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‘Top Gun’ takes down Tester

April 10, 2018 by Guest Post

 

I just viewed “Top Gun” and self-proclaimed war hero Troy Downing’s latest campaign video showing him jetting over a Sen. John Tester look-alike who is sitting on a farm tractor while blowing a trumpet. I’m a bit confused as to why a California expatriate realtor and non-resident hunter/fisherman living in Big Sky, MT would ridicule a real Montanan who happens to be a musician, educator, farmer and legislator.

Perhaps former California Air Guardsman Downing conferred with fellow Big Sky, MT transplants Steve Daines (CA), Greg Gianforte (NJ) and campaign chair Lola Zinke (CA) on the best way to attack a man of the soil from Big Sandy, MT and not Big Sky.

Troy states that he’s a Trump Man through and through and not a trumpeter, so that’s good enough for me. If there’s one thing his hero Cadet Bone Spurs is known for is belittling an opponent who isn’t as successful and rich as he perceives himself to be.

Jim Hamilton

Florence

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