Tennessee Ad ignites internal GOP squabbling

[nam78_two]

Gee Repugs running a racist ad-what a shocker ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15403071 /

With their majority in the Senate potentially hanging in the balance, Republicans were bickering among themselves over an advertisement in the particularly nasty campaign in Tennessee that even some Republicans have denounced as racist.

The dispute pitted former Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker, the GOP candidate for the seat held by Senate Republican leader Bill Frist, against his own party leadership Tuesday after it rebuffed his call to pull the ad, which lampoons Democratic Rep. Harold Ford Jr.’s reputation as a man about town.

In the ad, a young white actress playing the stereotype of a “dumb blonde” talks about meeting Ford, a 36-year-old bachelor who is black, “at the Playboy party.” At the end of the ad, she winks and says to the camera, “Harold — call me.”

[MadMaddie]

1. What has been the response among Tennesse residents?

Does anyone know..?

[nam78_two]

2. I would sincerely hope the TN residents think it sucks too/nt

[babylonsister]

5. I read earlier on DU that it was working in parts of the state. Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[Doctor_J]

7. It will bring out enough of the

Dukes Of Hazard Fan Club to tip the election to Corker. It's brillinat - Corker can puto n the phony indignation while the RSCC does his dirty work for him. Just like when Smirk's surrogates in the Big Media throw shit for him

[applegrove]

3. I saw GOP chair talking. He said he & others have viewed the ad and

saw nothing racist in it. Triangulation. Secret message to their baser instinctive followers!!!

[ruggerson]

4. Racism always works in this country

Any political leader who has appealed to the baser instincts of the people, especially in the South, has always come out victorious.

Witness Jesse Helms, George Bush the 1rst, Richard Nixon, Strom Thurmond, the list is endless.

This was smart politics for the GOP. Remind the white crackers that Ford is an uppity negro and then have the actual candidate (Corker) disown the ad in faux shock.

It's typical Republican politics.

[madmusic]

14. The solution is simple.

Ford simply makes an ad with another dumb blond look-a-like with the GOP ops paying her off in twenties right after her last "Call me" line.

"You lie with the best of them" the GOP ops tells her.

"I wasn't lying. That was acting," she says.

"Yeah, acting, you do it with the best."

She says, "You really think so?"

He finishes counting the twenties.

Then he says, "Now what?"

"The usual?" she says, "You naughty boy. That will cost you more."

"But I just paid you--"

"That was for lying."

15 second ad and he kicks their ass.

[casus belli]

35. HAHAHAHA. That's Good! n/t

[madmusic]

48. Thanks. Frankly,

Ford is a little too theocratic for my taste, but anything to get rid of the fascist pigs.

[magellan]

6. I don't believe for a moment that Corker has asked to have the ad pulled

This is just a game he and the RNC are playing. The ad appeals to the finer "sensibilities" (*cough*) of white racist and RW Christian voters, while Corker's denials of having anything to do with it make him look good to those voters who find it distasteful. Either way, he gets votes.

[nam78_two]

12. Yeah I was thinking the other day there are an inordinate number

of accidentally released nasty ads on youtube from the Repugs too.
Amd then they say crap like "Oh we didn't authorize that" blah blah.

So thats the policy-release the nasty ad and then say "Oh I am disgusted by this myself" or let an "accidentally released draft" get on youtube....

Such a load of bs

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. I Wouldn't Be Surprised KK Rove Wrote The Script

eom

[cboy4]

9. OMG....the crime of the century.....a 36 year old BACHELOR at

a Playboy party.

What else does he do?

Drink beer?

Play poker with his buddies?

THE HUMANITY!!

Hey Repukes.....you stick to your illegal sex and leave the rest of us Dems alone to have some fun.

[BlueManDude]

10. Scarborough called it blatant race baiting n/t

[AspenRose]

23. He did?

*shock* *faints*

[BlueManDude]

28. yeah i was pretty shocked - said ford was friend of his. n/t

[wcrawford]

11. Dems use the same tactics, idiots on both sides

Since I've not seen the ad, I can't say if it is racist or not. But the Dems aren't innocent of racisism either. The Maryland race is full of it with the Dem candidate making comments that are taken as racist by the black Repub candidate. We have to stop the hypocracy if we are going to actually be taken seriously by America.

[nam78_two]

13. hmmm "racisism" and "hypocracy"

Welcome to DU I guess....

[Bluebear]

18. "W" of "Crawford"....subtle, eh?

[Bluebear]

15. It's very HYPOCRATICAL to use RACISISM.....bwahahahaha

You people just cannot help yourself can you?

[nam78_two]

19. heh heh heh heh heh

If there is a litmus test, that would be it . But, I like having 'em around for bit -can we keep this one? Pleeease! I want to hear about why Democrats are hypocratic racisists etc. There was one here Friday who was just hilarious ...
Its probably bad for DU but I love engaging them...

[wcrawford]

29. Not all Dems Racist, Not all Repubs either

I never said every Dem was racist, only that the Republican candidate feels that he's been subjected to racially inapropriate comments. Neither side can claim the high road with this issue. It needs to stop. Doesn't matter who does it.

BTW, the W is the first initial of my first name.

[KingFlorez]

31. Yeah, right

Nobody attacked Steele racially, he's a race baiter.

W is your initial? What's your name? Wacky?

[Bluebear]

34. So, what are you wearing? Cute butt bouncing in the air?

[nam78_two]

41. LOL

Too funny

[nam78_two]

40. What "inapropriate" comments?

Links? Article?

So Repubs are as supportive of affirmative action as Democrats I am guessing (at least according to you)? And I guess there is really no particularly good reason why your president refused to address the Naacp for what 4 years-5 years?

Here in Michigan we have many minority groups claiming that the minority vote was suppressed in MI in the 2004 elections, with a lot of backing evidence. Strangely, they seem to believe that this was done by Republicans not Democrats. Notice a pattern?

I could go on and there is of course so much more, but thats what came to my mind right now. So yes, I think we can take the high road on this one (as with pretty much everything else.) Can't remember the last time a Dem. senator called someone "Macaca".

[mrreowwr_kittty]

49. All Republicans are racist.

Every last one. I'm with Mike Malloy on this. Yes, Condi and Colin too.

[ruggerson]

43. Wow, you're series

he really wrote that. This is HUGH!

[KingFlorez]

16. You're in the wrong place

And learn how to spell before trying to cause trouble

[Frances]

17. I think that Cardin has been too nice

Steele is the one playing the race card in Maryland.

[CatWoman]

20. oh, go suck a mango

[KingFlorez]

24. LOL!

I've never heard anyone say "go suck a mango" before, but it's sure funny.

[cboy4]

22. "racisism"

And if you want to look at the ad, go on the internets and watch it before you respond to something you don't know what you're talking about.

[KingFlorez]

26. The internets have too many tubes for them

[cboy4]

32. Exactly. It's not a big truck!!

[AspenRose]

25. Look ma, a live one!

eom

[BlooInBloo]

33. mine! mine! it's mine!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

27. Wow

The Dems have ads that suggest if you vote for a black man for office the next thing you know they will want to have sex with your wife and/or daughter.

Can you show me the ad.

[Raksha]

30. Do you really NEED to see the ad? Just reading the description

was enough for me! Enjoy your stay on DU.

[ruggerson]

42. Fuck off troll

[emdee]

47. The discussion *here* is the TN ad....

which you haven't seen. Perhaps you could start a new thread about the one you have seen in Maryland. The RNC ad against Ford is absolutely disgraceful. Ford is a single man who hasn't been caught with underage kids but single over-age women. For shame! For shame! {sheesh}

emdee

[KingFlorez]

21. Ooooh, a black man going out with a white woman is so horrible

These are crazy people were dealing with

[Glorfindel]

36. Unless it's kindly ol' Uncle Tom Clarence Thomas, of course

He got him a white wife, but that's OK because he's a con-SERV-ative negro who knows his place and does just what Massa Scalia tells him to do.

[KingFlorez]

39. Right, it's okay for him

He's what the GOP defines as a "Good" black

[BlooInBloo]

44. "Good white folks" pretending that that isn't standard white opinion...

... is why it's *still* standard white opinion.

Racism deniers = Racism enablers.

But it's hilarious watching "good white folks" getting their "good" creds by being shocked (shocked!) EVERY SINGLE TIME. I sweartagod I could never be a good white guy - I'd die of a heart attack from all the shock. Evil gives me a much longer life-expectancy.

[sandnsea]

45. To tell ya' the truth

This white lady had absolutely no clue what the racial part of the ad was until the scary black man sleepin' with the virginal white girl was explained. Oh yeah, okay, I remember that shit.

I'm 49, not hardly a racism denier, and the ad pissed me off because it was just plain sleazy. There really are some white people who just don't automatically think in terms of race. While we certainly know plenty who are racist, we kind of figured we'd had them schooled enough to know they needed to keep their nasty shit to themselves. So yeah, it is shocking when the bastards think they can get away with this kind of shit.

And I'll tell you something else, while there's certainly racism everywhere, the George Allen brand is absolutely stunning. I don't know anybody who thinks they can talk to other people that way. Well, except to women, men are allowed to call us anything they want, from bitch to cupcake to sugar tits, and we're just supposed to smile, serve and stick our ass out for a pinch.

[nam78_two]

46. It even seeps in here

The outsourcing threads have plenty of veiled racism. Any thread about China has it. I understand that people are losing jobs because of outsourcing but remarks like "Indian accents are just awful", "China is a barbaric nation" etc. seem highly uncalled for.

Why not just be mad at the politicians and corporations that are doing the outsourcing?
Its hardly like people in those countries are sitting there going "bwahahahahaha-take that American pigs". They are offered jobs and they take them.
Who would not do the same if they are living in a pretty poor country with few opportunities?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

37. It's "Fear Of A Black Planet"

Man you ain't gotta
Worry 'bout a thing
'Bout your daughter
Nah she ain't my type
(But supposin' she said she loved me)
Are you afraid of the mix of Black and White
We're livin' in a land where
The law say the mixing of race
Makes the blood impure
She's a woman I'm a man
But by the look on your face
See ya can't stand it

Man calm your ass down don't get mad
I don't your sistah
(But supposin' she said she loved me)
Would you still love her
Or would you dismiss her
What is pure? Who is pure?
Is it European state of being, I'm not sure
If the whole world was to come
Thru peace and love
Then what would we made of?

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Excuse us for the news
You might not be amused
But did you know white comes from Black
No need to be confused

Excuse us for the news
I question those accused
Why is this fear of Black from White
Influence who you choose?

Man c'mon now, I don't want your wife
Stop screamin' it's not the end of your life
(But supposin' she said she loved me)
What's wrong with some color in your family tree
I don't know

I'm just a rhyme sayer
Skins protected 'gainst the ozone layers
Breakdown 2001
Might be best to be Black
Or just Brown countdown

I've been wonderin' why
People livin' in fear
Of my shade
(Or my hi top fade)
I'm not the one that's runnin'
But they got me one the run
Treat me like I have a gun
All I got is genes and chromosomes
Consider me Black to the bone
All I want is peace and love
On this planet
(Ain't that how God planned it?)

Excuse us for the news
You might not be amused
But did you know White comes from Black
No need to be confused

Excuse us for the news
I question those accused
Why is this fear of Black from White
Influence who you choose?

[AlCzervik]

38. i'm not buying the "Corker asked for the ad to be pulled" horseshit

"See i said they should pull the ad, see i'm the good cop!"