Doug Forrester fights back against "Carl" ad by attacking quadriplegic

LynneSin

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Thu Oct-27-05 05:50 AM
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Doug Forrester fights back against "Carl" ad by attacking quadriplegic

http://www.mydd.com/story/2005/10/26/153746/75

Corzine Unveils New Ad, Forrester Attacks
by Scott Shields

The New Jersey Governor's race is coming to a close. With a healthy lead, Jon Corzine has released a new television spot which, if you live in or around New Jersey, you know is flooding the airwaves. It's incredibly impressive and should help put Doug Forrester away. This is a fact Forrester seems keenly aware of, which I'll get back to in a minute.

The ad, 'Carl,' is quite honestly devastating. If you've ever watched a Republican ad in awe and wondered why can't we make ads like that?, here's your answer. The ad features Carl Riccio, a young quadriplegic man talking about the hope of embryonic stem cell research, which Corzine supports and Forrester does not. He's the only speaker in the ad. Here's the transcript:

almost three years ago now, I was in a wrestling match for my high school. I went to do a move and I was paralyzed from the neck down -- a quadriplegic.

Right now, the most hopeful thing for spinal cord injuries is embryonic stem cell research.

Doug Forrester doesn't support embryonic stem cell research. Therefore, I don't think he supports people like me and doctors who say a cure is coming.

Jon Corzine supports embryonic stem cell research. I think he's the best candidate for our Governor.

Forrester's response has been to attack Carl. No, I'm not kidding. This is what Forrester had to say about Carl on the public New Jersey Network. "My position is not known by this young man and I wouldn't expect necessarily that he would know this; he has been used for political purposes." Without even getting into Forrester's Robo-Nixon linguistic style, this is ridiculous. Carl Riccio, an adult, endorsed Jon Corzine. Forrester responds by saying that Carl doesn't know what he's talking about. In response, Carl put out a public statement slamming Forrester and reiterating his support for Corzine.

Put a fork into Doug Forrester - his campaign is pretty much near death!

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rfranklin

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Thu Oct-27-05 05:57 AM
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1. Our local whacko, Michael Carroll (R) attacked a sick child...

He rerpesents Morris County in the New Jersey legislature. As an ardent right winger he told a little girl lobbying the legislature for stem cell research that he would rather have her die than support the research.

He is also the guy that says he doesn't care what the majority of his constituents want or think, he makes decision according to his beliefs, which are way out there. He gets elected because this area is full of wealthy Republicans who only care about his anti-tax stance.

Thom Jackson is running against Carroll.

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xchrom

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Thu Oct-27-05 06:13 AM
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2. taxes trump intelligence in corporate america.

isn't it weird -- you can live in a community that can EASILY support higher tax rates -- have access to the best tax attorneys with every deduction that you can dream of covered and they still don't want to pay their fair share.

but oh boy when it comes time to mine the gov for tax dollars -- they are at the front of the line with their hands out.

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DainBramaged

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Thu Oct-27-05 06:38 AM
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3. Pleasantly, few if any Forrester lawn signs are around

But Corzine's are like weeds including my front lawn. And where my Kerry sign was ripped up and also stolen (twice last year), my Corzine sign is all pretty.

Green, the wrong color for Forrester's signs. It means dirty corrupt Republican money, and we all know it doesn't mean environmentalist.

A dick by any color, and like Bret Schundler was last election, he's politically done after this election.

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LynneSin

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Thu Oct-27-05 07:25 AM
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4. I think I might sign up for some campaigning this weekend

Last weekend to help out the Corzine campaign and I'd like to help ensure that NJ stays blue

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SheilaT

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Thu Oct-27-05 08:27 AM
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5. Aside from the local politics

angle of the ad, it's exactly the kind of thing that should be out there everywhere to make people understand why stem cell research is so important.

Who in their right minds can possibly think that a cluster of cells is more important than someone like Carl?

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