Posted on 01/03/2023 8:41:55 AM PST by rktman
On Monday, Penn State and Utah compete in this year's Rose Bowl, with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and his wife, former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) having taken part in the coin toss. The senator had his phone with him as he awkwardly stood behind his wife to film it. "Mark Kelly" has been trending over Twitter as a result, and not just because of the Democratic politicians' presence.
While head referee Michael Vandervelde referred to Giffords correctly, he incorrectly referred to her husband as "Senator Mark Lewis."
In addition to people reacting to the referee flubbing Kelly's name, many also chimed in about how he had his phone out.
Others were also less than thrilled about Kelly and Giffords being in Pasadena, given the sense of politics that was brought to the game and the parade beforehand. In the past, politicians have not typically been grand marshals. Rather, those associated with entertainment, especially sports, have taken on the honorary role.
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Just another cardboard cutout, like Senatrix Gisele Festerman's hubby, Fake Governor "Hatie" Hobbs and the JoeTatoe.
We need to STOP making politicians special and treating them like royalty. They should not be doing things that ordinary citizens are not doing, like coin tosses at major events. I am sickened by the way we treat them.
And naming things after politicians....don’t get me started.
Why have an AZ Senator in a California Bowl Game taking place between Penn State and Utah?
I know right!
positively pstupid.
You nailed it. As āservants of the peopleā they should be walking backward and bowing ā¦to usā¦.not to puppeteers.
Someone has the picture, it will show up here shortly, of her testifying before congress and him sitting there close enough to her that he can get his hand all the way totally up her ass.
Frankly speaking, mind you.
Bass Poles forget they work for us.
I agree. Iām so sick of all of those power-tripping narcissists.
The only things that should be named after politicians are prisons and sewage treatment plants, IMO.
In basic many of the one stripers at Lackland used to spend their paychecks on "pinger jackets". They got all kinds of useless patches sewn on just to show off.
Everyone knew they weren't B-52 pilots, permanent party or pararescue types, just graduates of basic training waiting for tech school with two months of backpay to blow.
When they got to their operational bases, they found out that the jackets were a source of immense ridicule then the jackets disappeared quickly.
Apparently kelly hasn't outgrown that mentality yet.
Mark Kelly—just another stupid cellphone addict!!!!
And if it weren’t for the Maricopa election debacle, he might no longer be a Senator!!!!
I have some sympathy for Giffords. She obviously had some brain damage after the shooting...she seems to me to be a bit of a pawn for the Demon Rats.
Her husband, not so much. How he won the vote last November is bewildering.
i saw that at the coin toss, all that came to mind was the last shuttle crew should have opended the iir lock and tossed the ASSHole out
Well Gabby did attend a university in Calif, that’s probably good enough LOL
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