Christie Web Ads Aim For The Young — Use Rap Music And Call Corzine “Whack”

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Former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie, the Republican nominee for Governor of New Jersey, might be reaching a little too hard to appeal to the youth vote — a new pair of Web videos from his campaign come off like a middle-aged man trying to sound cool with his kids, and totally failing.

This one samples an L.L. Cool J song, “That’s A Lie”:

Another Web ad is a takeoff on those annoying commercials for free credit reports, and refers to Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine as being “whack.” It is very painful to watch, so it has been placed after the jump for your safety.

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