CT Dems: WWE Clips Suggest McMahon Condones Necrophilia

[ccharles000]

Connecticut Democrats have unearthed some generally gross videos of WWE scenes as evidence they say proves GOP candidate Linda McMahon has "no place" in the Senate.

Billionaire McMahon (R-CT) is one of several candidates hoping to defeat Sen. Chris Dodd (D) in the 2010 race. She's the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment and wife of WWE principal Vince McMahon.

In a release today, the Connecticut Democratic Party sent reporters links to WWE videos they say objectify women. Among the videos are wrestlers engaged in a simulated rape, a public sex scene and one depicting a wrestler having sex with a corpse. Warning, the video clips are very much not safe for work.

The party quoted McMahon as saying the WWE programming is "fun." She has said:

"There was a time when our program was TV-14, today's it's PG and our networks rate our programming... It's fun, it has something for everyone within the show. It's energetic, it's entertaining. It's music, it's pyro, it's pomp and circumstance, it's what keeps people interested in the product."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/ct-dems-find-racy-wwe-clips-they-say-suggest-mcmahon-condones-necrophilia-sex-in-public.php

[phleshdef]

1. Geebus. I'm all for Dodd keeping his seat, but that shit is way overboard.

[Jennicut]

2. I am from Connecticut and also liked watching WWE for years.

The one thing that gets to me about Linda McMahon is not the so called "questionable" programming...I mean, come on with that socially conservative BS. What gets to me is the way Vince and her treated the help over the years. There is a lot of pressure to do steroids to keep a job. Led to lots of problems. Having followed all the wrestling stuff over the years it was always obvious that the McMahon family is power hungry and not too interested in how they treat others.

[phleshdef]

4. Yea, I was a fan at one time too and Linda has been mainly on the business side of things, save...

...for a few sporatic character appearances. If Vince were to dare run for office, I can see a lot of stuff they could hold over his head like the steroids and the abuse of performers, but I'm not so sure Linda could really be held accountable for all that.

[Drunken Irishman]

3. This is just as ridiculous as the GOP in Minnesota using SNL and Franken's comedy against him.

[LatteLibertine]

5. McMahon

will say and do anything he believes will make him money. I wouldn't trust his wife either. She'd likely be the absolute worst type of politician that could be bought to spearhead any corporate cause fair or foul.