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sl8

(13,730 posts)
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 08:54 AM Oct 2020

McSally campaign ad confuses Mark Kelly with twin brother

http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101720_mcsally_kelly_counterfeit/mcsally-campaign-ad-confuses-mark-kelly-with-twin-brother/

McSally campaign ad confuses Mark Kelly with twin brother

Posted Oct 17, 2020, 2:01 pm
Dylan Smith

U.S. Sen. Martha McSally's latest commercial attempts to contrast herself with her Democratic opponent, but mistakenly uses a counterfeit "Counterfeit Kelly" — featuring Mark Kelly's twin brother instead.

"If you want smiles and a sales pitch, you've got a guy," McSally's script read, displaying a photograph of a grinning Kelly brother posing with a thumbs-up gesture, showing off a chunky watch on his wrist.

"But if you want a fighter, I'm your girl," said the appointed Republican senator in a voice-over, as video showed her striding in slow-motion in a flightsuit decked out with non-military patches as she implicitly referenced her Air Force service.

The Kelly in the photograph, however, isn't Mark Kelly, former Navy fighter pilot and astronaut, husband of ex-congresswoman Gabby Giffords, and a familiar enough face from a cascade of Senate campaign ads.

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McSally campaign ad confuses Mark Kelly with twin brother (Original Post) sl8 Oct 2020 OP
Well, She isn't the brightest Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #1
To be fair, McSally was not elected to the box of crayons... Raster Oct 2020 #2
A friend of mine is in AZ... 2naSalit Oct 2020 #3
Kelly was also a fighter pilot and fought in Desert Storm and flew almost 40 missions grantcart Oct 2020 #6
I thought so but I couldn't cite it so I didn't mention it! 2naSalit Oct 2020 #7
Not surprised Bradshaw3 Oct 2020 #4
turns out she is quite a dumbass Kali Oct 2020 #5

Raster

(20,998 posts)
2. To be fair, McSally was not elected to the box of crayons...
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 09:48 AM
Oct 2020

...just appointed by Arizona's Governor Douche*.

2naSalit

(86,528 posts)
3. A friend of mine is in AZ...
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 09:53 AM
Oct 2020

To assist an elder in casting their vote and we were discussing these two and their race to the Senate seat. My friend mentioned that McSally is a former fighter pilot and I told them that in this case it's a "so what?" kind of thing since Kelly is an astronaut!

There are other vets in Congress, the women among them, are very intelligent and responsible representatives. This one, however is not in that category.

Bradshaw3

(7,508 posts)
4. Not surprised
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 10:16 AM
Oct 2020

The McSally ads I've seen look very amateurish. Don't know who is doing her ads but don't think it's a top flight agency.

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