Prior to her first debate with wannabe U.S. Senator Chris
Murphy, Linda McMahon was assiduously avoiding most invitations by editorial boards
in Connecticut to step into the lion’s den. This infuriated the lions, always
hungry for red meat.
If ask why she refused to submit to editorial board interrogatories,
Mrs. McMahon might have replied honestly – though honesty is the first casualty
of a political campaign – “I’m just tired of defending WWE,” her former company “from the slings
and arrows of outraged left of center editorial board members.” That would have
been some sort of a rational answer.
Mrs. McMahon, however, is not the only candidate for election
skipping class.
U.S. Representative for life Rosa DeLauro also has been
politely refusing invitations from editorial boards. Indeed, she has been
refusing to debate her Republican opponent, Wayne Winsley, an energetic,
conservative African American who has been peppering Mrs. DeLauro with
rhetorical buckshot.
One suspects the visuals would not be propitious for Mrs. DeLauro.
Asked for an interview by a reporter, Mrs. DeLauro declined, issuing the
standard pap: “Being elected to Congress is an honor. I take every campaign
seriously and work hard to earn the trust of the people of the Third
Congressional District.” When former Senator Ted Kennedy was challenged by an
African American, he declined to appear with him in public venues. So far, Mrs.
DeLauro has done the same http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-3rd-district-20121007,0,2996300.story.
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