Aside from his typically divisive, partisan vitriol and conspiracy theories like Saul Alinski (there's a kernel of truth in there, which is what makes an effective conspiracy theory - unfortunately, consuming conspiracies and fake news seems to be par for the course these days), he glosses over things and conveniently leaves out a bunch of information. ...like a multi-decade friendship and millions of dollars in personal donations to a super pac and a slush fund masquerading as a charity (which lost its legal ability to collect donations) as a way to get in after losing two very expensive bids for Senate. It'd be hilarious that she was put in charge of the Small Business Administration if it weren't so ironically tragic.
Yeah, real champions of small businesses, the McMahon's. Remember when the McMahons laid waste to a lot of 'small' businesses during the territory acquisitions, etc? People forget that McMahon destroyed a lot of jobs and stable income for the wrestling business and in other areas when he raided the territories. You can say the McMahon line of 'they put themselves out of business.' That's half true at best. There's books written about this with cited sources that can actually be read, you know.
McMahon is kind of like Donald Trump. They're both okay businessmen, but not great businessmen (their names don't belong near Howard Hughes, Rockafeller, Gates, Musk, etc.). In McMahon's case, like Trump (although a different background), he had a father who he inherited his business from (although McMahon did pay for it) and did not build it from the ground up. What about Vince and Linda's other business ventures that don't involve a pseudo-monopoly with virtually NO competition? Last I checked, the last time Vince had to compete, it very nearly didn't turn out well for him. What about the WBF, the XFL, and on and on...all failed businesses. He's failed at almost everything he's ever done outside of the business his father left him (ring a bell?). Does the WWE reach more people now? Absolutely, thanks to technology. The modern WWE earns a fraction of what the territories did when adjusted for inflation in regards to gate dollars. Not even close. The wrestling business, at least in the United States, was healthier overall and there were many more large to small wrestling businesses before Vince McMahon came around and pulled a Wal-Mart, if you know what I mean?
Oh, and not to mention how awesome the McMahon's have been at taking care of their small business employees. Let's not even talk about the things they used to do back in the day that they don't do anymore. We all know what they are. We'll push aside the possible preventable deaths (because that has a large component of personal responsibility), turning their heads the other way on various legalities under their business umbrella (sexual assault in the workplace being a prominent one. Nevermind that Vince SETTLED when Sable sued them for sexual harassment in the workplace. Remember the assault and rape scandal of the early 90s involving Terry Garvin and Pat Patterson?), steroid scandal (which Vince nearly went to prison for) bribing police (Well, at least according to Jimmy Snuka's book - Hey, if we can accept half-cocked conspiracy theories like Saul Alinski/Obama, why not this? I mean, at least this has a firsthand account by Snuka), etc.
Let's talk about something modern instead. No, not the new wellness policy. However, I do commend them for doing that...after several decades and deaths. Let's talk about keeping wrestlers classified as independent contractors when they very clearly (laughably) aren't so Vince can get off the hook for insurance, pensions, certain employment protections, etc. and so Vince doesn't have to deal with state athletic commissions, etc. Fun fact: Rick Santorum was actually a lobbyist for McMhaon who helped him accomplish goals like the independent contractor nonsense.
Considering the sector of government Linda has been assigned too...I guess they won't have to worry about the independent contractor classification issue for at least another four years when it looked like it was actually going to gain some traction for the first time in awhile. And, you can be sure that was intentional. Just be sure to not say anything about Linda being given her initial company title by Vince when his name became toxic that they had to get it off of him...You know...even though it was still him calling the shots and with the final say every step of the way, not Linda.
P.S. Don't bring up organized crime, Eric. Vince McMahon Sr. may have dabbled in a bit of that, if the rumors are indeed true. Oh, and don't start by saying something uninformed about socialism and then proceed to snidely suggest people need to Google the difference between a democracy and a republic when clearly...you need to do that as well. You know, since you failed to mention what kind of republic we actually are. You know we're not just a republic, right? You know there are differences and many types of republics and democracies, right? The US is a constitutional republic.
If your kid would've put republic down on their government test, I would've given them only half credit. Then, I assume you'd be upset that your kids didn't live up to the educational standards of the school board and start yelling for the need to remove common core, etc. That's how this works, right?
Sorry for the long winded post, everyone. I usually like being talked down too by rich elites who think they aren't one of the rich elites...but, only when they actually know what they're talking about and this one doesn't. Clearly.
