Skeet-Shooting Grimes Tells McConnell ‘That’s Not How You Hold A Gun’

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In a new TV ad slated for a six-figure statewide buy, Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes tells Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) he doesn’t know how to hold a gun.

The 30-second ad features the Democratic Senate nominee skeet shooting in an open field and pushing back on the Republican minority leader’s efforts to associate her with President Barack Obama.

“Mitch McConnell wants you to think I’m Barack Obama,” she says. “… I’m not Barack Obama. I disagree with him on guns, coal and the EPA.”

“And Mitch,” she adds, displaying a photo of McConnell holding a gun upside down while posing before the NRA convention, “that’s not how you hold a gun.”

The ad suggests that McConnell’s push to label Grimes “Obama’s Kentucky candidate” has stung. The spot serves two purposes for the Democrat: it distances herself from the president, who is unpopular in Kentucky, and it taps into the Bluegrass State’s strong gun culture.

A Grimes campaign spokesperson said it plans to run the ad statewide with a six-figure budget.

The commercial continues a bipartisan tradition of candidates literally shooting things in campaign ads.

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  1. Excellent ad. I do hope it helps. She is heading south in the polling lately, and it has me very concerned.

  2. I guess that’s what it takes to win in Kentucky, and Grimes would be better than McConnell, but I wouldn’t donate a penny to her. She is as bad as Republicans on some of the key issues of the day.

  3. Would you rather have Grimes or McConnell? I know my answer. I hope you understand she is running in Kentucky to represent the people from her state. You can’t demand pure progressive candidates if you want to win. I don’t know about you, but I want to win. Withholding money because she isn’t perfect is a sure way to re-elect McConnell.

  4. A very, very smart ad for Kentucky.

    I know, I know: Some readers here are upset that she
    she’s not a liberal. Hell, I’m upset that Kentucky’s not blue. But she’s a damned good candidate for that red state, and she has a chance, despite the gazillions of dollars being spent to destroy her.

    Imagine the blow to GOP morale if she won! Imagine! Then, help out with a contribution and a little volunteer time if you’re a Kentuckian or can help remotely.

  5. Yet she’s better than Mitch by an order of magnitude—so she deserves our donations.

    The so-called “liberals” who keep whining that this candidate or that candidate isn’t perfect enough make me want to scream.

    ANY given Democrat is better that any given Republican, regardless of where they stand on any set of issues.

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