Yes, from the great state of New Jersey...
Doug Forrester, come on down! Does it get any lower than this?
The New York Times-11/2/05
Joanne Corzine:
"When I saw the campaign ad where Andrea Forrester said, 'Doug never let his family down and he won't let New Jersey down,' all I could think was that Jon did let his family down, and he'll probably let New Jersey down, too."
Now, there's a part of me that's tempted to just let this go: if the Republicans want to run campaigns based on marital success, I say "bring it on!" But in this case, what's also truly amazing how fast Forrester gave up his "principles":
When Mr. Forrester was asked about her remarks on Wednesday, he called it a "private matter" and said he would not use it as fodder for a campaign ad. But by Thursday morning, the Forrester campaign had released a 15-second commercial, titled "Quote." It had no spoken words, just a black screen that scrolls through a quotation attributed to Ms. Corzine in The New York Times on Wednesday in which she said her ex-husband had "let his family down, and he'll probably let New Jersey down, too."
What’s going on here? Well, Corzine has been successfully tying Forrester to George W. Bush as of late, painting him as a conservative extremist on issues such as stem-cell research. The response from Forrester seems to be, “Well, if you’re going to tie me to Bush, I’m going to tie you to Clinton!”
But who's being "Clintonesque"?
In another sign that the campaign had veered into the private lives of the candidates, Mr. Forrester faced a very personal question on Thursday. As he spoke to reporters after a campaign event, a TV news producer asked Mr. Forrester if he had ever had an extramarital affair.
"I, I, I'm very proud of my marriage, a 30-year marriage," said Mr. Forrester, who seemed flabbergasted by the question. "I expect I'll be married another 30 years."
"But did you cheat on your wife?" asked the journalist, Felix Martinez, a producer for WNBC-TV.
"If you're asking me if I ever had sex with another woman in the course of my marriage," Mr. Forrester said, "the answer is no."
Speaks for itself, doesn’t it?