Linda McMahon, Dick Blumenthal: Debate

U.S. Senate candidates Linda McMahon and Richard Blumenthal faced-off in a televised debate on Monday night.

Read about Blumenthal's lies regarding his military service "in" Vietnam:

Richard Blumenthal: Liar

Blumenthal: Vietnam Lies

Blumenthal: 'Wore the Uniform IN Vietnam'

Blumenthal is an absolute disgrace, but he is the Democrats' candidate.

It's being reported that during the debate there were "no real zingers".

There may have been no "zingers" but it was clear that McMahon was in command.

This exchange alone should be enough to make the people of Connecticut flock to the polls on November 2, and elect Linda McMahon to represent them in the U.S. Senate.

McMahon asked Blumenthal a simple question: "How do you create a job?"

Blumenthal was stumped. He stumbled around but eventually came up with an answer. He settled on government intervention being the key to job creation.

STUNNING!

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Transcript

LINDA McMAHON: A follow-up, Mr. Blumenthal. You've talked about you want to incentivize small businesses. Tell me something, how do you create a job?

RICHARD BLUMENTHAL: A job is created, and it can be in a variety of ways, by... a variety of people, but principally by people and businesses in response to demand for products and services. And the main point about jobs in Connecticut is we can and we should create more of them by creative policies. And that's the kind of approach that I want to bring to Washington.

I have stood up for jobs when they've been at stake. I stood up for jobs at Alderman Motors when GM wanted to shut down that automobile dealership. I stood up for jobs at Pratt & Whitney when that company wanted to ship them out of state and overseas. I stood up for jobs at Stanley Works when it was threatened with a hostile takeover.

I know about how government can help preserve jobs. And I want programs that provide more capital for small businesses, better tax policies that will promote creation of jobs, stronger intervention by government to make sure that we use the 'Made in America' policies and 'Buy America' policies to keep jobs here rather than buying products that are manufactured overseas, as WWE has done.

McMAHON: Government, government government.

Government does not create jobs. It's very simple how you create jobs. An entrepreneur takes a risk. He or she believes that he creates goods or service that is sold for more than it costs to make it. If an entrepreneur believes he can do that, he creates a job.

While Blumenthal fumbled and bumbled his way through a simple question, McMahon nailed it.

She clearly stated what's required for success in business -- freeing entrepreneurs rather than restricting them and making them slaves of government. She explains the difference between achieving the American Dream and being held back by a massive, all-controlling government.

Dependency on the government isn't a founding principle of our nation.

America is about freedom from oppressive government control.

Blumenthal is for big government and less personal power.

McMahon is for empowering the individual, what once was known as the American Way.