Connecticut is ready to rumble - Linda McMahon storms the polls in the nation’s wildest Senate race

New York Post ^ | August 15, 2010 | Maureen Callahan

[rideharddiefast]

Frankly if someone is sick and tired of what government is doing and is willing to put their money where their mouth is, more power to them.

Agree 100%

[rideharddiefast]

That’s to bad that she is winning due to her money.

What is wrong with using her own money? Would you rather force tax payers to fund elections?

[rideharddiefast]

She is willing to spend $50 million. People get upset if candidates uses taxpayer's money to run a campaign or if candidates spend their own money. It's a no win situation .

I would much rather have a successful person spend their own money than a failure use somebody else's money.

[John D]

There are some people though who do not feel a person should be allowed to fund their own campaigns though.

[rideharddiefast]

How do you think she was able to enter and campaign for this race? One guess, money.

So what? What is wrong with being successful?

[rideharddiefast]

Buying your own house with your own money is not the same thing as running for public office.

Why? Is a person now not supposed to be able to spend their money on what they want? Do you think somebody eles knows how to spend your money better than you do. If want to spend it on getting something you want,(like winning an election) what is wrong with that?

[Brugmansian]

Dick Rictuspuss has a binary view of the world: Either tax it or ban it. I know the term gets thrown around almost to the point of being meaningless, but nevertheless Blumenthal is a certifiable nazi.

Yes and most of the country doesn't know. Yet. Hopefully it will never know.

Because of the la-de-la Country club Republicans who will pay off leftists to leave them alone in their little enclaves (not all the enclaves are country clubs either, there are middle class country club Republicans here);because of the social services complexes in Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven and other cities; because of Yale, Wesleyan, Fairfield, Trinity and UConn, we aren't going to send a DeMint or Bachmann to Congress from Connecticut.

But we can warn the country of what is coming. We can warn those who think everyone up here is alike not to make such a sweeping generalizations because it will come back to bite them hard should McMahon not defeat this creature:

Competitive Enterprise Institute on the worst Attorney Generals in the United States:

Based on a set of explicit criteria—such as encroachment on the powers of other branches of government, meddling in the affairs of other states or federal agencies, encouragement of judicial activism and frivolous lawsuits, favoritism towards campaign contributors, ethical breaches, and failure to provide representation to state agencies or to provide legal advice—the following state attorneys general have earned the dishonor of being the nation’s Top Ten Worst:

1. Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut . . . full report

Like most on FR, there have been years when I either had to force myself to vote or said the heck with it because the candidate was a sorry excuse for a Republican. With Blumenthal, I've mulled over who could run against him that would make me not vote or not be eager to vote. Can't think of any. He is, as you know InternetTuffGuy, that bad.

[rideharddiefast]

Me, I would rather vote for people that have at least a Moral Compass.

And you think Blumenthal has morals?

[Brugmansian]

I’ve heard rumors that Blumenthal has used his office to prosecute people for political gain. Is this true?

It is his MO. He elevates contractual business disputes into crimes, freezes the assets of those he charges so they have trouble defending themselves, then runs to TV to gloat about how he is protecting residents of the Nutmeg state. Gina Malapanis had sold thousands of computers to the state when Blumenthal charged her with first degree larcency for selling 44 machines which did not work properly. She spent 6 years fighting Blumenthal. A jury finally awarded her $18 million for malicious prosecution. But Blumenthal did stop. He appealed and one of our great judges in CT reduced the damages to $1.8 million. And he is still tying her up in court. He wants the damages reduced more.

There have been other cases as well. In one he sued a woman who sold tea out of her home because customers signed a contract allowing automatic billing of future purchases.

Meanwhile. M13 and other gangs are roaming around New Haven and other cities here. He has little interest in them.

[Clintonfatigued]

Such conduct would make great ammo for negative television ads, wouldn’t it?

[Brugmansian]

Yes. The contrast is stark. Go after women who own small businesses, let illegal alien gangs run amok. For once, I’m confident the Republican candidate will know how to run an effective campaign. McMahon won’t be winging it.

[rideharddiefast]

There are some people though who do not feel a person should be allowed to fund their own campaigns though.

Yes, and I think the person you were talking about sent me a privae mail calling me a troll. She can not explain why a person should not be allowed to spend their money the way they want, like obama, and she or he calls me a troll.