... they're corrupt supporters of globalism.
5. Current or potential Hoekstra fans don't have what it takes to defend him against the backlash to the ad. For examples, see the waste-of-space comments at [2]. Many don't think the ad is racist, but none of them are willing or able to mount a defense of the ad that would be effective.
6. The ad might not even reflect the reality of the Hoekstra/...
The attached video has Rep. Keith Ellison saying the following around the 8:40 mark:
"God willing, one day the border will become an irrelevancy."
This quote wasn't taken out of context; the video below (from the Network of Spiritual Progressives Conference in June 2010) shows the full context, even if the camera operator adjusts something during that part of his speech. Ellison's appearance was...
Michael Lind of the New America Foundation offers "Are the American people obsolete?" (link) which basically claims that the rich (or what I think would be more accurately called the superrich) no longer really need Americans to obtain money or to defend them.
I'm not a fan of that Foundation and I'm not exactly 100% sold on his ideas, but I will recommend reading the link.
What I won't recommend...