Sharron Angle caught on tape: Latinos in my 'illegal aliens' ad could be terrorists from Canada

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Sharron Angle caught on tape telling kids: Latinos in my 'illegal aliens' ad could be terrorists from Canada

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/sharron-angle-latinos-illegal-aliens-ad-terrorists-canada/

Sharron Angle, Nevada's Tea Party-backed Republican candidate for US Senate, told Hispanic schoolchildren that Mexican men in her ad may not actually be Latinos, and implied "terrorists" are coming to the US illegally from Canada.

The spot, called "Thanks Pal," attacks her opponent, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), for allegedly helping undocumented immigrants come to the United States and failing to enforce the border. An image of three dark-skinned men with menacing looks appears alongside the caption "Illegal Aliens."

"I'm not sure that those are Latinos in that commercial," Angle tells the students in a private speech, video footage of which was obtained by The Associated Press. "What it is, is a fence and there are people coming across that fence."

The men in the ad are discernibly Latinos. According to the photographer who took the image, the men were Mexicans living in Altar, Mexico, not unauthorized immigrants to the United States.

[Tippy]

1. K&R

[Angry Dragon]

2. Facts don't matter

[krispos42]

3. "I'm not sure that those are Latinos in that commercial"

What, no long-form birth certificate?




Not the issue, teabagger scum. The issue is... what kind of people are they there to portray? What will 80% or 90% of the viewers think?

If they think that they are Latinos, then that is the effect you are paying for. You're paying for the role played, not the actor's personal life story.




See this guy right there?


The Native American guy upset that people are littering all over the place?





Yeah, he's Italian. Sicilian, specifically. "Iron Eyes Cody" is actually Espera Oscar de Corti. He didn't get his paycheck for being Italian; he got his paycheck for looking Native American to tens of millions of people, for selling to the audience a Native American character.



Duh.