Oops! That’s A Norwegian Sub
by Hugh McQuaid | Oct 15, 2012 11:55am
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Posted to: Congress, Election 2012
U.S. Senate candidate Chris Murphy dismissed his opponent Linda McMahon’s most recent attack, calling him a “funny guy,” as a desperate joke.
Murphy, a Democratic Congressman, is running against McMahon, a Republican former wrestling CEO, for retiring U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman’s seat.
McMahon’s new ad rehashes some of the issues her campaign has been stressing over the last few weeks like alleging Murphy received a special loan deal from Webster Bank and skipped legislative committee hearings. The ad released Monday shows pictures of Murphy laughing with a laugh track in the background.
But the video also points to stock footage of a submarine used in one of Murphy’s television ads, which it says is actually a Norwegian sub, not a Connecticut made ship. Murphy used the footage to tout efforts to help the Electric Boat plant in Groton. Murphy voted twice against defense spending bills which included money for contracts with Electric Boat.
“Uhhhhhhhh, Chris?” the narrator says. “That submarine in your commercial? It’s from Norway, not Groton. Chris Murphy is a funny guy.”
Asked Monday if he wanted to comment on the submarine footage, Murphy said, “I almost don’t.”
“I mean what a joke. Linda McMahon is so desperate to not talk about the actual issues in this race that she’s sending out press releases about stock photos in TV ads. You know, this is a sign that Linda McMahon knows she’s losing this race . . . she’s reduced to talking about images in a TV ad,” Murphy said.
The Ula class of submarine shown in the ad was built in Germany. The class only has six submarines.
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(7) Comments
posted by: MGKW | October 15, 2012 12:10pm
In Ignorance there is Bliss(Corey that is!)....
She is getting pummeled in the debates and this is what she resorts to…look at the debates to get a real view of this campaign…McMahon: desparate times call for more mud!!!
posted by: stellablu122 | October 15, 2012 4:45pm
I look forward to Linda bringing this up in the debate tonight. Shame on you Chris Murphy and your TV commercial director.
I can’t wait till Linda pulls this kinda of stuff in the Senate.
Maybe she will show Mitch McConnell how to pile drive too?
posted by: CitizenCT | October 15, 2012 4:50pm
How sad. Murphy has accomplished zero in six years for his district. All that leaves for him is to criticize McMahon. If Murphy had wanted the Senate seat, he should have done something the last six years to deserve it. CT doesn’t need a lazy follower as its Senator.
posted by: MGKW | October 15, 2012 5:05pm
They don’t need a peddlar of gratuituous porn and violence either…
posted by: ALD | October 15, 2012 5:56pm
It’s really getting old. Murphy claiming McMahon does not want to talk about the issues!! So what’s stopping Murphy from taking the high road, and talking about them himself?? Without question we know Murphy can talk.
Maybe his problem is after 14 years in Hartford and Washington he has nothing to talk about.
McMahon ain’t perfect, but she ain’t Murphy, and that’s plently good enough for me.
posted by: DrHunterSThompson | October 15, 2012 6:58pm
Wrestle with a pig and you get dirty!
Careful, Chris.
HST
posted by: Noteworthy | October 15, 2012 9:39pm
Murph is a funny guy. One of the things they teach you in tv 101, Murph, is when you talk about saving electric boat, you show images of electric boat, or for god’s sake, a sub made in America. Not one made in a foreign country. lol And one other thing - this is a much bigger deal than parsing a word out of context, a 40 year bankruptcy case and government form. But hey, we’ll forgive you again - you probably forgot what an EB American-made sub looks like kind of like you forgot the rent; forgot the mortgage payment too.