Comments on: History Will Show that Republicans Played Race Card to Win the Senate in the 2006 Midterms

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Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:23:21 +0000

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Posted by Jon Ponder | Oct. 28, 2006, 7:23 am

SEE THE ADWe have the video here. Who knew the produ [...]

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:23:44 +0000

That snippet is not aimed at smart people like us but rather at a segment of society for whom the idea of inter-racial sex induces anger and disgust. The RNC denies that the “Playboy girl” is even a reference to Ford’s alleged womanizing.

My experience is, hardly anything the GOP does during the campaign is a mistake — it is after they are elected that they exhibit rank incompetence. That bit of casting was done very carefully. If they hadn’t been targeting hardcore white bigots with that bit, they would have cast a black woman.

By: In Search Of Utopia

In Search Of Utopia — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:26:52 +0000

I don’t know about all the who-ha about Racism….

To me this video is just stupid! Everyone is making hay about the bimbo in the ad, personally I dont think someone like Ford would give her the time of day, but knowing the Republicans, this is one of…

By: C

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:59:40 +0000

HELL THE REPUGS ARE AS LOW LIFE AND TWO FACED AS IT GETS AND WILL DO ANY THING TO GET THEIR ASSES BACK IN OF WHICH THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT NOT MAKING IT!

By: Trish

Trish — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:27:38 +0000

P.S. But they sure as hell did play the race card with those radio ads!

By: Trish

Trish — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:25:36 +0000

I don’t know, Jon, I watched the ad and it seemed like the girl was just a small part of it, and the reason for inserting her was the Playboy party, not interracial dating. The part that stood out as most damning to me was the guy in camo who said he did have too many guns. Now there’s a message that will resonate! The whole thing’s a sleezefest but I didn’t think the part with the party girl took that angle. Probably 96% of Playboy bunnies are white so to make her black or Asian or Latina would not have played to stereotype.