The narrator then brags about Strange's conservative values, including how he fought "gay marriage" (utilizing another made-up headline) before going back to taking about Strange's allegedly extensive work prosecuting corrupt Alabama politicians. Another pseudo headline about a separate notorious corruption case appears onscreen, saying that GOP state House Speaker Mike Hubbard was "sentenced to 4 years."
But while the attorney general's office did successfully prosecute Hubbard, Strange didn't: Whitmire reminds us that Strange recused himself because his campaign had business ties to the speaker. In fact, it's possible that this portion of the ad could amount to something worse than mere resume inflation. Whitmire writes that Strange's recusal meant he wasn't supposed to have anything to do with the case against Hubbard, but "if he's now saying that wasn't the case, then maybe that's the sort of issue Hubbard might find useful on appeal."
And it just goes on. The ad then goes back to Bentley as still one more phony headline reads, "Bentley resigns, pleads guilty to sex coverup," while the narrator lists "the investigation and governor's resignation" as one of Strange's accomplishments. Whitmire notes that Strange wasn't even attorney general when Bentley resigned, precisely because Bentley had promoted him to the Senate two months earlier. Nor did Bentley plead guilty to "sex coverup": He pled guilty (as part of a deal with prosecutors in conjunction with his resignation) to some decidedly unsexy campaign finance violations. The rest of the spot goes on to describe what an awesome conservative Strange is. We won't subject you to that portion, though Whitmire sums it up well as "force-feed[ing] us rancid red meat like it's chow time in Guantanamo and we're the inmates."
Despite Strange's considerable baggage, he's now an official member of the Republican Senators Club, and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants him to stay there: McConnell's allied super PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund, recently reserved $2.6 million to help Strange in August's GOP primary. Politico also recently reported that SLF has been very openly digging up dirt on Alabama state Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, who has been mulling a primary against Strange. What are they looking into? Marsh's "ties to unpopular ex-Gov. Robert Bentley." The chutzpah never ends with these guys.