Lingle Ad Uses Palin Event Photo

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The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee doesn’t want voters to forget former Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle‘s connection to former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin — and a pro-Lingle ad is helping.  

“You can’t make this up,” the DSCC’s Matt Canter wrote in an email. “The Linda Lingle photo in the US Chamber of Commerce’s commercial that launched this morning? It’s from the 2008 Republican National Convention, where Lingle gave the official speech (to) nominate Sarah Palin as Vice President of the United States.”

Here’s a screenshot from a video of the 2008 event:

And a screenshot from the Lingle ad that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched today: 

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