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Us Senator congratulates USAF Reserve on its 73rd birthday

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US Senator congratulates USAF Reserve on its 73rd birthday

I didn't really know where to put this, US Politics, Social Issues & Current Events, Humour, Puzzles.

Anyway, Senator Cindy-Hyde Smith (R-Ms) - yes, the same Cindy-Hyde Smith who thinks there should be no voting on Sunday but seems quite happy to campaign herself on Sundays - has "sent" the USAF Reserve a Happy 73rd Birthday card via Twitter, and here it is...

USAFR-73.jpg


Anyone care to spot the glaring mistakes? Answers in the spoiler

1. That not even the USAF Reserve Logo, this is...

USAFR-2.JPG


but worse

2. Those fighter jets are Sukhoi Su-34s.....Russian fighter jets!

USAFR-1.jpg




Seriously folks, is there some kind of dumb-**** qualification needed to be a Republican State Senator?
 
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She has since replaced it but some are pointing out that her new picture, whilst it at least has US planes, shows US Navy F35s...
 
It looks like old fashioned 'clip art' that used to come on a set of CDs.
 
I was ready to mock her for celebrating a branch that didn't exist until after the Second - does the math - oh... I feel old now :o
 
The Great Zaganza said:
And it's not the first time Republicans made the exact same mistake.
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Rep Brian Mast wishing the US Navy a happy 244th birthday by tweeting a picture of the Russian Battle Cruiser Peter the Great comes to mind. I think there was another instance of a picture of Russian soldiers being used in a similar tweet as well.
 
JoeMorgue said:
Rep Brian Mast wishing the US Navy a happy 244th birthday by tweeting a picture of the Russian Battle Cruiser Peter the Great comes to mind. I think there was another instance of a picture of Russian soldiers being used in a similar tweet as well.
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Actually I believe it was a trump tweet or campaign ad that had pictures of people in German WW2 uniforms.

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Ethan Thane Athen said:
She has since replaced it but some are pointing out that her new picture, whilst it at least has US planes, shows US Navy F35s...
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Question... Does the air force reserve even fly the F35 yet? (I took a look at the wikipedia page, and it looks like most units are using the f15/f16/f22, and they haven't had a chance to replace any of their planes)

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Segnosaur said:
Question... Does the air force reserve even fly the F35 yet? (I took a look at the wikipedia page, and it looks like most units are using the f15/f16/f22, and they haven't had a chance to replace any of their planes)

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No idea sorry, just passing on what someone else posted on her Twitter feed.
 
smartcooky said:
I didn't really know where to put this, US Politics, Social Issues & Current Events, Humour, Puzzles.

Anyway, Senator Cindy-Hyde Smith (R-Ms) - yes, the same Cindy-Hyde Smith who thinks there should be no voting on Sunday but seems quite happy to campaign herself on Sundays - has "sent" the USAF Reserve a Happy 73rd Birthday card via Twitter, and here it is...

[qimg]https://www.dropbox.com/s/xtgivptgorh0wod/USAFR-73.jpg?raw=1[/qimg]

Anyone care to spot the glaring mistakes? Answers in the spoiler

1. That not even the USAF Reserve Logo, this is...

[qimg]https://www.dropbox.com/s/k6wi3anjnwsl1xg/USAFR-2.JPG?raw=1[/qimg]

but worse

2. Those fighter jets are Sukhoi Su-34s.....Russian fighter jets!

[qimg]https://www.dropbox.com/s/6qvru0oiy35g50b/USAFR-1.jpg?raw=1[/qimg]



Seriously folks, is there some kind of dumb-**** qualification needed to be a Republican State Senator?
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Unfortunately, these sorts of flubs by Republican leaders are all too familiar.

For example, does anyone else recall the speech made by then Vice President George H. W. Bush (who actually fought in World War II) on September 7, 1988 where he discussed 'how the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor 47 years ago today'.
 
Yeah some I'm invoking my standard rule. Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, 3 times is intentional.
 
Crossbow said:
Unfortunately, these sorts of flubs by Republican leaders are all too familiar.

For example, does anyone else recall the speech made by then Vice President George H. W. Bush (who actually fought in World War II) on September 7, 1988 where he discussed 'how the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor 47 years ago today'.
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In a normal (rational) world, it would be easy to overlook these types of flubs. After all, politicians spend a lot of time in the spotlight... with that much media coverage, there is always a chance of some mistake.

But, the MAGAchud have built much of their politics around attacks over these types of mistakes. (Remember them attacking Obama because he "didn't know the number of states". And every little mistake that Biden made was some sort of indication that he was in the late stages of dementia, all the while ignoring Trump's regular screw ups.)

Perhaps if republicans actually showed some interest in both consistency and policy, then these type of mistakes could be seen as what they are... occasionally humorous, but not really worthy of commenting on past the comedic potential.
 
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