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.
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“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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
McCain was a POS from the get-go. Glenn at least had a great military record.
Thanks. I thought as much
These ads need to be run 24/7. Kelly is a pig and he’s using his wife in his ads..............no consideration for her probable embarrassment.
He does put himself forth as the second coming of the Left’s version of Jesus. Huh. Who would be the Left’s version of Jesus? George Clooney?
True dat.
This part, though...
“McSally has a record of bipartianship, results”
That there is uniparty bullcrap.
You don’t negotiate with leftists for the same reason you don’t negotiate with terrorists or homicidal rape gangs wanting access to your family members.
You can’t possibly gain anything and will only lose everything.
#43. Kelly sounds like a far-leftist in his ads. Really stupid comments that coat him a “pink”. Even I was shocked at what he said and the fact that he was so stupid to do it openly.
I’ll take McSally any day.
Kelly’s anti-gun stance is understandable since his wife was terribly injured by a crazed gunmen (and a judge killed as I recall, plus wounded).
This phenomenon of transferring you personal tragedies into a political career also occurred with Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) whose husband was killed by a white-hating back gunman (he killed 6 white people), on a New York subway train.
She’s never been rational since.
He has NOT BEEN HIT by the gun grabbing truths.....yet. I’m sure McSally didn’t want to bring that up due to his wife’s tragedy. It sounds like it is brought up in one of the new astronaut ads. I haven’t received my ballot yet, but ‘early voting’ (another Dem forced cheating scam) starts Oct 7th in AZ. And yes, a REPUBLICAN judge, last name was Roll, was killed when he shielded an older man from the gunfire. ALSO, the shooter was a crazed far Lefty who was going after Giffords specifically, because she wasn’t fare enough LEFT for him. Jared Loughner. There had been multiple complaints about his behavior, but his mom was in the Tucson political establishment (in the Parks and Recs Dept) so it was always a hands-off situation, even when several people came forward to complain that he had threatened their lives.
And don't forget he's a gun grabber that attempted to make a straw purchase, gee I wonder what his agenda was there and why didn't he pay any penalty for the attempt.
That’s right, I’d forgotten about that.
I believe he got a pass on his blatant attempt to break the law. Perks of being Mr. Gabby Giffords, I suppose.
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