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02-06-2012, 09:23 PM
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Debbie "Spenditnow"
At first, I did laugh-- but that's only because it was a stupid commercial anyway. But it is not funny and it only confirms what I have said about many members of my party.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/...172713855.html
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02-06-2012, 10:27 PM
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Re: Debbie "Spenditnow"
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JD, please, don't allow yourself to be called racist in this...
Do you think Hoekstra could have made a valid point with a Norwegian on a bicycle? His point, as the lady in the ad says, is THANK YOU Miss Spendilot, for allowing our gdp to grow at 9% while yours is only 2%. That is due to our bucks going to China, not Norway...
I see nothing racist in it...
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02-07-2012, 06:09 AM
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Re: Debbie "Spenditnow"
Some people find racism all the time because they are looking for it,and if they cant find it, they invent it , give me a break ! Great ad,its true !! Obamaspenditnow wont like this either !
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02-07-2012, 07:08 AM
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Re: Debbie "Spenditnow"
Whomever thought it would be a good idea to put this ad and website together should be fired. This was over the line, stereotyping a race with an actress speaking broken English and the name. It was racist.
This was as bad as Biden saying you had to be Indian to work at 7-11, or using an Indian dialect when talking about a call center.
Stereotypes and junk like this have racial undertones, like it or not.
I hope Hoekstra loses big because of this. This has no place in politics. There are PLENTY of ways to highlight out of control spending by an opponent without involving race. Why give Democrats ammunition like this. It only helps provide proof to the inuendo and rumors that some Republicans are racist.
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02-07-2012, 11:39 AM
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Re: Debbie "Spenditnow"
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Originally Posted by canam
Some people find racism all the time because they are looking for it,and if they cant find it, they invent it , give me a break ! Great ad,its true !! Obamaspenditnow wont like this either !
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Thats so true.
Why cant things go back to how they used to be. I want my America back.
There was a time when people werent so sensitive about racial issues - they didnt bring it up. I want my America back when people didnt whine so much.
Newt 2012!!
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02-07-2012, 12:46 PM
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Re: Debbie "Spenditnow"
Stereotypes and generalizations are called such for a very simple reason. They are generally true.
Sorry if it breaks ones heart, but unfortunately Indian folks do seem to always work or run 7/11s and hotels. Blacks do always seem to speak horrendous english and, in my area at least, live in ............ neighborhoods and live poor. Its not that whites don't as well, but an obviously disproportionate number of blacks do, which in turn verifies the stereotype.
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02-07-2012, 02:04 PM
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Re: Debbie "Spenditnow"
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Originally Posted by n david
Whomever thought it would be a good idea to put this ad and website together should be fired. This was over the line, stereotyping a race with an actress speaking broken English and the name. It was racist.
This was as bad as Biden saying you had to be Indian to work at 7-11, or using an Indian dialect when talking about a call center.
Stereotypes and junk like this have racial undertones, like it or not.
I hope Hoekstra loses big because of this. This has no place in politics. There are PLENTY of ways to highlight out of control spending by an opponent without involving race. Why give Democrats ammunition like this. It only helps provide proof to the inuendo and rumors that some Republicans are racist.
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Agree with you there. It was extremely racist, and helps further the stereotype of Republicans. That stereotype is not always true, but stuff likes never helps.
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02-07-2012, 02:19 PM
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Re: Debbie "Spenditnow"
It matters not what a Republican does, Demo's are going to cry raaaaaaaaaacist.
And we know that no Demo could ever be racist.
I.E. Robert Byrd, admitted kkk member, but not racist because he was a Demo.
Now, if he had been a repub, the dems would have demanded his resignation.
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02-09-2012, 05:34 PM
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Re: Debbie "Spenditnow"
I didn't care for the commercial. It just makes Republicans look bad... some controversies you just avoid by not pushing the envelope.
The title Debbie Spenditnow is funny though.
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02-09-2012, 07:01 PM
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Re: Debbie "Spenditnow"
its called that because of debbie wasserman shultz, the dem leader, or as one commercial called her "debbie downer"
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