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Being a semi-fan of the now deceased television show Profiler, I laughed myself out of my seat when i saw this (click the first link for the enlarged banner):
http://www.maad4congress.org/release.html
http://www.lp.org/lpnews/0204/maad.html
<< LP candidate's feisty billboard
triggers coverage, controversy
Abu-Ghazalah's tongue-in-cheek billboard denounces ethnic
profiling
[March 18] An LP candidate for U.S. Congress in California has
made headlines with a tongue-in-cheek billboard that denounces
ethnic profiling.
Maad Abu-Ghazalah, who is campaigning for the District 12 seat,
erected the billboard on February 28. The sign has since drawn
coverage from the San Mateo County Times, the San Jose
Mercury News, the local NBC newscast, and a local Spanish
television station.
Located along Highway 101 in Belmont, the 14' x 16' billboard
shows Attorney General John Ashcroft promoting a fictitious
television series called "The Ethnic Profiler." The sign also lists
Abu-Ghazalah's website: www.maad4congress.org.
"I was told that a key to a [successful] campaign is to ensure a
constant flow of publicity," said Abu-Ghazalah. "For a third-party
candidate, that means we sometimes have to resort to 'guerrilla'
campaign tactics to ensure some level of coverage."
The billboard cost $1,500 to produce, and $15,000 to display
throughout March.
Abu-Ghazalah said the sign is part of his overall campaign to
appeal to the roughly 60% of voters in his district who are of
foreign origin.
In late February, Abu-Ghazalah was endorsed by the Mexican
American Political Association -- the first time an LP candidate
has earned such an endorsement.
He faces incumbent Democrat Tom Lantos and Republican
challenger Mike Moloney in the election. Both have expressed
support for ethnic profiling in the wake of the September 11
terrorist attacks.
"Ethnic profiling is objectionable to the very foundation of what it
means to be American," said Abu-Ghazalah. "Let us not let our
valid concern for our security blind us into conducting a broad
witch hunt against people based on their ethnicity." >>
http://www.maad4congress.org/release.html
http://www.lp.org/lpnews/0204/maad.html
<< LP candidate's feisty billboard
triggers coverage, controversy
Abu-Ghazalah's tongue-in-cheek billboard denounces ethnic
profiling
[March 18] An LP candidate for U.S. Congress in California has
made headlines with a tongue-in-cheek billboard that denounces
ethnic profiling.
Maad Abu-Ghazalah, who is campaigning for the District 12 seat,
erected the billboard on February 28. The sign has since drawn
coverage from the San Mateo County Times, the San Jose
Mercury News, the local NBC newscast, and a local Spanish
television station.
Located along Highway 101 in Belmont, the 14' x 16' billboard
shows Attorney General John Ashcroft promoting a fictitious
television series called "The Ethnic Profiler." The sign also lists
Abu-Ghazalah's website: www.maad4congress.org.
"I was told that a key to a [successful] campaign is to ensure a
constant flow of publicity," said Abu-Ghazalah. "For a third-party
candidate, that means we sometimes have to resort to 'guerrilla'
campaign tactics to ensure some level of coverage."
The billboard cost $1,500 to produce, and $15,000 to display
throughout March.
Abu-Ghazalah said the sign is part of his overall campaign to
appeal to the roughly 60% of voters in his district who are of
foreign origin.
In late February, Abu-Ghazalah was endorsed by the Mexican
American Political Association -- the first time an LP candidate
has earned such an endorsement.
He faces incumbent Democrat Tom Lantos and Republican
challenger Mike Moloney in the election. Both have expressed
support for ethnic profiling in the wake of the September 11
terrorist attacks.
"Ethnic profiling is objectionable to the very foundation of what it
means to be American," said Abu-Ghazalah. "Let us not let our
valid concern for our security blind us into conducting a broad
witch hunt against people based on their ethnicity." >>
