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  Slattery stirs controversy with edgy TV ads
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Last EditedCraverguy  Oct 26, 2008 12:04am
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MediaNewspaper - Kansas City Star
News DateSunday, October 26, 2008 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionNaked bottoms parade across the TV screen, peeking out in blurred images through half-closed hospital gowns. Let’s count ’em: one, two, three, four … 12 bottoms altogether.

A big-shot corporate exec appears to “relieve” himself on a horde of “little people” upset at the $700 billion bailout.

You paying attention yet?

Democrat Jim Slattery hopes so. He’s gambling that his two new, did-you-see-that 30-second spots will “cut through the clutter” and persuade you to take a second look at a U.S. Senate race receiving scant attention.

“I think they’re going to be very effective,” said Slattery, who trails in the polls. “And I think they’re making some very important points.”
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