The 2012 Presidential election is stealing so much of the zeitgeist thunder (and might I add, the press), people sometimes forget that the President isn’t the only guy whose job is on the line come November. One such candidate for the U.S. Senate had quite the ballsy ad released not too long ago, and it’s attracting all sorts of controversy. According to the senator-to-be, that was the plan all along.
Michigan GOP contender Pete Hoekstra was upbeat and “excited” by the reaction to his ad. “It has jump-started the debate,” he said . The ad in question is embedded below, but assuming you trust me, here’s how it goes:
The ad shows a Chinese woman biking through rice fields and thanking Hoekstra’s rival, Democratic incumbent Debbie Stabenow, for borrowing excessive amounts of money from China. The young woman, in broken stereotype “Engrish”, says: “Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs. Thank you, Debbie ‘Spend-it-Now.’”
Whoah.
Attacks on the failed economy aren’t new, and you’re kidding yourself if you think you’ve seen the last of them out of the GOP candidates running for office, but this ad is getting every negative reaction it deserves with the racism-card being thrown out left and right.
Democrats have responded in typical fashion, creating a website that hits Hoekstra right where it hurts (sensationalized or no? Check it out and decide for yourself). Independents are accusing Hoekstra of anti-Asian sentiments. Even Republicans are distancing themselves from the Senate-hopeful, with one saying “shame on Pete Hoekstra for that appalling new advertisement.”
But hey. Enough proselytizing. Here’s the ad. What do you think?
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