Talk:Terry McAuliffe

On October 17, User:Ransom333 added the following comment to this article:

What is not mentioned by this Democratic "spin-machine," is that McAuliffe is a rabid, hostile, Bush hater. Unlike the two most bloodthirsty Democratic "attack dogs," Chad Clanton and Tad Devine, all showing their most public faces on Fox News, Terry has most virulently and vitriolicly attacked Bush, to the point of literaly and at multiple times, calling the president a "liar." The kind of attitude and demeanor that he has showed in his public pillories of Bush, given a less respected position than McAuliffe holds, (like a bar patron), would have gotten him arrested for suspicion of being on crack or crank, or thrown out by the club bouncer. Studying his screeds on Fox would be an appropriate way of arriving at a more accurate portrayal of him than the glowing approbations I see in this public relations piece. In looking at him, and his variations in mood and facial appearance, from one interview to another, I wonder if he ISN'T on drugs, at times. THIS is the Chairman of the DNC?

Since this is purely an expression of opinion without any facts or documentation to support it, I've moved it to the talk page for this article. --Sheldon Rampton 02:09, 17 Oct 2004 (EDT)

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Moving unreferenced (and strangely formatted) text here. I'm also concerned that the following text is a string of negative quotes, with little context given. Adding information that reflects unfavorably on a person or other entity is fine, as long as it's accurate, referenced and presented in context. -- Diane Farsetta 12:04, 5 May 2009 (EDT)

McAuliffe has been criticized for his business dealings, mixing business too closely with his political or government work. Although he has never been implicated in any wrongdoing, some observers believe he works too closely to the boundaries of proper and improper conduct. For example, Mother Jones Magazine in 1997 wrote:

On a personal level, the fuzziness of his ethics has blurred the boundaries between his political and business dealings. And in conversations with Mother Jones, McAuliffe has had a hard time sticking to the same story.

In 1999, the New York Times reported:

"Probably no one has more and longer tentacles into the worlds of money and politics than Terry McAuliffe," said Ellen Miller, executive director of Public Campaign, an organization promoting changes to the campaign finance system.

In May 2009, the Washington Post ran a front-page story that noted, among other issues, McAuliffe's tendancy to exaggerate:

Describing the apartments he purchased with the union fund, McAuliffe said he "went through every apartment myself, like 1,600 of them, to make sure the toilets worked" -- but then added: "Well, I didn't go through 1,600. But I went through every property exhaustively. Sure I did! I owned them!"

McAuliffe then claimed that his home-building company built 1,300 homes at its peak, but an adviser later clarified that the figure was closer to 800. And at a candidates' forum in December, in response to Moran's claim to be the only candidate who had run a business and raised a family in Virginia, McAuliffe boasted of launching five businesses in Virginia.

It turned out that all five are investment partnerships, with no employees, registered to his home address in McLean.