"If You've Seen One Redwood, You've Seen Them All"*
Another Colorado Republican is mistaken about mountains
"It's the sort of gaffe possibly unique to a state with more than a dozen distinct mountain ranges. First it was former Rep. Bob Schaffer, whose initial ad in an unsuccessful U.S. Senate race last year touted his Colorado loyalty by noting that he proposed to his wife atop Pikes Peak.
The problem: The ad flashed an image of Alaska's Mt. McKinley.
Now it's former Rep. Scott McInnis who hopes to become the GOP's gubernatorial nominee next year. His Web page debuted with a striking image of snow-capped peaks. Problem is, the peaks look like none in Colorado."
It was Lake Louise in Canada.
*Paraphrase of Ronald Reagan's "You know, a tree is a tree, how many more do you need to look at?" when he ran for California governor in 1966.
"It's the sort of gaffe possibly unique to a state with more than a dozen distinct mountain ranges. First it was former Rep. Bob Schaffer, whose initial ad in an unsuccessful U.S. Senate race last year touted his Colorado loyalty by noting that he proposed to his wife atop Pikes Peak.
The problem: The ad flashed an image of Alaska's Mt. McKinley.
Now it's former Rep. Scott McInnis who hopes to become the GOP's gubernatorial nominee next year. His Web page debuted with a striking image of snow-capped peaks. Problem is, the peaks look like none in Colorado."
It was Lake Louise in Canada.
*Paraphrase of Ronald Reagan's "You know, a tree is a tree, how many more do you need to look at?" when he ran for California governor in 1966.
posted by nolocontendere at 6:36 PM
4 Comments:
uh huh. and an apple's an apple, a blueberry is just a blueberry, the wind is just the wind. no variation. no difference.
pesky natural world.
Especially when you want to use it to make a political point and your only experience of mountains is what you find on google!
are you like me and think you're one of only a small handful of folks who possess authentic intelligence? : )
Not even as milled lumber is one redwood board the same as another.
Sure would like to have shown Reagan some photos of the difference between big trees.
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