Posted on 02/17/2012 3:53:29 AM PST by no dems
An Asian-American actress who starred in the controversial ad produced by Michigan Republican Pete Hoekstra's U.S. Senate campaign has apologized for her participation.
"I am deeply sorry for any pain that the character I portrayed brought to my communities," Lisa Chan, the actress, wrote in a statement on her Facebook page; this role is not in any way representative of who I am."
The ad, which ran statewide during the Super Bowl, features a young Asian woman riding a bike through a field of rice paddies and speaking broken English while thanking Hoekstra's opponent, Democratic incumbent Debbie Stabenow, for her "reckless spending."
"Thank you, Michigan Senator Debbie Spenditnow," the woman says. "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."
"It is very disturbing that Mr. Hoekstra's campaign chose to use harmful negative stereotypes that intrinsically encourage anti-Asian sentiment,"the Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote group said in a statement.
On Monday, Hoekstra defended the commercial. "Clearly China is one of many countries benefiting from our irresponsible spending," Hoekstra told Detroit's WJR-AM. "To highlight that is absolutely appropriate." A message left by Yahoo News at Stabenow's D.C. office was not immediately returned.
On Facebook, Hoekstra added: "[Those] trying to make this an issue of race demonstrates their total ignorance of job creation policies." During a conference call with reporters later Monday, Hoekstra continued to stand by the ad.
"We knew we were taking an aggressive approach on this, but this is a time when the people of Michigan and across the country are fed up with the spending," he told reporters. "It hits Debbie smack dab between the eyes where she is vulnerable with the voters of Michigan."
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She need more discipRine...
Didn’t know that. So, you’re voting for Little Debbie? Just curious.
Ref. your Post #5: I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying. I’m not apologizing for anything. I say screw Little Debbie and the actress.
To correc her quote, she’s “DeepRy Sorry”
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I really did LOL at that.
Liberals are the kind of people that if you were to rescue them from a burning building they’ll complain you should have knocked first. Knock and they’ll complain you should have just rushed right in.
I love that line!
Thanks. Here’s another one. Conservatism vs. Liberalism: Conservatism is Mom and Dad and the nice home in the suburbs. Liberalism is when Mom and Dad go away for the week-end and the kids are in charge.(I think you know what happens next)
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