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« Reply #25 on: February 10, 2012, 09:02:35 pm »
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Sen. Inouye on Hoekstra:

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“America should expect much more from a candidate for a high federal position,” Inouye said. “His racist thoughts are not welcome in the United States Senate.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/inouye-on-hoekstra-his-racist-thoughts-are-not-welcome-in-the-united-states-senate/2012/02/07/gIQAp6oDxQ_blog.html

I concur.
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« Reply #26 on: February 11, 2012, 02:52:56 pm »
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The Chinese woman speaking broken English was particularly painful to listen to. The ad is at once offensive and contrived and silly. 
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« Reply #27 on: February 11, 2012, 03:00:29 pm »
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The Chinese woman speaking broken English was particularly painful to listen to. The ad is at once offensive and contrived and silly. 
I wonder what she was thinking.
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« Reply #28 on: February 11, 2012, 03:36:47 pm »
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Quote from: Torie on February 11, 2012, 02:52:56 pm
The Chinese woman speaking broken English was particularly painful to listen to. The ad is at once offensive and contrived and silly. 
I wonder what she was thinking.

The blog Angry Asian Man has some details:

http://blog.angryasianman.com/2012/02/meet-lisa-chan-actress-in-pete.html
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« Reply #29 on: February 12, 2012, 10:45:24 am »
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I wasn't all that offended, because this is exactly what I've learned to expect from Pete Hoekstra. Anything less provocative would have been completely out of character.
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« Reply #30 on: February 12, 2012, 11:30:44 am »
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Reminds me of...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vdqUPIq9Nk
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« Reply #31 on: February 13, 2012, 01:34:00 pm »
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You know for some reason I used to think Hoekstra was one of the more reasonable Republicans though I can't remember exactly why, I think it was because he voted against the flag burning amendment or something. But hey not as much of a flip as so many people did on John McCain in the same time period.
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« Reply #32 on: July 17, 2012, 02:12:19 pm »
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The ad was accidentally re-aired again today, which will bring added heat back onto him among voters weeks before the primary.  It won't be enough to make him lose, but considering he should be a slam dunk for the nominee, I'll laugh if he gets under 50%.

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/07/tv_station_error_puts_pete_hoe.html
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« Reply #33 on: July 17, 2012, 02:15:31 pm »
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...wait for it...wait for it...
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« Reply #34 on: July 17, 2012, 02:17:17 pm »
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...wait for it...wait for it...

What are we waiting for?
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« Reply #35 on: July 17, 2012, 02:20:54 pm »
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Quote from: Keystone Phil on July 17, 2012, 02:15:31 pm
...wait for it...wait for it...

What are we waiting for?

"This ad was racist! This racist ad will hurt Hoekstra! RACISM!"
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« Reply #36 on: July 17, 2012, 03:18:04 pm »
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Quote from: Keystone Phil on July 17, 2012, 02:15:31 pm
...wait for it...wait for it...

What are we waiting for?

"This ad was racist! This racist ad will hurt Hoekstra! RACISM!"

Well yeah, because it is incredibly racist, and not only shows Hoekstra's pathetic pandering to racists, but also his bad judgment and lack of good arguments for why he should be Senator.
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« Reply #37 on: July 17, 2012, 03:20:24 pm »
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...and they continue to do it, time after time. Beyond self parody now.
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« Reply #38 on: July 17, 2012, 03:26:32 pm »
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Wait, you don't find the ad racist?
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« Reply #39 on: July 17, 2012, 03:51:49 pm »
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The ad may not cross the line into harsh racsim, but it's certainly promoting racial stereotypes, something that a Senate candidate should be above doing.
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« Reply #40 on: July 17, 2012, 04:08:23 pm »
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Quote from: Averroës Nix on July 17, 2012, 03:26:32 pm
Wait, you don't find the ad racist?

...you're trolling me, right?

My point isn't that it is or isn't racist; it's that everyone repeats "OMG THAT RACIST AD!" like it's a new point. Give. It. Up. Already.
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« Reply #41 on: July 17, 2012, 04:15:47 pm »
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Yeah, Hoekstra totally needed that.
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« Reply #42 on: July 17, 2012, 04:26:21 pm »
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Clark Durant for Senate 2012!
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« Reply #43 on: July 17, 2012, 04:27:16 pm »
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Just realized how random that post was. Expanding on it, what I meant to say was "there are other candidates running for the nomination besides Pete Hoekstra." Clark Durant is one of them.
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« Reply #44 on: July 17, 2012, 06:18:24 pm »
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Yeah... this ad is just playing with a racial stereotype in negative context. But it's not racism.

Just like this image:



It's just showing a negative stereotype of a bad Jew. But there's certainly nothing hateful about it.
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« Reply #45 on: July 17, 2012, 07:34:02 pm »
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Is there any primary polling for this race? There is no way Michigan republicans can still want this man as their nominee.
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« Reply #46 on: July 17, 2012, 09:56:13 pm »
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Quote from: Averroës Nix on July 17, 2012, 03:26:32 pm
Wait, you don't find the ad racist?

...you're trolling me, right?

My point isn't that it is or isn't racist; it's that everyone repeats "OMG THAT RACIST AD!" like it's a new point. Give. It. Up. Already.

On behalf of us all, please except my humblest apologies. We should be much more careful about what we say from our positions of privilege. For what it's worth, I'm sure that no one meant to offend you.

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« Reply #47 on: July 17, 2012, 10:27:53 pm »
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For the LOLs, it turns out that the actress is a liberal native English speaker.
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« Reply #48 on: July 18, 2012, 12:33:59 am »
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Quote from: Speaker Jbrase on July 17, 2012, 07:34:02 pm
Is there any primary polling for this race? There is no way Michigan republicans can still want this man as their nominee.

There is, and he'll win.  The other guys just don't have the name recognition.  And half of them are nuts.
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