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Face Palm Political Ad of the Year

Courtesy of the Right Scoop  comes this political advertisement for Pete Hoekstra, who is challenging Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow.

“Your economy get very weak, ours get very good.”

 

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Roger
Monday, February 6, AD 2012 11:13am

As a person of Chinese descent, I don’t find the ad offensive. In fact, I think it’s kind of funny, which maybe says something about my sense of humor.

I suppose if there’s one thing Hoekstra can be criticized for, it’s not giving sufficient consideration to the overcharged politically correct environment that we now live in. If Hoekstra had thought it through better, the ad would have had the gal speaking in Chinese with English subtitles running below her.

Jay Anderson
Monday, February 6, AD 2012 11:38am

Believe me, we’ll see a LOT worse as the year goes on. I actually don’t think the content is all that bad; but the production values totally suck.

Donald R. McClarey
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Monday, February 6, AD 2012 2:12pm

The Chinese gal is too pretty. I suspect that most males viewing it would be distracted by that. This ad does “Yellow Peril” better:

Donald R. McClarey
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Monday, February 6, AD 2012 2:19pm

Of course, if we do not get our fiscal house in order than the Chinese would be left holding worthless paper. I doubt if that will happen, although I do expect it to happen with most other non-American government debt. As for the Chinese, they have their own coming economic meltdown to worry about.

T. Shaw
T. Shaw
Monday, February 6, AD 2012 2:53pm

It works for me. Only criticism is: she speaks better English than I do.

You need to monitor default/troubled debt restructuring news out of Greece; and soon Portugal, Spain and Ireland (Italy may somehow muddle through). That likely is a harbinger of our future.

Jay Anderson
Monday, February 6, AD 2012 3:07pm

If she had delivered her lines in Mandarin with English subtitles, as opposed to pidgin engrish, it definitely would’ve been better.

Again, it’s not so much the message of the ad as it is the lame-assed production values that make this ad miss the mark.

Ivan
Ivan
Monday, February 6, AD 2012 6:28pm

The girl does not look Chinese and the action appears to be somewhere in South East Asia. Who is about to begrudge a girl on a bicycle a few dollars more? But I suppose given sheer tackiness of the advertisement it might work.

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