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Post by #Kokaine# on Oct 22, 2010 22:43:24 GMT -4
Really Vince? They are not denying the WWE fans the right to vote. They are denying what can and not be worn in voting booths with his what happens every single time there's an election. The decision had nothing to do with attacking the WWE's fans rights to vote.
And now? I changed my mind about the legitimacy of "Stand Up For WWE". I supported it at first. Now I hope the state nullifies her campaign for illegal contributions and propaganda from outside the campaign.
Know what makes me laugh the most? There might be three special education kids who are 18 who would show up to the polling station wearing a John Cena wristband. They haven't realized yet that they alienated that entire demographic of fans yet? I don't know too many voters who are WWE fans, and like Linda from a political standpoint, so asking those people for help seems a bit silly to me.
"Yeah don't worry Vince, you insult our intelligence on a weekly basis and changed the entire product to watered down stupid crap to shell merchandise and exploit kids, lemme help you out. By the way, thanks for standing up for our rights to vote, even though they're not being impeded."
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Post by 'The Solution' Jake Andrews on Oct 23, 2010 8:56:41 GMT -4
I'm close enough to CT to go cause problems. I'll wear my Edge wristbands and head band. I'll wear my Triple H t-shirt. I'll pull up playing my Zack Ryder theme at the loudest level my truck will allow it to go.
And if they deny me the right to vote because of it? I'll give them all stunners, RKOs and pedigrees. Maybe even a spear. Would I vote for Linda if I was in CT? Probably not, I don't really follow their politics...
But You have the right to wear whatever you want, wherever you want. This is bullshit!
I absolutely DESPISE when people walk all over the constitutional rights and the first 10 amendments.....
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Post by #Kokaine# on Oct 23, 2010 9:02:42 GMT -4
Make that four.
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Post by Donzig on Oct 23, 2010 9:08:12 GMT -4
Let me see if the Constuition has a dress code for voting! Oh, wait it doesn't! However.... Laws against campaigning or "electioneering" in and around polling places are pretty much universal, though each state boasts its own specific regulations and varying degrees of enforcement.
The majority of states use language prohibiting voters and poll workers from "distributing," "circulating," "posting," or "exhibiting" campaign materials within 10 to 200 feet of polling places. This is sometimes interpreted as including buttons, t-shirts, hats, and other political garb (often called "passive electioneering"), but is more often restricted to signs, posters, fliers, pamphlets, and the like.
At least 10 states -- Delaware, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Vermont -- explicitly prohibit the wearing of pins, buttons, stickers, labels, or other "political insignia." Intriguing. And if Attorney General could show where Linda McMahon has been mentioned on WWE since the campaign began? Hell, if any McMahon had been mentioned since the campaign began? Anyone? Moving right along since you brought it up it is Linda McMahon's Democratic opponent who keeps bringing up WWE in an effort to smear Linda McMahon, her family, and the wrestling business. For example: www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/22/linda-mcmahon-steroids-wwe-dscc_n_772344.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HP%2FPolitics+(Politics+on+The+Huffington+Post)Oh, and let's not forget this gem.: www.theday.com/article/20101023/NWS12/310239883/-1/NWSBy the way, pay careful attention to where Richard Blumenthal uses the Attorney General's staff (You know his publically held and funded position) to dig up degrading images of women in WWE to link with Linda McMahon. ....But hey, these are Democrats! Why debate and discuss the issues when you can demonize, denegrate, and belittle your opponents instead of having that open and honest dialouge? Why debate when you can just say they're crazy, or dig up dirt on them! And certainly and by all means, please curtail their freedom of speech whether it is a WWE t-shirt, or the radio! I mean, the only opinion that matters is yours, right? www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42320.htmlOh, that Barack Obama what a card. Surely someone who has spent millions of fucking dollars running for senate views it as a game. Go fuck yourself, Barack. Thanks for insulting every wrestling fan's intelligence. Yeah, every wrestling fan is totally gonna piss away their state's rights because Linda McMahon was chokeslammed by Kane. Get fucking real, you eltist liberal pigs. Moving right along to Stand Up for WWE. "It's a campaign that the company launched on its own," said Ed Patru, a spokesman for Linda McMahon. "The company did not seek the campaign's input and the campaign did not provide any input."
Democratic candidate Richard Blumenthal's campaign has accused his rival of not caring about the health of WWE wrestlers.
Blumenthal has brought up the congressional investigation into steroids abuse in professional wrestling, an ongoing state probe into whether WWE misclassified wrestlers as independent contractors to avoid paying various benefits, and clauses in wrestling contracts that hold the WWE harmless if they are injured or die.
Linda McMahon also has been criticized over the past portrayal of women in some wrestling plot lines.
"Perhaps Linda McMahon can use this new corporate campaign as an opportunity to explain to the people of Connecticut why she forces her wrestlers to sign death clauses and then refuses to acknowledge that she's invoked them," said Mindy Myers, Blumenthal's campaign manager.
In an interview with The Associated Press in August, Vince McMahon said little credit has been given to the Stamford-based company's efforts over the years to step up drug testing and improve its health and wellness program for the wrestlers.
Cross-promotions with Playboy Magazine, where WWE Divas would be prominently featured, were stopped several years ago. Two years ago, all of the WWE's programming was rated PG. He said the language has been toned down, the writing has improved and the use of sexuality has been scaled back.
"Most of the people have not even seen our show. They don't even know what this business is about," he said.
Read more: www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/18/1879680/wwe-responds-to-criticism-in-conns.html#ixzz13BbEBhfYOh, shit! Don't stand up for your product that millions of people have enjoyed over the years! Don't defend your fucking livelihood, Vince! I didn't see any overt politic message in those ads, except maybe WWE isn't a bunch of assholes. Come on, you talk about Vince insulting my intelligence? The Democrats are quick to pull 'sepearation of church and state', but watch their debates and how often them and their little lapdogs like Wolf Blitzer ask their religious questions. Evidently, only Democrats can keep their religions out of politics. Because you know they all love church, just not when talking about republicans. This whole thing is bullshit, the Democrats love their entertainment industry buddies. All their Angelinas, Clooneys, and Sean Penns! Their fucking Hollywood Liberal cronies, but they are gonna tell me how violent and degrading to women WWE is? Sure. Right. Linda initiated WWE's non-partisan voter-registration campaign, "SmackDown! Your Vote", in August 2000.[62][63] The campaign specifically targeted the 18-to-30 year-old voter demographic, making use of online marketing, public service announcements,[64] and youth voting partnerships.[65] The campaign, which registered 150,000 new voters during the 2000 election,[66] was started in coalition with MTV's Choose or Lose, Project Vote Smart, and Youth Vote 2000.[67] As of the 2008 election, it listed fourteen different partners in its voter registration efforts.[68] During the 2008 Presidential election, Smackdown your Vote! registered many voters online, often in affiliation with Rock The Vote. .....Well, shit were all those voters Republicans? Yeah. Whatever. Until Vince gets dead people to register to vote, Stand Up for WWE is much more honest then say ACORN. By the way: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McMahonen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_BlumenthalNotice how Blumenthal actually has no platform listed? Notice how he lied about his PAC money? Notice how he fucking lied about his service in Vietnam? Yeah, fuck that my Dad spent twenty years in the goddamned military so guys like Blumenthal can sit and lie about it. But keep bashing the WWE, Dick. |
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Post by Donzig on Oct 23, 2010 9:16:47 GMT -4
Fucking draft dodging, lying, same sex marriage opposing, Obama distancing after you supported him, special interest financing, public office abusing motherfucking son of a whore!!!!
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Post by #Kokaine# on Oct 23, 2010 9:17:34 GMT -4
And if Attorney General could show where Linda McMahon has been mentioned on WWE since the campaign began? Hell, if any McMahon had been mentioned since the campaign began? Anyone? We're done here. That was posted on WWE.com which is just as easily exposed as anything that appears on television, if not more considering I have a computer and internet access but no cable. In the new age of computer based learning and education things posted on their website can not be ignored and treated as equally as any other illegal campaign propaganda. They are asking the fans to stand up for the WWE, in spite of Blumenthal. If they didn't mention the election/campaign, it's a fine move. But they did, therefor it should be illegal and nullify her entire campaign. |
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Post by #Kokaine# on Oct 23, 2010 9:20:28 GMT -4
Also, their right to vote is not being impeded as Vince implied in his blurb. They are being asked to not show their support for the WWE which Linda McMahon was the CEO of for 18 years, at the polling stations. Every other candidate is treated the same way opposed to outside interests.
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Post by Anthony Jordan on Oct 23, 2010 9:28:48 GMT -4
I find a problem with turning away someone wearing WWE merchandise. People can walk in wearing the elephant or the donkey and not get hassled. I read the rule saying you can't support a candidate within X amount of feet of a polling place. Candidates have whet their beaks in so much that if you really wanted to research, you could easily find someone just as guilty as a fan wearing a Cena shirt.
I wonder how many were turned away for wearing Obama merchandise in 2008.
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Post by 'The Solution' Jake Andrews on Oct 23, 2010 9:35:55 GMT -4
You're an idiot....
No where in that blurb did he support Linda and attack Blumenthal. He's just asking veiwers to see the REAL facts about WWE.
Sure, I bet Vince paid the Pennsylvania SPorts commission to look past drug use....EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO! But does he anymore? No, Has he in the past decade? I doubt it! So he is simply trying to get people to see the real facts about the current WWE product because Dick is trying to drag it through the mud for no real reason.
To use that blurb to justify what you are trying to argue is unjust. Just because he mentions both parties doesn't mean anything. he doesn't tell anyone who to vote for or who to not vote for. Sure, it's implied to vote for his 'wife' but..... how many people in CT that are going to see that will care? 10? 20?
Let us face it....Vince could do a Russo random heel turn and start supporting Blumenthal but, it won't change the fact that he's a filthy fucking liar. Dick never served in 'Nam. What else is he lying about?! EVERYTHING!!!!
Linda really doesn't have much of a chance but, I certainly wouldn't vote for DICK....
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Post by Donzig on Oct 23, 2010 9:39:32 GMT -4
First of all the owner of a company has a right to defend his company/product from attack by a public figure. Clearly, if 'Dick' had not seen fit to besmirch a company that provides many jobs in his state, and try to belittle and demean Linda McMahon's business background.
Vince would not have had to put an ad campaign to defend his fucking product. So all of this is in fact, the Democrat's fault!
You fucking idiot.
Furthermore, where do you want to draw the line with the political propaganda? Shall we ban people wearing Family Guy shirts from voting? After all they are very left leaning.
Or shall we ban Green Day shirts because they are a little anti-Republican?
Maybe no Die Hard shirts because Bruce Willis is a Republican?
I have an idea, maybe we should trust the fucking voters to make an honest choice, and not assume they are stupid.
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Post by #Kokaine# on Oct 23, 2010 9:44:38 GMT -4
None of the examples you said have anything to do with the ruling what so ever. In any other election, WWE merchandise would be allowed. If Seth MacFarlane was running for office, I can bet Family Guy t-shirts would not be allowed.
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Post by Donzig on Oct 23, 2010 9:44:47 GMT -4
Until John Cena comes down wearing a Linda McMahon campaign shirt and cuts a promo on how great she is compared to Dick? The Democrats are talking out their ass.
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Post by Donzig on Oct 23, 2010 9:46:16 GMT -4
No, it has everything to do with it. Since it is being claimed that WWE is being used as a politic platform, to which I reply and have pointed out? Which entertainment venue shall we draw the line at?
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Post by Donzig on Oct 23, 2010 9:48:23 GMT -4
Think they banned SNL merchandise when Al Franken ran in Minnesota?
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Post by Donzig on Oct 23, 2010 9:55:08 GMT -4
On September 9, 2008, Franken won the Democratic primary for the Senate seat.[41]
During his campaign for the Senate, Franken was criticized for advising SNL creator Lorne Michaels on a political sketch ridiculing Senator John McCain's ads attacking Barack Obama.[42] Coleman's campaign reacted, saying, "Once again, he proves he's more interested in entertainment than service, and ridiculing those with whom he disagrees."
BOOM! Throw Franken out of the fucking senate now! By the way, his Porn-o-rama article in Playboy was satire.....
He would never demean women.
But he will use Cocaine!
Good job, dems!
Also note Al Franken's many books demonizing and demeaning those on the Right! Because he is non-partisan!
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