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Eric J in MN

(35,619 posts)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 10:53 AM Sep 2012

I donated to Chris Murphy. Close US Senate race in CT.

Chris Murphy (D) is running for US Senate in Connecticut. He's in a close race with Linda McMahon (R) .

Murphy is a good Congressman.

Linda McMahon's main experience with lawmaking is that as a wrestling-company executive, she lobbied for looser safety regulations for protecting the wrestlers.

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I donated to Chris Murphy. Close US Senate race in CT. (Original Post) Eric J in MN Sep 2012 OP
Thank you! Jennicut Sep 2012 #1
You're welcome NT Eric J in MN Sep 2012 #7
How can this race be close? edhopper Sep 2012 #2
Wrestling company executive? I don't even know her, bu she seems like a genuine phony. Why is it so demosincebirth Sep 2012 #3
Linda McMahon is smearing Chris Murphy Eric J in MN Sep 2012 #4
She is a liar and Webster Bank wants her to retract her claims. Jennicut Sep 2012 #5
Thanks, good article, NT Eric J in MN Sep 2012 #6
You rock!! I hope others do the same. lebkuchen Sep 2012 #8
Thanks. I'm glad Chris Murphy is ahead in the latest poll. NT Eric J in MN Sep 2012 #9
He'll stay there, too. lebkuchen Sep 2012 #16
"Poll: McMahon, Murphy in dead heat" Eric J in MN Sep 2012 #10
unbelievable that it's close... Hukdonfonix Sep 2012 #11
Except that Linda McMahon has tons of her own money to spend. NT Eric J in MN Sep 2012 #12
Oh dear FSM, they've scrubbed the video KamaAina Sep 2012 #13
YouTube should have refused to take that video down, Eric J in MN Sep 2012 #14
Bear in mind this is the same YouTube that insists on keeping "Innocence of Muslims" up KamaAina Sep 2012 #15

Jennicut

(25,415 posts)
1. Thank you!
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 10:55 AM
Sep 2012

He is my Rep. Very good on all the issues. I cannot stand Linda McMahon trying to buy a Senate seat, again.

edhopper

(33,164 posts)
2. How can this race be close?
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 10:57 AM
Sep 2012

I thought the people of CT were smarter than this?

Oh yeah, Lieberman! Fuck me.

demosincebirth

(12,518 posts)
3. Wrestling company executive? I don't even know her, bu she seems like a genuine phony. Why is it so
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 11:08 AM
Sep 2012

so close?

Eric J in MN

(35,619 posts)
4. Linda McMahon is smearing Chris Murphy
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 12:28 PM
Sep 2012

...by saying that a bank loan he got was a bribe from the bank.

Her evidence is that he got a better deal than the average person.

The problem with that argument is that members of Congress generally have brighter financials futures than the average person, and banks have more incentive to lend to people with bright financial futures.

Jennicut

(25,415 posts)
5. She is a liar and Webster Bank wants her to retract her claims.
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 12:34 PM
Sep 2012

"The bank has pushed back against McMahon's allegations, twice releasing information to the media that indicates Murphy and his wife received a middle-of-the-road deal. Experts have also told Hearst Connecticut Newspapers that, based on available evidence, Murphy does not appear to have received any special treatment. They argued Murphy's credit would have been improved by the fact he paid his mortgage debt, married and greatly increased his household income."

http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Webster-Bank-demands-McMahon-retract-claims-3874927.php#ixzz271oimhOV

She is peddling lies and has tons of cash on hand from the WWE.

lebkuchen

(10,716 posts)
8. You rock!! I hope others do the same.
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 04:14 PM
Sep 2012

I contributed to Murphy as well (both of them...one in the Senate, one in the House).

Latest poll shows Murphy pulling ahead of McMahon by 4 points. McMahon HAD to pull away from Mitt, as she did the other day. Won't help, but at least she saved face.

Eric J in MN

(35,619 posts)
10. "Poll: McMahon, Murphy in dead heat"
Mon Sep 24, 2012, 01:24 PM
Sep 2012

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The poll of likely voters gives Murphy a slight edge with 37 percent of the vote compared to McMahon's 33 percent. But since the margin falls within the poll's 4 percent margin of error, it's essentially a tie, said UConn poll director Jennifer Dineen.
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http://www.theday.com/article/20120919/NWS12/120919649/-1/NWS

Eric J in MN

(35,619 posts)
14. YouTube should have refused to take that video down,
Tue Sep 25, 2012, 12:47 PM
Sep 2012

...as a matter which is part of the political debate and therefore in the public interest.

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