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Oh, Katie Vick, how we have missed thee.
Connecticut Democrats slammed former WWE CEO Linda McMahon's Republican senatorial bid for the State of Connecticut today, using Youtube links to a number of tasteless past WWE angles as their weapons, attempting to shoot down McMahon's chances.
Among their chosen videos are the infamous Katie Vick angle where Linda's son-in-law Triple H humped a mannequin while mocking Kane, a "simulated rape" between Scott Steiner and Linda's daughter Stephanie McMahon, and the "live sex celebration" between Edge and Lita.
Connecticut Democrats' spokeswoman Colleen Flanagan commented, "As WWE Chief Operating Officer, Linda McMahon presided over programming that showed simulated rape, public sex and necrophilia, and now she wants to be our U.S. Senator? People across this state, not to mention the millions of women who are the victims of sexual violence every year, would be horrified and embarrassed to know that the person who seeks to represent them condones this kind of behavior. That kind of programming has no place in our society, and Linda McMahon has no place in the U.S. Senate."
Linda McMahon's spokesperson, Ed Patru, responded, "Every American understands the difference between scripted TV entertainment and real life betrayal of trust by Washington politicians," he said. "With 15 million Americans out of work and a jobless rate in Connecticut approaching 10%, people want a Senator who knows how to fix the economy and put people back to work. It's stunning that Chris Dodd's supporters are more concerned with PG TV programming than job creation."
It should be noted those angles took place years ago before WWE opted to return to a "PG" rated programming format, although even now it could be argued they at times skirt that line as well.
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