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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 12:35 PM
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GOP group's anti- Menedez ad Insults Italians (Bada Bing!)
http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2006/oct/23/nj_sen_conservative_527_uses_ethnic_caricature

unbelieveable... see for yourself.

Given that Italian-American voters make up the Catholic swing vote in New Jersey, it's a bit surprising to see the crude anti-Italian-American caricature in this new ad being run against Dem Robert Menendez by the the Free Enterprise Fund Committee, a 527 organization founded by Club for Growth-founder Stephen Moore. The ad features a mobbed-up character talking about "our boy down in Washington, Bob Menendez" while the words "The Politicos" (get it? Sopranos) flash on the screen. The character, referring to the Feds' probe into Menendez's rental of offices to a Federally-funded group, continues: "Bada-bing, we're in it — but deep!"
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 12:38 PM
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1. God, I hate that commercial. It's on like every 20 minutes.
It makes me want to shoot the tv.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 12:40 PM
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2. Geez, could it be any more obvious? Insult to NJ altogether. n/t
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 12:40 PM
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3. Bada bing must be Italian for "tout suite."
Cut him some slack, Jack.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 12:41 PM
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4. Didn't you know that it's okay and "cool" to stereotype Italians?
:sarcasm:

(Public disclosure: Non-Mafia tied 2nd generation Italian-American here.)
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Hav Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 12:58 PM
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5. .
Who do they not insult...
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rosesaylavee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 01:14 PM
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6. I think the phrase 'Bada-bing'
needs to be retired from all live humans - relegated to cartoon characters only. Assuming it has some historical context, who says that NOW anyway?
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