Dusty Rhodes mentions Iraq and job losses in HOF speech

[Wetzelbill]

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Yes, the "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, a pro wrestler, mentions people hurting over Iraq and how Detroit auto workers lost their jobs etc. It's a little over 5 minutes in, and it's a take on a famous promo he did called: "Hard Times" when he talks about all these populist common man themes. He's a great speaker and a passionate guy though. It's fun, but I thought it was interesting that he mentioned Iraq.

[Greeby]

1. Sad irony that the WWE Creative Team which Dusty is a part of

Likes to play up the right-wing boogeymen du jour in their act :eyes:

[Wetzelbill]

2. Even more ironic is the WWE is a Blue business

their political donations are to Dems and Dem causes. Weird, huh? :)

[Conscious Confucius]

3. Are you sure about that?

Vince McMahon is a big time, flag waving, troop lovin', competitive conservative. Mick Foley, the guy who once wrestled as Mankind, claimed that he was one of the few Democrats in the company.

[Wetzelbill]

4. yeah, according to Buy Blue they are

McMahon gave some money to conservatives, just as much to certain special interest causes. He's not a huge donor though, at least not in the last cycle anyway, so other people in the company probably easily make up for his donations. Buy Blue isn't up anymore I don't think, but their donations were way higher for Dems than Repubs, something like 90 percent to 10 percent.