which Alex Trebek mangles the name of a New Jersey town, and quizzes Sidarth about his Himalayan pilgrimage.

In case you missed it the first time around, here’s Sidarth’s camera capturing the end of Allen’s national political career.

This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of just the author.

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