Candidates in verbal 'rumble' on wrestling show
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Editor on April 22nd, 2008
Washington (AP) – The presidential candidates are taking it to the ring. Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain all taped messages for the World Wrestling Entertainment’s popular “Monday Night Raw” program.
Clinton did a little trash-talking, telling wrestling fans that “the last man standing may just be a woman.” And Obama borrowed a line from WWE champion Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in a warning to Washington special interests, asking, “Do you smell what Barack is cooking?”
It’s another example of how candidates are using unconventional programming to reach voters.
“Raw” is one of cable television’s top-rated shows with more than 5 million weekly viewers. Stamford-based WWE has been encouraging voter registration through its “Smackdown Your Vote!” program.
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