Nice article in the New York Times about China baiting in political ads this year. I've seen one of the ads here in Pennsylvania and really, they're pretty ridiculous. I think it's just a bit easier to say "It's those shifty and mysterious people from the East! It's all their fault! Doesn't matter that we don't have any ideas! They're the ones that are stealing all our jobs!"
Takeaway (Chinese food edition):
“To bring one country into the crosshairs in so many districts, at such a late stage of the campaign, represents something new and a calculated gamble,” he said. “I find it deplorable. I find it demeaning.”
Here's the ad that we've been treated to here in good ol' PA:
For the love of God....Is that a gong? Are they really playing a gong when talking about China? What is this, 1953? Christ. Subtle guys. Subtle.
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