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Harold Ford: Playboy?Slate's remixed campaign ads.

By Andy Bowers, John Dickerson, and Jim FestantePosted Monday, Oct. 30, 2006, at 2:10 PM ET

By now you've probably heard about the Republican National Committee's attack ad on Tennessee Democratic Senate candidate Harold Ford (and if you haven't, Slate's most recent Gabfest podcast covers it in detail).

Whether or not you think the ad's portrayal of a white woman flirting with the African-American Ford is an overt attempt to push racist buttons, there's a lot more in the spot to dislike. Click the video player to launch Slate's remix of the ad.

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Andy Bowers is the editor of Slate V. John Dickerson is Slate's chief political correspondent and author of On Her Trail. He can be reached at . Jim Festante is a Slate Web designer and video editor.
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