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Register Citizen Endorses Linda
“Linda McMahon Is A Refreshing Entry Into The World Of Connecticut Politics. We Are Glad She Stepped Up To The Plate To Run For The U.S. Senate, And We Would Urge Voters In The Aug. 10 Republican Primary To Support Her.”
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Register Citizen Endorsement: The Case For Linda McMahon
Torrington Register Citizen Editorial Friday, July 30, 2010
We are proud to endorse Linda McMahon in Connecticut’s Aug. 10 Republican primary for U.S. Senate, and here’s why:
Chris Dodd represented us in this seat for decades. Sucked in by the increasing power of his position over the years, he alternately looked out for those who helped him hold onto that power (the interests that funded his campaigns and helped him with his mortgage) and sharply partisan interests.
Despite the populist milieu he likes to conjure with press conferences about the latest consumer issue in his role as attorney general, Richard Blumenthal is an intensely partisan animal. He is the Democratic establishment’s establishment candidate. And he will proudly take up the Dodd mantle.
Linda McMahon is best positioned to stop Blumenthal from winning an election that he and the establishment act as though they are entitled to.
Her Republican opponent, Peter Schiff, is as disengaged as one can get from the real world that most Connecticut voters face. We keep hearing how brilliant he is, and OK, great, we’re sure that he is, and that his message about economic policy needs to be heard in Washington. But if he’s so smart, how come he can’t learn some interpersonal skills, or that to represent Connecticut voters, you have to actually meet some of them and get to know what their day-to-day problems are?
The other Republican on the ballot Aug. 10 is former Congressman Rob Simmons, who was endorsed on Thursday by the Hartford Courant despite having “suspended” his campaign just after the Republican convention without taking his name off the ballot, and then quietly, sort of, announcing that he was back in the race.
We like Rob Simmons, too. He’d make a good senator, or a good governor. But his behavior in this campaign has been bizarre and a disservice to the supporters and voters who were counting on him for leadership in accepting the challenge to run for U.S. Senate.
Remove three irrelevant factors — Linda McMahon’s gender, her personal wealth, and the nature of the business that she built from scratch — and the sneering doubts that party insiders and the press raise about her would go away.
Peter Schiff’s comment about McMahon being “off washing her hair” at a debate the other night was despicably sexist.
We should all be so lucky as to have fulfilled the American dream the way McMahon has in terms of earning what she has from nothing.
And let’s face it, World Wrestling Entertainment, whether we like it or watch it or not, is every bit a piece of modern Americana as NASCAR or American Idol.
Linda McMahon has real-world business experience, and knows what the government needs to do and not do to help create jobs for Connecticut residents.
We can easily picture Linda McMahon standing up to the power brokers in the Senate, in either party, and to the special interests, because she doesn’t need them to get into office or stay there.
Linda McMahon is a refreshing entry into the world of Connecticut politics.
We are glad she stepped up to the plate to run for the U.S. Senate, and we would urge voters in the Aug. 10 Republican primary to support her.
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For more information, contact the Linda McMahon for Senate Press Office, 860-244-2010.
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