This guy honestly thought that, in fucking 2012, this ad would fly. Even if it gains him some traction against his opponent, it still makes him that special sort of asshole who’d openly run toward the KKK. Aside from the sheer racism, it looks to me like the sort of bullshit no thought required ad that I dimly recall from the early 80s.
If this ad actually makes him poll better, the people of Michigan can go fuck themselves. They deserve him.
This is actually the only political ad of any kind, that I have ever seen, that I liked. Not because of the message, though.
Do tell…
Um, the idea is that Debbie Whoever is spending so much money that the US has to borrow more money from China, making Chinese citizens happy (dunno if that is true or not). I’m not getting what you think is racist. Do you think the average person in China will speak perfect English? Or that they don’t grow rice there? Or that we don’t owe them a bunch of money?
You realize that the ad isn’t trying to portray a Chinese person living in the US, right?
Not seeing any racism. They show what is supposed to be a Chinese girl in China. and a very attractive, likable one at that. And as others have pointed out, her imperfect English makes sense in that context. I think the ad is pretty intelligent in how it makes its point, and the production values are way better than the vast majority of political ads.
Do they have to beat you over the head? This is about as bad as the Willie Horton ad. It’s race-baiting, pure and simple.
The morphing of Sen. Stabenow’s name into “spend it now” is amateurish at best. Hopefully, Mitt Fuck The Auto Industry Romney will go down in flames in Michigan and take Hoekstra with him.
I saw the ad too. Live in Michigan after all. While I’m not one to go all “OMGRACISM!!!” it did leave me with a bit of an icky feeling. Felt like watching a slightly shined version of WWII propaganda, or some of the bashing in the 80s when the japanese auto industry was making things difficult for Detroit.
“Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good.”:dubious:
Oh no! It’s the Yellow Peril!
(I don’t mean the Asians: I mean the digital color alteration in the rice paddy shots.
Quite so.
Oooh, but the Chinese stereotype riding her bicycle in the rice paddies with her straw hat is purdy, so that ain’t racist none !
I just can’t believe that’s a real last name. I was expecting him to end the ad with “You eeeeeeeeeeeeediot!”
Fact: We owe China a gazillion dollars.
Fact: The more we spend the less we can pay our bills, including the interest on money we owe to China. And the more it increases the likelihood that we will have to borrow even more.
Fact: Pointing that out, using the POV of someone from China, is refreshing.
Fact: Just because the person giving the Chinese POV (wryly, yes) is…wait for it…Chinese and of another race, doesn’t mean there is any racism at play. Also, it might interest you to know that…
Fact: Many people in China±probably over 99.9% are not fluent in English.
Hope that helps. If not, perhaps you’d be good enough as to explain in detail where the “racism” actually exists. It’s not enough to say, "OMG, they showed a Chinese girl! And she was speaking less than perfect English!!!
Looks pretty sleazy. But of *course *it’s not racist: racism only exists when it’s introduced by a white man in blackface who pulls off a Klan hood and says “and now, for something completely racist!”
He’s saying he thinks the Chinese woman is hot.
These posts are fascinating. It’s sort of like watching a hamster try to argue, isn’t it? Or some kind of small mammal. They’re scratching and clawing and you can see the effort, but there’s no actual capacity to argue.
It’s not only that, it’s that she looks and sounds like she’s on the verge of bursting into laughter over how ridiculous the whole thing is. I don’t know if this woman was an actual supporter of this politician who was conscripted into this ad, or if she’s just a model or actress who was hired from an agency or something, but she’s clearly not taking it very seriously.
ETA: right when she says “Michigan senator” it sounds like she’s stifling a laugh. I bet this took many takes.
Fact: The budget was in surplus when the Republicans in Washington, whose numbers Hoekstra seeks to join, decided to give themselves a heapin’ helpin’ of tax cuts.
Fact: The Republicans have held the functioning of the government, unemployment benefits, Planned Parenthood funding, and the national credit rating hostage in order to keep those budget-busting tax cuts for the wealthy.
Fact: Bicycling through a rice paddy to stop and speak in broken English is what’s known as a stereotype.
Fact: Using stereotypes to play on racism and xenophobia is what’s known as race-baiting.
I can relate. I mean, me can rerate. She rook rike she tying not to raugh rong time. This palody isn’t lacist because me imitating Chinese person riving in China, not Chinese in Amelika. They no speaky good Engrish!
Looks a little amateurish to me, but not seeing racism. I think it’s incumbent on the person charging racism to offer some credible proof that racism is present, and I haven’t seen that yet, either.
The whole thing really does give a yellow peril vibe from where I sit. I don’t think it was subtle at all. “Your economy get weak, ours get strong.” China! Scary!
Would you see it if it was a barefoot black boy munching on watermelon speaking black English?
I guess if you’re looking for that, you can see it. If they wanted it to be scary, they shouldn’t have used a hot woman. Should have been a more stereotypical buck-teethed, glasses wearing, Mao jacket sporting, “Chinaman”. I look at that chick and see someone I want to sleep with, not someone who scares me.
Probably. But not the black English part, and that’s really the only thing applicable here. Blacks appear in commercials all the time speaking black English. The barefoot black kid is a harkening back to a dark time in US history. Most Chinese are still riding bicycles, though, so it’s accurate.
