She must be winning the choreographed spectacle of a Senate race then.
Related: Connecticut Cong
Bringing out the big guns now:
"Nephew challenges use of JFK’s words" by Associated Press | September 23, 2010
HARTFORD — A nephew of President Kennedy is asking Linda McMahon, Connecticut’s Republican candidate for Senate, to pull her political advertisement featuring the late president talking about tax cuts.
The two-page letter from Edward M. Kennedy Jr., obtained by the Associated Press, calls the ad misleading to voters. The letter says McMahon “distorts the legacy of President Kennedy in order to mislead voters into thinking’’ that he would have supported her position on tax policy.
So does the corporate war media but I never see 'em raising a fuss.
“Using President Kennedy’s image in your ad gives your tax position false legitimacy,’’ writes Kennedy, who lives in Connecticut.
For a false argument.
The 30-second spot has appeared so far only on McMahon’s YouTube channel, where it was originally posted Sept. 16. A campaign spokesman said the ad will remain on YouTube. He did not rule out running it on television.
“Kennedy proposed across-the-board tax cuts because he recognized that a high tax ‘reduces the financial incentives for personal effort, investment, and risk-taking,’ ’’ said spokesman Ed Patru, quoting the former president. “That was the case 47 years ago, and it’s the case today.’’
The ad features grainy footage from 1963 of Kennedy discussing the economic importance of tax cuts, saying “every dollar released from taxation that is spared or invested would help create a new job.’’ It ends with the words “A good idea then, a better idea now.’’
JFK was so right about many things.
McMahon has voiced support for extending the soon-to-expire Bush-era tax cuts, including those for individuals making more than $200,000 and joint filers making more than $250,000 in adjusted gross income. The former wrestling executive argues that those higher-income brackets include many small-business owners who are key to the economy.
Kennedy, the son of the late senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, argued in his letter that the US economic scenario was very different when the former president called for a reduction in taxes.
McMahon is challenging Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat, for the Senate seat held by Chris Dodd, who is retiring. Unlike McMahon, Blumenthal supports extending the tax cuts only for individuals making less than $200,000 and joint filers making less than $250,000.
Taxes are too high and there are too many of them in America, period!
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Also see: Burying Blumenthal
Hey, it's okay to elect a liar in Connecticut.
