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Tuesday, November 7, 2006 12:00 AM

Election 2006: The 10 worst political ads

The race card, the rape card and lots of tearful mea culpas.

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Tuesday, November 7, 2006 01:44 PM

Ampersand

How is David Strathairn Hollywood glitz? The main problem with that advert is that it goes on and on with Strathairn just sitting and talking in quasi-fifties prose in a single shot without any colour.

Tuesday, November 7, 2006 03:51 PM

Volume?

Somehow I'm thinking these clips are not silent, however, #1 & #2 worst had no volume. Yes, I did check my volume on my end.

Tuesday, November 7, 2006 07:25 PM

Volume

Same happened to me, SaM. Though it wasn't until I got to the "10 best" list. I shut it down, came back to the clips later and all was fine again.

Wednesday, November 8, 2006 02:07 PM

huh?

what could possible be construed as racist about the Harold Ford ad?

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