There's a lot of buzz about the Super Bowl ads featuring Detroit and the auto industry. But Racialicious' Arturo Garcia says that the worst commercial of the day, aimed at Michigan voters, earned its place by using an actress playing a "Chinese national" and capitalizing on xenophobia to communicate state senatorial candidate Peter Hoekstra's attack on incumbent Democrat Debbie Stabenow. The woman in the commercial says:
Thank you, Michigan Senator Debbie Spenditnow. Debbie spend so much American money. You borrow more and more from us. Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs. Thank you, Debbie Spenditnow.
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