"Macaca": Two Years Later

By: Lowell
Published On: 8/10/2008 10:07:08 PM

It's hard to believe, but tomorrow (August 11) it will have been two years since George Allen called the Webb campaign's young, Asian-American tracker (S.R. Sidarth) "macaca."  Over the next few days, I'll probably have more to say about this incident and what it meant. In the meantime, you might want to check out the following event if you're in Arlington tomorrow.
ACTOR KAL PENN TO MEET WITH ASIAN AMERICAN ACTIVISTS ON ANNIVERSARY OF "MACACA" COMMENTS MONDAY

ARLINGTON, VA. - With the anniversary of former Republican presidential hopeful Sen. George Allen's infamous reference to an Indian American as a "macaca" on Monday, award-winning actor Kal Penn will hold a house party in Northern Virginia with Asian American leaders and activists to discuss the importance of their involvement in this year's presidential election.

Outrage among Asian Americans from Sen. Allen's comments helped propel Democrat Sen. Jim Webb's come-from-behind victory, where he won by only 7,231 votes. Penn, who stars in "The Namesake," the "Harold and Kumar" movies as well as the TV series "House," is campaigning across the country for Sen. Barack Obama's campaign.

ASIAN AMERICANS FOR OBAMA EVENT WITH ACTOR KAL PENN

DATE:      Monday, Aug. 11, 2008
TIME:      5:30 p.m.
PLACE:      Toby Chaudhuri and Ruby Roy's residence
2200 N. Westmoreland St., Arlington, Va.
PARTICIPANTS:      Kal Penn, award-winning actor
Joe Montano, political dir., N. Va. Democratic Party
Toby Chaudhuri, Democratic strategist
Asian American Obama supporters


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Meet Kal for free (LAS - 8/10/2008 11:37:08 PM)
on Monday, August 11th, 12:30 p.m. at the Obama Campaign for Change Richmond Hwy Office in South County--8796 Sacramento Drive, Alexandria, VA 22309.

Join us for pizza and an interesting conversation about the upcoming election!  



training (martha - 8/11/2008 5:57:21 AM)
He is also helping conduct a training for campus leaders in Richmond Tuesday. All interested high school and college students should look into attending!


Kal Penn will be at Campaign for Change office in Arlington at 7:30pm (joe8track - 8/11/2008 11:19:38 AM)

Hi Folks,

Unfortunately, the event at 5:30pm is already at Max Capacity. We won't be able to accommodate any one who hasn't already RSVP'd.

An additional opportunity exists to see Kal Penn in Arlington at 7:30pm!

Kal Penn will be at the Arlington Campaign for Change office at 7:30pm.

The address is 4350 N. Fairfax Dr - 1 block from the Ballston Metro station. The office is on the 1st floor on the left as you enter the building.

Thanks!

Joe Montano
Campaign for Change
Dep. Political Director-NoVA
Democratic Party of Virginia
joe@vademocrats.org



Kal at sac drive (pvogel - 8/11/2008 2:28:37 PM)
A nice midday crowd   heard a rousing pep speech with personal story  overtones.
The south fairfax county  Obama office is nice, big and ready to go.

Everybody who wanted to have a pic with Mr Penn got to.
The pizza was good. The water and sodat was good.

I am going to replace what i drank next visit.

Now a long needed nap. Interferon therapy last year leaves me needing an occasional nap day.