Linda McMahon Stumps Lib Dick Blumenthal in Debate – Asks Him How You Create a Job (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 12:52 PM
GOP Candidate and Successful CEO Linda McMahon:
How do you create jobs?
Dem Candidate and liar Dick Blumenthal:
blah-blah-blah-I-have-no-idea-blah-blah-blah
Linda McMahan hammered lifelong public servant Dick Blumenthal in their first debate last night. Blumenthal could not explain how a job was created.
Via FOX Nation:
Linda McMahon stumped her opponent Dick Blumenthal last night during their debate.
She asked him how you create a job.
FOX News reported:
The Republican candidate, who has closed a 40-point gap in polls from January to just 3 percentage points before the debate, said while Blumenthal was working in government, she created jobs — more than 600 in the state of Connecticut. McMahon noted that she has gone bust and rebuilt, experienced the disappointment of having to lay off workers in order to strengthen a company for future growth.
She said she has used tax incentives and hard work to grow WWE, adding that it provides health and accident coverage for its independent contracting wrestlers. Blumenthal questioned why she would support jobs offshore by purchasing products from overseas manufacturers and how come her company is under investigation for allegedly misclassifying workers to avoid tax payments.
McMahon questioned why that probe started after she joined the Senate race against the state’s top cop. Blumenthal responded that he’s in civil law, not criminal.
But a sign of just how nasty the debate would be occurred hours earlier, when McMahon released a TV ad featuring clips of Blumenthal appearing to suggest he served in Vietnam rather than stateside, as a member of the Marine Reserve.
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Khan Krum commented:
Oh my God, that was beautiful!
kansas commented:
You create a job by raising enough tax money to pay someone to work. That was simple enough.
Vanishing Point commented:
Smack down…pinned…flying head check…insert wrestling term here….!
Oldpuppymax commented:
Naturally, Blumenthal answered the only way HE knew HOW…by saying Big Brother creates employment. McMahon smacked him bigtime with her response. This will make for an interesting election day.
kansas commented:
But a sign of just how nasty the debate would be occurred hours earlier, when McMahon released a TV ad featuring clips of Blumenthal appearing to suggest he served in Vietnam rather than stateside, as a member of the Marine Reserve.
Appearing to suggest? Oh c’mon. That was more than “appearing to suggest”. Nasty is what Gloria Allred is doing to Meg Whitman, and worse yet her supposed client.
Teddy Kennedy\'s SEARCH+RESCUE commented:
NO BLUMEN WAY!!
http://www.DumpBlumy.com
Frank commented:
Blumenthal is a product of the Democratic/Big Government entitlement mentality. He along with 000s of others who “administer” the welfare state add not one iota to the betterment of society. They only make legal the stealing from one group to give to another, as if they were heroes.
USMC Thomas commented:
Why do all these liberal candidates appear as JFK cookie-cutter copies and nothing of substance but an empty suit. As for his bogus Vietnam service claims, from one grunt veteran, Blumenthal is a scumbag.
StandUp4Chuck commented:
PWNED!
squeaky commented:
he doesn’t have to go to d.c. to be an entrepreneur but it would be nice if he atleast understood the fundamentals of business. this learning on the job isn’t working out well
http://radioviceonline.com/blumenthal-on-how-jobs-are-created-im-not-going-to-dc-to-be-an-entrepreneur/
IronDioPriest commented:
That’s called a rhetorical evisceration.
Well done Madam!
Chisum commented:
Via Volokh:
Blumenthal vs. McMahon
Interesting race in Connecticut. One candidate’s adult life has been spent in a profession in which testosterone-infused alpha male types engage in well-choreographed bombast for the benefit of the credulous masses.
And the other has spent her career in professional wrestling.
http://volokh.com/2010/10/05/blumenthal-vs-mcmahon/
befuddled commented:
don’t let them get away with it. Democrats don’t steal from the rich to give to the poor. Democrats steal from everybody and make us all poor. the only thing democrats know, is to grow government and spend our money. listen to blumenthal’s answer on job creation, government government, and more government. well done McMahon.
2010– Elections Have Consequences:
No More Fuk*n Lawyers
Valerie commented:
The head of any company that has the ability to turn a lost trademark suit into an advertising campaign (“Get the “f” out”) just might be a good politician.
http://www.sportslawnews.com/archive/Articles%202000/wwftrademark.htm
http://www.ipsofactoj.com/international/2003/Part07/int2003(7)-005.htm
This is a family business, by the way, that eventually became publicly traded.
neomom commented:
Chisum#13
LMAO
gus commented:
I STOOD UP FOR JOBS.
WTF does that mean. Maybe this clown should SIT DOWN for jobs.
Follow the law commented:
Blumenthal was scary. Scary incompetent-sounding.
donh commented:
Blumenthal was VERY shakey. Some video of this debate looks rather blurry but it was not the TV camera out of focus. Dick was trembling all over . He has not felt fear like this since his days in Vientam. Here is a better closeup camera shot… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8yf1MCOsP0
Mike Lester commented:
Wrestling might not be real but there was nothing fake about an a&& whipping like that.
srhoades commented:
Body Slammed!
Sasja commented:
He just may be ill, folks. Early stages of Parkinson’s perhaps. Who knows. Me thinks his stand on the issues are far more important than noticing his shaking hands.
MJW commented:
He kinda sounded like Ms. Teen South Carolina (no offense to the young lady)
befuddled commented:
Nation’s Worst Attorney General: Blumenthal Steered $65 Million in Legal Fees to Political Allies
Josh commented:
That’s what you call buying time with meaningless chatter. If he cannot impress you with the right answer, he will blah blah blah blah you long enough with jibberish nonsense until you forget what the question was. By then, he hopes that his smile has seduced you away from what you (the audience) know to be an appropriate answer.
Chisum commented:
LauraW over at Ace of Spades refers to Blumenthal’s very odd rictus grin. Ha ha ha.
She also talks about one point during the debate that I haven’t seen mentioned anywhere else:
There was a self-inflicted zinger earlier on by Blumenthal that NOBODY is mentioning this morning. I can’t seem to find video of this moment: At one point McMahon said over and over again that Blumenthal knew absolutely nothing about business.
His response?
(I’m paraphrasing, since I can’t find a transcript.)
“I know a lot more about business than my opponent thinks, since my position has been…prosecuting businesses and others..”
So, everything he knows about business has to do with his being an anti-business attack dog for twenty years? Nice.
http://minx.cc/?post=306490
Conservative Ken commented:
The only thing missing from this match was Larry Matysyk doing ringside and Mickey ringing the bell. That was beautiful.
reliapundit commented:
PALIN – MCMAHON 2012
Judo commented:
Oh my god that was funny. Blumenthal’s mouth was moving and he had no idea what words to spew out. Absolutely the funnest clip I have seen in a while…
drjohn commented:
Blumenthal said that jobs are created by a “demand for products and services.”
Close, but not quite there.
But worst of all, Blumenthal doesn’t understand at all that government cannot create a demand for goods and services.
He is an a**hole. The only thing he’s ever been good at here is driving business away from CT.
I Pine commented:
Now thats how its done to the rest of the candidates slam them with a correct answer and let them stand looking stupidddddddddddddddddddddddddd. Yeah a life long Gov employee know nothing about creating jobs or keeping jobs or looking for a job nothing Conn do vote tis guy for your Gov he is worthless. Just worthless.
jorgen commented:
If you had asked him how one destroys the job market, he would have been able to talk for hours.
ogee commented:
He’s shaking in his boots. He’s scared to death. He’s knows he’s about to lose. He is soo shaky.
Vote shaky? or vote confident. Easy choice.
Steve commented:
THANK YOU for posting this! I used it, with a MEGA HAT on Common Cents…
http://www.commoncts.blogspot.com
Elmo commented:
Astounding.
Unbelievable.
Who was it who said ignorant people run for office? Oh yeah … Oliver Stone (how you like us now?).
Token Sixth Sense reference: I see stupid people!
Right Winger/Conservative commented:
This is excellent…
This is from the article at Politics Daily
Campaign funding: Blumenthal noted his campaign will be outspent by McMahon. “We need those volunteers because I don’t have anywhere near the $50 million my opponent has committed to spend. My campaign may be outspent, but it won’t be outworked.” Replied McMahon: “I’m funding my campaign with money that I’ve earned . . . I’m not accepting private interests (money) because I want to have an independent voice when I go to Washington. I know the people of Connecticut can’t be bought.”
Campaign funding