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Democrats File Complaint Against WWE/McMahon for Illegal In-Kind Campaign Contribution


Reported By marcm0484
11/2/2009

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- The Connecticut Democratic party has filed a formal complaint against Linda McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment, alleging that WWE executives provided an illegal "in-kind campaign contribution" by having several embarrassing videos removed from YouTube.

"If Linda McMahon is going to talk glowingly about her role as CEO of the WWE, then she also must answer for the kind of female-degrading, sexually-exploitive, steroid-fueled programming it's become known for," said Nancy DiNardo, chairwoman of the Connecticut Democratic Party.

After Linda McMahon's political rivals drew attention to some of the more outrageous segments featured on WWE programming in recent years (including the infamous scene of Triple H simulating sex with a Katie Vick's corpse), WWE officials immediately had the videos removed from YouTube and claimed they were protecting their content from piracy. Democrats argue that WWE singled out videos which would be harmful to McMahon's campaign - a violation of federal law.

"WWE has selectively enforced its rights only insofar as they benefit Ms. McMahon's candidacy. The facts demonstrate that WWE made expenditures in connection with an election, in clear violation of FECA," the complaint says. "WWE expended its corporate resources - including the time of Mr. Zimmerman and other corporate personnel, and its attorneys - all used in the service of Ms. McMahon's campaign to force YouTube to remove only the videos that reflected poorly on Ms. McMahon, while ignoring the multitude of other WWE-owned material still hosted on YouTube."

Linda McMahon's spokesman Ed Patru calls the Connecticut Democratic party's formal complaint a "baseless accusation" and says McMahon has complied with rules and regulations established by the federal government. "This latest attack from Chris Dodd speaks volumes about just how worried he is about Linda's campaign," Patru said. "It's troubling that Chris Dodd's political apparatus seems more concerned with watching wrestling videos on the Internet than restoring trust in government."

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11/2/2009 11:35:00 AM
Its so blatently fu##ing obvious that those videos were taken down in response to the challenges towards Lynda. WWE FAIL!

Republicans are so screwed in their outlook that they probably, with all honestly, won;t see anything wrong with this.
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11/2/2009 12:44:00 PM
Only in America!
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11/2/2009 1:12:00 PM
PIRACY? PIRACY? No one believe that bullsh##! PG Dumbers.
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11/2/2009 1:15:00 PM
You know I saw this coming right when WWE started taking down videos for Linda's personal gain. Its just stupid to begin with. Linda Mcmahon is fighting a lost battle. There is no way she is gonna be elected as a senator to begin with. Conneticut is a very liberal state. Thankfully when Linda finally loses WWE will cut the stupid crap out with suspending youtube channels and deleting videos. Oh and lets not forget that hopefully they drop this no blood policy and kid friendly crap
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11/2/2009 2:03:00 PM
you can't fight the internet and you can't hide the past... end of!
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11/2/2009 8:14:00 PM
well pocket if Kevin Rudds internet filter comes into effect here in Australia the govenment will b able to censor the internet as much as they want....
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