{"id":16548,"date":"2010-01-07T19:01:40","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T00:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=16548"},"modified":"2010-01-07T19:01:40","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T00:01:40","slug":"is-dodd%e2%80%99s-sudden-retirement-a-real-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=16548","title":{"rendered":"Is Dodd\u2019s Sudden Retirement a Real Victory?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, in terms of getting a criminal scumbag out of the Senate, I suppose it is a small victory but as for advancing anything for the conservative movement, probably not.<\/p>\n

Dodd was very vulnerable primarily because he was finally exposed as a corrupt, inside dealing, self-serving hack and would have in all likelihood lost a reelection in November.<\/p>\n

But he\u2019s not going to be on the ticket.<\/p>\n

The most likely Democrat to step up is longtime Connecticut state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal who is extremely popular locally.<\/p>\n

But what about Linda McMahon of wrestling fame, you ask?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s actually kind of ironic that she rose to the top on the shoulders of steroid ridden men appealing largely to blue collar folks. You see, it\u2019s hard to argue that professional wrestling isn\u2019t exciting. In recent years they brought back old favorites like cage matches, the signature \u201cfolding metal chair to the forehead with blood spewing everywhere\u201d move that Dusty Rhodes made famous. And along with the \u201cthumbs to the throat\u201d and use of \u201cforeign objects\u201d, they deluged the sport with scantily clad women.<\/p>\n

Whether your cup of tea or not, it is unquestionably exciting.<\/p>\n

It is also fake and it appears that Ms. McMahon may not be the staunch Republican that she is now claiming<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Now, elections are about tomorrow. But as a voter vetting candidates, you have to ask \u2014 what about yesterday? What is Linda McMahon\u2019s political past? Well, according to the public record, she was BFF with Rahm Emanuel, and a healthy donor to Democrat causes and candidates. F\u2019regsample: <\/p>\n

* 2008 gave $2,300 to Mark Warner
\n* 2008 gave $2,300 to Rahm Emanuel
\n* 2007 gave $5,000 to the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee
\n* 2007 gave $2,500 to the Dem \u201cOur Common Values\u201d PAC
\n* 2006 gave $5,000 to the Dem \u201cForward Together\u201d PAC (husband Vince also game the $5k)
\n* 2005 and 2004 gave Emauel a grand each year
\n* 2006 gave $10,000 to the DCCC<\/p>\n

FYI, the McMahons\u2019 2006 PAC contributions were used to fund the campaigns of Conn. Democrats who knocked off incumbent Republican Congressmen Nancy Johnson and Rob Simmons. Thanks Linda!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I suppose she would caucus with the Republicans if elected but probably no more staunchly than her girlfriends from Maine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, in terms of getting a criminal scumbag out of the Senate, I suppose it is … Is Dodd\u2019s Sudden Retirement a Real Victory?<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}