Former President George H.W. Bush released a statement Monday expressing displeasure about his cameo in one of Democratic Georgia Senate candidate Michelle Nunn’s campaign ads.
In the ad, Nunn responded to her Republican opponent David Perdue’s criticism of a photo of her posing with President Barack Obama by bringing up her previous work with Bush.
“It was taken at an event honoring President Bush, who I worked for as CEO of his Points of Light Foundation,” Nunn said of the photo with Obama.
Nunn emphasized her work with Bush in an effort to highlight her bipartisanship, but that wasn’t received so well by the former President. A spokesman for Bush released this statement to the Washington Post:
Michelle and her team have been clearly, repeatedly and consistently told that President Bush did not want them to use his photo as part of this campaign. Apparently, the Nunn team feels they can repeatedly disregard the former President’s wishes, which is very disappointing because it’s so disrespectful.
Watch the ad below:
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A quick search of the internets will reveal that Bush was happy to tout the bipartisan nature of his “1000 Points of Light” campaign, which he was able to do because it included, y’know, Democrats.
Cry me a f#@kin’ river.
Great ad, Michelle.
Bush translated: I’m outraged that Michelle Nunn would imply, during election season, that I ever behaved with any decency toward any human being who happened to be a Democrat.
Michelle should offer to pull that ad if McConnell pulls his Chuck Todd ad
If you are going to take public photos engaging with people and hire them to run your foundation then you can’t expect those pictures and facts to be off limits.
She’s not claiming you endorsed her, just that you worked with her. Point out one fib or misstatement and they may have to take that down.
But you posed for the picture and you hired her to run your foundation. Those are facts, and trying to hide them if weak at best.
That statement reads like it was written by some young college Republican interning at Papa Bush’s library.
My guess is that Papa Bush doesn’t even remember who Michelle Nunn is, but his secretary got him to sign off on the statement in exchange for a new pair of socks and a cookie.