http://hamptonroads.com/2009/12/jeopardy-contestant-had-earlier-fame-macaca-moment 'Jeopardy' contestant had earlier fame for 'macaca' moment<http://hamptonroads.com/2009/12/jeopardy-contestant-had-earlier-fame-macaca-moment>
Was that? Yes, it was S.R. Sidarth on television Monday night on Jeopardy<http://www.jeopardy.com/showguide/thisweek/>, the long running trivia game show. That Sidarth, now 24, is the same young man who gained notoriety during the summer of 2006 when former U.S. Sen. George Allen, R-VA, called him 'macaca' at a southwest Virginia campaign event. Sidarth was working as a Democratic video tracker<http://www.esoterically.net/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/sidarth.jpg>, taping Allen's public appearance that August day when Allen singled him out while speaking to the crowd at a rally. A controversy over Allen's use of that term, which some called racist, but Allen insisted wasn't directed at Sidarth's ethnicity, erupted on the Virginia political blogosphere and spread to the media as footage of the remark <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r90z0PMnKwI> zipped across the Internet. That November, Allen lost his re-election bid to Democrat Jim Webb. On the game show, there was no mention of the word "macaca" or Sidarth's stint in the spotlight -- he did not win the episode that aired Monday. .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309274 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
