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I’ve needled a certain former Republican politician and current political columnist by calling him Kevin “Don’t Call Linda McMahon My Mouthpiece” Rennie.<\/p>\n

But Rennie has a blog today that I, personally, don’t much disagree with. See “Whoops! Mrs. McMahon Learns Republicans in Connecticut Don’t Talk Minimum Wage,” http:\/\/www.dailyructions.com\/whoops-mrs-mcmahon-learns-republicans-in-connecticut-dont-talk-minimum-wage\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I do think there’s an element of Kabuki that prevents open discussion of many topics, with minimum wage being only one of them. Wasn’t it Michael Kinsley who defined a gaffe as “telling the truth by accident”?<\/p>\n

However, I also think the McMahon candidacy is based more than most (as in, just about entirely) on theater — which makes her tripping over her lines a kind of just dessert. Rennie’s Hartford Courant <\/em>colleague, Rick Green, was right in noting that what mattered here more than anything else was the process; the panic and backfilling by her handlers the second Linda went off-script.<\/p>\n

If McMahon really wants to slay a sacred cow on behalf of some abstract libertarian principle, well then, go for it, O Small Businesswoman. Then we can have that discussion. I’m of the opinion that there’s no such thing as a neutral libertarian; that person always has an agenda, and McMahon’s own is very easy to isolate.<\/p>\n

In sum, I would concede to Rennie that life can be unfair to politicians of all stripes, and that it was just a tiny bit unfair to Linda McMahon in this episode. But, heck, the rickety edifice that is her political career as a whole has been more than fair to her body of zero accomplishment, and she can take full ownership of the minimum wage issue.<\/p>\n

After all, McMahon’s small business expertise is her calling card.<\/p>\n

Even if she thinks World Wrestling Entertainment is a small business.<\/p>\n

Even if she thinks talking about the employee health-care conundrum at McDonald’s is on point.<\/p>\n

Irv Muchnick<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

ow many of those entertainers ended up with broken necks? I am sure Dave can give you a number. I believe that information would be shocking and give people some understanding as to why pain pills become a part of most wrestlers lives. It also leads into the next question about early deaths. Andrew Martin<\/span> had CTE. Andrew did not get CTE by walking down the street<\/span> and tripping on his shoelaces. Andrew got CTE from working in the scripted WWE matches. Does Linda feel any responsibility for Andrew’s condition?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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