- A coalition of black ministers in Detroit called Monday for U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra to apologize for his Super Bowl ad featuring a young Asian woman speaking broken English to describe the impact of the Democratic incumbents economic policies. (AP - msnbc.com)
- Mitt Romneys recent comments on China, while craven and nonsensical, are hardly surprising: China is to the 2012 campaign what George Bush was to 2008 (i.e., something to run against). (Bloomberg)
- Actually, there is such a thing as bad publicity. It's the kind Pete Hoekstra is getting right now. Call them the Google Circles of Hell. (Washington Post)
- GRAND RAPIDS – Former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra tried to define Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow with the "Spenditnow" surname in a Super Bowl ad that has raised a furor over racial insensitivities and stereotyping of Asians. (MLive.com)
- An political advertisement that ran on Michigan T.V. during the Super Bowl is stirring up a racial controversy this morning. Pete Hoekstra, a former Republican U.S. (US News and World Report)
- Pete Hoekstra, Senate candidate and tweeting disaster Twitter Pete, aired a campaign ad during the Super Bowl targeted at his happily married opponent, Debbie Stabenow. (Gawker)
- Maybe everyone else in politics-land knew this, but I was interested to learn: - The brains behind the ad belonged to Fred Davis, shown in a picture from his bio at his companys site. (Atlantic Online)
- Hoekstra has a conservative voting record, consistent with the conservative nature of the 2nd congressional district. However, he opposes amending the Constitution to prohibit flag desecration. (Worldnews.com)
- LANSING, Mich. — A coalition of black ministers in Detroit called Monday for U.S. (Seattle Times)
- In what has become a sad, bipartisan exercise, an increasing number of campaigns are using xenophobic Chinese stereotypes in advertisements to try to gin up nativist sentiment among voters. During the 2010 campaign, then-Rep. (Think Progress)
Monday, February 6, 2012
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