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Yes, Terry McAuliffe has a sleazy as hell financial history. [View all] cali Oct 2013 OP

Blind loyalty to McAuliffe seveneyes Oct 2013 #1

thanks and yes. he is up to his neck in filth and he always has been. cali Oct 2013 #2

He's got a (D) by his name Puzzledtraveller Oct 2013 #89

When it comes to growing our majority in the Senate BlueCaliDem Oct 2013 #127

He's running for governor karynnj Oct 2013 #137

Yeah, just found out. So, I'll change that to growing our majority in STATES, then. eom BlueCaliDem Oct 2013 #140

Did you really say that? That we Dems should not care how sleazy a person sabrina 1 Oct 2013 #195

We can't be putting purity tests on politicians. If you do that, Republicans will continue to win BlueCaliDem Oct 2013 #199

As a Virginian.... RichGirl Oct 2013 #187

dont back down reddread Oct 2013 #3

thank you and sorry about misinterpreting your posts yesterday cali Oct 2013 #4

not a problem reddread Oct 2013 #5

Once apon a time on DU you couldn't bash Democratic candidates right before an election. FSogol Oct 2013 #6

I agree, wtf! B Calm Oct 2013 #7

Alert away, friend. I have clearly said that I support McAuliffe cali Oct 2013 #8

Thank You Cali. dotymed Oct 2013 #39

I alerted and was APPALLED to find it was 5-1 to leave it. Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #182

lol. what a pity. cali Oct 2013 #205

so the sun rises in the West? reddread Oct 2013 #9

Cali don't give a shit... trumad Oct 2013 #10

WOW! B Calm Oct 2013 #11

just feeding Cuccinelli's narrative joshcryer Oct 2013 #12

No. Posting facts, dear. Yes, fact. Trumad is making up cali Oct 2013 #17

Sorry, honey, your article invokes his narrative. joshcryer Oct 2013 #21

"Honey"? Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #31

"Dear" "honey" "darling" same difference. joshcryer Oct 2013 #32

What makes you think you're allowed to speak to women in condescending sexual tones? Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #41

Probably because Cali used the word Dear? B Calm Oct 2013 #42

And the term "cracker" is license to respond with the n-word, right? Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #48

No, but I think you are getting a little carried away here! B Calm Oct 2013 #49

I've no doubt you do. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #58

Anybody that would make a big deal out of the word honey and not have B Calm Oct 2013 #61

I'm sure a lot of guys would think that. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #68

Depends on what the server called me! B Calm Oct 2013 #70

It's what she does... check her transparency Ellipsis Oct 2013 #142

I have seen her do this shit before! B Calm Oct 2013 #179

You're alleging "honey" is equlivent to the "n-word"? joshcryer Oct 2013 #56

Herm? Those are genderless terms. joshcryer Oct 2013 #44

Spoken with the ease of born privilege. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #53

I used a synonym for "dear" and you're calling privilege? joshcryer Oct 2013 #57

Your so born to privilege you don't/won't recognize it. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #65

"you're" joshcryer Oct 2013 #66

hahahaha reddread Oct 2013 #69

You got me! The thread is yours! Oh cruel fate. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #71

Much of her shtick is "honey", "sweetie", "dearie". Pick another fight, because this one ... 11 Bravo Oct 2013 #174

cali frequently uses the honey, dear, cupcake Whisp Oct 2013 #117

It does not. that's flatly untrue. cali Oct 2013 #40

Oops, 30% of the paragraphs in that article support Cuccinelli. joshcryer Oct 2013 #46

baloney. you love making stuff up. cali Oct 2013 #52

I counted. joshcryer Oct 2013 #60

post 'em. post those paragraphs that you claim are pro-Cuccianelli cali Oct 2013 #77

You've been Ackbarred Orrex Oct 2013 #114

that is a Flat Fucking LIE. I NEVER POSTED THAT STORY. I never cali Oct 2013 #13

yelp! yelp! Whisp Oct 2013 #118

Heh... BlueCaliDem Oct 2013 #135

honey badger reddread Oct 2013 #20

Look Pal... trumad Oct 2013 #22

Hasn't really been a hard rule since DU3.0 joshcryer Oct 2013 #25

why not? It shouldn't be allowed. Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #183

It is against DU rules to not support a dem candidate. It is NOT against the rules cali Oct 2013 #29

Please trumad Oct 2013 #36

not at all reddread Oct 2013 #30

I gotta say, cali really got to you on this one, trumad quinnox Oct 2013 #173

It's a wiki article. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #16

yeah, and one with citations and there are thousands of news stories cali Oct 2013 #19

Denial or realpolitik? Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #23

Do "these" people not want to clean-up our party? dotymed Oct 2013 #51

thank you so much, dotymed. cali Oct 2013 #55

The election is in less than a month. That's your choice: Cuccinelli or McAuliffe. FSogol Oct 2013 #78

Really? dotymed Oct 2013 #109

So, if you lived in VA, you wouldn't vote for McAulliife? FSogol Oct 2013 #111

I would probably do as I have done dotymed Oct 2013 #115

McAuliffe's greed? Reminds me of the WAPO article that accussed Hilary Clinton of being FSogol Oct 2013 #116

not true Enrique Oct 2013 #26

I agree. Posts get alerted and shut down for personal slights but tearing a Democratic... Walk away Oct 2013 #103

I'm asking myself the same question. n/t FSogol Oct 2013 #105

Totally agree. DontTreadOnMe Oct 2013 #185

I agree. BlueCaliDem Oct 2013 #130

Quit whining and alert! Define "bash"! Nt Logical Oct 2013 #171

It is pointless to alert on anything less that someone calling someone else Hilter. FSogol Oct 2013 #172

Eat much sour grapes???? OldRedneck Oct 2013 #14

and YOU recall fucking wrong. I NEVER POSTED a thing about that story cali Oct 2013 #33

Did any of this change Terry McAuliffe poll numbers littlewolf Oct 2013 #15

no, and it's unlikely too. I'm glad of that. As I've said, I'll take a sleazy corrupt, corporate cali Oct 2013 #18

That's a sorry menu if those are the only 2 choices to order from. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #27

It is indeed. And also sorry are all these lies being peddled that I endorsed cali Oct 2013 #34

With demeaning sexist undertones. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #43

Reminds me of the Louisiana governor election... BlueCheese Oct 2013 #163

As a Virginian countingbluecars Oct 2013 #24

+1 B Calm Oct 2013 #28

Also a Virginian and in complete agreement with you Neurotica Oct 2013 #35

+ bigtree Oct 2013 #37

I understand your point and I would have if people weren't pushing the flat out lie cali Oct 2013 #38

True, nothing you post here will make a difference sammytko Oct 2013 #45

other than defending oneself from lies and attacks that occur here reddread Oct 2013 #50

I know I'm a bit of a martinet when it comes to being honest cali Oct 2013 #59

So....your online reputation is more important than keeping VA from getting a right-wing governor. jeff47 Oct 2013 #120

I doubt very much that cali's posts will end up getting the Republican elected. BlueCheese Oct 2013 #164

For every Cali posting, there's several dozen Calis talking with their friends and neighbors. jeff47 Oct 2013 #165

I most heartily concur. What we need to do is turn out in large numbers and WCLinolVir Oct 2013 #86

+1000 Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #101

how many of your fellow Virginians get their opinions from DU? frylock Oct 2013 #156

As a Virginia Dem and local committee member, I think we need to acknowledge facts. leveymg Oct 2013 #47

thanks so much, leverymg. cali Oct 2013 #64

Better Believe It! MannyGoldstein Oct 2013 #54

evidently, facts are inconvenient for some people and some don't give a shit cali Oct 2013 #62

Did you even click on the link? B Calm Oct 2013 #63

the link to the story I posted? Yes. read the whole piece. cali Oct 2013 #73

Was Terry McAuliffe found guilty in a court of law for fraud? B Calm Oct 2013 #67

did I ever make that claim? and my but you set the bar about as low as cali Oct 2013 #72

In this country we are Innocent until proven guilty! B Calm Oct 2013 #74

and free from unreasonable search and seizure reddread Oct 2013 #76

bzzzt. at least learn something. No, that is NOT true cali Oct 2013 #82

I take it, then, that you have/will Union Scribe Oct 2013 #191

If you can charge Terry McAuliffe for a crime, why don't you go for it! B Calm Oct 2013 #202

You keep claiming he is corrupt. That's language straight from Cuccinelli's campaign. FSogol Oct 2013 #80

I hate to break this to you but that's language that's been applied to him for close cali Oct 2013 #88

I was wrong about one thing when I posted that the day after TM lost the nomination to Deeds leveymg Oct 2013 #100

definitely not, did anyone say such a thing? reddread Oct 2013 #75

You keep posting a link to the source story that AP pulled. FSogol Oct 2013 #81

cali, bashing a Dem nominee weeks before an election is a nono scheming daemons Oct 2013 #79

+1 B Calm Oct 2013 #83

I've said I support him over Cuccianelli and I do, but I will not fucking whitewash him. cali Oct 2013 #84

your "facts" can wait until after the election scheming daemons Oct 2013 #85

Exactly! B Calm Oct 2013 #87

those aren't "facts" and they aren't "mine". They fucking FACTS cali Oct 2013 #91

And I'm sorry you couldn't support our candidate in PA Walk away Oct 2013 #106

which candidate is that? reddread Oct 2013 #113

Sorry, Va. Walk away Oct 2013 #138

Well, aren't we self-righteous............. Beacool Oct 2013 #214

Remember when people use to call him Terry McAwful? ProSense Oct 2013 #90

I never posted that AP story. I sure as shit did not endorse it. Ever. cali Oct 2013 #93

You seemed ProSense Oct 2013 #94

False. In that thread I post repeatedly that the story was bullshit, pro cali Oct 2013 #99

That wasn't a smear and this isn't either, PS. leveymg Oct 2013 #102

VA-Gov: Howard Dean Fundraises For Terry McAuliffe (D) ProSense Oct 2013 #92

Uh, I've said I support him, pro. which you know. cali Oct 2013 #97

I am not into whitewashing, but I think a more constructive post WCLinolVir Oct 2013 #95

Sometimes you hold your nose and vote. This is one of those times. (nt) ehrnst Oct 2013 #96

This is at the top of that Wikipedia article, which is being disputed, Cali: MineralMan Oct 2013 #98

I'm sorry, MM, but anyone paying attention to McAuliffe over the past cali Oct 2013 #104

I do not care for McAuliffe, but I refuse to post disparaging articles about him BlueCaliDem Oct 2013 #139

MM. If you can dispute any facts presented in the OP, please do so. Otherwise, you too know how leveymg Oct 2013 #107

Well done, cali Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #108

LOL trumad Oct 2013 #112

why? I've made it quite clear what I think of Cuccianelli. cali Oct 2013 #121

I just thought it would be convenient to have all their financial histories in one thread Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #133

Incredibly helpful post, right before the election. nt geek tragedy Oct 2013 #110

+1 B Calm Oct 2013 #119

Don't you think the wider DU readership needs to know what we in VA are already painfully aware of? leveymg Oct 2013 #122

I am forced to come to the conclusion that partisanship trumps reason and facts cali Oct 2013 #123

Partisanship is not irrational in zero-sum elections. geek tragedy Oct 2013 #125

what a crock. I've said repeatedly that I support Terry M, but I will NOT cali Oct 2013 #129

Calling McAuliffe corrupt and sleazy, echoing the Cucincelli's attacks on him, is not rational geek tragedy Oct 2013 #131

I don't see any intent to echochamber Cuc's campaign here. leveymg Oct 2013 #143

intent is irrelevant--that which reinforces the Cuch's message reinforces it regardless geek tragedy Oct 2013 #144

That we're having this argument is an indication of how leveymg Oct 2013 #146

False equivalence. Mcauliffe is not perfect, but he's sane and holds the right position geek tragedy Oct 2013 #147

The issue isn't positions. Nobody here is arguing there is any equivalence there. leveymg Oct 2013 #148

then blast his opponants with Ops. trumad Oct 2013 #134

The campaign on both sides has been almost entirely negative. The concern is that if we go any leveymg Oct 2013 #145

learn how to spell, tru. cali Oct 2013 #162

awww the old spelling comeback trumad Oct 2013 #166

Partisanship is healthy and necessary in politics. Hiding your head in the sand isn't. leveymg Oct 2013 #126

They need to know there's an election within weeks where a far-right wing homophobe geek tragedy Oct 2013 #124

I'm forced to believe some on DU smear Innocent people that B Calm Oct 2013 #132

so, by your way of "thinking", George W bush is pure as the driven snow cali Oct 2013 #161

If you can charge Terry McAuliffe for crime, why don't you go for it! B Calm Oct 2013 #177

wow. that was impressively lame. cali Oct 2013 #206

and so was your orignal post! B Calm Oct 2013 #207

bwahahahaha. cali Oct 2013 #208

Your original post was to try to depress the turnout B Calm Oct 2013 #209

no, it wasn't. not even close. but it's cute of you to fake cali Oct 2013 #210

Is he from Chicago? Or ever been to Chicago? If so, he's OK and better than Repubs. AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #128

Is this an attempt to surpress VA turnout? You do realize Medicaid expansion is on the line, right? ecstatic Oct 2013 #136

Good point. Another potential unintended consequence of this OP. stevenleser Oct 2013 #151

and kittens reddread Oct 2013 #152

Really? Link? nt stevenleser Oct 2013 #153

fixed n/t reddread Oct 2013 #154

how will this supress VA turnout? how many Virginians are even aware of DU's existance? frylock Oct 2013 #157

Trickle down effect. Believe it or not, all kinds of people come to DU for talking ecstatic Oct 2013 #160

so the prevailing progressive view here does not reflect the Reality-Based Real World Realists.. frylock Oct 2013 #167

This message was self-deleted by its author quinnox Oct 2013 #169

I think it may well even be more convoluted and inane than that but that seems to be the gist. TheKentuckian Oct 2013 #176

it's a whole lot of eating and keeping of cake.. frylock Oct 2013 #186

more truth in this one thread reddread Oct 2013 #188

This is an extremely ill-considered OP stevenleser Oct 2013 #141

A whole thread of whining about, in essence, telling the truth about our awful corporate candidate. TheKentuckian Oct 2013 #149

exactly reddread Oct 2013 #150

thanks. wish I found it more hilarious than frustratring cali Oct 2013 #155

Sadly, I'm still a few years' planning away from starting my run in VA Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #184

Mcauliffe is sleeze Egnever Oct 2013 #158

Well, the two choices in VA are McAuliffe and Cuccinelli. Beacool Oct 2013 #159

I don't know much about Mcauliff, except he used to be on political talk shows quinnox Oct 2013 #168

Oh. Such purity. Nothing in the world is pure white. nt bluestate10 Oct 2013 #170

bzzt. please note that I said McAuliffe should be supported cali Oct 2013 #203

.. no allegation of wrongdoing by McAuliffe or that he or other investors knew of efforts to defraud Tx4obama Oct 2013 #175

self delete this pile of garbage Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #178

+1 B Calm Oct 2013 #180

did you just find out McAuliffe was Running for Governor ? JI7 Oct 2013 #181

Post removed Post removed Oct 2013 #189

That is BS. ALL dems in Virginia need to go and VOTE for the DEMOCRAT! Tx4obama Oct 2013 #190

And it's hilarious that it's the same people Union Scribe Oct 2013 #192

lol, so true quinnox Oct 2013 #194

if Terry loses is it forced vaginal ultrsounds for women who choose to have abortions? Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #193

and where the fuck do I say he should lose?? To the contrary cali Oct 2013 #204

ok ok Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #211

what i don't get is why didn't people have concerns early on before he became the Nominee JI7 Oct 2013 #196

they did, but not about YESTERDAYS NEWS reddread Oct 2013 #198

I never liked this sleazeball.. 2banon Oct 2013 #197

eh color me jaded steve2470 Oct 2013 #200

that may be - but proper decorum requires that we cover this up or at least downplay it until after Douglas Carpenter Oct 2013 #201

He's a total scumbag. Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2013 #212

Hey I have an idea Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #213

Cali, you must be a Republican! Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2013 #215

I just looked at some polls, and Mcauliffe is winning. So all the angst quinnox Oct 2013 #216