Debbie Stabenow in State of Michigan secondary Archives

On Principles & Values: AdWatch: criticized for spending funds borrowed from China

Michigan residents watching the Super Bowl last night may have noticed an unusual political ad that aired during Sunday's game. In it, a young Chinese woman is seen riding a bike through what appears to be a rice paddy. She stops to tell the viewer all about Democratic Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow's spending. As a result of spending, she informs us, the U.S. has to borrow more money from China and "your economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs. Thank you, Debbie Spenditnow!"

The ad is for Stabenow's rival, former congressman and current Senatorial candidate Pete Hoekstra. Hoekstra visited America Live Monday afternoon to address claims that his ad is inappropriate and plays on racially-charged stereotypes that, as one group put it, "encourage anti-Asian sentiment."

"The only group of people that this ad is anti" Hoekstra said, "it's anti-Debbie Stabenow, it's anti-Barack Obama, the spending policies of the liberal left."

Source: Mediaite.com's 2012 MI Senate ad review Feb 6, 2012

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