Funny, I just have not seen a lot of hill-billy types driving around towns like Rosemont and Grafton etc I saw more who fit the stereotype in Southwest Virginia and northern Ohio than in West Virginia.
I guess its the stereotyping and the automatic assumption that all of West Virginia is like that. On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 Republicans expected it to also be withdrawn from TV, where it has 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:328882 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
