Debbie Stabenow: 1, Pete Hoekstra: 0
After the devastating news coverage of the past week over the racist ad and website put up by Pete Hoekstra, he has now redirected Chinese-themed www.debbiespenditnow.com to his own website www.petespenditnot.com. The YouTube video is still up, however, with over a million views. Comments and ratings are still turned off for the very obvious reasons. On his new site is a new ad without the anti-China references.
Meanwhile, a money bomb for Senator Debbie Stabenow based on reaction to Hoekestra’s odious ad and website resulted in a big haul: over $150,000.
Donors have poured more than $150,000 into Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s campaign in response to an ad run this week by GOP rival Pete Hoekstra. [...]
Stabenow’s campaign asked donors to help her raise $144,000 in response to Hoekstra’s first ad, the amount his campaign planned to spend airing it.
Stabenow campaign officials report raising more than $150,000 as of Friday morning.
I’m chalking that up as a win for Debbie Stabenow. You can contribute to her campaign HERE.
Cross-posted from Eclectablog. Photo credit: Anne C. Savage
Heehee…Hoekstra was no shoe-in for the GOP’s nomination in the first place (Dutch guys do great on this side of the state, but not so well on the east side), so I’m sure there are some Michigan Republicans who are going to use this debacle against Stupid Pete before he ever gets a chance to use it against Stabenow.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer woman. Debbie Stabenow is great!
Twenty-Twelve will go down as the Twilight of the Bigots. Hoestrka was first salvo.
Conservatives have no pieces left on the board, Obama slowly and methodically disarmed them on immigration, terrorism, the economy, healthcare and civil rights. And also, the state level GOP have all but destroyed the brand with working class whites. What middle class person would vote in a party that has made their national strategy to strip a fireman or teacher or union rights?
Instead of talking about real problems facing people in the 21st Century, the GOP has fallen back on God, Guns and Gays. They’re still living in the 70′s when the only Chinese people most Americans saw were in Saturday matinee Kung-Fu flicks.
Hoekstra being sent back with his tail between his legs and Stabenow’s campaign largess should tell the GOP that naked bigotry, homophobia or misogyny is no longer En Vogue in American politics. But, since they are Bubble People, they won’t get it until the Dems send them packing.
I guess it was bound to happen when the picture of the Chinese girl was named YellowGirl.jpg………
and I was like…..really, are you fucking kidding me?
These fuckers got nothing and you’re right, Cappadonna, its the three Gs, the fall back position, along with some retro Lee Atwater fuckery
Thanks for the link. Will toss some bucks Debbie’s way.