Not a Bimbo

Fox News

Actress Johanna Goldsmith says she isn't a bimbo — she just played one on TV. Goldsmith had the part of the flirtatious Caucasian blonde who caused quite a stir in that Republican Party ad, winking at the camera and telling African-American Tennessee Democratic Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. to "call me."

Critics decried the ad as racist — and say it may have put Ford's opponent — Republican winner Bob Corker — over the top. Corker also denounced the ad — calling it "tacky."

But Goldsmith — who says she is of Mexican heritage and has "dated all nationalities" — tells a Nashville newspaper she doesn't think the spot was racist — and looked at the ad as "just a job like any other." She doesn't consider herself political — and describes herself as a "conservative, quiet person" who is "family-oriented."