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Most of the ads comprising personal assaults on candidates' characters have come this year not from groups like the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which slimed presidential candidate John Kerry two years ago. They have come from the country's two major political parties. Candidates have often been able to take the high road in their campaigns, because their parties are more than willing to step in and do the dirty work. And dirty it has been, according to FactCheck.org. The nonpartisan watchdog of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania reports that both parties have become "attack-ad factories" during the current election season. The National Republican Campaign Committee has spent $41.9 million attacking Democrats, and $5 million supporting its own candidates. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has spend $18 million attacking Republicans, and $3.1 million supporting its candidates -- Jim Fisher/Lewiston Tribune.

Question: Which political ad impressed you most this election season?

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