thread devoted to www.debbiespenditnow.com

another post by fallows on the ad

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/02/more-on-the-we-take-your-jobs-hoekstra-commercial/252661/

as somebody points out, michigan is where vincent chin was killed for looking 'japanese'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Vincent_Chin

That was 30 years ago, though. I don't think many people today would sympathize with this ad.

expect his next add to be a dramatic re-enactment of this

In 2003, Stabenow married Tom Athans, now co-founder of Democracy Radio and former executive vice president of Air America. By this marriage, she has a stepdaughter, Gina. Stabenow and Athans divorced on May 28, 2010, approximately two years after Athans was detained in Troy, Michigan, as part of a prostitution sting.

Ugh.

But Hoekstra said the ad, filmed in California and featuring an actress whose parents are Chinese, was only insensitive to Debbie Stabenow.

"The Chinese benefit from the recklessness of U.S. spending. It doesn't criticize the Chinese," he said.

haha

admire hoekstra for doubling down

also

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/02/this-is-so-classy-yellow-girl/252685/

hint: the people investing in the US economy are not riding bicycles in rice paddies

every time I think this can't get worse, it does

Pete 'Spend-It-Not' Hoekstra / Taco Mayor 2016

Davis was also the creator of two other memorable political ads, Christine O'Donnell's "I'm Not a Witch" and Carly Fiorina's "Demon Sheep" ads

I wonder why people are still paying this man to make horrible ads that (hopefully) will help torpedo their careers.

Also, I had no idea Witch and Sheep were made by the same guy. Holy crap.

How does this guy get work? This is not a rhetorical question, I'm genuinely baffled as he seems to bring nothing but bad publicity for his clients.

I think you are underestimating the strength of the bubble his clients live in. I mean, how do you look at a script where you have to utter the sentence "I'm not a witch," and not say "you know what, I'm calling an audible here: gtfo"?

that Hoekstra is defending this ad in the face of criticism makes me want to ragebarf

there's not much worse in the political world than the west michigan conservative dutch

oops laurel already mentioned that, hi 5 laurel

i didn't realize there was a thread for this so i posted about it in the us politics thread, but i do have to give props to the website designers for some pretty nifty animating shit going on in the background, behind the text!

I think you are underestimating the strength of the bubble his clients live in.

Yeah, it would be amazing fun to do PR work for jokers that will enthusiastically embrace wacky crap like this (exempting racist shit). Like, if Glenn Beck ran for office and you could make some batshit commercials for him. The chalkboard is going to follow you around mainstreet America like in a Disney buddy movie. It is animated by the ghosts of the founding fathers.

But I am really surprised that someone who was the CEO of a...oh wait completely mismanaged floundering company. Nah, sheep video makes sense.

In the html code on Hoekstra’s site the woman in the ad is identified as “yellowgirl.”

lol dan otm. Seriously.

I kinda do enjoy the Shakespearean construction of "spend it not"

How does this guy get work? This is not a rhetorical question, I'm genuinely baffled as he seems to bring nothing but bad publicity for his clients.

According Dayo's Atlantic link, his uncle is Jim Inhofe- that has to help.

By 3-1 Margin, Michigan Voters Hated That 'Gloating Chinese Lady' Ad

it's weird, affluent older asian americans tend to be very republican in their political views

too bad they make up less than 5% of the american population

I mean, asians in general

actress involved in it apologizes. Her whole Facebook bio right now is this apology.

I demand higher quality racism

― lag∞n, Monday, February 6, 2012 4:47 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol @ this

was hoping to find more support for this in the gutter, but all i found was this:

http://biggovernment.com/jbabbin/2010/07/18/obama-should-apologize-to-hoekstra/

mildly lol

political celebrities President Obama and Republican Cong. Pete Hoekstra

the Obama remarks at the ceremony really are pretty lol imo

"We can refuse to be shocked when Obama proves redundantly that he is a graceless boor."

redundantly?

pwner in chief

"smashmouth politics"?

is obama going to start wearing porkpie hats and bowling shirts to every press conference now?

biggest guilty lol that the actress's name is Lisa Chan

idgi, is it just lol bcz asian girl has an asian name?

well, more that a lot of young asian women in the media are often named Lisa and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chan

it is a completely reasonable name, but at the same time it's kind of the sort of name you would come up with if you were creating her from scratch

a lot of young asian women in the media are often named Lisa

??

well, there's Lisa Ling and... um...

'chan' is the cantonese romanization of the surname 陳 or 陈, which is the 5th most common chinese surname in the world

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_Chinese_surnames

A surprising number of Asian women in media are apparently Superman villains. Lisa Ling, Lucy Liu . . .

Eh, I think it reminded me of reading an article about Olivia Munn not going by Lisa anymore, despite it being her first name

I was just kind of thinking that "Lisa Chan" is kind of the "John Smith" of asian-american names, but I think it was a bizarre mix of things I'm connecting (IS IT RACISM) and not reality

grace lee is the 'john smith' of asian-american names

http://graceleeproject.com/

Well, then. I sit corrected.

http://i.imgur.com/ytZGE.jpg

^^ rolling "is this racist" thread to thread!

NEWPORT??

yeah, it seemed really off to me! I'll have to ask where she was. The intermittent lockdown was what she meant, though.