Slog - Comments on Goldy on the Seattle Times on the Washington Democrats on Dino Rossi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/goldy_on_the_seattle_times_on_the_washin Required reading... The solemn defenders of public civility at the Seattle Times editorial board spank the WA Dems today, arguing that “Ethnic slurs have no place in political advertising in our state.” I don’t really disagree, and had the Dems called Dino Rossi a wop or a dago or a greaseball or a guinea or a spaghetti nigger, well, that would have been offensive, and clearly out of bounds. But they didn’t. They merely soundtracked a web video with the theme song to The Sopranos—a critically acclaimed TV show—because the tune was catchy, energetic and a well-paced fit to the... Copyright 2008 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:18:20 -0800 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:36:00 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by James If anyone spends more than three minutes reading the comments about Obama from just about any right-wing site, you would think that the only reason Obama is popular is because blacks are voting for him, or "white guilt".... Not to mention the continuous attempts to try and paint him as a communist or muslim.

How they can take the latest Rossi ad and whine in faux-angst about racism is WAY beyond hypocritical.

]]> James http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/goldy_on_the_seattle_times_on_the_washin#c1062726 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/goldy_on_the_seattle_times_on_the_washin#c1062726 Politics Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:29:50 -0800 Comment by Vince I'm Italian and I didn't think this ad was the least offensive. But I still think the theme song from "Jaws" was more appropo.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/goldy_on_the_seattle_times_on_the_washin#c1062814 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/goldy_on_the_seattle_times_on_the_washin#c1062814 Politics Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:31:31 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I spend most of my teen years in the most Italian city in Canada, and lived in the Italian neighborhood in the Vancouver area of BC (Commercial, piasano!) - anyone who was offended by that true ad is a wuss.

And probably thinks pasta is all that's Italian.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/goldy_on_the_seattle_times_on_the_washin#c1062980 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/goldy_on_the_seattle_times_on_the_washin#c1062980 Politics Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:30:59 -0800 Comment by kk Goldy is being an idiot with this. Of course it's offensive. And stupid. And counter-productive.

]]> kk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/goldy_on_the_seattle_times_on_the_washin#c1063056 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/goldy_on_the_seattle_times_on_the_washin#c1063056 Politics Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:36:00 -0800