Munster Mash

A loser supporting a loser? One couldn't win a seat in Congress, the other is a member of the Republican party responsible for losing Congress in Connecticut. A vote for Rob Simmons is a vote for Richard Blumenthal. Rob Simmons is charged with aiding and abetting the Blumenthal campaign, which should amount to treason against the Connecticut Republican party. The only thing he could do that would be a bigger insult to the party is run as an Independent. He can't compete with Linda McMahon, if he can't beat her, he has less than a chance to beat Richard Blumenthal. Rob's Robot's need to face facts, accept reality and endorse the party's chosen candidate, not support the party's rejected candidates. Ed Munster is wasting his endorsement on a candidate that doesn't exist, a throwback to the days of the "Old Republican Party" Linda McMahon represents the new generation of energized, organized, well funded, well educated and outside the box Republicans. Those are the kind of Republicans that will win in November, not indoctrinated political insiders. Those who would support Rob Simmons or Peter Schiff in August are either Democrats or obviously don't care about the State of Connecticut.

Dick Blumenthal-The PACman

What really irks me about PAC's isn't the fact that they exist but that so many of them come from out of State. Why should a PAC like Green Mountain be able to support a candidate from Connecticut? I think PAC's and the rules surrounding them should be revised so that out of State contributors are barred from contributing. Yes, the office in contest is a federal office, but out of State voters can't vote in the Connecticut Senate race, why should PAC dollars be able to have the potential to shift the balance of the race? Linda McMahon, being as well financed as she is, doesn't need to rely on special interests, lobbyists and PAC money. Richard Blumenthal seems to be the new PAC man, gobbling up all the dollars he can to compete financially with Ms. McMahon. That's about as unrealistic as professional wrestling. The best offense for Richard Blumenthal's camp seems to be no defense and only one line of offense. They obviously have nothing else to attack Linda McMahon on other than her past association with the wrestling industry. Linda McMahon has done a wonderful job explaining her position, accepting her shortcomings and moving on to the real issues that CT voters should care about. Why isn't she afforded the same respect as Richard Blumenthal? The mainstream media has it in the bag for Richard Blumenthal, and we all know what happens when media outlets anoint somebody. The last thing this country needs is for Richard Blumenthal's lips to get any closer to Barack Obama's backside.

Andrew Dziedzic
271 Avery St
South Windsor, CT 06074
(860) 593-8767

Forget Michael Steele, Rob Simmons and Peter Schiff should resign

A Washington insider and a precious metal speculator...no this is not the start of a joke. The reality is, both of these men (I use that term loosely) are becoming a liability to the CT GOP. Ignoring calls from Christopher Healy for unity, giving fuel to the fires that aim to destroy Connecticut once and for all, these men need to pull an Arlen Specter and leave the Republican party before they do further damage to the party's CHOSEN candidate. Rob Simmons was rejected by his own party not because they don't think he's a nice guy, he was rejected because time and time again, he has voted the wrong way on virtually every single issue of consequence. Peter Schiff is just a complete joke, where does this carpet bagger get off trying to undermine the party's chosen candidate. Using out of state volunteers and firms does not endear him to the State of Connecticut, if he'll outsource his volunteers, imagine what he's willing to do with your job. Linda McMahon has lived in Connecticut almost her entire life, has roots in this State that transcend far beyond the industry she is involved in. Peter Schiff made his career out of risky and speculative investments, nobody got hired as a result of his wealth building. Rob Simmons made a career out of being a corrupt R.I.NO. He does not represent the Republican party as it is today, he represents the Republican party that lost in 2008. Yet, Rob's people continue to subversively campaign, I at the very least admire they're persistence. It's ironic that I write this blog during the first week of July, because when I think of Rob Simmons and Peter Schiff, I think of gnats or mosquitoes, no matter how many times you swat at them or how much spray you apply, they just keep on pestering and festering. What we need on this holiday weekend is a six pack of beer and a bug zapper...bzzzzt Lights out for Mr. Schiff happens and Mr. Vietnam career corrupt politician. Politicians help people, Washington Insiders do not.

Richard Blumenthal destroying business big and small, now he wants CVS

The obvious point here is that currently Connecticut is not business friendly, nor has it been in about ten years. CVS, a corporation in the private sector is being attacked by Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. They want to end a voluntary, I stress the word voluntary here and is not mandated by any State law. Fearing a threat to a loss of business, what does Richard Blumenthal do? Rather than work with the company to find out why it wants to end it's Health Pass discount program, he demands a bunch of paperwork to defend CVS's claims that it would no longer be feasible to offer it's discount program if Connecticut demands access for Medicaid. Why should a private sector corporation have to defend any claims if the program is only voluntary? Just another way Richard Blumenthal is a business killer, he has made this State the most unfriendly state to businesses highhandedly. Is this the man you want to elect to create jobs and bring economic prosperity to this State? Another 50 years of Democratic rule wasn't enough for you? It's about to get a whole lot worse if Connecticut voters don't get out of they're haze soon and start doing some hard research in Attorney General Richard Blumenthal because they're job could be next and they'll have only themselves to blame.

A story by Steven G Erickson

Attorney General Blumenthal and other co-conspirators are allegedly using your tax dollars to high jack the people's voice, spewing propaganda about how honest reforms in the Connecticut Constitution will some how harm the citizenry. I believe the Constitution has already been altered dissolving the Sheriff system, because it is a Patronage System, to be take over by the Judicial Branch which is even more of a Patronage System, operated illegally by taxpayer paid organized criminals with the "boss" allegedly being "Uncle Joe D." So, if the Connecticut Constitution has already been altered without proper procedures, why not have an honest way to amend it to fix the major holes in it that currently exist?

The Grand Jury System has been rendered useless to the people, but works well as a retaliation machine.

When Judge Arthur L. Spada became Connecticut State Police Commissioner he was also, allegedly, the one man Grand Jury system of Connecticut, the people's really only remaining check and balance.

So when Spada was allegedly committing fraud, possibly forgery, and felony theft by doing such things as putting in official logs that he was being chauffeured to golf outings by logging the theft of taxpayer funds on official logs, appointments with "Dr. Flog", "Golf" spelled backwards. If a Connecticut police officer can be felony arrested and hauled off in handcuffs for using taxpayer paid for gas to go a mile or two home for lunch, why hasn't Spada been charged with felony theft, arrested, and hauled off in handcuffs?

If you wanted to complain about Spada, you had to complain to Spada.

I proposed legislation to elected officials to clean up Connecticut Courts and Connecticut State Police. I believe I was then put on the secret State Police "Enemies List" as was Ken Krayeske.

I believe Spada conspired with Judge Jonathan J. Kaplan to railroad me to prison to shut me up, ruin me financially, break up my family, and make me unemployable, poor, and unable to get most housing.

I contacted your office about this issue, Mr. Blumethal, and got no response. Congressman Simmons' staffer told me that Simmons contacted you by phone, email, and by letter asking you to review my trial transcripts for crimes committed. You allegedly failed to respond, ignoring felonies, allegedly committed, reported to you officially. If you are to defend the state against lawsuits, that is a smart move. It also proves you are not the people's Attorney General, so we the people need to be our own Connecticut Private Attorney Generals when laws have been broken and there is no action through standard channels.

We need to be our own, Attorney General, when there is public corruption or laws broken by anyone where police and official investigators drop the ball. We should be able to walk into any courthouse, find a grand jury room, and give evidence of crimes being committed orally, by telephone, by letter, by email, and then if the independent from all 3 branches of government and the "Judencia", panel of Grand Jurors with the power to have citizens and officials arrested, hauled away in handcuffs, independently investigated, and prosecuted in legal proceedings, unlike a large number of case currently handled in Connecticut's rigged court system.

If Judges "pay to play", as former Judicial Marshal Jim Parks claims, these Judges should be investigated for their crimes, removed if found to be guilty, and prosecuted to the full extent of the law possibly doing hard jail time.

I wish to meet with you, Mr. Blumenthal, and wish to ask you questions regarding the Connecticut Constitution, live on television, and will ask you, under oath, have you ever awarded former law partners, friends, or family, millions or any amount, in no bid contracts? If so, would you be in charge of investigating and prosecuting yourself?

Thank you,
Steven G. Erickson

Linda McMahon and the WWE

The central attack by Linda McMahon's opponents seem to be that she was the CEO of a company that marketed steroids, an alleged abuse of women, violence, sex etc. The bottom line is, WWE is meek compared to the reality of other contact sports in which the contests are NOT scripted. Parents push they're children to perform at very high levels at a very young age, why isn't anybody criticizing the parents for giving they're children cortisone injections when they tear a ligament during a soccer game or dislocate a shoulder during a football game? If Linda McMahon were the CEO of a company that promoted boxing or mixed martial arts, would she be receiving the same criticism? I doubt it. I don't hear anybody complain about the millions Dana White has made with his human cockfights. The bottom line is the wrestling industry has evolved and yet the critics seem to be stuck in the past, WWE promotes more family friendly programming these days so the argument that the WWE is still about steroids, sex and violence isn't sticking anymore. The bottom line here is and always will be, it is the parent's responsibility to be informed as to what they're children are watching and be able to regulate they're viewing habits, this is what the V-Chip allows parents to do. You can't complain that your son or daughter watches violent television if your not doing anything about it. The violence portrayed during WWE programming is soft compared to HBO shows like the Sopranos or shows like Weeds or the L Word. Desperate Housewives, anything on MTV these days and the list goes on and on about the amount of things on television that are far worse than WWE programming. You cannot shelter your children forever and if I had a choice for my child to be watching WWE television or doing drugs, gang banging, drinking and staying out all night, I think the choice is pretty clear. This is an old argument that has no factual basis. An intelligent person knows the difference between reality and illusion and our children are more intelligent than ever, ultimately though it is up to the adult authority to decide what is best for they're child, the television and the internet are no substitute for good parenting or a good babysitter so don't blame the purveyors of these programs when your child is mentally warped with the inability to distinguish reality from illusion. As a human being, Linda McMahon is the best choice for the US Senate because she cares about families, cares about Connecticut and cares about it's residents. She honors the military in a way only WWE could, sincerely wants Connecticut to be a better place for all and cares about those who want to start a business in this State. This argument needs to come to an end and the candidates all need to focus on real issues, like the economy, national security, the national debt, this country's global relationship, education, taxes, constitutional rights and more. If you insist on continuing to argue about Professional Wrestling, then perhaps you should get off the playground, go back into your parent's basement and let the facts surface.


Andrew Dziedzic
271 Avery St.
South Windsor, CT

The Experience issue

A lot of talk has been made as of late regarding the experience of both Linda McMahon and Dick Blumenthal. So let me break it down for you, Linda McMahon has been experienced in leading a commanding role in a successful company (whether or not you like the content of the company is irrelevant, the company is successful, provides jobs and makes stock holders money, nuff said) Dick Blumenthal on the other hand, has experience suing people, his comments on Vietnam just prove why you can't trust lawyers anyway. You want to talk experience, I happen to remember a freshman Senator from Illinois who has no experience and he became President. Connecticut needs a business leader now more than ever, not another silver spoon lawyer. Just because people honestly believe that Dick has worked very hard for this position is no reason for CT voters to blindly vote for a guy who has violated the constitutional rights of others in his pursuit of power, lied about his military service, misappropriated funds intended for victims of deceptive tobacco companies, misdirected on a national scale his team of lawyers at Craigslist, when he totally ignores the Advocate which does the same thing as Craigslist but on a local level. So before you start trying to hammer Linda McMahon for her alleged lack of experience, know the facts. She is an experienced business leader, knows how to work on a team to get things done, has bailed out her company without big government, and knows more about how to fix the economic situation in this State better than anybody. Dick Blumenthal would sue everybody, put them out of business and then you'd have to go to Massachusetts to even have a prayer of getting a job. Linda creates jobs, Dick destroys jobs. Experience? The choice should be obvious to even the dumbest of CT Voters.

More questions about Dick's credibility

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal provided information for a 1991 biographical listing in a national lawyers' directory that summarized his military service this way: "With USMC., active duty and reserve, 1970-1976."

This was the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee's last entry in the annual Martindale-Hubble Law Directory of attorneys at private law firms — since then he's held his government post — and it has not attracted any notice up to now. But everything that Blumenthal has said about his Vietnam-era military service has become noteworthy since his misstatements about it have become a major campaign issue.

It started with The New York Times' disclosure last month that in a videotaped 2008 speech, Blumenthal referred to "the days that I served in Vietnam." Then other misleading statements surfaced, such as when he was quoted in 2009 as saying: "When we returned from Vietnam, I remember the taunts, the verbal and even physical abuse we encountered."

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The facts are that Blumenthal served from 1970 to 1976 in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, was never activated for duty overseas, and remained in this country. Blumenthal said after the Times story that "on a few occasions, I have misspoken," and later apologized. He and supporters say that he's never intended to misrepresent his military record, and that his official biography and campaign literature have always had it right.

But now there's increased scrutiny each time a new statement surfaces that he's made about his military service — and veterans interviewed by The Courant were divided in their opinions about his capsule biography in the 1991 edition of the nationally prominent Martindale-Hubble Law Directory.

Again, the listing was: "With USMC., active duty and reserve, 1970-1976."

"I think [active duty] was probably put in there to be misleading, based on all these other things," said Randall H. Collins of Waterford, who served in Vietnam in the late 1960s in the U.S. Army military intelligence division. An unaffiliated voter, Collins, 65, who is Waterford's superintendent of schools, is in the Connecticut Veterans Hall of Fame, established in 2005 to honor those who served honorably and "continue to serve and inspire their fellow man."

"I was repulsed by his comments" in the 2008 videotaped speech, said Collins. "I consider it a lie, not a misstatement."

As to the Martindale-Hubbell entry, he said: "I think it's both accurate and misleading: It's true that boot camp [training] is considered active duty," Collins said, "but when people think of active duty, they think of something longer than six months…. They think of a longer period of time" of "full-time" military service – not part-time reserve status in this country for six years with weekend duty once a month, and two-week drills in the summer.

"It's hard to say it's not technically accurate," Collins said. "I really think it would be insignificant if it weren't for the comments he made publicly about his duty. But when you contextualize it in a pattern, it becomes a little more suspicious. Rightly or wrongly, you read into his motivation of why he put it there."

Blumenthal, 64, voluntarily signed up for the Marine Corps Reserve in April 1970, and served six months' "active duty in training" at Parris Island, S.C., at the beginning of his six-year reserve stint, said campaign spokeswoman Marla Romash. She released a military document listing six months of "total active service" for Blumenthal as of October 1970.

The Courant had asked to interview Blumenthal, but Romash returned the call and responded to questions, saying, "He's addressed all these issues."

Before joining the reserve, Blumenthal had received student and occupational deferments during college and his work as a young staff assistant in the Nixon White House. He had drawn a relatively low number, 152, in the Dec. 1, 1969, draft lottery.

Concerning the language in the lawyers' directory, Romash said that "everything is highly condensed [but] certainly the intent was not to be anything but straightforward." She said she agrees the listing could be "confusing," but it "was not meant to communicate" that Blumenthal had seen "active combat duty." Most other lawyers who said they served in the reserves did not mention "active duty" in their listings. When asked why Blumenthal's listing did, Romash said it might have involved "something intrinsic to the form you fill out."

Collins, the former military intelligence officer from Waterford, was one of several members of the Veterans Hall of Fame who were asked by The Courant what they thought of Blumenthal's Martindale-Hubbell listing — and he was the most critical. Others were more charitable — saying that the item made no claims about Vietnam, and that it's true to say his reserve stint involved months of active duty, even though it was in the U.S.

"I don't see anything wrong with him saying that at all," said Jack Dougherty of Branford, another Veterans Hall of Fame member. Dougherty, 65, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1966 and served in Vietnam as an infantryman and squad leader. He was awarded the Purple Heart after being wounded at Phou Noui.

"At that time, the reservists and the guys who were going to be there forever and ever were side by side in the same, exact boot camp," said Dougherty, who works as a mechanical engineer and is an unaffiliated voter. Dougherty said that the reservists "served their active duty for six months. The balance would be … reserve status," with periodic activities such as drills.

Asked what he thought of the recent disclosures about Blumenthal's misstatements, Doughterty said, "I'm not bent around the axle about it like some people are." He said, "I don't know if he misspoke in the past," but "my personal opinion is that he's a nice guy and does a great job in the category we find him in," as attorney general.

The 1991 volume of the who's-who-style directory of lawyers in private practice was the last of seven or so annual editions covering Blumenthal's time from 1984 to 1990 as a partner in the Stamford law firm of Silver Golub & Teitell; that was his last job before winning the 1990 election for attorney general and assuming office in January 1991. Earlier editions of the directory worded Blumenthal's military history one word differently — with the word "in" instead of "and," as follows: "With USMC., active duty in reserve, 1970-1976." Romash had no explanation for that difference.

Part of the problem for Blumenthal, said one Democratic political consultant, is that he has established an atmosphere that invites questions about credibility. "The problem facing the Blumenthal campaign is that these kinds of situations become fair game," the consultant said, referring to matters such as the Martindale-Hubbell entry, or last week's news reports that a Blumenthal subordinate said the attorney general had told him in the past that he'd served in Vietnam. Such things "might not have come forward as a news story if it hadn't been for the misstatements about Vietnam."

But one of Blumenthal's assets is the reservoir of goodwill he has built up with veterans over decades of attending their events and responding to their requests for assistance.

Another member of the Veterans Hall of Fame, Marine Corps Vietnam veteran Bob Janicki of Guilford, said that he has "struggled for years with impostors," and noted that recently he'd said after Blumenthal's apology, "I don't forgive him."

But now, Janicki, 63, a Republican voter who works for the federal Veterans Administration, said he is writing a letter to newspaper editors about a conversation he had since then with Blumenthal. Part of it says: "Mr. Blumenthal shared with me his personal feelings on what he may have said over the years, and I truly feel that he was honestly sincere, and I believe him. Personally I am not about to go back in time and review every quote presented by the media. I will never trust them, to determine if they were in context or taken out of context."

Courant Senior Information Specialist Cristina Bachetti and Jon Lender contributed to this report.

Dick Blumenthal's REAL Record

Until Monday, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal seemed to be a shoo-in for retiring Sen. Chris Dodd's Senate seat. He appeared to have the perfect political resume: Harvard College (magna cum laude, editor in chief of the Harvard Crimson, captain of the swim team), Yale Law, a Supreme Court clerkship, staff positions in the White House and Senate, U.S. Attorney, state representative, state senator. Along the way, he served in the Marines in Vietnam. Robert Redford wasn't this well put together in "The Candidate."
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Then came revelations on the front page of the New York Times that Mr. Blumenthal had deliberately misled people about key parts of this history. Contrary to what he claimed in various speeches to veterans' groups, Mr. Blumenthal never served in Vietnam. He received at least five deferments, ultimately serving in the Marine Reserves in Washington. Nor did Mr. Blumenthal bother to correct multiple profiles that described him as having been captain of the Harvard swim team; he was not.

For two decades as attorney general, Mr. Blumenthal's word was rarely challenged. Now his credibility is damaged and his aggressively antibusiness record is being publicly scrutinized for the first time.

Mr. Blumenthal became the prototype for hyperactive attorneys general across the country following his first election to the post in 1990. Not content to serve as in-house counsel for state government, he has used the office to advance by litigation what the left could not achieve through legislation.

He made a name for himself early on by taking on Big Tobacco, playing a leading role in the precedent-setting national tobacco lawsuit of the 1990s. The resulting settlement transferred $246 billion from smokers to state governments via cigarette companies.

The suit gave Mr. Blumenthal a taste for massive multistate, class-action lawsuits. His jurisdiction in the name of consumer protection has since known no bounds. During the browser wars of the late 1990s, Mr. Blumenthal sued Microsoft over the marketing of Windows 98. He filed a supportive brief in a suit against Smith & Wesson that would have held gun manufacturers responsible for crimes committed by third parties using the manufacturer's products.

When the collegiate Atlantic Coast Conference poached some schools from the rival Big East Conference, of which the University of Connecticut is a member, Mr. Blumenthal sued. When sub prime mortgage shop Countrywide Financial was in trouble, the attorney general piled on with his own lawsuit. When AIG's bonuses became controversial, Mr. Blumenthal issued a wave of subpoenas. Most of these efforts went nowhere, but they did get Mr. Blumenthal in the news.

The attorney general has also used the power of the state to bully small businesses. In 2003, he sued Computers Plus Center for $1.75 million in damages for allegedly selling state government machines without specified parts. Mr. Blumenthal issued a press release accusing the business owner, Gina Malapanis, of fraud: "No supplier should be permitted to shortchange or overcharge the State without severe consequences," he said. "We will vigorously pursue this case to recover taxpayer money and send a strong message about zero tolerance for contractor misconduct." Ms. Malapanis was even arrested in her home on seven first-degree larceny charges.

In 2008 the charges against Ms. Malapanis were dismissed. As for the civil case, she refused to plead guilty and counter-sued the state for abusing its power and violating her constitutional rights. The jury, recoiling at the overly aggressive action that ruined her business, awarded her a whopping $18 million in January. In a handwritten note on court documents, the jury foreman said the state had engaged in a "pattern of conduct" that harmed Ms. Malapanis's reputation, and cited the state's press releases impugning her integrity, some of which came from Mr. Blumenthal. Mr. Blumenthal is appealing the decision.

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An eminent domain case involving a working quarry taken in 2004 to expand a highway in the town of Brookfield ended up in court. The quarry owners, who were originally paid about $4 million for the property, felt cheated by the state. They sued, and Mr. Blumenthal defended the state's action, bringing in new appraisers who also low-balled the property's value. Judge Barbara Sheedy concluded the state had been "unprofessional" and "less than scrupulous" in its handling of the case, having hand-picked unqualified appraisers for the purpose of deliberately underestimating the quarry's value. The owners were awarded another $28 million, including interest payments.

This spring, the exasperated CFO of Hartford-based United Technologies Corp. blurted out that doing business "anyplace outside of Connecticut is low-cost." The company was frustrated in part by a union lawsuit—supported by Mr. Blumenthal—challenging the company's plan to close a local factory as part of the firm's response to the recession. UTC—with $53 billion in revenue last year and 26,000 employees in Connecticut—is the state's largest private employer. It's exactly the sort of company other states would love to host.

So it's no wonder Connecticut's business community quietly greeted Mr. Blumenthal's candidacy for federal office with relief: Anything to get him out of state.

A liar and a cheat

He made a name for himself early on by taking on Big Tobacco, playing a leading role in the precedent-setting national tobacco lawsuit of the 1990s. The resulting settlement transferred $246 billion from smokers to state governments via cigarette companies.

The suit gave Mr. Blumenthal a taste for massive multistate, class-action lawsuits. His jurisdiction in the name of consumer protection has since known no bounds. During the browser wars of the late 1990s, Mr. Blumenthal sued Microsoft over the marketing of Windows 98. He filed a supportive brief in a suit against Smith & Wesson that would have held gun manufacturers responsible for crimes committed by third parties using the manufacturer’s products.

When the collegiate Atlantic Coast Conference poached some schools from the rival Big East Conference, of which the University of Connecticut is a member, Mr. Blumenthal sued. When sub-prime mortgage shop Countrywide Financial was in trouble, the attorney general piled on with his own lawsuit. When AIG’s bonuses became controversial, Mr. Blumenthal issued a wave of subpoenas. Most of these efforts went nowhere, but they did get Mr. Blumenthal in the news.

The attorney general has also used the power of the state to bully small businesses. In 2003, he sued Computers Plus Center for $1.75 million in damages for allegedly selling state government machines without specified parts. Mr. Blumenthal issued a press release accusing the business owner, Gina Malapanis, of fraud: “No supplier should be permitted to shortchange or overcharge the State without severe consequences,” he said. “We will vigorously pursue this case to recover taxpayer money and send a strong message about zero tolerance for contractor misconduct.” Ms. Malapanis was even arrested in her home on seven first-degree larceny charges.

In 2008 the charges against Ms. Malapanis were dismissed. As for the civil case, she refused to plead guilty and counter sued the state for abusing its power and violating her constitutional rights. The jury, recoiling at the overly aggressive action that ruined her business, awarded her a whopping $18 million in January. In a handwritten note on court documents, the jury foreman said the state had engaged in a “pattern of conduct” that harmed Ms. Malapanis’s reputation, and cited the state’s press releases impugning her integrity, some of which came from Mr. Blumenthal. Mr. Blumenthal is appealing the decision.

So he promoted himself using a fake Vietnam history AND through high-profile worthless lawsuits against businesses that he knew would go no where but it did get his name in the paper. The effect it had on his victims didn’t matter one iota to him I suppose.

Worthless.

Dick and Craigslist part thrice

Well, this one was rather easy to predict. Way back in November, after coming under pressure from various grandstanding state Attorneys General (who seem wholly unfamiliar with Section 230 of the CDA), Craigslist caved in to pressure (despite no legal basis requiring them to do so), and it changed the way its erotic services section worked. The various AGs claimed they were satisfied. But it took all of a few months before some misguided news report showed that people were misusing Craigslist again, and suddenly these AGs sensed an opportunity to get press... so they went on the offensive again, blaming Craigslist for the actions of its users. It makes for a good headline.

Once again, in May, Craigslist caved again and further changed how the site worked and handled "adult" type ads. It also showed that the ads on its site were a lot less graphic than those found on many sites run by traditional newspapers. But, suing the local newspaper doesn't generate headlines like suing Craigslist. And, given that it did such a good job generating press (and got Craigslist to cave when it didn't need to), you had to assume that it wouldn't take long for politicians to start complaining again.

And... here we go. Connecticut's AG Richard Blumenthal, who has milked the bogus Craigslist story for a while, along with Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, who sued Craigslist earlier this year, have both come out to once again grandstand against Craigslist and insist that the company still isn't doing enough.

Seriously. Can someone send either of these gentlemen a copy of Section 230 of the CDA, along with a nice side dish of common sense. To wit:

* It is not Craigslist that is the problem. It is the users of the site who are advertising prostitution. They are the ones violating the law. Not Craigslist.
* Not only that, but Craigslist is very cooperative with law enforcement officials in helping them track down those who break the law via the site. Plenty of law enforcement officials have figured this out and know to use Craigslist as a tool to help them crack down on prostitution.
* Cracking down on Craigslist doesn't slow down or prevent the illegal activity at all. Those who are involved in prostitution (i.e., the actual law breaking) are still out there, and are quick to find other sources in which to advertise.
* So cracking down on Craigslist is blaming the messenger -- and making it more difficult to really crack down on prostitution, by driving it further underground.

You would think that such common sense (and the fact that the law makes this clear as well) would have, perhaps, sunk in by now. But, alas, common sense doesn't get you headlines in the paper.

More on Bloomie and Craigslist

We've been covering Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's totally misguided crusade against Craigslist on the topic of prostitution. For years, he's complained and threatened Craigslist because prostitutes use the service. Of course, he's never taken legal action because he must realize that there is no legal action he can take. The law is pretty clear: the liability is on the users of the service, not the makers of the service. Even so, Craigslist has repeatedly changed the way its service works to appease Blumenthal, and while he initially seems happy with those changes, months later, he's always back to complaining (just in time for elections too...).

Of course, the point we've made all along in response to Blumenthal is that for smart law enforcement officials, Craigslist is an excellent tool for monitoring and cracking down on prostitution. In fact, it appears that some police in Connecticut are doing exactly that. Eric sends in the story of police in Naugatuck, Connecticut using Craigslist to crack down on prostitution in their city.

The police responded to a few ads that they believe were from prostitutes seeking money for sex, and arrested two women. Separately -- and a bit more questionably -- the police also put up an ad themselves, waiting for men to reply, and eventually arrested eighteen men who replied (including a city official). It's difficult to see how that latter part of the sting isn't entrapment, but they insist it's not. Either way, it does seem like a bit of a contradiction when the state's Attorney General is seeking to block Craigslist from dealing in such ads entirely while police in the state are using it as a tool against prostitution at the same time. Maybe they should talk to each other. But, of course, when Blumenthal's real purpose is not about stopping prostitution, but instead making sure he's re-elected, suddenly the seemingly contradictory actions make a lot more sense. Oh, and if Blumenthal is really looking to grandstand about Craigslist, why not complain about the fact that the guy who bought the Nissan Pathfinder used in the failed Times Square car bomb attack this weekend supposedly bought it via Craigslist. Surely, if Craigslist can be blamed for prostitution, now it can also be blamed for terrorism..

Story taken from Big Journalisim's Gregg Opelka

As the nearly two-year-old Palin piñata-fest demonstrates, for the devout liberal the intersection of Sorority Street and Politics Avenue is left-turn only.
To no one’s surprise, Sarah Palin remains the left’s First Lady of political feminae non gratae, the gold standard. The needle on the left’s Feminometer moves from the safe green left-hand side (Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi) to the beige neutral middle (Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins) to the hazardous red-hued right-hand zone (Michele Bachmann) to the far-right crimson danger area (Sarah).

Palin’s status as the left’s lead whipping girl is not news. What is news is that women like Eleanor Clift (Hell hath no fury like a liberal feminist scorned) are using the same elitist Palinesque prejudices to bash this year’s crop of wrong-turning conservative women.
One of them is Linda McMahon, the Republican candidate for the Connecticut Senate seat soon to be vacated by writing-on-the-wall-peruser Chris Dodd. Here’s Clift in her May 28 column “2010 Likely to Bring a Crop of One-Term Senate Wonders:”
Another candidate who has lurched to unlikely electoral prominence is Linda McMahon, the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment. We don’t know enough about her yet, other than the fact that she’s prepared to spend $50 million of her own money to win a Senate race in Connecticut, where there are fewer than 2 million registered voters, a cost per capita that should break a record. Her Republican primary opponent, Rob Simmons, a Vietnam veteran, backed out of the race, saying he couldn’t compete with her money, and warning that some of the practices associated with the WWE will make voters queasy and go to McMahon’s character.
No one expects Clift (or anyone) to defend McMahon (or anyone) on the basis of shared gender. The broader matter of just what causes liberal women’s conservative misogyny is a discussion best left for another day. A very long day.
But one can expect Clift, and her liberal ilk of either gender, to refrain from the hypocrisy of attacking McMahon for spending $50 million of her own money to finance her campaign. According to Bloomberg, in the nearby state of New Jersey, Jon Corzine spent “a total of $100 million of his personal fortune” on his Senate and first gubernatorial campaigns. Let’s see now, 100 million divided by 2. Hey, whaddyaknow? That’s 50 million per campaign! The same amount that McMahon is accused of spending. Crazy.

In that 2009 gubernatorial race Chris Christie was “limited to spending $10.9 million” because he accepted public funding for his campaign. Christie attempted “to focus the campaign on corruption and the state’s financial plight.”
Where was Clift’s outrage then? Did Corzine’s gender or party affiliation, or both, shield him from the prickly swift Clift kick? Did Clift dismiss then candidate, now Governor, Christie as a man “of unlikely electoral prominence” as blithely as she does McMahon?
The Palinesque portion of the Cliftian riff on McMahon is the unsupported insinuation that “some of the practices associated with the WWE will make voters queasy and go to McMahon’s character.” In today’s liberal playbook, when attacking candidates on substance fails, you provincialize them—especially if the candidate has the ill fortune to have been born a woman. And of course, since you have no actual substance to work with, you slather on the innuendo.
With middle America—Pennsylvania and the Midwest being the proxy this time—provincialization came in the form of Obama’s April 2008 guns and Bible diatribe. Safely ensconced at a San Francisco fundraiser, Obama had his arrugula game face on when he enlightened:
You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them….So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
Once again, our founders would have been the first to applaud such a humble, nonjudgmental view of the role of religion and arms in the republic they’d created.
Wrestling isn’t polo. It’s not even that Harvard swim team Richard Blumenthal never captained. But according to E*Trade, WWE, McMahon-and husband’s publicly-traded Stamford-based company, enjoys a market cap of $1.2 billion, keeps 585 people employed, and pays an 8.8% dividend to its shareholders.
The overall point of Clift’s Newsweek article, however, is not to attack McMahon per se. Linda’s just one stop on Clift’s oddly defeatist quest to find a silver lining in anticipated Democratic Senate losses in the upcoming midterms. Clift’s bizarre balm is that even if candidates of “unlikely electoral prominence” such as McMahon should win, they probably will be one-term wonders. Why? Because it happened once before in 1980. Persuaded? Me, too.
Surveying the landscape for November, Democrats should take heart. It could be a long six years, but the tide that washes in some of these outliers will be there to carry them out, just as it has in elections past.
Nevertheless, one question is begged of Clift: Throwing in the towel so soon? That’s not exactly what you’d expect from a progressive twenty-first century woman.
At least, it’s not what Sarah would do.

Richard Blumenthal Vs. Glenn Beck Story taking from Richard Poor

Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck has already shown he's a rating success and is leaving a mark in cable news. However, he may have pulled one of his most successful performances yet.
Beck interviewed Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on his March 30 broadcast. But, the radio and TV host took the opportunity to tell Blumenthal what he thought of his investigation into the bonuses received by American International Group (AIG) executives - whose company received federal bailout money.
"Look, you know what you have done, know what you have done?" Beck said. "You have - you are an insult to George Washington, sir. George Washington made it very clear that we are a respecter of laws, not of men. For your own political gain, you have decided to go after these people at AIG because it is a popular thing."

Beck pressed on, demanding to know what law the AIG executives broke that warranted Blumenthal's involvement.
"And while I may agree with you that it is obscene, I would like to know, is not what's right as a rule of thumb - not what makes us feel good," Beck continued. "You, sir, are to protect people and, and to stand for the law in Connecticut, so, again, I ask you, sir - what law gave you the right to go after them? What law did they break?"
Blumenthal claimed the AIG executives were "undeserving" of the bonuses. Blumenthal also pointed out the bonuses paid out were to increase next year. However, Beck pressed Blumenthal on the legality of that and Blumenthal came up blank in this exchange:
BECK: Is that against the law?
BLUMENTHAL: Well, it is against public policy. And it is unsanctioned by law.
BECK: Is that against the law?
BLUMENTHAL: It should be against the law.
BECK: Is it against the law?
BLUMENTHAL: It's against the public policy and against the taxpayer...In my view it is unrequired by law.
BECK: It is a yes or no question. Counselor, it is a yes or no question. Is it against the law?
BLUMENTHAL: It is not against the law and I have never said that it is against the law, and I have never said that we would bring an action.
BECK: Then you know what you should do? You should enforce the law. You shouldn't use your bully pulpit to gain popularity.
After another exchange over Blumenthal's behavior, Beck likened Blumenthal and New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to a "vampire," accusing him of capitalizes on a populist sentiment.
"You are twisting it," Beck said. "It has everything to do with the excuse that AIG used to say we had to do that. And you're exactly right - it has nothing to do with that. But that has nothing to do with the little vampire fangs that you all of a sudden sprouted and tried to grab on to - to make yourself, you and Andrew Cuomo, tried to make yourselves the king of the world, and look at me - I'm the savior here. I'm going to help everybody, the little people. All you're doing is trying to make yourself look good in a populist move. I think it's wrong

Stupid Obama Democrats

The Obama Democrats in the U.S. Senate are at it again. Frustrated by lack of support for their absurd, economy-killing scheme to raise taxes on every American and throttle energy availability known as "Cap-and- Trade," they are opportunistically taking advantage of the tragic Gulf oil spill to push it back to the top of their disastrous socialist agenda. Not satisfied with the massive growth of Big Government they have imposed upon the American taxpayer after the "Stimulus," takeovers of private enterprise, and the atrocious seizure of our health care freedoms, they are desperate to squeeze even more income and liberty from our citizens with their greedy assault on energy production and use. Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid, with the blessing of President Obama, has said he wants a Cap-and-Trade Bill by the end of July. He has informed his committee chairs to look for every possible way to extract more punishing taxes from energy producers -- who will be forced to lay off workers or pass along the higher costs to consumers, already staggered by the Obama Democrats' economy-crippling dithering and spending. And Washington's leading Cap-and-Trade proponent, Sen. John Kerry, couldn't be happier, saying, "this is just what we needed with Congress coming back into session...just as we saw with health care, when the president throws down the gauntlet, and puts his prestige on the line and puts the full weight of the White House behind it, we can do big things." Big things, like foisting yet another oppressive and unnecessary leftist boondoggle on the overburdened backs of the American taxpayer.

Musings from Facebook

If you honestly believe that you will have freedom in 3 years, support Obama, believe that his health care plan is constitutional, believe cap and trade is good for this country and believe that 2nd amendment rights are a privilege more than right, want a nanny state in this country where the Democrats give handouts and take care of everyone, if you believe in wealth distribution then please move to France and let a REAL American vote this November. Did you know that when our Founding Fathers founded this country, government was NEVER intended to be involved in education? It was a State's Right. The Department of Education is an illegal enterprise and is unconstitutional. It tramples the State's right to provide education to our children, rather than indoctrinate them with secular progressive ideology. I only hope that when I have children, I have enough money left to send them to a private school where they can receive a REAL education based on conservative principles.

Message from Michael Steele RNC Chairman

During his campaign, President Obama promised voters the "most transparent" administration in American history. Yet less than two years into his presidency we are regularly reminded of his failure to live up to that promise.

Presidential press conferences are rare, White House staffers interview Supreme Court nominees in place of the free press, and the President even refused to take questions at a signing ceremony for the "Freedom of the Press Act."

Perhaps most disconcerting is the fact that the White House has been stonewalling on conversations in which Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) alleged he was offered a job if he dropped his bid for Pennsylvania's Senate seat. In a Friday news dump on Memorial Day weekend, the White House released a memo stating former President Bill Clinton, at the behest of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, made an offer to Rep. Sestak of a position in the Obama Administration.

But this unsubstantiated memo raises more questions than it answers.

What was Bill Clinton authorized to offer Rep. Sestak? And did President Obama sign off on this conversation before it took place?

If there was an offer of a job to Rep. Sestak for dropping out of the primary against Sen. Arlen Specter, that would be a violation of U.S. Codes 18-600 and 18-595.

Now more than ever it is clear that this White House is not capable of policing itself and needs to open itself to an independent investigation. I support Republican members of Congress who have asked the Justice Department to appoint a special prosecutor to look into the allegations.
 The Republican National Committee is taking action as well by demanding the Obama White House tell the American people what Bill Clinton was authorized to offer Rep. Sestak and whether President Obama signed off on this conversation before it took place. Please sign the RNC's petition today insisting President Obama come clean about his administration's dealings to directly affect the outcome of a primary election by allegedly offering a government position to Congressman Sestak. 




Obfuscation and stonewalling is not what Barack Obama promised Americans, and it's not what you deserve. This is YOUR government -- it's time to hold it responsible.

Linda and the United States Military

On this day where we honor our veterans and active duty military personnel, I wanted to take some time to touch on Linda McMahon's devotion, admiration, respect and appreciation to the men and women who defend our freedom with honor, bravery and integrity.  While Memorial Day is not an event to be publicized, commercialized or demoralized, many find it convenient to hold sales during the days leading up to this important day in history.  Linda McMahon's devotion the United States military cannot be questioned, all who would dare would be proven wrong in an instant.  Aside from the fact that each and every year for the last several years, World Wrestling Entertainment has put on an entertainment offering to the men and women in uniform overseas, aptly named "Tribute to the Troops" in which men and women gladly trade the glitz and glamor of a lifestyle in the United States for a volunteer performance in a land much less comfortable than they're own.  They do it because they genuinely have respect for our troops and there is nothing fake or staged about that.  Traveling about 24 hours in a cramped jet, they wait with anxious anticipation to see the gratitude of the US Military, but it they who are grateful to them.  Perhaps with the exception of Wrestlemania, at no point in time do professional wrestlers look forward more to performing than at Tribute to the Troops.  It is also a policy to allow active duty military personnel to have free tickets with they're military ID at events that are not sold out and at WrestleMania.  I do not know of any other form of entertainment that supports the military more.  There are some that offer military discounts, but WWE goes the extra mile and gives it to them for free, and why shouldn't they?  Everybody knows that even a small token of appreciation is not enough to compensate the men and women of the United States Armed Services for they're duty.  They don't get paid enough and they don't do it for the money, they do it because they families and friends who are proud of them, admire them, respect them and support them in every way they can.  It just goes to show that individuals are better at supporting the military than the Federal Government, the VA hospital being the best example of that.  I have heard heartbreaking stories of substandard equipment for our military and how parents of soldiers were spending large amounts of money on equipment the Federal government was not providing them with.  Few entertainment organizations support the US Military like World Wrestling Entertainment and the McMahon family.  So while you celebrate the day with your loved ones, remember why you can have those barbecues, drink that beer, attend those parades and be proud when you wave that American flag because men and women are dying overseas so that you can have the right to live your life the way you want to. Be with your family and friends and remember the soldier that has left his family and friends behind to pursue a cause greater than themselves.  Have a very safe and very Happy Memorial Day.

Richard Blumenthal and Craigslist

Yet another selling point Richard Blumenthal is using to drive home his Senate campaign is the fact that he was a part of cleaning up Craigslist.  Notice how he didn't misspeak about that, or the tobacco lawsuits, but with Memorial Day upon us and the conventions behind us, it seemed like a very coincidental time to bring up his military service.  Just me thinking out loud here.  Anyway, I digress from my original point I was trying to make.  Over the last two years, Richard Blumenthal has lamented Craigslist for in his words the "promotion and facilitation of prostitution"    Various studies have shown that the very nature of prostitution carries with it images of illicit drugs, rapes, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and of course human trafficking, among other horrible crimes.  What Mr. Blumenthal takes on nationally however, he ignores locally.  "The Advocate"  Scrolled throughout these pages are numerous articles surrounding the member towns in which they cover, from police briefs, commentary, editorials, humor, bartender profiles, nightlife calenders, upcoming events and occasionally a good feature story.  However, flip to the the last few pages of the Advocate and you will pages that are not humors in any way, shape or form.  The sheer number of advertisements related to escorts, massage therapists (unlicensed or unscrupulous most of them), adult entertainment and adult services basically pay the Advocates bills.  Add that to the growing list of scam artists hawking everything from business opportunities and get rich quick schemes to loan frauds, clinical testing the nobody seems to know anything about and the list goes on and on.  It is further proof that Richard Blumenthal cares little of his image Statewide as he does for his image nationwide.  What he will do for the State of Connecticut is nothing compared to what he'd love to do for his ego.  It is one more example is a long line of them of how Richard Blumenthal takes care of the citizens of Connecticut, I hope this is not what you want Connecticut.  Remember who he shares his party with.  Remember who he shares his beliefs, values and morals with.  Chris Dodd, Ted Kennedy, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer and of course the worst offender of them all, Barack Huessin Obama.  For the top lawyer of the State of Connecticut, he is guilty by association.

Richard Blumenthal and Tobbacco Lawsuits

There are things that happen during a person's career that they are remembered for and they show pride for it and that's okay.  Using that one or two things that you accomplished during your career as a selling point during a Senate Race, the truth sometimes gets muddled with ego and arrogance.  We all remember the 1996 fiasco with Attorney General Blumenthal among others going after tobacco companies in a witch hunt to increase revenue for the State of Connecticut and others.  The money received was supposed to go towards funding smoking prevention, cessation and education and some of it did...but not all of it.  It was misused, it's intended purpose be damned and along with it, some of the credibility that Attorney General Blumenthal has built defending "the little guy"  Well, where did the rest of the money go, you might ask.  Mostly to pay Connecticut massive overspending, deficits, the general funds, Blumenthals friends, political allies etc.  The fact is, Richard Blumenthal championed this lawsuit as a win for the ignorant, a win for the State of Connecticut, the reality is however that this money was so badly mismanaged it is completely unfathomable.  Is this the guy you want in control of lowering your taxes?  Is the guy you want in control of bringing jobs to Connecticut?  Ladies and Gentlemen, let's get serious for a moment, popularity does not make a great Senator, proven results do, experience does, leadership does, integrity does, morals, ethics, even someone with an impaired intelligence level can understand that all of these things make a great seanator.  If this man cannot be trusted to ensure that money from a lawsuit goes to it's intended purpose, this man simply can't be trusted period.  The judge and jury ultimately will decide if this man is innocent or guilty of the crimes he is charged with. 

He's no Annointed One

From the moment Richard Blumenthal announced his candidacy to run for the U.S. Senate Seat held by Chris Dodd, this media darling was given a pass, it was almost a guarantee that he would reclaim the senate seat and dash the hopes of Republicans from claiming a seat that has been void of a Republican for over 30 years.  Now, the Democrats are nervous and they should be.  The man they hoisted on a pedestal is the Martha Coakley of CT politics.  His inability to concisely and clearly communicate makes his ramblings about as coherent as Ozzy Osbourne.  (Sorry Ozzy)  His untested ability to deliver key messages makes him at best a shaky candidate that a gust of air would blow right over.  Lie after lie after lie make him a perfect fit for Washington but a horrible one for the people of Connecticut.  His leadership abilities are unquestionably evident, however a good leader must be able to communicate effectively and Richard Blumenthal lacks this quality, whereas Linda McMahon excels in it.  Voters should want a leader they can trust to deliver honest, clear, concise, factual information without having to dance around the issues, hesitate with they're answers or retract from previous statements.  Linda McMahon's statements need no clarification, they contain the common sense we so desperately need in a time in our nation's history where lies and misinformation seem to be the norm.  In the darkest of times, Linda McMahon is the shining beacon of hope on that hill by the ocean that we can depend on to bring Connecticut out of the depths.  You know, Chris Dodd recently said something telling.  He said that he was proud to have Richard Blumenthal as his successor.  Now when I first heard this, I thought to myself "Can we expect more of Chris Dodd out of Richard Blumenthal"?  When the rest of the country was struggling to pay they're bills, Chris Dodd received a sweetheart deal from the very company he was in charge of regulating.  In one last desperate jab, he made sure that American taxpayers would be giving a substantial amount of money to Connecticut by inserting a whopper into the monstrosity known as ObamaCare.  If Richard Blumenthal is going to be more of the same, another Chris Dodd then the choice becomes more evident that we need Linda McMahon more than ever.  The Democrats have held the Senate seat for 31 years, in the words of Dr. Phil McGraw "How's that been working for ya'"  31 years of bigger government, out of control spending and corruption, do we really need another 31 years of that?  I hope not.

The importance of military service in America

Those who can serve, should.  It's really as simple as that, however some saw fit to be deceitful and stretch the boundaries of reality as it relates to they're military service.  Commendations are in order for those who honorably served they're country.  It is a dishonor to those who served to deceitfully puff up your military service in order to make yourself appear more qualified than you really are.  It matters not what you did as you served your country, but that you served your country admirably at all.  There is little need to make yourself appear bigger and badder than the next man or woman who has served they're country.  As important as it is, to have served this country as part of the armed services, it is just as important for those who cannot serve for whatever reason to respect the freedoms they enjoy because of the sacrifices of these brave men and women.  After September 11, 2001, I myself attempted to join the Army and applied for the 101st Airborne Infantry.  Like so many other Real Americans, I was mad as hell and was ready to serve my country.  Sadly, due to a visual impairment I have had since birth, I was going to be of little use to the United States Armed Forces in any fashion and thus I was given a medical exemption.  So, as a way to serve those who serve our country valiantly, I began participating in organizations that supported the military by sending care packages, and whatever support I could muster for our brave warriors overseas.  Linda McMahon's company also does much for our troops as part of the USO program.  The gratitude and appreciation shown by the men and women of the United States Armed Forces each and every year that World Wrestling Entertainment makes it's presence felt in the Middle East is the least WWE could do to repay the US Armed Forces for they're service, but in truth there is nothing can be done enough to truly thank those who serve.  For over 200 years, military service has been the heart of a true patriot and those who can serve surely deserve our respect, admiration and support.  You serve, you are a patriot, you support those who serve, you are still a patriot but to disgrace the honor of those who serve by being deceitful regarding your military service is unforgivable.  Lesser men have been arrested, tried and convicted for being dishonest regarding they're military service, but for a man in the position Dick Blumenthal is in, I guess he's above the rule of law.  He would fit perfectly in with the current Senators in Washington, his deception, partisan politics is right at home at Pennsylvania Avenue.  Is that what the voters of Connecticut really want?  Linda is different and she's ready to prove it.  She's a political outsider, someone who has built change for the last 50 years or so and is now ready to bring change to Washington.  She has the will, the inner strength and the knowledge to force change on a system that resists change at every turn. 

Linda's humble beginnings as a public servant

On a fall day on Oct 4, 1948, a public servant was born. From the moment of her arrival Linda Marie McMahon was born to lead as a public servant. While Dick Blumenthal was serving "during" the Vietnam War, Linda McMahon graduated East Carolina University with a Bachelor's degree in French and a minor in Spanish. From a very young age, fiscal responsibility was entrained in her. Her mother Evelyn worked as a budget analyst with the Marine Corps and the seed of fiscal conservatism was sewn. From her post at the Board of Trustees at Sacred Heart University to the creation of over 500 jobs, her role as a public servant has never been more evident. As a very public figure Linda McMahon understands the importance of clear and concise communication and understands the consequences of "missteps" Always mindful of the public perception, Linda McMahon has mastered the art of communication over the years and has always spoken with intention, purpose and recognition that her words as a public figure carry great weight with a variety of individuals. While Mr. Blumenthal's military service is commendable, a military record doesn't guarantee that a person will be a great senator. With a proven track record of leadership, fiscal responsibility, dedication to state and country, and business sense make Linda McMahon the right woman to send to Washington. A lot of people can talk about reform, Linda has built a career on it. A lot of people talk about change, Linda McMahon has built a life on it. Unlike Dick Blumenthal, Linda doesn't dance around the issues, she has never had to apologize for unclear communication, she is focused, ready to hit the ground running from day one because in reality, what she will do in the Senate, she has already been doing for the last 30 years.