<p>smurf: i wasn't attacking you</p>
<p>craze: my apologies. :)</p>
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1. The ad never said anything about Harold Ford being black and corrupting white women, that is for the viewer to decide
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<p>Yeah, it's all just an innocent coincidence. It's not as if racist Southerners beat and hung black men for the mere suspicion of associating with white women.</p>
<p>All is forgiven, Smurf</p>
<p>If only some other people on other parts of the forum were as nice to me asyou are... Instead of attacking me (like everyone else on the other part) because I had attacked you and misspoke (unintentionally because now I know you weren't attacking me), you clarified this for me. </p>
<p>Thanks :)</p>
<p>props bro!</p>
<p>So what party is the KKK recruiter Robert Byrd part of again?</p>
<p>He's a Democrat.</p>
<p>Ya gotta admit the ad is in poor taste as many are anymore. Both sides. IF you are going to make your decisions based on 30 second sound/visual bites..well we certainly get what we deserve then don't we?</p>
<p>I've never wanted to be a part of either party because smurf, Both parties do things that are pretty shameful and individually we'd never stand for. </p>
<p>As far as this anti Ford ad goes, it does play the race card which the way I look at it, reflects poorly on the gop. The demo gets the pretty girl, hey that ain't all that bad.. is it? </p>
<p>The gop gets too hung up on sex, because I guess they figure if they aren't that good at it, others must be as well. Hey, that's where I pity the gop males, maybe they should read a book or something and get better at it. Some skills are worth developing. Then if they were better, they wouldn't have to use "outrage" tactics which point more towards their failures than ford's. The GOP's constant outrages over sexual issues is just pretty feeble and doesn't play as well as they like outside of the sexually frusted crowd.</p>
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As far as this anti Ford ad goes, it does play the race card which the way I look at it, reflects poorly on the gop.
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<p>No it doesn't. That's just PC nonsense. Blacks should get over centuries of slavery and systemic genocide. AA sucks. Look at all the successful black people today: 50 Cent, LeBron James, Will Smith. Everything is equal now, and everybody should be able to shout "NIGGA" from the rooftops.</p>
<p>Using a white blonde woman in the context of a supposedly virile black man is not racial baiting. Just like how throwing a banana at a black person is no more racist than throwing a tomato at a clown.</p>
<p>"Using a white blonde woman in the context of a supposedly virile black man is not racial baiting"</p>
<p>yes but how does it make you feel about yourself. How do you measure up big fella? :)</p>
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yes but how does it make you feel about yourself. How do you measure up big fella?
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<p>I'm not quite sure what you're saying, but you are aware that I was being sarcastic with the whole "it's not racism" bit?</p>
<p>"but you are aware that I was being sarcastic with the whole "it's not racism" bit?"</p>
<p>Unfortunately on this site, it's hard to tell with some. You haven't seen alot of replies besides mine to your comments... No?</p>
<p>I'm from Tennessee and I didn't take the ad in any racial way. To me, the ad was illustrating the indecency of Harold Ford. To me, the whole idea of a "playboy party" is indecent.</p>
<p>Didn't the party take place at the super bowl. so are you also condeming the NFL and sports in general? Or are you just picking and choosing what will outrage you? Maybe if it was a Vols tailgate party it'd be OK? </p>
<p>Besides theres worst things to happen to a politican than a pretty white girl saying "call me". I think at this point in time Congressman Foley would love that to have been his problem.</p>
<p>I have nothing against the superbowl or the NFL or whatnot. It's just the whole premis of what Playboy stands for and him attending that type of event that poses a problem in my opinion.</p>
<p>I'm not a Ford supporter if that is what you were trying to get at. I was simply just saying what my take on the ad was.</p>
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I'm from Tennessee and I didn't take the ad in any racial way.
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<p>I'd say that was pretty selective viewing on your part. Anytime a conservative ad in a conservative state places a black man and a white woman in a sexual situation, it's disingenuous to say, "I didn't mean no racist harm, honest!"</p>
<p>Obviously you didn't get the memo that Tennessee is a moderate state. West TN is more democratic, where as East TN is more Republican. To me, TN is just like Florida. South FL is extremely democrat, whereas you move farther north and it gets more Republican. (And yes, I would know, I lived in FL for many years.)</p>
<p>klf1120,</p>
<p>The problem that I think people like nbachris have is the precedent that's been set by political ads in general. With a history of ads like the infamous Horton campaign, it's hard to simply brush off the feeling that it's not utilizing race.</p>
<p>I don't like the idea that we automatically jump on the race card, but to completely deny it is also a bit naive considering the history of campaigns in the US.</p>
<p>UCLAri, I agree with you. I personally don't pay much attention to political ads. I find them ridiculous. It's just candidates sniping at each other. And I am not denying anything. I just did not take this specific ad in a racial way.</p>