Too Funny - Colorado Republican Schaffer running for senate uses Mt McKinley as backdrop

[RobertSeattle]

File this under "You can't make this stuff up"

"Ooops. In his first campaign ad out of the gate, U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer came out with a zippy spot touting his ties to Colorado – the fact that his daughter goes to the Air Force Academy and that he proposed to his wife Maureen on the top of Pikes Peak. Though it’s a fun spot that ought to play well with many voters, the mountain shown in the ad isn’t Pikes Peak at all, but Mt. McKinley – in, yes, Alaska. A frustrated Dick Wadhams, Schaffer's campaign manager, conceded the mistake and said the ad would be pulled and re-edited with Colorado mountains. Wadhams said that the campaign raised the issue with their media consultant during rough cuts, directing them to make sure the mountain shots were authentic - something that obviously didn't happen. But for an ad meant to underscore Schaffer’s strong ties to his home state, it's exactly the kind of screw-up the campaign doesn’t want to make. This is going to be an incredibly hard-fought campaign and one the Republicans desperately need to win. Why give your Democratic opponent those kinds of easy hits? "

http://www.politicswest.com/24664/name_mountain

Direct Link to Video: (No YouTube that I'm aware of)
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid934052406?bctid=1554394243

[trof]

1. Well, there aren't that many mountains in Colorado.

It's a plains state, isn't it?
:rofl:

[ColbertWatcher]

3. Reports of mountains in Colorado have been greatly exaggerated. n/t

[Breeze54]

2. But did he have a flag lapel pin?!?

Inquiring minds.... could care less! :P

That's funny, RobertSeattle! :P

[TomInTib]

4. Like they didn't see the final cut.

Yeah, right.

[FiveGoodMen]

5. At least he got the country right...

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/top10/239

[Supersedeas]

6. more filthy Repig incompetence