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Chinese Girl in a Yellow Shirt

Michigan’s Hoekstra Makes Racist Ad, Shocks No One

So there’s that. And here’s Megan Kelly and Lou Dobbs defending the ad on Fox News.

But here’s the deal. This ad is not political commentary and it is not satire. The outrage isn’t a problem of a hypersensitive politically correct liberal culture.

What Pete Hoekstra’s doing is a classic bit of riling up the “silent majority” by preying on the fears of his constituency.

Don’t believe it? Take a look at the ad’s sister website.

Hoekstra’s ad campaign is all about fear-mongering. He’s crafted an appeal to the lowest common denominator of ignorance and intolerance meant to distract from his own crappiness as a candidate by creating a boogieman out of Debbie Stabenow and the Chinese women who love her.

Keep them coming Pete, I’m sure the voters will love you long time.