When I go out and about around town, most people I see look 'hicky' - and I live in one of the least 'hicky' counties in WV.
So is outrage because the GOP is using a stereotype, or because the stereotype being used is pretty accurate? :D On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > You really have to wonder about the sheer contempt that the NRSC holds > for a lot of citizens. Hick actors? Really :/ > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/07/AR2010100703009.html?hpid=topnews > > GOP pulling W.Va. Senate ad with 'hicky' actors > By LAWRENCE MESSINA > The Associated Press > Thursday, October 7, 2010; 7:22 PM > > CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- National Republicans pulled back a West Virginia > Senate ad Thursday after Democrats revealed its casting call had > sought actors who looked like hicks to play state voters. > > The 30-second spot, filmed in Philadelphia, was dropped from the > National Republican Senatorial Committee's YouTube channel Thursday. > > Republicans expected it to also be withdrawn from TV, where it has > been in heavy rotation since Tuesday, according to a party official > not directly involved in handling the ad. The official was not > authorized to comment and requested anonymity. > > The ad showed men in flannel shirts and baseball caps worrying that > Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin would side with President Barack Obama if > elected to the Senate. > > It's a theme the GOP has been hammering in the battle to replace the > late Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd. But the Republican nominee, > businessman John Raese, denounced the ad. > > "The ad is ridiculous and I am happy to say that no one with the Raese > campaign had anything to do with it," Raese spokesman Kevin McLaughlin > said. > > The casting call listed clothing options including trucker or "John > Deer" hats that are "not brand new, preferably beat up," as well as > jeans, down filled vests and "Dickie's type jacket with t-shirt > underneath." > > "We are going for a 'Hicky' Blue Collar look," it said. "These > characters are from West Virginia so think coal miner/trucker looks." > > The NRSC blamed the wording on Philadelphia-based Kathy Wickline > Casting, which declined comment when contacted Thursday. > > "No one at the NRSC, or associated with the NRSC, had anything to do > with the language used in this casting call," spokesman Brian Walsh > said. > > The NRSC provided a Sept. 27 e-mail in which its production firm asked > the casting company "for someone to represent the middle of the > country Ohio, Pittsburgh, West Virginia area." > > The casting call was first reported by the website Politico. The NRSC > said it spent around $450,000 to air the ad, out of a estimated $3.5 > million it has reserved for ad airtime in the closely fought race that > the GOP believes it has a shot at winning. > > Manchin and Democrats called the ad an insult. > > "Not only have they been spending millions to try and buy this > election with lies and distortions, we can now see once and for all > what (Raese) and his friends really think of West Virginia and our > people," Manchin said in a statement. > > © 2010 The Associated Pres > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328878 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
