yahoo.com: Democrats call for condemnation of offenseive CA36 web ad featuring stripper and "gangbangers"

[Toe Jam]

[video=youtube;EZ3B8WvVjL4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ3B8WvVjL4&feature=player_embedded&oref=h ttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FEZ3B8WvVjL4& has_verified=1[/video]


[URL]http://beta.news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/democrats-call-condemnation-offensive-ca36-ad-featuring-stripper-134318388.html[/URL]

[quote]Democrats are expressing outrage [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ3B8WvVjL4&feature=player_embedded&oref=h ttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FEZ3B8WvVjL4& has_verified=1"]over a web ad[/URL] launched yesterday targeting Democrat Janice Hahn in California's upcoming 36th District special election. (Warning: the ad contains extremely offensive images and language.)

The web commercial, which claims to be paid for by a new group called "Turn Right USA," accuses Hahn of giving gang members money so they can "rape and kill again." The ad features a faceless blonde, white woman (Hahn is blonde and white) grinding on a stripper poll and getting bills stuffed into her shorts, as two black men portraying gangsters sing: "Give me your cash, b****, so we can shoot up the street. Give me your cash, b****, so we can buy some more heat."

Hahn, a Los Angeles City Councilwoman, employed reformed gang members to participate in Los Angeles gang intervention programs.

The creator of the ad has identified himself as filmmaker and recent attack ad creator Ladd Ehlinger, who [URL="http://filmladd.com/"]writes on his personal website[/URL] that the ad simply makes him laugh:

[I]The ad's funny. It makes me laugh. So if, for some reason, it's pulled by youTube, a thousand will be launched in its place all over Algorez' Internetz. Because you're only drawing more attention to your past of supporting criminals, Janice, and forcing policemen out of their jobs for doing their duty. So there you go. Claim victimhood all you like, but how many people were victimized by your coddling? There's a reason Mayor Villaraigosa took the program away from you. He's a Democrat. So are you. Think about it.[/I][/quote]
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[SnyderShrugged]

LOL, gotta love modern politics and all its classiness.

[Predicto]

I suspect that this is the creator of this ad:

He's going to come out in a couple of days and say that it is "satire." By Friday, Rush will be chuckling at how easy it is to get the liberals all riled up.

[ACW]

What the hell is that from?

[Larry]

Paging Willie Horton.

[Unforgiven]

I'm speechless...apart from laughing. I can't imagine anyone being influenced by this..

Worst production value ever by the way...

[Big Blue Joe]

LOL. Add a little R&B auto-tune and the song would probably get some airplay on the radio.

[Teller]

When I saw "stripper" and "gangbanger" together, I was thinking of a different kind of gangbanging.

[BRAVEONAWARPATH]

When I saw "stripper" and "gangbanger" together, I was thinking of a different kind of gangbanging.

:pfft:

[Toe Jam]

When I saw "stripper" and "gangbanger" together, I was thinking of a different kind of gangbanging.

You would, racist.

[Teller]

You would, racist.

I didn't say she was white in my mind's eye!!!! :mad:

She was.

[DRSmith]

Nevermind the guy is latino and had a charges dropped against him, and part of a program to help get kids out of gangs

[Califan007 The Constipated]

Damn, Janice Hahn is much more attractive than I realized.

I may be in the minority, but I didn't even think this was a real "ad" while I was watching it...more like something The Onion would have on their website lol. I'm surprised there isn't any criticism out there directed towards the two black males who agreed to do the video.

[DCranon21]

I don't know what is more appalling, the direction of the video or the actors that are trying to portray some gang members

[NavyDave]

I keep thinking of the old Rap Spoof movie CB4 starring Chris Rock.

[19Skins72]

I'm trying to drum up some outrage but I keep dissolving into giggles =)