GOP consultant Terry Nelson resigned from his job working PR for Wal-Mart after he came under fire for an ad he allegedly helped produce in an unrelated U.S. Senate race. Critics including Jesse Jackson complained the spot for Republican Bob Corker, who was facing Democratic Rep. Harold Ford Jr., was racist.
The spot never mentioned race, but showed a white woman saying she had met Ford at a Playboy party. At the end of the commercial, the woman – her bare shoulders showing – whispers, “Harold, call me.” Jackson et. al. said the ad intended to exploit fears about black men and white women.
Jackson and the liberal advocacy group WakeUpWalMart called on Wal-Mart to fire Nelson, and say they threatened to air radio and TV ads demanding his dismissal.
Nelson resigned, but his supporters called on Jackson and other critics to detail exactly how the advertisement was racist.
Nelson has since signed on to Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign.
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