There’s a candidate for Congress out there named Jesse Kelly who is getting some minor press at World Net Daily and who gives the clowns at Democratic Underground the willies.
Now, a U.S. Marine who helped lead the initial charge into Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein is taking that approach literally by brandishing his M-16 assault rifle in some eye-catching campaign fundraising ads.
“I’m taking full credit for that,” says 28-year-old Jesse Kelly of Tucson, Ariz., a Republican seeking to boot Democrat Gabrielle Giffords from the U.S. House of Representatives.
Regarding his “tough guy” theme, Kelly said, “People are sick of politicians from all parties. They’re lying to them. People want someone to fight for them in Washington and that’s the message I want to convey.”
After being honorably discharged in 2004 and taken off inactive reserve last year, Kelly now works in the private sector as a project manager for a construction company that handles commercial water and sewer projects.
Well, that’s more than the weinies at DU can stand. It takes them just a few posts to start calling names;
Kerrytravelers
3. He is no longer active duty nor still in the reserves. He just like to play dress-up in his old soldier uniforms and pretend to be a tough guy. He’s a total fool.
I guess that the guy called Kerrytravellers forgets that his candidate in the 2004 election ran the homevideo of the gangly fella totin’ his rifle in full battle regalia around the jungles of Vietnam. And he forgets the awkward salute when Kerry “reported for duty”. But someone asks the question if Kerry didn’t use the vid in his campaign. The response;
21. I don’t remember specifically either.
I do remember his service record in Vietnam came up but I don’t recall if he brought it up as a part of his campaign or if he addressed it due to the swift boat challenges. I definately remember that he had several pictures and such of him duck hunting (shotguns, etc.) as a way to win the pro gun votes.
Can you imagine living through the Kerry campaign in 2004…or any other year…and not being able to recall if his veteran status was ever mentioned? I thought his real name was John Kerry Who Served In Vietnam because I never saw his name without the Vietnam reference for more than a year.
Someone posted the video and photographic proof. The ridiculous response;
MTERAN9
30. Interesting I’ve never seen those. Was that part of his campaign?
He must’ve been in a cave in Tora Bora.
cascadiance
45. We should note that anyone can be a nut. Take McVeigh as an example…He was also a vet and was a nut. Now one should be careful not to criticize him in ways that could backfire with those of the public that do like nationalistic symbolism and view critiques done improperly as being “unAmerican”. But I think there’s a way to be careful and still critique guys like this to make sure everyone sees the holes in his logic, without just attacking his nationalistic symbolism.
“He was also a vet and a nut…” Aren’t we all?
The_Casual_Observer
41. That guy is talking like McVeigh
One rational member asks what the problem is with the campaign, the response;
20. Here’s an answer for you; If you think showing up with an M-16 in conservative advertising isn’t threatening, you are ignorant. Do you support threatening politicians with big guns?
Um, where’s the threat – unless you include the fact that he could beat a Democrat in an election.
But this has to be the money shot;
Gregorian
44. Now that I’m seeing this kind of stuff, I have to say that after 8 incredible years of Bush, I’m rather proud of Democrats for how they’ve handled themselves. I mean, that administration was so retched, and so hypocritical, I cannot believe how well we behaved. Talk about mature and intelligent.
And so now that the nightmare is over, these dingbats come out of the woodwork…for what? What on earth are they irate about? Health care? Responsible foreign policy? Concern for the environment? All I can do is just wonder what some humans are all about.
Yeah, I remember how well they behaved, too.
Thanks to Claymore for the link.
