AUGUSTA – With a musical soundtrack that could have been lifted from “GoodFellas” and a script that read like a plug for “The Sopranos,” the latest anti-casino ad from gubernatorial Green Independent Party candidate Jonathan Carter has some people laughing.

But not John Baldacci. The Bangor Democrat was so angry with Carter he wouldn’t even speak to him Monday evening during a gubernatorial debate on veterans’ issues at the Maine Veterans Home in Augusta.

Carter’s ad features glittering Las Vegas casinos and a voice actor who sounds as if he took elocution lessons from a connected wiseguy. The actor uses phrases like “budda-bing, budda-boom” and “fergedaboutit” as he describes how Baldacci claims to be opposed to casinos but has supported them in the past and is accepting money today from casino backers.

As a state senator in the 1990s, Baldacci was a co-sponsor of legislation that would have established a tribal casino in Calais. He has accepted money from proponents of the latest proposal pushing for a gambling resort in southern Maine. He counts prominent Democratic lobbyist Severin Beliveau as a close adviser and friend who recently held a major fund-raiser at his Hallowell home where President Bill Clinton was the featured draw.

Baldacci has staunchly maintained he will veto a casino bill if it crosses his desk as governor. Aside from his obvious aversion to Carter at Monday night’s campaign event, Baldacci made no attempt to make the ad an issue. The son of Lebanese and Italian parents, he also would not comment on whether he felt ethnically stereotyped by Carter’s ad, saying, “It’s not up to me to register that.

“I’m just deeply disappointed and I don’t think it reflects on Maine values and the feeling of people in the state and I think it’s unfortunate,” Baldacci said.

Baldacci would not comment on whether he thought his position on casino gambling had been misrepresented by the ad or whether he thought Carter should pull the ad from airwaves.

Carter said the ad was truthful and raised genuine concerns over whether voters could trust Baldacci to veto the casino bill. The Lexington Township resident described the ad’s voice actor as possessing a “tough-guy accent,” and that he wasn’t sure where the music in the ad came from.

“I think they’re [the Baldacci campaign] just reacting to us pointing out the truth about John Baldacci’s inability to make commitments and stay with his focus and ideas,” Carter said.

The ad started airing Monday in southern Maine where anti-casino fervor runs high. Carter said his campaign has plans to eventually distribute it to stations in northern Maine.