It’s no secret that Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon’s opposition research was fed to the NY Times, which catalogued Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s excursions into Vietnam War fantasy at least a couple times over the years when he claimed to have served in-country instead of with the Marine Corps Reserves back home. Here’s the Times’ new editorial endorsing Blumenthal over McMahon that was posted a few hours ago.
“Wednesday, October 13, 2010 Last Update: 10:12 PM ET
For Senator and Governor in Connecticut
The bitter contest to replace retiring Senator Christopher Dodd pits the charm-free, experienced public servant against the splashy business executive. Connecticut voters should pick experience.
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, the Democrat, has led the way in attacking the tobacco plague, helped clean the region’s environment and supported hundreds of individuals treated unfairly by their health insurance companies, utilities or banks.
Mr. Blumenthal has troubled us by occasionally telling audiences, falsely, that he served in Vietnam. He has apologized in almost every public forum and made sure that he expressed his regret to real Vietnam veterans.
We have larger concerns with the Republican, Linda McMahon. She made her name and lots of money by running World Wrestling Entertainment, a noisy, demeaning business. Her policy positions, when you can discern them, are remixes of failed trickle-down ideas.
She has aligned herself with groups that oppose the minimum wage — even though she now says she would not cut this meager safety net. She essentially expects voters to take it on faith that she will do as well in government as she did in spectacle wrestling.
She is ready to spend as much as $50 million of her own money to win the race, but she does not seem ready to take on the issues of war, the economy, public welfare and justice in Washington.
For the United States Senate in Connecticut, we endorse Richard Blumenthal.”
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