Negative Ads the Norm in Many State Races: ; Candidate in Fla. Says Opponent Should Be Tossed Like a Dirty Diaper

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TAMPA, Fla. - The dirt - specifically dirty diapers - is flying in Florida's race for governor.

In one television commercial, newcomer Rick Scott suggests his GOP primary opponent, the state attorney general and a former congressman, should be thrown out like a baby's dirty diaper. "Bill McCollum's record stinks," a female narrator says over an image of a squirming infant's swaddled bottom.

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Negative Ads the Norm in Many State Races: ; Candidate in Fla. Says Opponent Should Be Tossed Like a Dirty Diaper

In response, McCollum criticizes Scott for the record settlement his former hospital company paid to settle Medicare fraud charges. McCollum claims his opponent was "ripping off taxpayers." He looks into the camera in his ad and addresses Scott as if he were in the room: "You put profit over principle, and t...

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