McAuliffe, in race for governor, promises business plan for Virginia
Published: January 7, 2009
-- And then there were three.
Terry McAuliffe, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, today formally entered the Democratic campaign for governor, joining former Del. Brian Moran and state Sen. Creigh Deeds of Bath County in pursuit of a nomination that will be settled in an open-to-all primary on June 9.
McAuliffe is talking up his credentials as a successful investor and business owner. In Richmond at this hour, at a town-hall-style session at the Science Museum of Virginia, McAuliffe promised that as governor he would craft a "business plan" for Virginia.
McAuliffe's candidacy has been an open secret for months, and today's announcement -- in a statewide swing -- is the final step in a lengthy political strip tease.
McAuliffe started the day in Norfolk. In his Richmond appearance McAuliffe said he will not criticize his Democratic rivals: instead, he said, he will attack the all-but-official Republican nominee, Attorney General Bob McDonnell.
McAuliffe said McDonnell had opposed then-Gov. Mark R. Warner on a popular tax-fattened plan to boost spending for schools, police and human services.
He also faulted McDonnell for opposing Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on new funds for transportation.
McAuliffe is hoping to capitalize on his status as a newcomer to Virginia politics.
In his remarks, he promised to shake up Richmond, adding that the capital does not have a monopoly on all ideas.
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Randy,
I’m sure you are a fine upstanding citizen, no sarcasm intended. Thanks you for your efforts. But Randy, you are a name-caller and, unfortunately, you use that strategy to justify your opinion and you just shoot yourself in the foot every time. The harder you try to prove point, the more you prove that you are just a name-caller. Re-read your posts. You started by calling Terry MacAuliffe and the Clintons filthy, slimy, etc. . . You called me names every time I challenged you. Only once did you present actual information that was interesting and relevant. So, you can do better. I’m glad for you. But I don’t take back the pigheaded juvenile label. Even good, well-meaning people can be pigheaded and juvenile. Good Luck with the attitude adjustment. The next four years may be infuriating to you but you might lear something, too. MS. WORM.
Look celtworm, I just happen to be right and you just happen to be unable to deal with it because you’re wrong - that’s a fact. Liberal ideas just don’t work - that’s not transferring the blame, that’s fixing it right where it lies.
Take a look at any city run by liberals from San Francisco to Detroit to Los Angeles to New York (Bloomberg doesn’t fool anybody) to Boston. High taxes, unaffordable housing, high poverty, low scholastic test scores, high crime and no incentives for business and industry to build within their city limits.
I did read your previous posts and it became clear to me that you shouldn’t be drinking five bottles of Nyquil before responding to anyone’s posts or commenting on any news story - but, this is America, you can do as you please and make a fool out of yourself to your heart’s content.
You should consider the source and stop wasting your time. You’ve characterized me as pigheaded and juvenile which is liberal-speak for “The conservative is right and the liberal is wrong but you have to make a flamboyant exit”.
As for accepting responsibility, I’ve got no problem with that. I’ve never collected unemployment, I’ve never been on welfare, never been to jail and I haven’t been out of work since I was 14 and I’m 46 now. I’ve been in the military, got my college degree, I waited to have kids until after I got married and never asked the taxpayers to subsidize my life without offering a fair exchange of goods and services. I’ve lived by the rules and get rightfully indignant when ne’er do wells such as yourself insist that my earnings be taxed to subsidize the lives of people who have made one catastrophically stupid decision after another, but feel entitled to the fruits of my labor.
Good luck.
Well, Randy. A somewhat more intelligent response this time, however, it’s still just “uh, uh, you did it!“ You didn’t get my message in one of my previous posts, did you? You, personally, are doing the same kind of transfering of blame that your idols in the GOP do, instead of accepting responsibility where it’s appropriate. I guess I should just consider the source and stop wasting my time talking to someone as pigheaded and juvenile as you are.
AC
I’ll stop blaming everything on the GOP when you and your ilk quit blaming everything on the Democrats.
Dream on, Dave.
ac, thanks for reminding me about Jimmy Carter!
MEMO TO OBAMA: Any advice Carter gave you today at lunch, should be ignored it if it was anything more serious than recommending Chick-Fil-A for a great meal. Eating regularly at Chick-Fil-A is the one thing Jimmy and I would agree on, although when Jimmy and the rest of the liberal intelligentsia find out that Truett Cathy is a successful Christian businessman, they’ll want to burn him in effigy right next to the American flag. Come to think of how violent liberals are, they’d probably want to skip the “effigy” part and literally burn him alive.
Time has been kind to Jimmy Carter, he’s still crazier than an out-house rat, no more, no less.
Well now, we don’t need anyone from “Occupied Virginia” takin’ up residency in our fine Governor’s Mansion, and tryin’ to muddle the waters down here in Richmond.
Randy,
I couldn’t agree more with your comments. However, you forgot to mention the Community Reinvestment Act bill that was signed by the worst president in the last 50 years - Jimmy Carter. That was the bill that Bill Clinton expanded on that you did mention.
celtworm, allow me to answer your questions in kind:
Who’s been in power? For the last two years, we’ve had a democrat senate and a neo-con Republican president.
How did we get into such a mess financially? Government meddling in the housing market which started, in earnest, during the Clinton administration with the LIBERAL idea that the government should make housing available even to people who can’t afford to make their own mortgage payments. Between liberals and neo-cons, we didn’t let the market work by attrition as it should - that’s how we got into this mess. The market works best when the government is not in up to its neck meddling with everything. Yeah, you’ll point out Bernie Madoff to which I’ll reply that consumers have to do a little homework before they trust large sums of money to anyone. You think Bernie Madoff’s ponzi scheme is exceptional in magnitude? Have a look at Social Security - it’ll blow your mind.
Why is food, clothing and shelter so expensive? Expensive? Heck, if you live near San Fransisco where Gavin Newsome reigns, it’s flat out unaffordable. As a matter of fact, anywhere you find high housing prices on even modest homes, high crime and high taxes, you’ll find liberal mayors and governors. Why is clothing expensive? Because people will pay the price the manufacturer asks in addition to the onerous taxes associated with the purchase. Funny, liberals HATE the one place that does sell affordable clothing and food while employing thousands of people: Wal Mart.
Why is the cost of living higher than we ever imagined? High taxes, social programs and over regulation which drive up the cost of doing business, none of which are conservative principles, but, they are found in spades in the liberal playbook. Taking money from people who have earned it and redistributing the money to people who did not earn it using the coercive power of the federal government is immoral and repulsive.
Then how is it that liberals are to blame? That’s the one answer you had right, duh, duh, duh.
Re: celtwom2591
Stop blaming everything on the GOP. There’s a lot of blame to go around, including your wonderful liberals that have been in charge of Congress and spending for the past 2 years, and I didn’t see them do anything (oh.. and their approval rating was lower than Bush).
Question: Which party has been in power in the USA for the last 2 years?
The Democrats
Question: When did the economy go south?
Within the last 2 years
Question: How did the USA get into such a mess financially?
Answer: The housing market is the root of the cause (i.e. selling houses to those that can’t afford them). We can thank Barney Frank and Chris Dodd for that.
Let us also not forget that GOP/Bush and Conservative are two different things. Bush is NOT a fiscal conservative, so don’t blame conservative policy for our problems.
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