The Hartford Courant is reporting that outgoing Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz is urging a "ban" on WWE clothing at polling places on November 2nd. Due to Republican Linda McMahon's involvement with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) this may prove to be an unfair advantage for McMahon. You can read the Courant story here.
In a surprising move this afternoon, sources are telling me that a ban on any USMC or military clothing will also be put into effect. Apparently the thinking is that any Marine Corp insignia or military clothing may actually remind voters of those who went to war and fought and of Attorney General Blumenthal's "mis-spoke" comments when he lied about serving in Vietnam.
It seems fair, doesn't it?
MORE BREAKING NEWS.....
Hartford, CT.- In a further move today, Connecticut Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz has moved to place a ban on anyone entering a polling place wearing sneakers. The reasoning is that campaign commercials being aired by Republican candidate for Secretary of the State Jerry Farrell prominently show him lacing up sneakers. The Secretary said this about Farrell's sneakers "Even though it doesn't say his name directly...the sneaker is so ubiquitously associated with Farrell's campaign".
A spokesman for the Secretary, who announced the sneaker ban, acknowledged that any discussion about voter's apparel is a "very, very delicate issue."
"We have a candidate who is very very well known, who is a celebrity to millions of fans throughout the country," he said. "This has been a very contentious, hard-fought campaign but the sanctity of the polling place is sacrosanct."
Can Connecticut politics get any more bizzare?
ReplyDeleteNotice how nothing is said about union related clothing which clearly is an endorsement of any Dems. I can't wait to see this get challenged. How about if I wear my UAW and WWE shirt? Their head will spin with confusion.