Posted on 11/09/2006 9:12:02 AM PST by meg88
No picture? :)
PS This whole controversy was nonsense, of course.
Democrats LOVE to show that "Bible-thumping" Republicans are hypocrites. This ad did the same to Ford.
If it had showed a black stripper, there would have been cries of racism. It showed a white stripper, and there were cries of racism. I'm sure an Asian stripper would have resulted in . . . you guessed it.
Notice a pattern here? Of course. No surprise.
As a white guy who graduated from a historically black university, I have this to say about racism:
Racism is far more prevalent than most whites believe... and far less prevalent than most blacks believe.
The race of the woman wasn't the problem.The fact that Ford would associate himself in any way with that 80 year old pervert is what was offensive to voters.
She was referred by Willie Horton.
A couple of Shakespearean actors if I do say so myself.
I have heard more vicious racial comments by blacks to other blacks than I have ever heard from other white people toward blacks.
What put Corker over the top probably had to do more about the criticism of the ad being racist. I saw that ad and thought it was funny, didn't even occur to me to think there was anything racist in it. So when I heard on Brit Hume's show someone say it was rather racist, I thought to myself, this is the dems looking to make colour an issue here. To me they're the ones who are fixated on colour, not the republicans.
I've seen Harold Ford, I happen to think he's a good looking guy, and many girls, regardless of colour, probably wouldn't mind dating him.
I just saw that ad and it was hillarious. Saw no racism in it at all. Just some flirty chick saying "Harold, call me [wink]".
Even that might not have raised the ire of some - but the fact that he was pretending to be this devout Christian conservative made it worse.
Democrats savor it when any Republican or Christian leader is shown to be a hypocrite.
But not this time.
No surprise.
here's the link for the ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWkrwENN5CQ&eurl
It's too bad they only showed her neck up in the ads...
Saw the commercial here in N. Alabama - it was very funny and clever. Racism never even crossed my mind. I would have never thought about it unless it was mentioned in the media. I have not heard one explanation to date about why exactly it is 'racist.'
she is a good actress, I'll give her that! and a very light skinned Mexican to boot...
OK. someone's gotta do it. Grumble, grumble.
I'm a black woman and there wasn't an ounce of racism in that ad. Only the DemocRATS saw racism in that ad because it was effective!
Plus, I heard that Harold Ford, Jr. dates white women anyway so why he was crying about it is a mystery.
I saw that happen, and sometimes the comments were vicious, but frankly, I don't consider it racism. By definiton from dictionary.com, racism is "a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others."
Blacks deciding that some blacks were less attractive than others doesn't rise to the level of racism. Hearing it in context struck me about like white people saying that they preferred blondes over redheads.
Now, don't misunderstand me - I met plenty of black racists. It's just that the particular issue of dark-skinned vs. light-skinned blacks doesn't really qualify for me.
Pretty lady. Harold will probably give her a call, for real!
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