{"id":12272,"date":"2012-02-09T18:02:37","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T18:02:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-02-09T18:02:37","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T18:02:37","slug":"Pete-Hoekstra-pulls-Asian-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=12272","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hoekstra pulls Asian ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Well it&#8217;s about time! Who would have done this tasteless, culturally insensitive ad in the first place?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michigan senatorial candidate Pete Hoekstra, a Republican, aired the original ad during Sunday\u2019s Super Bowl game. The ad, which featured an Asian woman biking through rice paddies and speaking broken English, criticized Hoekstra\u2019s rival, Debbie Stabenow, for spending too much government money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you, Michigan Sen. Debbie Spenditnow,\u201d the woman said. \u201cDebbie 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The website www.debbiespenditnow.com used Asian cultural symbols to attack Stabenow\u2019s spending policies and accuses Stabenow of  \u201cpouring American dollars into the Chinese economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The website\u2019s URL now redirects to www.petespenditnot.com. Hoekstra\u2019s new campaign ad mostly features text about spending.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DFjz0L8Nn4o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guess he wasn&#8217;t looking for the Asian American vote!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Source <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sfgate.com\/nov05election\/2012\/02\/10\/pete-hoekstra-pulls-offensive-ad-website\/\">San Francisco chronicla<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well it&#8217;s about time! 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