By Olivia Scheck
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — When did having ties to Manhattan become a political liability?
More than 100 ads since September have derided candidates by linking them to Wall Street greed or big bank bailouts, the New York Times reported.
But many politicians, Republicans and Democrats, have used the Big Apple as a stand in for the maligned financial industry, denigrating their opponents by showing them in front of Manhattan landmarks.
One ad, available on the Times website, features a cartoon version of Georgia congressional incumbent Jim Marshall joy riding in a limousine with Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi from Macon, GA to Manhattan. The two are seen driving towards the New York City skyline with money falling from the sky. Next, they take a spin down Wall Street before finally arriving in Times Square, where they stare at their own images displayed on the big screens.
Another attack ad by Democrat Bill Owens against his Republican challenger Matt Doheny opens with an image of what we're told is Doheny's former home on East 34th Street. His mailing address is flashed on screen with the apparently ignominious "New York, NY" highlighted in yellow.
The anti-New York trend stands in stark contrast to the that following September 11th, 2001, when politicians vied to associate themselves with the heroism of 9/11, the Times noted.
