The T-shirt of death

MANIFESTO

It was obvious from the get-go that any campaign the hideous McMahons were involved in would ultimately devolve to the level of the soap opera they operate. Indeed, such is the case.

Within hours of the filing of a federal lawsuit by World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Vince McMahon, Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz on Tuesday clarified her office's position on whether WWE-themed apparel would be considered political and thus forbidden at polling places.

"Over the past few days, there have been several media reports suggesting that this office issued a directive to local election officials that voters who wear ... WWE T-shirts, hats or other apparel to the polls should be turned away from the polls," Bysiewicz wrote in a letter registrars of voters and town clerks. "These reports misstate the law and misconstrue the statements from this office."

So here we have the odious Vince McMahon suing on behalf of his wife absolutely justifying the point that the WWE and Vince's better half's candidacy are one and the same. And what does Bysewicz do? Cave.

Meanwhile, we've got another pusillanimous Republican trying to steal an election via lawsuit. What a ridiculous set of circumstances.

We've only got six days left of this nonsense, and November 2 can't come soon enough.

UPDATE — For an excellent elucidation on how the Democrats got to this point, take a look here.