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Michigan Senate Candidate Criticized for Allegedly Racially Insensitive Super Bowl Ad

Political Super Bowl Ad Called Racist

(AP) — The portrayal of a young Asian woman speaking broken English in a Super Bowl ad being run by U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra against Michigan incumbent Debbie Stabenow is bringing charges of racial insensitivity.

GOP consultant Nick De Leeuw flat-out scolded the Holland Republican for the ad.

“Stabenow has got to go. But shame on Pete Hoekstra for that appalling new advertisement,” De Leeuw wrote on his Facebook page Sunday morning. “Racism and xenophobia aren’t any way to get things done.”

A media consultant who has advised Democrats also thought it could prove problematic.

“Some Asian-Americans may be offended by the stereotype that is portrayed in the spot,” said Robert Kolt, who teaches advertising part-time at Michigan State University and had previewed a number of Sunday’s Super Bowl ads. “Pete seems like a nice guy in the ad, but I think he is wasting a lot of money now. … It’s just not Super Bowl-worthy. It’s not cute, it‘s not funny and it’s not memorable.”

Hoekstra campaign spokesman Paul Ciaramitaro said the ad is meant to be satirical. Hoekstra’s Facebook page, which by early evening was getting a barrage of criticism on the ad, snapped back that those “trying to make this an issue of race demonstrates their total ignorance of job creation policies.” On YouTube, the ratings buttons on the ad were disabled after it aired.

“Democrats talk about race when they can’t defend their records,” Ciaramitaro said. “The U.S. economy is losing jobs to China because of Stabenow’s reckless spending policies. China is reaping the reward.”

The 30-second ad was filmed in California and never mentions China directly. It opens with the sound of a gong and shows a young Asian woman riding a bike on a narrow path lined by rice paddies.

Stopping her bike, the woman smiles into the camera and says, “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.”

The scene then shifts to Hoekstra telling viewers near a cozy fire, “I think this race is between Debbie Spenditnow and Pete Spenditnot.”

The Hoekstra campaign set up a website,www.DebbieSpendItNow.com , that features the ad and includes Chinese writing, paper lanterns, parade dragons and Stabenow’s face on a Chinese fan. It accuses the Democratic senator of “pouring American dollars into the Chinese economy.”

Democrats were quick to challenge the premise of the ad, referring to Hoekstra’s 18 years in the U.S. House and the fact that he joined a Washington-based law and lobbying firm last year.

“Hoekstra’s ad is nothing more than a hypocritical attempt at a Hollywood-style makeover because the fact is, Pete spends a lot,” Michigan Democratic Chairman Mark Brewer said. “Hoekstra voted for the $700 billion Wall Street bailout and voted for trillions more in deficit spending before quitting Congress to get rich at a Washington, D.C. lobbying firm. Hoekstra is using the big game to play games with Michigan voters.”

Hoekstra GOP Senate rival Gary Glenn of Midland struck a similar theme.

“Saving America from the Washington, D.C., politicians who gave us this crippling debt and deficit crisis, Republican and Democrat alike, means Hoekstra and Stabenow should both get benched,” Glenn said in a release.

In response to the Hoekstra ad, the state Democratic Party launched a website, hoekstrahoax.com, as well as a 60-second Web ad Sunday that shows a 2010 campaign ad run against Hoekstra by GOP gubernatorial rival Mike Cox.

Hoekstra’s hoping to get the same bump from his ad that now-Gov. Rick Snyder got with his 2010 Super Bowl ad portraying himself as “one tough nerd.” Both ads were created by media strategist Fred Davis of California-based Strategic Perception Inc.

The new ad is a twist on the anti-Republican “moving jobs to China” theme that Michigan Democrats successfully used against 2006 GOP gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos and tried to use against Snyder in 2010. This time, the focus isn’t on Republican businessmen sending jobs to China but on what Hoekstra says is Democratic overspending that has weakened the U.S. economy.

Stabenow, who’s running for a third term, has pushed for trade policies aimed at China that impose duties and penalties on countries that manipulate their currency and penalize companies that steal intellectual property from U.S. companies. She’s using the Hoekstra ad to raise money for her campaign, which already has nearly $6 million on hand.

Hoekstra’s campaign is spending $75,000 to air the ad statewide Sunday. Supporters who donated $7.50 got to see the ad online before it aired Sunday morning in the Detroit media market. It aired in the Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo areas before the Super Bowl began and during the game in the Traverse City, Flint, Lansing and Marquette media markets, the campaign said.

The ad is set to run over the next two weeks on cable TV shows targeted at GOP voters.


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  • barrymustgo
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 11:46pm

    What do they call racism…the way people speak? I can’t understand half the people I run into or on the phone. I’m tired of asking What did you say? over and over and then I hang up on these idiots hired by American companies. Screw outsourcing and stop immigration.

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    • abbygirl1994
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 12:33am

      There is wat around that.. when you get a person you can’t understand you ask, “I want to talk to someone who speaks english” if every American did that everytime they got someone they can‘t understand it would send a clear message to the companies who hire non AMerican’s. I do it everytime I get someone who can’t speak english well enough to understand!

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 12:52am

      How is she supposed to speak? With a Southern Drawl? She’s depicted in her own country speaking Enguish to Americans. Hows she supposed to sound? Racist my azzcot!

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    • jujubeebee
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 5:35am

      Abbygirl1994 has the right idea. This actually works. I tried it once and quickly got someone I could understand. The stigma with calling everything racist needs to go. If they are offended by this ad so what! Let the offense stand. The truth is that sometimes they do talk like that. Sorry but they do. Alot of what is called racism is not the fault of the accused socalled racist. We don’t dare touch certain aspects of the truth, now do we?

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    • loriann12
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:07am

      Actually, you have to ask for someone who has English as their NATIVE language. Otherwise I get someone middle eastern or Indian person and yes, it’s irritating to say “excuse me?” 20 times. If it’s telemarketing, I just say not interested and hang up. Why would they hire a middle eastern accent to sell security systems in America?

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:05am

      Some asians do speak in a broken english dialect. How the he77 is that racist? Just like alot of bloacks speak in an ebonics and uneductaed manner? I guess if the commerical had a black person asking an question using the phrase “can I ax you” it would be racist as well. People do speak in those ways and denying it or attacking it is BS.

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    • JayCee
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:50am

      How is it racially insensitive?
      Most of us would not be able to speak fluent Chinese like Jon Huntsman either.
      I am sure the young lady appreciates the prosperity in her country due to the likes of Debbie Spenditnow et al.

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    • dheard
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 9:38am

      I take offense to your comment BarryMustGo. How many different languages do you speak fluently and if you speak any language fluently how many hours in school did you spend for each language? I fully understand that you can learn to speak a language by immersing yourself in it but that’s not how these people you speak w/ on the phone learn English. They spend a few hours a day speaking English in school – maybe – and at home they speak their native language. So, according to your comment, if I can’t speak Spanish, or Russian or Mandarin fluently I’m an idiot? You say the people you speak on the phone w/ are idiots b/c they can’t speak English very well. I say you are an idiot if you unrighteously judge another human being based on the way they speak your language.

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    • JRook
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 9:58am

      Of course when there are folks around who actually think it is the government and not the wealthy and the corporations that are moving jobs off shore to exploit cheap labor such ads work. As they find the ignorant audience they are seeking.

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    • RonmeyPaulBotsrOdd
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 10:17am

      Gotta love it as we are assaulted with ebonics, spanglish and every derivative from Bosnia to Mexico. It must therefore be racist for ole Bundy to be on the utterly stupid show with the ugly mexican chic and her broken accent.

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    • Bum thrower
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 10:38am

      “Stabenow has got to go. But shame on Pete Hoekstra for that appalling new advertisement,” De Leeuw wrote on his Facebook page Sunday morning. “Racism and xenophobia aren’t any way to get things done.”…………oops; left out “unless you are a ”Democrat/Progressive/Leftist”; go suck an egg!

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    • JesusH.Christ
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:17am

      @CHIEFGEORGE,
      You didn’t read the article or maybe you did and you missed one important fact. The spot was shot in CALIFORNIA. The woman is a professional actress and model (who should be ashamed of herself). The entire spot is pure xenophobic propaganda. It’s racist by implication and typical of Republican “Smear and Fear” tactics. And you guys wonder why you’re party is dying?

      JesusH.Christ  
    • JesusH.Christ
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:20am

      @BUMTHROWER,
      Do you realize that you are talking out of both sides of your mouth?

      JesusH.Christ  
    • TyrannyNoMore
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:43am

      @JC Your hypocrisy knows no bounds. You post, using the Lords name in vain, to suit your need to belittle people of faith. This is clearly an act, you can not deny, offends Christians deeply. How dare you criticize anyone about being offensive. You are a morally bankrupt reprobate !

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    • Marci
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:45am

      Calling everything racially sensitive is the way politicians:
      a-first, divide us and put us all in our respective boxes
      b-second, get you to self censor and say nothing, even when what is to be said is crucial to this country’s survival.

      What I got out of the ad was that China is becoming rich off our government’s idiotic need to keep borrowing from them.

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    • ghostsouls
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:59am

      How is that broken English? She speaks better than that Mexican woman trying to run for a public office, and can’t hardly speak any English, and comprehends very little English….

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    • JesusH.Christ
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 12:00pm

      @TYRANNYNOMORE,
      We are ALL part of the same hypocrisy. My NAME is a reaction to the outrageous ignorance that permeates this web site with attitudes of racism and intolerance. My NAME is a reminder to all of you who CLAIM to believe in God but behave as though you ARE God, that your beliefs and behaviors are subject to inspection and ridicule. My NAME is DESIGNED to get your attention. And I succeeded.

      JesusH.Christ  
    • fiddlefaddle
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 12:02pm

      Abbygirl – I did that once – asked to speak with someone who spoke English. I was called a racist and summarily hung up on!

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 12:40pm

      She’s such a babe.

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    • Miami
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 12:48pm

      JesusH.Christ

      The entire spot is pure xenophobic propaganda. It’s racist by implication and typical of Republican “Smear and Fear” tactics. And you guys wonder why you’re party is dying?

      I guess we are back with you and Irony,

      A Liberal calling out a republican for using an actor, really? What did you want for him to go to one of China’s factories and pick out a Chinese worker? The facts of the ad are spot on, we are building China from the inside out.

      Good Lord are you really that stupid or do you just play it on TV…?

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    • last frontier
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 12:57pm

      RACISM is anybody or any race that does not have a Liberal viewpoint. Cain and West are a couple of hardcore racists.

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    • havsumtea
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 1:22pm

      I learned recently when you cannot understand the broken English on the other end of the phone when you are seeking support of any kind, you have the right to ask for someone who speaks English more clearly and you will get it, Haven’t ever tried it, but sure have been tempted,

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    • carbonyes
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 1:46pm

      There is nothing racist about the ad. that continues to be the “dead beat” drum that the libs keep banging, and as far as the dolt from Michigan State by the name of Kolt, the ad was not meant to be to be cute or funny but truthful and that it was.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:08pm

      We have come a long way from the days of racism, but some still want to pull the race card to stir up those old emotions. Aren’t all of you tired od the race card crap? Dr. Paul was hit with the race card even though he is not racist at all. The problem is that some people are just so ignorant to this type of attack that they believe it. We all need to look at candidates records and quit listening to the TV.

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    • UNBOTHERED
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:17pm

      You people are horrible.

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    • Lolly811
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:43pm

      I agree. When I go to the store or am speaking with someone on the phone and cannot understand them, I insist on talking with someone who speaks English. It is very frustrating to talk to someone who you can barely understand when you need information. If I am in a store and they cannot provide me with someone I can understand, I will not buy anything, no matter how much I want it. I will also tell the manager why I am not making the purchase for which I came to that store to do. If you go to other countries to Live and work, you learn their language, period. If you want to work here in America and live, then you learn our language. My Polish grandparents came to this country and learned the language, their first priority. My husbands parents came to this country and immediately learned the English language. On both sides, they kept their home language alive by speaking it at home. People from all over the world learned English to live here. The only people that I see refusing to learn English are the Hispanics. They demand we learn their language. They are not living in Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Equador, and so on, they are living in the United States of America. I also found nothing wrong with that commercial. I thought the woman spoke English very well. I had no problem understanding her.

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    • koyettsu
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:46pm

      I just thought the Asian woman was beautiful, she clearly wasn’t born in China though lol

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    • Mr. Oshawott
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:47pm

      @DHeard and JesusH.Christ

      I agree with you folks entirely. That Superbowl ad was clearly racist and xenophobic. Pete Hoekstra really ought to be ashamed of himself for running that ad, even if he didn’t intend for it to be racially tinged and/or xenophobic, and shame on the people on this website (neo-conservatives in particular) for failing to see that. Yes, the government really has gotten out of control with it’s spending spree – there’s no way of denying this fact, but it‘s also fact that it’s ACTUALLY the super-rich people of giant corporations that has been bailed out with OUR taxpayer money that has been outsourcing jobs to other countries in order to use foreigners for inexpensive labor, as JRook has already mentioned.

      I know all too well I’m going to receive a LOT of neo-conservative hate for saying this, but I couldn’t care less about that, since I’m only stating the truth.

      Mr. Oshawott  
    • whitebears
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:22pm

      To hire a black is exspensive

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    • readytostand
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 3:35pm

      I don’t see anything racist about this ad! It must have hit a little to close to the truth for those Libs !! They sure get pissy when you expose there comfort zone ! If you expose any truth , they scream RACISM !

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    • Wu Ming Ren
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 4:08pm

      For crying out loud! I lived in Asia for 20 years, where I learned to speak Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. While I am rated at the near-native level of proficiency in Mandarin, I merely get myself in trouble when I speak Korean and Japanese. Still, they loved me for trying. Now, an Asian woman speaking English as well as that is not uncommon in Taiwan and the Philippines, though the grammar and pronunciation might be worse than that of the girl in the ad. I would never make fun of anyone that tried to speak to me in English, no matter how poorly. I was as gracious to them as they were to me. The point of the ad was to show a foreign worker happy to see American jobs outsourced. People in America take themselves too seriously. Only a white liberal would take offense at something like that. Liberals are always good at taking offense on the part of someone else, but if we still had the right to challenge someone to a duel for perceived offenses, I’m pretty sure the liberals would step back and keep their stinking mouths closed.

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    • Clare Clare
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 4:09pm

      I often do what Abbeygirl suggests… but sometimes the broken-English-speaker gets huffy (esp. in the case of Asian women) and cries angrily, “I speak English!” And I lean over the counter at the foreigner and say calmly, “no, I DON’T think you DO.” They don’t like it, obviously… but they realize they can’t argue.

      (BTW, I myself can speak four other languages. But I won‘t pretend to be fluent when I’m not, and I certainly would never take a job requiring phone conversations with native-speakers of a language that I don’t know well… to me that would be arrogant beyond belief, and I would expect those native-speakers to be offended!)

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    • USAlfalfa
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 4:13pm

      Ditto @barrymustgo

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    • KTAC
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 4:27pm

      “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…”
      I thought that immigration was one of the things that made this country so great. People from all over the world coming here to make a better life for themselves and their families with all the oppurtunities avaliable in this counrty. My wife is one of the broken english speakers. She came to this country 18 years ago and did not speak one work of english. Within 4 years she learned the language, albeit with an accent, and started her own business working 10 plus hours a day six days a week. Heck, sometimes I even have trouble understanding her on the phone. Both of my kids are bilinguel. They speak english perfectly and have an english accent when they speak Vietnamese. Where did your people come from? My paternal side came from England so not much lauguage barrier there. My maternal side came from Germany in the mid-1800′s. I’ll bet they had strong accents when they got here. I find myself going out of my way to help people who are new to this great land. I know how much of a struggle it is to pick up and leave everything you have ever known to come to a strange land for an opportunity at a better life. They come here for a reason, and while Vietnames culture is strong in my household so is the American tradition. My children are 100% all American with a good appreciation of what they have here in this country.

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    • rwgkarma
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 5:26pm

      I’ve lived all over the US and the sound of English varies, i.e., we all have accents depending on where we were raised. I also worked in a profession and talked to people from all over the world who had English as a second language and most had an accent unique to their primary language. There is nothing wrong with this commercial. This is political correctness gone wild. The actress did a fine job and had a great accent. Enjoy.

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    • 4theRepublic
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 5:27pm

      @JROOK… Actually, at one time it was ILLEGAL to outsource. Then along came Clinton and Bush Sr pushing NAFTA which opened the flood gates and gray areas for companies to operate this way. Funny how that works…

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:34pm

      If it’d shown her following a yoke of oxen, or carrying a couple jugs of water hung from her shoulders it might have been considered over the line, but why is it racist to show a woman bicycling in her home country and acting thankful for the jobs sent to her country? She’s young, pretty, seems to be enjoying herself, and very cheerful; ARE ANY OF THESE RACIST DESCRIPTIONS OF SOMEONE? If so, perhaps there should be more such racism against the American whites, so our young wouldn’t be so tempted to hang out in city parks with people who are only out to take advantage of them or get them killed!

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 6:48pm

      @JesusH.Christ
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:17am

      @CHIEFGEORGE,
      You didn’t read the article or maybe you did and you missed one important fact. The spot was shot in CALIFORNIA. The woman is a professional actress and model (who should be ashamed of herself). The entire spot is pure xenophobic propaganda. It’s racist by implication and typical of Republican “Smear and Fear” tactics. And you guys wonder why you’re party is dying?
      ****
      Does the H stand for Hussain or Himself?
      Glad you have a spelling error, since you have a “thinking error” too, because, no matter WHERE the spot was shot, it’s a beautiful environment ascetically speaking, and SHE IS CHINESE! Of course she’d be happy that the people in her home country have jobs and their economy is thriving. What‘s the matter with Chinese actress’ getting some of that campaign cash! ARE YOU BEING RACIST TO JUDGE THAT SHE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HERSELF? I don’t hear her making fun of anybody, and if she works in America, she’d be thankful that she has that job! WAKE UP AMERICA! Everything you don’t like or disagree with, IS NOT NECESSARILY RACIST!!!

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    • Lucy Larue
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 7:12pm

      BARRYMUSTGO,
      Ignore the TRUTH…,scream RACISM. Yeah…,that’ll work.

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    • ICEDRAGONNITE
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:55pm

      I think it was just to the point. It is the way it is. Stop will the PC crap.

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    • NOTYERHUCKLEBERRY
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 10:07pm

      Hey! JC! Judge not lest ye be judged. ‘nuf said.

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    • glassbeadlady
      Posted on February 7, 2012 at 10:01am

      It hits home and they don’t like anything that does that! We will all be racist by the time the elections are over. We (not dems) will be called every name in the book. We had better get use to having our common sense insulted at every turn.

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    • I support God's Israel!
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:20pm

      abbygirl IS RIGHT. I do that all the time. I ask for someone who can speak English. Only 1 time did the person hang up on me and that was ok, it was a marketing ploy anyways. Good companies will allow the Marketer to transfer the call to someone who can speak good English. Bad companies will irritate you to death. Me, I have caller ID, so I don’t answer the phone at all UNLESS they are in my voicemail address book or I can see that I know them. I LET IT RIGHT. It don’t bother me. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE CALLER ID – IT IS A LIFE SAVER!!!!

      Once someone (girl) called me and she was asian of some sort or maybe Indian. I just couldn;t understand them at all. I asked if they’d transfer me to someone that I could understand but she kept trying to get me to understand her. Well, I then began speaking like that old commercial where someone pulls up to a Burger drive-thru and you cannot understand the speaker? I did that. They hung up and never called back. What else could I do? I put my hand over my mouth and started asking her questions. She got frustrated, said something, then hung up. That’s another way you can handle it.

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  • NDPINDNT
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 10:57pm

    I wish the people from across the border living in California could speak that well. Most of them don’t speak english at all and could care less if they ever do. But they want us to learn their language. My wife, who works at a clinic said a hispanic woman who couldn’t speak english came in and had a teen with her. He was interpreting for her and he told my wife, “we are the majority now and you need to lear Spanish”. Didn’t upset her but it did me. Of course, the lady probably wasn’t a citizen and getting the free medical care in California too. 80% of the patients are hispanic with most not citizens. They are taking our tax dollars through the free benifits in entitlements. The Chineese are getting us from the other end.

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    • Wilbur Longshank
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 5:54am

      Poor Debbie can’t defend her record so attack the messenger. Same ol same ol from the democrats.
      Democrats suck plan and simple.

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    • I support God's Israel!
      Posted on February 21, 2012 at 9:21pm

      The sign in our local clinic says, “NO ENGLISH, NO SERVICE.”

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  • usernametaken
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 10:44pm

    backStabunow and the old ***** Dingleballs has got to go to their political graves ASAP !

    ABO 2012

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  • Baddoggy
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 10:38pm

    They have worn the race card out. Everyone is a racist now in thier world. Racism has no meaning anymore. When a real racist hits the airwaves, they don’t see it…namely the POTUS.

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    • Mtroom
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:52am

      That’s how I feel…I always answer ..”Racist?….yes, yes I am.”…that gets their panties in a bunch.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 10:06am

      I find all this very boring. You would think America would be over calling each other racist by now. It‘s so overused and has been for so long that it’s meaningless anymore.

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  • disenlightened
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 10:29pm

    I rove it. It make me raugh.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on February 5, 2012 at 10:35pm

      Make me laugh long time…

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on February 5, 2012 at 10:39pm

      Make me raugh a rong time…

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    • Gnostyk
      Posted on February 5, 2012 at 11:22pm

      Rotflmao!

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    • ShyLow
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 12:15am

      The hot slant-eyed chick is going to send thank you letters to all Newt supporters

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    • ShyLow
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 12:20am

      We send mrore mronei fhror bigger shrovel

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    • Komponist-ZAH
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 2:51am

      Racist!
      Racist!
      Racist!

      (sarcasm)

      Apparently, everything short of breathing is now racist—unless you’re a liberal, that is.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 8:23am

      They should do one with some porn star, *Debbie Screw-U Now*

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  • COFemale
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 10:23pm

    Damn, it is hard to swallow when the truth hurts. I see no reason to admonish this ad from Pete. If you are going to talk or use China in an ad, what is wrong with using someone from China? I mean, who would you use?

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    • Puppy
      Posted on February 5, 2012 at 10:42pm

      They could have dressed Madonna up to be Chines.

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  • artimusprim
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 10:22pm

    What a wonderful commercial, all immigrants speak broken English. I just spent a month in Jordan and a week in Egypt and I spoke very broken Arabic and we all laughed about it. Only a racist would think this commercial is promoting a racial under tone.

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  • disenlightened
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 10:17pm

    If it were racially insensitive, it wouldn’t be specifically about the Chinese, unless someone made Chinese a race and didn’t tell anyone. Liberals just can’t get past skin color.

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    • JesusH.Christ
      Posted on February 6, 2012 at 11:33am

      Disenlightened.
      Yup,…. that you are.

      JesusH.Christ  
  • bikerr
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 10:14pm

    Good ad,only thing missing is the Chinese style hat.

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 10:11pm

    …
    Debbie Spenditnow.
    Not a bad commercial.
    If anything is wrong with the commercial, to be more convincing, the girl actually needed more of a broken English, Asian accent.

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  • geonj
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 10:00pm

    can’t fight the truth so call it racism. i call bs to the dems.

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  • Findalis
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:38pm

    It is the truth…we are making China richer as we grow poorer.

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  • Kiba
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:36pm

    OMG The usual..OK I wanna play their game so here it goes (as if Madonna was a conservative what would be said about her by the left at M.S.Dem.B.C.) I think that Madonna has very racial feelings harbored inside of her, and even to the point I think she would be a slave-owner. If anyone has noticed for decades she always as she did tonight during the super-bowl half-time do the owner-slave act. She always portrays this slave-owner type master-woman portrayal with slave men and woman serving her needs behind her. Yes I think this girl is a wanna-be slave owner at heart and should be shunned by all of sociatey. There is no room for these racist -slave owner type people in our progressive sociatey . There hows that Al? Hows that Chris, or Ed or Mr. Maddow?

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  • sooner12
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:26pm

    I have no problem with this ad. The fact is, truth hurts.

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  • TEXASGRANNY73
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:24pm

    The person who thought up DebbieSpendALot is clever–it took me to decide to visit his website also very clever.

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  • RJJinGadsden
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:17pm

    Broken English? LOL, I guess that is the case for many learning English in the public school system of today. The girl speaks the absolute truth and apparently that is like throwing Holy Water on the Democrat life sucking vampires.

    Report Post » RJJinGadsden  
  • Rob_M
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:11pm

    Well we are spending chinese money, it‘s not a sterotype if it’s true.

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  • nocalifornia
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:09pm

    I guess if you’re a democrat, the truth hurts so much you have to cry racism because they sure as heck can’t defend their record.

    Report Post » nocalifornia  
    • CatB
      Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:18pm

      Yes .. the OLD race card .. is REALLY getting OLD.

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  • jingoistic.patriot
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:07pm

    Where’s the insensitivity here? Where’s the offense? And the girl in this ad is speaking better English than a hell of a lot of American High School students can.

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:33pm

      I think they would have liked it better in Chinese with subtitles .. how many Democrat supports can’t read that fast or well? ;-)

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  • possom
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:05pm

    There just mad because it’s the truth!

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  • CatB
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:04pm

    Debbie Stabenow is a DISASTER .. big progressive … Of course she has weaken the U.S. with all the spending and borrowing from China .. THE TRUTH HURTS .. DemocRATS.

    Michigan needs to kick her a$$ out along with Obummer.

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 9:04pm

    This is not racist, ( Oh, oh interception…..) A point well made. Far more factual than what the left serves up.

    Report Post » Stoic one  
  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 8:57pm

    I’ve never heard an Asian speaking broken English oh the horror! What’s the BFD? Just another example of the PC BS that’s destroying this country,don‘t like it don’t watch it,bunch of candyasses.

    Report Post » progressiveslayer  
  • imsteph
    Posted on February 5, 2012 at 8:54pm

    this is news?

    Report Post » imsteph  
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