Hoekstra defended the ad, calling it a "home run" during an interview Monday with Detroit radio WJR-AM's Paul W. Smith. He said it's only "insensitive" to the spending philosophy of Stabenow and Democratic President Barack Obama.
Let's see, the ad opens to the cheesy strains of music best remembered from film noir dramas incorporating elements from "The Orient" that were made five decades ago, and with a woman wearing a Chinese coolie hat and riding a bicycle next to a rice paddie. Then, she proceeds to talk in halting, broken English that evokes images of the "Me love you long time" whore from Full Metal Jacket. We haven't seen this many bad racial stereotypes since last week, when Virg Bernero referred to a Native American as "Chief Chicken Little" for opposing the Lansing casino. I mean, someone made the conscious decision to have her ride into the scene with the bamboo hat on her back, as a prop that was never worn.
