There are actually two new ads running. One is the ad described in the Daily Herald piece below. The other (also in the DH story but way down) slams the guv as a guy who promised to stop the budget games but “raided $2.3 billion from pension funds” and now the state has the “biggest deficit in the nation.”
The tagline for both 15 second ads is “Had enough?” Ironically, Newt Gingrich suggested that the national Democrats use that line to seize control of Congress from the Republicans.
Republican governor candidate Judy Baar Topinka unleashed a hard-hitting TV assault Monday against Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, comparing him to his convicted predecessor George Ryan.
The quick hit, 15-second ad rips Blagojevich for accepting a $1,500 check from a man whose wife his administration awarded a state job the same month — a move that’s now the subject of a federal probe.
“Isn’t our last governor going to jail over this?†a grave-voiced male announcer says as a subtle photo of Ryan flashes on screen. “Rod Blagojevich. Had enough?â€
With just seven weeks until the Nov. 7 election, the new ad marks the first time Topinka is attacking Blagojevich via the airwaves. It also follows several months of Blagojevich ads criticizing her views and two weeks of Topinka’s own mostly positive ads introducing herself to voters.
I’ll upload at least one of the ads in a few minutes.
OK, hopefully, this won’t chew up all my available bandwidth. I’m uploading only one ad to see how it goes. You can help by not viewing it multiple times. Just download it if you want to see it more than once.
This is the ad that the DH wrote about. It’s called “The Check.” [YouTube]
Click here for the budget ad [YouTube].
[Gordy Hulten at IlliniPundit did what I should have done and uploaded the ads to YouTube. The links have been changed.]