Posted on 10/02/2020 6:17:20 PM PDT by dontreadthis
ICYMI: “Martha McSally has what it takes to be a senator. Mark Kelly doesn’t, former astronauts say“
By: Lt. General Thomas P. Stafford, USAF (Ret.), Brig. General Charlie Duke, USAF (Ret.) and Col. Jack Lousma, USMC (Ret.)
As former fighter pilots and test pilots, we know what it takes to get in the cockpit of a fighter jet for a test flight or combat: incredible determination, strength and grit.
….
“Integrity first, Service before self, Excellence in all we do.” That Air Force motto guided McSally’s time in uniform and embodies the way she continues to serve our country by representing Arizona in the Senate.
McSally has a record of bipartianship, results
She was ranked as one of the most bipartisan senators last year and tied for the most bills passed into law. Just this year, she introduced legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs, started the national Veterans Treatment Courts to help improve the lives of veterans, and she helped write the legislation that gave families and small businesses help to get through the novel coronavirus.
….
While Martha’s record of accomplishments is long and well-documented, her opponent’s positions are largely unknown.
Just like Mark Kelly, we were astronauts….
‘Astronaut’ can’t hide Kelly’s leftist agenda
But having “astronaut” on your resume does not mean you’d be a good U.S. senator. Mark Kelly is hoping Arizonans are so impressed with his background that they ignore the fact that he’s supported radical gun control activists, that his plan for the eventual government takeover of health care would end Medicare as we know it, and that he’d vote to raise our taxes.
….
Frankly, this new Democrat Party is unrecognizable to us. If you told us even one decade ago ideas like police defunding, open borders, ICE abolishment, government-controlled health care, the Green New Deal and major tax increases would be mainstream among Democrats, we wouldn’t have believed you.
….
Candidate differences can’t be more clear
Mark Kelly has to answer for the policies of his party because if he were elected, that’s what would become law in a Democrat-controlled government. They’re planning on taking away the filibuster — the higher vote threshold to pass legislation — to push through their agenda over the objections of hundreds of millions of Americans. This is not hypothetical. Democrats laid out their strategy in plain sight.
McSally has delivered for Arizona, while Mark Kelly embraces Democrat ideology that would be bad for our country — leaving us with less freedoms, less security and less control of our lives.
….
Read the full op-ed here.
Tom Stafford is a former NASA astronaut, Air Force test pilot and deputy chief of staff for research, development and acquisition. Charlie Duke is a former astronaut and USAF test pilot. Jack Lousma was pilot of the Skylab 3 Space Station mission and commander of the third space shuttle orbital test flight.
He sure comes across that way. He’s a gun grabber; that’s all I need to know.
Kelly’s ads are unbelievable. He is trying to paint himself as the Second Coming of John Glenn and John McCain, rolled into one. You would never know he is a Schumer Democrat.
Larry will this be helpful??
Definitely newsworthy!
Martha could have gone Astronaut if she had wanted.
John Glenn and John McCain were horrible Senators.
She was ranked as one of the most bipartisan senators last year
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That’s not a positive.
And no mention of her support for the 2nd Amendment and her opponent’s opposition to the 2nd Amendment.
That’s her strongest argument and she is not using it.
From those who know him best.
The NRA has been running ads doing it for her. But it would be better if she said it herself.
l8r
If Kelly is a Democrat, “he is a Schumer Democrat!”
Schumer Democrats EILL destroy America!
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, AGAIN! Vote Republican!
Both were traitors.
“But having “astronaut” on your resume does not mean you’d be a good U.S. senator. “
As far as I know, there has been only one, John Glenn. He was a great pilot and will go down in history, flew Corsairs in WWII, and Korea, used a USAF F-86 mount to shoot down three MiG-15s. Made the first supersonic transcontinental flight in an F-8 Crusader. And then followed that up by being a Mercury astronaut before the era of frizzy hair females and pudgy pasty mission specialists claiming to be astronauts.
But as a Senator, he might as well have been Nancy Pelosi or Chuck Schumer. A total leftist dud flying on auto-suck behind Howard Metzenbaum.
Horses for courses.
“He is trying to paint himself as the Second Coming of John Glenn and John McCain, rolled into one.”
And I believe him... two Congressfool turds
“Kelly’s ads are unbelievable. He is trying to paint himself as the Second Coming of John Glenn and John McCain, rolled into one. You would never know he is a Schumer Democrat.”
That’s what Political Ads do. McSally has been a Day Late and a Million Dollars Short in countering those ads. She was also hurt BADLY by her Anti-Trump positions. She’s a weak candidate. A RINO.
That said, she’s far better than the alternative. Hopefully, Arizonans will realize this fact.
John Glenn was a hero of mine a long time ago.
A Marine Aviator, Astronaut then a US Senator.
Then he became a defender of Clinton and was rewarded with a ride into space at 80 years old or something close to that for stonewalling the accusations against Clinton.
Made me think that it doesn’t take anyone special to go into space and that he was a total sellout to Clinton.
“Made me think that it doesn’t take anyone special to go into space”
It really doesn’t. It did when the men were inventing space systems back in the 1960’s, but not anymore.
Good. McSally needs to hammer home that Kelly is an anti-gun NUT.
Well, if they have Hudson River Sully we can have Astronauts.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.