Unrepentant Pete Hoekstra Pulls Offensive Ad And Web Site

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Unrepentant Pete Hoekstra Pulls Offensive Ad And Web Site

By Jeff | Monday, February 13, 2012 | 8 Comments

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SFGate’s Politics Blog and other sources have noted that Pete Hokestra has pulled his offensive ad and website. A new ad has replaced the original ad while the website www.debbiespenditnow.com now redirects to his website www.petespenditnot.com. According to this report, Hoekstra’s campaign said that they pulled it not because of the backlash but because it was part of the national progression of the campaign. Hoekstra campaign spokesman Paul Ciaramitaro is quoted here:

“After hundreds of thousands of visitors to the micro-site saw our first campaign ad and the effects of Stabenow’s reckless spending, we wanted to direct traffic to Pete’s site where voters can see our second ad, which lays out Pete’s vision of fiscal discipline and economic growth.”

Definitely unrepentant.

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raymonst

hey pete,

f u.
dcj125

I don’t care that he didn’t apologize. I actually like that he didn’t. I’m sick of fake apologies by politicians and celebrities. This way, I know what Pete really thinks. No need for me to waste my time “forgiving” insincere politicians.
mwei

more updates on the actress please.
jeffat8asians

@mwei The most information I could find about Lisa Chan is summarized at Angry Asian Man: http://blog.angryasianman.com/2012/02/meet-lisa-chan-actress-in-pete.html
mwei

@jeffat8asians I like her style. she reminds me of that nutso chick from the Koreatown reality series. we totally need ditsy Asian women stereotype, because the dragonlady thing is overdone (as Joyce Wu would argue).

http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/bay-area-woman-stakes-claim-to-miss-napa-valley-title/article_54f79ebe-2b2a-11e1-8b3a-0019bb2963f4.html

Lisa Chan isn’t from Napa and doesn’t live in Napa County, but she’s not letting a little thing like geography get in her way.

Chan recently named herself Miss Napa Valley USA, enabling her entry into the upcoming Miss California USA 2012 competition.
jeffat8asians

@mwei@jeffat8asians Angry Asian man had an update that she is repentant:

http://blog.angryasianman.com/2012/02/actress-lisa-chan-apologizes-for.html

as you can see on her facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/mslisachan

Her page says she is a public figure, which I guess is true now whether that title was originally self-proclaimed or not.

No repentance mentioned about being Ms Napa Valley, though.
mwei

@jeffat8asians I’m lovin’ it!

We’s got to have more media scandals with APAs
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