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Not just M.I.A.: Super Bowl political ad using Asian woman decried (Pete Hoekstra)
LA Times ^ | 02/06/2012

Posted on 02/06/2012 1:47:01 PM PST by Responsibility2nd

It wasn’t just rapper M.I.A. who got into hot water for her actions during the Super Bowl. Republican senatorial candidate Pete Hoekstra stirred the pot with a political ad that featured an Asian woman speaking broken English, sparking immediate protests from Democrats and civil rights groups.

During the halftime show, M.I.A. made an obscene gesture, extending her middle finger. Both the NFL and NBC, which broadcast the show, have apologized for the offense.

Hoekstra's campaign ad was broadcast only in Michigan, where the former congressman and unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate is seeking the GOP nomination to run against Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a Democrat seeking her third term. Hoekstra, a conservative, is seen as ahead in the three-way primary battle for his party's nod.

The 30-second ad, filmed in California, begins with the sound of a gong accompanying the Asian woman as she rides her bicycle on a path lined by rice paddies. She stops pedaling, smiles into the camera, then breaks into broken English.

“Thank you, Michigan Senator Debbie Spenditnow. Debbie spends so much American money. You borrow more and more from us. Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs. Thank you, Debbie Spenditnow,” she says.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: petehoekstra
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1 posted on 02/06/2012 1:47:07 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkQAalcsg5E


2 posted on 02/06/2012 1:54:33 PM PST by Sybeck1 (Mitt Romney, a piss poor choice)
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Liberals really hate it when the truth is thrown at them, especially when the tactics used are the same kind they use to blast republicans.

Let’s see, who was it that created that “medicare” commercial with the little old lady being thrown off a cliff, which was a lie about republicans trying to cut benefits? That medicare ad was a complete fabrication, while the ad using the Asian lady was complete truth.


3 posted on 02/06/2012 1:54:33 PM PST by adorno
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Thank You Pete Hoekstra for making a political ad that tells the truth!


4 posted on 02/06/2012 1:55:03 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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We+now+live+in+an+era+where+accuracy+gets+you+attacked.


5 posted on 02/06/2012 1:57:32 PM PST by library user
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Ooooops!

I meant to say. Tanks Pete Hostla making political ad tells the tluth!

6 posted on 02/06/2012 2:00:07 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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I don’t see the problem. The Asian girl had no problem making it.

I guess they just can’t handle the truth. Was listening to Mark Steyn today, filling in for Rush, and he was talking about how China said “they weren’t going to buy Europe”, or something of that nature.

Mark said 30 years ago that would have been scoffed at. Today? Not so much.


7 posted on 02/06/2012 2:00:41 PM PST by NoGrayZone (Jim "Firebrand" Robinson endorses Newt...with EPIC call to action!!)
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Her english was fine...certainly better than a lot of teenagers and urban gangbanger wannabes.
8 posted on 02/06/2012 2:02:38 PM PST by crazyhorse691 (Obama is just the symptom of what is destroying the U.S.)
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If you can't counter the message, counter the messenger.

If you can't counter the message or the messenger, blow up the stage and the auditorium.

Should have been one of Alinsky's rules, but he wasn't as smart as I am. Not that that's saying much.

9 posted on 02/06/2012 2:03:18 PM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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The democrats are acting like rattler poked with a sharp stick. That ad must have struck where it hurts. I hope Hoekstra will not take it off. It is an effective ad!


10 posted on 02/06/2012 2:05:13 PM PST by entropy12 (Islam is intolerant of every other religion. Western countries are finally learning this.)
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Republican senatorial candidate Pete Hoekstra stirred the pot with a political ad that featured an Asian woman speaking broken English

Absolutely false. I've seen the ad and the woman speaks flawless English with hardly ANY accent at all. All this false outrage is beyond tedious.

Don't like it? Don't vote for Pete. But then, they weren't going to anyway.

11 posted on 02/06/2012 2:08:32 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Do all He commands. Receive all He promises.)
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bttt


12 posted on 02/06/2012 2:12:18 PM PST by petercooper (The one difference between Obama & Romney: Obama is only half white.)
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Watched the ad ...

ROFL!!!!

Leftist bastids are howling because THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

13 posted on 02/06/2012 2:12:56 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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I don’t think is was racist, but it didn’t seem very authentic, as the actress came across as a Chinese-American living in the U.S., not an actual Chinese citizen.

The broken English probably seemed more offensive because she was obviously fluent in English.


14 posted on 02/06/2012 2:14:04 PM PST by Above My Pay Grade
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Nice ad! Better thant most of the superbowl ads.

The reason the dems are howling is the ad STINGS. LOL, Debbie SpendItNow!

I hope he keeps runiing it!


15 posted on 02/06/2012 2:15:20 PM PST by Bulwinkle (Alec, a.k.a. Daffy Duck)
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M.I.A. made an obscene gesture,

In a lame attempt to garner additional publicity....any publicity.

16 posted on 02/06/2012 2:18:40 PM PST by GSWarrior (I don't like half the folks I love.)
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Aside from saying “get” for “gets”, this woman’s grammar is correct.

Which puts her in the 95th percentile of what you see on TV.


17 posted on 02/06/2012 2:20:43 PM PST by Haiku Guy (As soon as Romney / Is not "inevitable" / He drops like a stone)
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Saw it a couple of times today...GREAT commercial! They’re just upset because it’s TRUE.

Goodbye Spend-a-lot!


18 posted on 02/06/2012 2:45:54 PM PST by hoosiermama (Stand with God and Sarah and Newt will be standing next to you.)
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AND Hoekstra is refusing to apologize, I applaud him, finally, someone with a pair!


19 posted on 02/06/2012 2:53:10 PM PST by rockabyebaby (We are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo screwed!)
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20 posted on 02/06/2012 2:53:10 PM PST by tomkat (para bellum)
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