The three most notable negative campaign ads for the 2005 off-off year elections… or, to enhance the amusement factor, the simple thrust of them… the core attack.

Jon Corzine’s ad against Doug Forrester. “Doug Forrester is George Bush’s Choice. Is he yours?” (Had Forrester used that ad in his 2002 Senate campaign, he just might be Senator today!)

Doug Forrester’s ad against Jon Corzine. Jon Corzine’s ex-wife is on the screen, and says “Jon Corzine let down the family. He’ll let down New Jersey too.”

Jerry Kilgore’s ad against Timothy Kaine. “Timothy Kaine opposes the Death Penalty. Even for Adolf Hitler!” (The pundits believe that this ad back-fired on Kilgore. I imagine that Kilgore should have gone for the jugular, and used the morphing motif — blending Kaine into Hitler. There‘s a commercial!)

I don’t know which one comes from the deepest part of the gutter. A contest is needed to decide such matters.

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