David Vitter's new ad trafficks heavily in race-baiting

[TomCADem]

Source: Washington Post

Now Vitter has yet another anti-immigrant ad running, and this one is even worse than the previous one or Angle's. The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Louisiana is blasting the new ad, "Welcome Prize," as "demeaning" and "racist." It attacks his opponent, Democrat Charlie Melancon, over illegal immigration, and features a group of immigrants running along side a fence, only to be greeted by a sign that says "Charlie Melancon welcomes you to the USA!" and "bievenidos a los USA!" There is also a group of smiling people holding a giant check payable to "illegals."

Timothy Geithner's signature is a nice touch. There is a black woman among the people holding the "bienvenidos" sign, so this ad is slightly more diverse than the other race-baiting immigration ads we've seen this week.

Aside from reproducing a number of racial stereotypes, the ad is also pretty misleading. It highlights mostly symbolic votes that wouldn't have added any actual changes to federal law -- on issues that Melancon, who is basically an immigration hawk, has supported.

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On top of all this, Louisiana, you might have noticed, is not located along the U.S.-Mexico border, so it's unclear to me what fence the ad is referring to. The state has one of the lowest populations of undocumented workers in the country. Aside from being misleading, this ad is basically a transparent attempt to gain political support by demonizing Latinos, who as Andrea Nill points out, were a huge part of rebuilding the state after Hurricane Katrina. Anything to make people forget about Vitter dabbling with prostitutes or his aide's domestic violence scandal.


Read more: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/10/vitter_jumping_on_the_anti-imm.html

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While Republicans are running ads of ominous looking dark skinned people, the corporate media assures us that hispanics are abandoning Democrats for Republicans. Heck, if you are hispanic and want to bash on illegal immigrants, give Fox News a call, and you will get on TV ASAP!

The have a corporate media narrative that needs to be pushed.

[47of74]

1. The Diaper Dandy proves once again that...

...there are no depths that he will not sink to.

[TomCADem]

3. I Guess He Wants To Secure The Louisiana/Mexico Border - ROFL!

[Angry Dragon]

2. Heard on the street

The reason that Vitter wore diapers when he was having sex
with prostitutes was that he thought wearing panties would make him
look too feminine. He thought diapers made him look more manly.

Just what I hear.

Brought to you from the streets of the USA.

[kevinbgoode]

4. It's too bad Melancon can't produce an ad. . .

which features a baby's messy diaper and the words. . ."Every time David Vitter opens his mouth, more evidence of his lack of general moral character fills his pants."