Political ad draws criticism Former U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra on Monday defended his debut television advertisement during the Super Bowl featuring a Chinese actress speaking broken English, saying the criticism about the spot as racially insensitive was a tactic by Democratic opponents to divert the conversation away from spending.
"We are not surprised they are coming out of the left field and throwing anything at the wall," said Hoekstra, R-Holland, who is vying for the U.S. Senate seat held by Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing.
The ad drew criticism not only from Democrats but also from Republicans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for using negative stereotypes. Hoekstra on Monday said he knew the tactic was aggressive, but the point "is not to raise eyebrows for raising eyebrows' sake," Hoekstra said...
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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