Linda McMahon
Summary
Linda Edwards McMahon (born October 4, 1948) is an American business magnate noted for her career managing World Wrestling Entertainment. She is currently the Republican nominee in the 2010 race for U.S. Senator from Connecticut.With her husband Vince McMahon she managed the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from its establishment in 1980 until 2009, building it from a small regional company into a billion-dollar international organization. McMahon stepped down from her position as CEO in September 2009 to launch a self-financed Senate campaign.McMahon was born Linda Marie Edwards to Henry and Evelyn Edwards in New Bern, a city in Eastern North Carolina. She was an only child and grew up as a "jock", with interests in basketball and baseball.
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With Friends Like These: Fox & Friends ' Epic Year Of Misinformation
The past year found Fox & Friends solidifying its position as part of the campaign arm of the Republican Party through a barrage of attacks on President Obama, Islam, immigrants, health care, climate change, and by relentlessly campaigning for the GOP leading up to the midterm elections. Media Matters offers a look back at some of Fox & Friends' most outrageous moments of 2010.
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Sarah Palin: Winner Of The 2010 Glenn Beck Misinformer Of The Year Award
In selecting the 2010 winner of the Glenn Beck Honorary Award for Excellence in Misinformation, Media Matters weighed the vigor and meticulous detail the 2009 recipient, Glenn Beck, brought to the craft.
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Linda McMahon vs. Joe Lieberman? Losing Candidate Hints At Future Run
It's been over a week since Connecticut voters did what everyone expected them to do and made Richard Blumenthal their next Senator. But chances are, you're probably wondering how soon we can get WWE CEO Linda McMahon back into a political race, such was her dynamism. Well, good news, everyone -- this morning, McMahon takes to the Connecticut Post's CT Elections blog so that she can be tellllling yoooou, she is not gooooooing:.
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The final push: Fox provides forum for GOP candidates' last-minute appeals
Fox spent the final 24 hours before the midterm elections by continuing to relentlessly campaign for Republicans, hosting 13 GOP candidates or campaign officials, and one conservative candidate, while featuring only three Democrats.
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REPORT: More than 30 Fox Newsers support GOP in 600-plus instances during midterms
During the 2009-2010 election cycle, more than 30 Fox News personalities have endorsed, raised money, or campaigned for Republican candidates or organizations in more than 600 instances. The Republican support has been given to more than 300 different races or party organizations in at least 47 states. Fox News personalities and hosts have also helped start pro-Republican organizations, which have raised tens of millions of dollars.
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Beck: "I'm not telling you who to vote for" (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)
Despite repeatedly saying he does not endorse candidates and isn't "telling you who to vote for," Beck has made clear to his audience which candidates he thinks they should support or oppose in the upcoming midterm elections.
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Jackson Katz: Linda McMahon Smacks Down Women
It is mind-boggling that the voters of Connecticut would even consider electing the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment to high political office -- until you realize what an abysmal job the news media have done of holding her accountable for the actual product she produced.
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