I live in WV, I see the hicks all the time :D. I guess I am not offended by the stereotype since I don't consider myself a 'hick' :D
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 Republicans expected it to also be withdrawn from TV, where it has 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:328884 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
