After Cuccinelli tax return release, McAuliffe proffers 3 years of summaries, but few details

By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 8:02 PM

RICHMOND, Va. — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe’s campaign released six pages of federal income tax summaries late Tuesday showing he paid $3.6 million in taxes on total income of more than $16.8 million from 2009 through 2011, but withheld details about where and how he made his money.

The master fundraiser for his party’s elite and for three years chairman of an electric-car company with ties to China reported total income in those ranging from $8.3 million in 2011 to $1.9 million in 2010 and $6.6 million in 2009.

There was no information from the most recent year, 2012, which campaign spokesman Josh Schwerin said had not been completed. Federal tax returns for 2012 were due April 15.

Campaign officials made only the first two pages of McAuliffe’s federal returns for each of the years available to journalists Tuesday evening. That step came six days after his Republican rival in the governor’s race, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, released hundreds of pages of detailed federal and state returns covering eight years...

Imagine that, a carpet bagging democratic candidate for governor who is in the top 1%. Go figure.

sdfer Wrote:
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> Imagine that, a carpet bagging democratic
> candidate for governor who is in the top 1%. Go
> figure.

Shut your mouth and vote for him damn you. You fucking peasants will bow down!

NOW!

sdfer Wrote:
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> Imagine that, a carpet bagging democratic
> candidate for governor who is in the top 1%. Go
> figure.


Worse yet most of it was passive business income and from those evil CAPITAL GAINS!

Mc1%er Wrote:
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> sdfer Wrote:
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> > Imagine that, a carpet bagging democratic
> > candidate for governor who is in the top 1%.
> Go
> > figure.
>
>
> Worse yet most of it was passive business income
> and from those evil CAPITAL GAINS!


You liberals have made it quite clear you do in fact believe that to be evil. So some actual morals and stand behind it and quit flip flopping your stance according to what letter is in front of someones name

What is he hiding? What is the source of his income? Also, why is he late filing this year's return?

In any event, he knows he is losing. He is falling right into Cucinelli's trap. Cucinelli set him up perfectly and is having a field day with him. It is never a good sign for a campaign to be in a reactionary mode.

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> Imagine that, a carpet bagging democratic
> candidate for governor who is in the top 1%. Go
> figure.

Do you know what "carpet bagging" means? He has lived in Fairfax County for more than 20 years.

cvhk Wrote:
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> sdfer Wrote:
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> > Imagine that, a carpet bagging democratic
> > candidate for governor who is in the top 1%.
> Go
> > figure.
>
> Do you know what "carpet bagging" means? He has
> lived in Fairfax County for more than 20 years.


It means someone from the north who is opportunistic and exploitative. The term describes TMac perfectly.

Probably has some of those damn FOREIGN INVESTMENTS too.

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> It means someone from the north who is
> opportunistic and exploitative. The term
> describes TMac perfectly.

This is not the Reconstruction Era. It certainly does not.

I think he hired Romney's campaign consultant.

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> Webster Wrote:
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> > It means someone from the north who is
> > opportunistic and exploitative. The term
> > describes TMac perfectly.
>
> This is not the Reconstruction Era. It certainly
> does not.


Is TMac from a northern state?

Check.

He grew up in Syracuse, NY.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_McAuliffe

Is he opportunistic?

Check.

Members of his own party agree:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251259326

See comment #4

Is he exploitative?

Check.

Anyone who sells federal property, especially the Lincoln bedroom, for campaign cash is by definition exploitative.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/23059.html

So, yeah, the term definitely fits him perfectly.

You can keep denying it all you want, but it will just make you look more foolish.

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> You can keep denying it all you want, but it will
> just make you look more foolish.

I am not denying he fits YOUR definition of the term, but rather questioning the definition and the continued misuse of the term.

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> Webster Wrote:
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> > You can keep denying it all you want, but it
> will
> > just make you look more foolish.
>
> I am not denying he fits YOUR definition of the
> term, but rather questioning the definition and
> the continued misuse of the term.


Works for most of the rest of us too.

You can nitpick it all you want, it's close enough for political purposes and becoming a label that's sticking with him.

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> Webster Wrote:
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> > You can keep denying it all you want, but it
> will
> > just make you look more foolish.
>
> I am not denying he fits YOUR definition of the
> term,

Really? I defined it as "someone from the north who is opportunistic and exploitative." You have a different definition? Please tell us.

> but rather questioning the definition and
> the continued misuse of the term.

It is hardly misused. It is dead on accurate no matter how much you whine about it.

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> Really? I defined it as "someone from the north
> who is opportunistic and exploitative." You
> have a different definition? Please tell us.

Sorry, I figured someone named "Webster" would know what a dictionary was.

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> Webster Wrote:
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> > Really? I defined it as "someone from the
> north
> > who is opportunistic and exploitative." You
> > have a different definition? Please tell us.
>
> Sorry, I figured someone named "Webster" would
> know what a dictionary was.


You have yet to provide a different definition. Please share with us your definition of carpetbagger. Are you claiming a carpetbagger is not opportunistic or expoitative?

car·pet·bag·ger noun

Definition of CARPETBAGGER

1. a Northerner in the South after the American Civil War usually seeking private gain under the reconstruction governments

2. outsider; especially : a nonresident or new resident who seeks private gain from an area often by meddling in its business or politics

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carpetbagger


Point goes to Webster.

InterWeb Referee Wrote:
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> car·pet·bag·ger noun
>
> Definition of CARPETBAGGER
>
> 1. a Northerner in the South after the American
> Civil War usually seeking private gain under the
> reconstruction governments

It is nearly 150 years on. Get over it, Gomer.

> 2. outsider; especially : a nonresident or new
> resident who seeks private gain from an area often
> by meddling in its business or politics

TMac is a VA RESIDENT, has been for tenty years.


YOU = FAIL.

That's TWENTY years...

You = FAIL Wrote:
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> InterWeb Referee Wrote:
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> > car·pet·bag·ger noun
> >
> > Definition of CARPETBAGGER
> >
> > 1. a Northerner in the South after the American
> > Civil War usually seeking private gain under
> the
> > reconstruction governments
>
> It is nearly 150 years on. Get over it, Gomer.

The term is still applicable, especially in the case of TMac. Next you will argue something stupid like the term "Uncle Tom" isn't relevant in today's world.

> > 2. outsider; especially : a nonresident or
> new
> > resident who seeks private gain from an area
> often
> > by meddling in its business or politics
>
> TMac is a VA RESIDENT, has been for tenty
> years.

Which doesn't exempt him from being a carpetbagger. He is exploitative and opportunistic. Look at his "green" car dealings in MS. Classic carpetbagging going on there.

> YOU = FAIL.

If you are looking for fail, check out this store http://www.simplymirrors.com/

I think you will find fail pretty quickly.

So, why won't TMac release his tax records? What is he hiding?

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> The term is still applicable, especially in the
> case of TMac.

1) Reconstruction ended over a century ago.

2) TMAc is not an outsider, but rather a long-term resident of the Commonwealth.

3) TMac is not opportunistic or expoitative of reconstruction governments (which no longer exist).

Three strikes & you're out, Gomer.

DailyKos says:


"There was one article in The Washington Post on December 19 that I found illuminating, however:

But when it comes to spending his own money, campaign finance reports outline how McAuliffe has been far more interested in helping federal versus state candidates for office.

McAuliffe, a wealthy businessman and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, has contributed more than $200,000 to presidential, congressional and national party committees since 2000, according to the Federal Election Commission. McAuliffe's wife, Dorothy, has also donated tens of thousands of dollars to federal candidates.

According to the Virginia Public Access Project, which tracks money in state politics, McAuliffe has made only one contribution to a candidate running for state or local office in Virginia in the past eight years. On Oct. 28, after it was clear he was eyeing the governor's race, McAuliffe gave Fairfax County Supervisor Sharon Bulova (D) $500.

Come on, Terry. You want to run for Governor of a state but have only donated to a state-level candidate once, when it was quite obvious that you would be running for Governor?

This article at Huffington Post also raised concern.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/va-gov-candidate-terry-mc_n_146013.html

Apparently, you've been state-shopping - your first choice wasn't Virginia. Your second choice doesn't appear to have been Virginia, either. It looks like Florida and New York hold those honors.

Florida

Despite some questionable real estate transactions outside Orlando (where "The Macker" either scored $2.4 million off of no investment or $2.45 million off of a $100 investment), McAuliffe dangled his toes in the water when it came to running for Governor of Florida. The only problem was, Florida expected a chief executive that, you know, actually lived there:

McAuliffe gave his enemies serious ammunition in 2005, when his spokesman was asked about a report that he was mulling a run against then-Gov. Jeb Bush. The flack shot down the report, citing Florida's seven-year residency requirements -- not McAuliffe's undying love for Virginia.

"He's incredibly flattered, but he will not be a candidate for '06," DNC spokesman Tony Welch told The Miami Herald at the time. "He's intrigued by the idea, but the residency requirement is what it is."

To be fair, apparently the constitutional requirement wasn't common knowledge among gubernatorial hopefuls as Lawton "Bud" Chiles was also thinking of carrying on the family tradition until he read in the newspaper about McAuliffe not being able to run and realized the rule applied to him also.

Florida had long been on McAuliffe's mind. As DNC Chair in 2002 he promised, "Jeb Bush is gone" (he was actually re-elected in a 13 point stomping).

And Florida was still on his mind last week, as was linked all the way to Miami, Not Larry Sabato busted Terry McAuliffe forgetting he is running for Governor of Virginia, not Florida.

If not Florida, then...

New York

McAuliffe's home state of New York would have allowed him to move into the state and quickly establish the residency requirements. In fact, he knew the routine well, as McAuliffe had offered up seven figures so that Hillary Clinton could establish New York residency for her senate run.

Unfortunately, there were problems with running for Governor of New York also. When he blew the 2002 Florida gubernatorial race despite his promise, at least he appeared like he was trying to win. Not quite the same in New York, where McAuliffe knee-capped the Democratic nominee while DNC Chair to the reporters of the largest paper in the state:

''I've got to put the resources where we can win elections,'' Mr. McAuliffe said at a lunch with reporters and editors of The New York Times.
[..]

The comments could not have come on a worse day for Mr. McCall, who was hoping to jump-start his campaign today by enlisting the support of Bill Clinton, one of Mr. McAuliffe's closest friends.

This afternoon, the former president appeared with Mr. McCall at a rally in Washington Heights, and later was host at a fund-raising dinner.

Mr. McCall no doubt wanted the campaign message of the day -- not to mention the television news -- to show a campaign energized and enlivened by the famed Clinton charisma. Instead, he was publicly undercut by the very man Mr. Clinton handpicked to lead the National Democratic Party.

As you can imagine, not the best way to build up goodwill among the Democrats necessary for a primary campaign.

So let me sum up what I've learned:

1. You were DNC Chair for 4 years.
2. You lost House and Senate seats during your tenure as DNC Chair.
3. You lost a Presidential election during your tenure as DNC Chair.
4. You don't appear to have an agenda outside of spending money for Virginia.
5. To be Governor of Virginia was neither your first nor your second choice - you would have preferred Florida or New York.
6. You don't appear to be much of a supporter of Democratic Virginia politics and politicians.

So I close with my open - No way, Terry McAuliffe. You're going to try to look backward at old, unsuccessful strategies for buying yourself a Governor's seat when the people you will need to get you that seat are looking for more, better Democrats - not more of the same."

release the records Wrote:
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> So, why won't TMac release his tax records? What
> is he hiding?

The Kookster showed his returns (he didn't 'release' them) to reporters a week agoi today.

TMac issued tax summaries, which provide an overview of his income and taxes paid.


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> So I close with my open - No way, Terry McAuliffe.
> You're going to try to look backward at old,
> unsuccessful strategies for buying yourself a
> Governor's seat when the people you will need to
> get you that seat are looking for more, better
> Democrats - not more of the same."

Please name these "better Democrats" of whom you speak.

Why have they not yet come forward?

I would vote to elect a ham sandwich for governor if its opponent were Ken Cucinelli.

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> release the records Wrote:
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> > The term is still applicable, especially in the
> > case of TMac.
>
> 1) Reconstruction ended over a century ago.

Yet the term still has relevance. Just like the term Uncle Tom. In fact, many civil war era terms are frequently used. Plantation, Master, etc. are all used in 21st Century dialogue.

> 2) TMAc is not an outsider, but rather a long-term
> resident of the Commonwealth.

He is clearly an outsider. While "residing" in VA, he has spent most of his time on national politics in Washington, DC sucking at the teet of the Clintons and being their bag man. He has virtually no experience in Virginia. He even refused to locate his "green" car company here.

> 3) TMac is not opportunistic or expoitative of
> reconstruction governments (which no longer
> exist).

He certainly is opportunistic and exploitative. Carpetbagging didn't just refer to the exploitation of reconnstruction governments. For god's sake, the definition was spelled out for you and you still don't get it.

> Three strikes & you're out, Gomer.

Not only can't you read, but it appears you can't count as well! LOL.


So, why won't TMac release his tax records? What is he hiding?

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> release the records Wrote:
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> > So, why won't TMac release his tax records?
> What
> > is he hiding?
>
> The Kookster showed his returns (he didn't
> 'release' them) to reporters a week agoi today.

Which is actually considered "releasing" them.

These journalists support that conclusion...

http://hamptonroads.com/2013/04/cuccinelli-tax-return-release-latest-twist-governors-race

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2013/04/17/cuccinelli-tax-returns-released/

http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/cuccinelli-to-release-years-of-tax-returns/article_c5daea8f-ac0b-5b69-9ef1-2a0379250024.html

http://articles.dailypress.com/2013-04-18/news/dp-nws-election-cuccinelli-tax-returns-20130418_1_attorney-general-ken-cuccinelli-tax-returns-terry-mcauliffe

http://www.newsadvance.com/news/state/article_a3ef1646-a85b-11e2-b51f-0019bb30f31a.html


> TMac issued tax summaries, which provide an
> overview of his income and taxes paid.


Yet failed to indicate the source of his income or where his accounts are held.

You are fine with it because you are an idiot.

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> > 1) Reconstruction ended over a century ago.
>
> Yet the term still has relevance.

No, it doesn't. Strike #1.

> > 2) TMAc is not an outsider, but rather a long-term
> > resident of the Commonwealth.
>
> He is clearly an outsider. While "residing" in
> VA, he has spent most of his time on national
> politics in Washington, DC sucking at the teet of
> the Clintons and being their bag man. He has
> virtually no experience in Virginia. He even
> refused to locate his "green" car company here.

So any VA resident involved in national or international business is not a "real" Virginian? Strike #2.

> > 3) TMac is not opportunistic or expoitative of
> > reconstruction governments (which no longer
> > exist).
>
> He certainly is opportunistic and exploitative.

Success in business used to be celebrated by you right-wing nutjobs. What the hell happened?

Whom has TMac exploited?

Strike #3.

Again, you're out, Gomer.

Questionista Wrote:
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> I would vote to elect a ham sandwich for governor
> if its opponent were Ken Cucinelli.


+1
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> Progressives Hate McAuliffe Wrote:
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> > So I close with my open - No way, Terry
> McAuliffe.
> > You're going to try to look backward at old,
> > unsuccessful strategies for buying yourself a
> > Governor's seat when the people you will need
> to
> > get you that seat are looking for more, better
> > Democrats - not more of the same."
>
> Please name these "better Democrats" of whom you
> speak.

Chap Peterson would have been better. Mark Warner would have been better. Tom Perriello would have been better. Brian Moran would have been better.

> Why have they not yet come forward?

You'd have to ask them, but I'd be willing to bet low handed dirty Clintonista politics had something to do with it.

> I would vote to elect a ham sandwich for governor
> if its opponent were Ken Cucinelli.

True, but I'd also vote for a ham sandwich over McAuliffe. Unless a viabl 3rd party candidate emerges, that slot will be left blank on my ballot in November.

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> release the records Wrote:
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> > > 1) Reconstruction ended over a century ago.
> >
> > Yet the term still has relevance.
>
> No, it doesn't. Strike #1.

Yes it does. No matter how butthurt you get over the use of the term, it is as relevant as the other terms mentioned.

> > > 2) TMAc is not an outsider, but rather a
> long-term
> > > resident of the Commonwealth.
> >
> > He is clearly an outsider. While "residing" in
> > VA, he has spent most of his time on national
> > politics in Washington, DC sucking at the teet
> of
> > the Clintons and being their bag man. He has
> > virtually no experience in Virginia. He even
> > refused to locate his "green" car company here.
>
> So any VA resident involved in national or
> international business is not a "real" Virginian?
> Strike #2.

No, I can see reading is not your thing. You can be involved in both of those, but if you want to be governor of Virginia, it would be in your best interest to demonstrate an interest in the Commonwealth. TMac had the opportunity to do that and he chose MS instead.

> > > 3) TMac is not opportunistic or expoitative
> of
> > > reconstruction governments (which no longer
> > > exist).
> >
> > He certainly is opportunistic and exploitative.
>
>
> Success in business used to be celebrated by you
> right-wing nutjobs. What the hell happened?

Unfortunately, his "green" car company isn't all that successful and it appears to be a visa for sale program for the Chinese.

> Whom has TMac exploited?

The US taxpayer when he rented out government property in return for campaign donations.

> Strike #3.
>
> Again, you're out, Gomer.

Again, learn to count.


So, why won't TMac release his tax records? What is he hiding?

McAuliffe is an opportunistic and corrupt gladhander, and Cucinelli is just plain nuts. I am an absolute loss on what to do this year..

no lesser of these two evils Wrote:
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> True, but I'd also vote for a ham sandwich over
> McAuliffe. Unless a viabl 3rd party candidate
> emerges, that slot will be left blank on my ballot
> in November.

It's an easy decision for me.

I am a one-issue voter, and that issue is abortion.

Cucinelli is obsessed with eliminating abortion by through excessive regulation.

I would never vote for a zealot like Cucinelli.

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> McAuliffe is an opportunistic and corrupt
> gladhander.

Show me a politician with is not.

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> no lesser of these two evils Wrote:
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> > True, but I'd also vote for a ham sandwich over
> > McAuliffe. Unless a viabl 3rd party candidate
> > emerges, that slot will be left blank on my
> ballot
> > in November.
>
> It's an easy decision for me.
>
> I am a one-issue voter, and that issue is
> abortion.
>
> Cucinelli is obsessed with eliminating abortion by
> through excessive regulation.
>
> I would never vote for a zealot like Cucinelli.

Single issue voters are morons.

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> I would never vote for a zealot like Cucinelli.

+1

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> I would never vote for a zealot like Cucinelli.


I would never vote for a carpetbagging charlatan like McAuliffe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjY1_aR9wyE&feature=player_embedded#!

Priceless at 1:04 - 1:24

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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjY1_aR9wyE&feature
> =player_embedded#!
>
> Priceless at 1:04 - 1:24


Ouch.

The entire basis for the Obama campaign against Romney now kicking McAuliffe right in the ass.

Do a google on GreenTech Automotive...intersting company with connections to the PRC government - thats who butters Terry McAuliff's bread.