Fair and Balanced Poll - re Democratic collaborators

[DemocratSinceBirth]

McAuliffe upbeat about working with Trump, says Clinton is done with politics

By Laura Vozzella November 30

RICHMOND — Gov. Terry McAuliffe was upbeat Wednesday about Virginia’s prospects for landing the new FBI headquarters building under the incoming Trump administration — despite the governor’s ties to Hillary Clinton, a close friend of McAuliffe’s who he described as done with politics.

“I have known Donald Trump for 20 years, had dinner with him, golfed with him,” McAuliffe (D) said in an interview on WTOP’s “Ask the Governor” program. “When I ran in ’09, he actually wrote me a $25,000 check. So I look forward to a productive relationship.”

Before becoming governor, McAuliffe spent decades in the orbit of Clinton and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, serving as a record-breaking fundraiser, confidant and political ally. He was chairman of Hillary Clinton’s unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign and worked to deliver Virginia for her this year. She carried the state by five points.

Despite his friendship with the Clintons, McAuliffe said he sent Trump a congratulatory letter the day after the election. He said that he has not spoken with the president-elect, but that he is optimistic that Trump’s promise to boost military and infrastructure spending will benefit Virginia, the nation’s biggest recipient of Defense Department funding....

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[bravenak]

1. Fuck them

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. They should be banned from our party.

[bravenak]

3. Yes they should and I think we need to twitter bomb his ass

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. It would be like a German legislator in 1934...

It would be like a German legislator in Stuttgart in 1934 saying Hitler is a swell guy because he built a federal office in his district.

[bravenak]

5. No shit.

It's frustrating as hell. We need to make sure our leaders learn that they work for us

[joshcryer]

6. Anyone who shits on Dems carries water for white nationalism.

And it's going to get way worse in the next 4-8-12 years. The entire world is going to have to resist this bullshit.