McMahon the Pugilist

Republican Party nominee for the U.S. Senate Linda McMahon, who has money enough and time to spare before voters go to the polls on November 6, continues to jab at Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate Chris Murphy in a series of media releases that would bring a blush of envy to the cheek of present U.S. Senator and former Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, known for his Gatling Gun media releases.

Mrs. McMahon’s latest is below:

Murphy Refuses to Come Clean With Connecticut Voters About His Special Home Loan Deal

Apparently under “Murphy’s Law,” honesty and integrity are just
“shameless political ploys”

NORTH HAVEN, CT – Congressman Chris Murphy likes to play by his own set of rules. Now, as his house of cards begins to fall in on him, he is making a desperate attempt to deceive Connecticut voters one more time.

Recent news reports have outlined the special deal that Congressman Murphy got on a home loan shortly after he became a Member of Congress. Just a year after being sued for foreclosure, Murphy received a below-prime home equity line of credit in July 2008 from “strong campaign supporter” Jim Smith, CEO of Webster Bank – at the same time Webster Bank began making campaign donations to Congressman Murphy’s 2008 re-election campaign.

Four months later in November 2008, Webster Bank received a $400 million bailout that Congressman Murphy voted for, and the entire time, Chris Murphy sat on the Financial Services Committee, which oversees the banking industry.

Congressman Murphy refuses to answer questions about the special deal, calling them a “shameless political ploy.” Under “Murphy’s Law,” Chris Murphy doesn’t have to answer questions about his ethical shortcomings.

“Lashing out and name-calling may work under ‘Murphy’s Law,’ but those tactics don’t go over well in the real world,” McMahon campaign manager Corry Bliss said. “It’s in Congressman Murphy’s best interest to be fully transparent so Connecticut voters can be assured that he is being honest with them. I’m just trying to do him a favor.”

The one time Congressman Murphy was questioned about his "special" mortgage deal his answers only revealed more questions. Anyone who watches this video of him doing so can see that is the case.

It’s time to repeal “Murphy’s Law.” Congressman Murphy owes Connecticut voters answers to the following question?

1) Why did you choose to represent yourself in your foreclosure proceedings?
2.    What was your credit score when you applied for the home equity line of credit that you received from Webster Bank in July 2008?
3.    Did you notify the House Ethics Committee about the possible conflict of interest you representing yourself presented?
4.    What role(s) has Jim Smith played in your campaign(s), official or unofficial?
5. Why do you think it is a “shameless political ploy” to ask that you be transparent with your constituents and Connecticut voters about your personal financial issues that occurred while you were a state legislator and a Member of Congress?
6.    What other special deals have you received because you were a Member of Congress?

The PURA soap opera continues in Connecticut: Business eyeing the exit signs

The trouble at PURA and the two energy companies it oversees began – ages ago, it now seems – with the elevation of Marissa Gillett to the chairpersonship of Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulation Authority. Connecticut Commentary has previously weighed in on the controversy: PURA Pulls The Plug on November 20, 2019; The High Cost of Energy, Three Strikes and You’re Out? on December 21, 2024; PURA Head Butts the Economic Marketplace on January 3, 2025; Lamont Surprised at Suit Brought Against PURA on February 3, 2025; and Lamont’s Pillow Talk on February 22, 2025: The melodrama full of pratfalls continues to unfold awkwardly. It should come as no surprise that Gillett has changed the nature and practice of the state agency. She has targeted two of Connecticut’s energy facilitators – Eversource and Avangrid -- as having in the past overcharged the state for services rendered. Thanks to the Democrat controlled General Assembly, Connecticut is no l...

The Murphy Thingy

It’s the New York Post , and so there are pictures. One shows Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy canoodling with “Courier Newsroom publisher Tara McGowan, 39, last Monday by the bar at the Red Hen, located just one mile north of Capitol Hill.” The canoodle occurred one day or night prior to Murphy’s well-advertised absence from President Donald Trump’s recent Joint Address to Congress. Murphy has said attendance at what was essentially a “campaign rally” involving the whole U.S. Congress – though Democrat congresspersons signaled their displeasure at the event by stonily sitting on their hands during the applause lines – was inconsistent with his dignity as a significant part of the permanent opposition to Trump. Reaching for his moral Glock Murphy recently told the Hartford Courant that Democrat Party opposition to President Donald Trump should be unrelenting and unforgiving: “I think people won’t trust you if you run a campaign saying that if Donald Trump is ...

Lamont Surprised at Suit Brought Against PURA

Marissa P. Gillett, the state's chief utility regulator, watches Gov. Ned Lamont field questions about a new approach to regulation in April 2023. Credit: MARK PAZNIOKAS / CTMIRROR.ORG Concerning a suit brought by Eversource and Avangrid, Connecticut’s energy delivery agents, against Connecticut’s Public Utility Regulatory Agency (PURA), Governor Ned Lamont surprised most of the state’s political watchers by affecting surprise. “Look,” Lamont told a Hartford Courant reporter shortly after the suit was filed, “I think it is incredibly unhelpful,” Lamont said. “Everyone is getting mad at the umpires. Eversource is not getting everything they want and they are bringing suit. It was a surprise to me. Nobody notified me. I think we have to do a better job of working together.” Lamont’s claim is far less plausible than the legal claim made by Eversource and Avangrid. The contretemps between Connecticut’s energy distributors and Marissa Gillett , Gov. Ned Lamont’s ...

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