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Jackie Cilley, New Hampshire Governor Candidate, Releases Tax Pledge Zombie Ad
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/17/jackie-cilley-tax-zombie_n_1796999.htmlA Democratic candidate for governor of New Hampshire released a new commercial Friday describing candidates who commit to the state's famous "anti-tax pledge" as zombies.
Former state Sen. Jackie Cilley, who is facing off in a three-way Sept. 11 primary, released the new commercial and a website to highlight her decision not to rule out an income or sales tax if elected.
Her main primary opponent, former state Senate Majority Leader Maggie Hassan, has taken the pledge, as have both Republicans and outgoing Gov. John Lynch (D). Afghanistan War veteran Bill Kennedy, a longshot candidate for the Democratic nomination, has called for a 4 percent income tax in the famously tax-resistant state.
The ad features a parade of zombies marching while holding a "tax pledge" in their hands, as Cilley describes any politician who takes the pledge as "a zombie to the pledge." Cilley then closes the door on her house, with the zombies outside her window and describes her reasons for not taking the pledge.