Response to the ad was swift. Huntsman, who often speaks with emotion about his adopted daughters on the campaign trail, said on January 6 that Paul's supporters were out of line using his adopted children to argue that he is un-American. He added that it was "stupid" to allege that he has Chinese values because he lived overseas and speaks Chinese. "If someone wants to poke fun at me, that's OK," Huntsman said. "What I object to is bringing forward pictures and videos of my adopted daughters and suggesting there's something sinister there." Huntsman and his wife have seven children, including Asha, 6, who was left on a roadside in India the day she was born, and Gracie, 12, who was abandoned at a Chinese vegetable market at two months of age. Paul's New Hampshire spokeswoman, Kate Schackai, told on AP that she didn't know who created the ad, but it wasn't anyone affiliated with the Texas congressman's campaign. "The video was utterly distasteful and no one who actually supports Dr Paul's principles would have made it," she said. The Washington, DC-based Hindu American Foundation strongly condemned the ad, which makes frequent references to the fact that Huntsman speaks Mandarin and described him as "China Jon" and the "Manchurian Candidate." The foundation said it was "especially appalled" by the ad's reference to Asha Bharati, "who is being raised in her native Hindu faith, insinuating that he [Huntsman] does not share American values and is not a 'man of faith.'" "Governor Huntsman, who is a practicing Mormon, is seen in the ad with his daughter wearing a tika, or sacred mark associated with the divine and commonly worn during Hindu ceremonies," HAF said. "This deplorable ad is blatantly racist and religiously intolerant, and crosses all lines of acceptable political discourse," said HAF managing director and legal counsel Suhag Shukla. "Instead of vilifying Governor Huntsman, he should be applauded for being open minded enough to raise his adopted daughter as a Hindu." A message sent to the ad's creator was not returned, the news agency said. The news media has not been able to trace the source or sources of the ad. Political experts believe that Huntsman, who skipped the recent Iowa caucuses, needs a strong finish in the New Hampshire primary to continue his campaign.