Happy Anniversary Macaca

August 16, 2007 | 9:26 AM

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PoliticsTV points out that Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of former Sen. George Allen's "Macaca" comment. According to the site, on Aug. 11, 2006, S.R. Siddarth taped the Virginia Republican's fateful comment during a campaign rally.

Unable to get any TV station to use the footage, Democratic challenger Jim Webb's camp put the video on YouTube and the rest is history. Allen ended up losing what some thought would be a pretty safe race.

"In just one year, YouTube has gone from an obscure Web app to a household word and a political force," PoliticsTV stated. Can you imagine what fun is in store for the 2008 presidential campaign cycle?!

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