Ex-Rep. Rob Simmons was one of the NRSC’s brightest and earliest recruits, a major coup for the committee early in the cycle. So it’s not hard to understand why the man is bit bitter after moneybags ex-WWE CEO Linda McMahon decided to stroll into the race and eat his lunch. And he’s speaking out:
In an interview with the conservative National Review, the former congressman said McMahon cannot defeat state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, the Democratic nominee:
Former Rep. Rob Simmons (R., Conn.) tells National Review Online that he does not think that Linda McMahon can win in the Nutmeg State. “No, I don’t think so at all,” he tells us. And if McMahon asks Simmons for help on the trail, he says he’ll say he is “preoccupied.”
[…] But the ex-congressman said McMahon could also face attacks on her character on the trail due to allegations of suspect activity during her tenure running the wrestling circuit.
“While she was there, they had a mentally-handicapped character, Eugene, who they thought was humorous,” he said. “I find that whole issue, and how it was handled by [McMahon], severely disappointing,” adding that she has “countless entertainment products that she’ll have to defend, especially when Democrats make them known to the public in coming months.”
Yee-ouch.
UPDATE: Now Robbie is saying that he’s sorry. Simmons: “I talked too much and I’m sorry.” Aw, c’mon, he was just getting warmed up!
Is Simmons looking for an Administration appointment?
I tried experimenting with WWE in early high school, cause it’s what the “cool” kids were watching. As a jr. high/high school student he was fun to watch, sort of. I think I got it wrong and was rooting for him as just a misfortunate guy who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Looking back on it . . . Oh, the Palin family is going to have many fun things to say should they somehow get asked about that.
If he does, I want to contribute. We should seriously be rewarding Republicans who speak out like this.
Besides the electoral benefits this kind of story gives us, it’s also wonderful to see that some Republicans still have a little bit of humanity and decency.
The question is whether her sleazebaggery outweighs Blumenthal’s Martha Coakleyness.
Isn’t exactly: what I said isn’t true and of course she’ll win. In fact, from the Politico (ugh) piece, he seems to say he’s sorry and he’ll support her, but maintains she will lose.
Oh, and he’s staying on the ballot because if he didn’t, his staffers could have “health care issues” … which is sweet, don’t ya think?