Terry McAuliffe tells a good story — though facts may be scrambled

[mahatmakanejeeves]

I only hope that, on election day, after voting for McAuliffe, I can get outside before I begin projectilely vomiting, and that when I do, the chunks land on the table manned by the Cuccinelli supporters.

Terry McAuliffe tells a good story — though facts may be scrambled
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/2013/10/10/cedf23e0-3029-11e3-9ccc-2252bdb14df5_story.html

By Laura Vozzella, Published: October 10

RICHMOND — It’s a standard nugget in Terry McAuliffe’s stump speech, a tale of government procurement gone so bad that $800 taxpayer-funded chairs blocked the careers of 100 would-be nursing students.
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But the story fits a pattern of exaggerations and embellishments that have peppered Mc­Auliffe’s public pronouncements over the years.

In his failed bid for his party’s gubernatorial nod four years ago, McAuliffe or his staff had to walk back comments about how many houses he had built and how many toilets he had personally inspected in a housing complex he owned. He claimed to have started five businesses in Northern Virginia; all turned out to be investment partnerships with no employees, registered to his McLean home.
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Yet McAuliffe’s tendency to stretch the truth stands out even by the standards of politicians.

[elleng]

1. Better you than me.

[FSogol]

2. False equivalency.

One candidate padded his resume.

One candidate took free gifts from Star Scientific while the Commonwealth was doing business with them and is against birth control, oral sex, and LGBT citizens.

you really need to wonder which is worse?

The only question is: Was Vozzella's article commissioned by the Koch Brothers, Karl Roves' PAC, or directly from the Cuccinelli campaign?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Richard Nixon wouldn't buy a used car from Terry McAuliffe.

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