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Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k through new PAC
Posted by: WTVR ()
Date: March 19, 2014 02:57PM

Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k, through new PAC


RICHMOND, Va (WTVR) — CBS 6 obtained an email sent out by Governor Terry McAuliffe and his newly formed political action committee (PAC), Common Good VA.

The governor is using the PAC to solicit donations for his causes and like-minded politicians, a practice not unknown in the state, but one that comes on the heels of legislation and strong remarks against the influence of money in politics. “When ethical questions about government arise, they place a cloud over the government’s public servants,” said McAuliffe during his State of the Commonwealth address.

The PAC packages include a number of offers to donors, ranging in cost from $10,000 to $100,000.

Donors giving the largest amount to Common Good VA get regular access to McAuliffe, including a private reception, a round-table discussion with state leaders, a retreat and a private dinner with McAuliffe and his family.

“Why don’t we cut the head off of this snake right now?” asks government watchdog and Democratic strategist, Paul Goldman.

Goldman tells CBS 6’s Lorenzo Hall, he is puzzled by McAuliffe’s PAC offers, especially because the governor spoke repeatedly about the need for ethics reform in Virginia and imposed a $100 gift limit on himself.

Access to the governor in exchange for a donation could be seen as questionable after the indictment of former Governor Bob McDonnell, who is charged with accepting unreported gifts from a wealthy donor and leaving prosecutors wondering what favors that donor received in return.

We contacted the governor about his PAC by phone and email today. In response, his press secretary, Rachel Thomas, sent us an email stating, “Any questions regarding the PAC need to be directed to them. Thank you!”
Goldman says McAuliffe limiting gifts he can receive is useless when wealthy donors can still get access to the governor through his PAC.

“Before long, you won’t be able to get in to talk to some high profile person or policymaker before they say, where’s your ticket? You didn’t pay $10,000 or $50,000? Well, I can’t talk to you. I got a long line of people that paid to talk to me,”says Goldman.

CBS reached out to Common Good VA for comment, but they haven’t responded.

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Re: Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k through new PAC
Posted by: corruption is nothing new ()
Date: March 19, 2014 03:07PM

Has anyone been able to get in touch with Dick Saslaw lately? Unless you are a member of his inner circle, good luck.

For non-term limited positions, vote them out when this starts. Be careful with the governor though.

This is soon going to start with the Board of Supervisors, go by and you'll see the turf vendors, band instrument makers and boosterthon organizers lined up.

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Re: Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k through new PAC
Posted by: imbiker ()
Date: March 19, 2014 03:08PM

Do you get a clown car in the gift bag?
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Re: Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k through new PAC
Posted by: Dealmaker ()
Date: March 19, 2014 03:12PM

If $50K is too much for your, then they also have cheaper plans starting @ $10,000 for access to his aides.

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Re: Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k through new PAC
Posted by: reality ()
Date: March 19, 2014 03:16PM

please tell me how this is different from McDonnell? Other than the fact that McAuliffe is laundering the funds through his PAC.

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Re: Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k through new PAC
Posted by: Snot ()
Date: March 19, 2014 03:52PM

reality Wrote:
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> please tell me how this is different from
> McDonnell? Other than the fact that McAuliffe is
> laundering the funds through his PAC.


It's not.

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Re: Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k through new PAC
Posted by: Cut the Crap ()
Date: March 19, 2014 04:41PM

Snot Wrote:
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> reality Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > please tell me how this is different from
> > McDonnell? Other than the fact that McAuliffe
> is
> > laundering the funds through his PAC.
>
>
> It's not.

Yes, it is. A PAC is a political action fund. It is not a personal piggy bank. McDonnell and his wife accepted - and in at least one case actively solicited - expensive tangible gifts for their personal enrichment. Big difference.

Of course, these sorts of financial transactions could have been curtailed had the conservatives on the Supreme Court not opened the floodgates.

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Re: Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k through new PAC
Posted by: Gerrymanderer2 ()
Date: March 19, 2014 04:46PM

McDonnell prefers payment in the form of Rolex's.
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Re: Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k through new PAC
Posted by: The Terry Way ()
Date: March 19, 2014 05:11PM

Cut the Crap Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Snot Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > reality Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > please tell me how this is different from
> > > McDonnell? Other than the fact that
> McAuliffe
> > is
> > > laundering the funds through his PAC.
> >
> >
> > It's not.
>
> Yes, it is. A PAC is a political action fund. It
> is not a personal piggy bank. McDonnell and his
> wife accepted - and in at least one case actively
> solicited - expensive tangible gifts for their
> personal enrichment. Big difference.
>
> Of course, these sorts of financial transactions
> could have been curtailed had the conservatives on
> the Supreme Court not opened the floodgates.


No, there's not a "Big difference." There's very little if any difference. Simply a different way of buying influence by hiding it behind a separate legal entity (aka a PAC). Doing it via the party machine as Terry prefers and made a career of doesn't make influence peddling any less so or better.

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Re: Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k through new PAC
Posted by: Debbie Downer Democrat XA ()
Date: March 19, 2014 06:11PM

corruption is nothing new Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Has anyone been able to get in touch with Dick
> Saslaw lately? Unless you are a member of his
> inner circle, good luck.
>
> For non-term limited positions, vote them out when
> this starts. Be careful with the governor though.
>
> This is soon going to start with the Board of
> Supervisors, go by and you'll see the turf
> vendors, band instrument makers and boosterthon
> organizers lined up.


I think he's in hiding. He voted against Del. Comstock's bill that would have worked to fight abuse of women. Instead, Saslaw voted against it to continue the Democrat's war on women.

The real hypocrisy in this article on McAuliffe is about how he had a campaign pledge on limiting such donations. Now, he's done a complete 180. Typical dem.

Oh Gerry, posting pictures of McDonnell and your frequent references back to Bush and previous term politicians is just showing off your own limitations in trying to defend your party. When you don't have or can't find a good response, you deflect to the previous administration. Just typical idiot tasks that you perform around here on a daily basis!

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Re: Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k through new PAC
Posted by: Gerrymanderer2 ()
Date: March 19, 2014 06:47PM

Are Republicans complainong about PAC's? They do know that PAC's are thier devil child they thought would tilt things in their favor by opening the flood gates for corporate campaign donations right?

Aren't you Republicans at all embarrassed at the irony of complaining over PAC money?

They create a corrupt system and rules. Then they say you shouldn't participate and lose elections or you're just as bad as they are.

Makes your head spin.

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Re: Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k through new PAC
Posted by: Wow that's crazy ()
Date: March 19, 2014 07:14PM

WTVR Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k,
> through new PAC
>
>
> RICHMOND, Va (WTVR) — CBS 6 obtained an email
> sent out by Governor Terry McAuliffe and his newly
> formed political action committee (PAC), Common
> Good VA.
>
> The governor is using the PAC to solicit donations
> for his causes and like-minded politicians, a
> practice not unknown in the state, but one that
> comes on the heels of legislation and strong
> remarks against the influence of money in
> politics. “When ethical questions about
> government arise, they place a cloud over the
> government’s public servants,” said McAuliffe
> during his State of the Commonwealth address.
>
> The PAC packages include a number of offers to
> donors, ranging in cost from $10,000 to $100,000.
>
> Donors giving the largest amount to Common Good VA
> get regular access to McAuliffe, including a
> private reception, a round-table discussion with
> state leaders, a retreat and a private dinner with
> McAuliffe and his family.
>
> “Why don’t we cut the head off of this snake
> right now?” asks government watchdog and
> Democratic strategist, Paul Goldman.
>
> Goldman tells CBS 6’s Lorenzo Hall, he is
> puzzled by McAuliffe’s PAC offers, especially
> because the governor spoke repeatedly about the
> need for ethics reform in Virginia and imposed a
> $100 gift limit on himself.
>
> Access to the governor in exchange for a donation
> could be seen as questionable after the indictment
> of former Governor Bob McDonnell, who is charged
> with accepting unreported gifts from a wealthy
> donor and leaving prosecutors wondering what
> favors that donor received in return.
>
> We contacted the governor about his PAC by phone
> and email today. In response, his press
> secretary, Rachel Thomas, sent us an email
> stating, “Any questions regarding the PAC need
> to be directed to them. Thank you!”
> Goldman says McAuliffe limiting gifts he can
> receive is useless when wealthy donors can still
> get access to the governor through his PAC.
>
> “Before long, you won’t be able to get in to
> talk to some high profile person or policymaker
> before they say, where’s your ticket? You
> didn’t pay $10,000 or $50,000? Well, I can’t
> talk to you. I got a long line of people that paid
> to talk to me,”says Goldman.
>
> CBS reached out to Common Good VA for comment, but
> they haven’t responded.


That's really cheap compared to what gov mcdonnel charged!

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Re: Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k through new PAC
Posted by: Ready ()
Date: March 19, 2014 09:09PM

Really? Is anyone surprised by this?

The whole reason the Democrat machine got behind Fast Terry was to put in place as a fundraiser for Hillary in 2016. That's it. Nothing more to it. This new PAC is just the start.

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Re: Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k through new PAC
Posted by: Schoolin' Gerry (again) ()
Date: March 19, 2014 09:14PM

Gerrymanderer2 Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Are Republicans complainong about PAC's? They do
> know that PAC's are thier devil child they thought
> would tilt things in their favor by opening the
> flood gates for corporate campaign donations
> right?
>
> Aren't you Republicans at all embarrassed at the
> irony of complaining over PAC money?
>
> They create a corrupt system and rules. Then they
> say you shouldn't participate and lose elections
> or you're just as bad as they are.
>
> Makes your head spin.


Once again Gerry demonstrates his lack of knowledge of all things surpassed only by his ideological idiocy.

PACs were a creation of the Democrats, the first being the CIO (as in the AFL-CIO) in 1944 to support FDR as a way to get around restrictions on contributions by unions (at the time, later removed).

What you're probably attempting to demonize are what are called 'Super PACs' which again are separate from Terry's type of PAC which is what's called a 'Leadership PAC.' A key difference being that Super PACs cannot make contributions to politicians. While Terry's leadership PAC can and can spend the money on effectively anything that he wants including hiring and paying friends and family.

As far as Super PACs go, they're not doing anything other that what the unions and left-side foundation funds have been doing since the 70s. In fact, less since their activities are more limited. The Left also is very well represented in that regard (over and above direct union, foundation, corporate, and personal contributions which are in addition to):

Current Liberal Super PACs as denoted by OpenSecrets.org

Priorities USA Action
Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
Independence USA PAC
Women Vote!
AFL-CIO Workers' Voices PAC
Service Employees International Union
Planned Parenthood Votes
Florida Freedom PAC
Fair Shair Action
League of Conservation Voters
End the Gridlock
Cmte to Elect Effective Valley Congressman
Environment America Action Fund
Local Voices
Sierra Club Independent Action
Rethink PAC
America Shining
NEA Advocacy Fund
Texans for America's Future
Working for Us PAC
Black Men Vote
CREDO Mobile Super PAC
California for Integrity in Government
New Directions for America
Patriot Majority PAC
Stronger Together
Ohio Families United
Connecticut's Future PAC
Defenders of Wildlife Action Cmte
Progress for Washington
United Food & Commercial Workers Advcy
American Bridge 21st Century
Voices of the American Federat'n of Govt Employees
Saving Florida's Future
Natl Nurses United 4 Patient Protection
Defend Our Homes
Progressive Kick
Louisiana Prosperity Fund
Citizens for Ethics in Government
Communications Workers of America
United Mine Workers of America Power PAC
Painters & Allied Trades District Council 50
American Sunrise
Committee for an Effective & Trusted Congressman
Progressive Independent Cmte
Iowans for Integrity in Leadership
We Vote - Nosotros Votamos
Jewish Council for Education & Research
Campaign For Our Future
America Votes Action Fund
1911 United
Vote Your Values PAC
DGA Action
Friends United Political Action Committee
Progressive USA
Citizens for Strength & Security
Calirfornians for Sacred Sites Protection
Working for Working Americans
Protecting Our Vote
Progressive Colorado PAC
Blue America PAC
Independent Source
Oklahoma Forward
Texas America 21st Century PAC
Suburban Voters for Choice
Lantern Project
Working Families for Liz Crowley
UTE PAC
South Floridians for Effective Leadership
The American Worker
Retire Pryor
American Values Coalition
Majority Action
Human Rights Campaign Equality Votes
Courage Campaign Super PAC
DogPAC
We the People
Heart of America PAC
Matthew 25 Network
New Power PAC
My America
Americans for a Better Tomorrow Today
Moving Arizona Forward
American Values
A Better Congress PAC
Bucket Tea Party
Carpenter's Dist. Council/KC & Vicinity
Brady Bunch PAC
2010 Leadership Council
50 State Strategy
Accountability 2010
Alliance to Protect Taxpayers
America's Families First Action Fund
American LP
American Priorities Joint Fundraising Committee
American Progressive Causes
American Working Families
Blue South Project Super PAC
CARMEN'S List
CAUSE PAC
Christians for a Change
Citizens Protest Non Profit
Committee for Justice & Fairness
Cmte to Elect an Effective Congress
Dogs Against Romney
Downtown for Democracy
Dump West
Economic Innovation Action Fund
Environment Colorado Action Cmte
Environmental Action
Family Faith Future
Florida Is Not for Sale
Friends for a Democratic White House
GALPAC
Heartland Revolution Citizens Fund
I Ride Inside - The Pets Against Romney Committee
indyamericans.com
Intl Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
Kentucky Leadership Council
LetOurPresidentLead.com
Louisiana Truth PAC
Mitt is Mean-The Animal Lovers Against Romney Cmte
Moving Ohio Forward Action Fund
Occupy Politics
Occupy Wall Street PAC
Progress Connecticut
Progressive PAC
Progressives for Prosperity
ProgressOhio
Protecting America's Retirees
Protecting Choice in California 2010
Rebuilding America
Sheet Metal Works Local Union 104
Super Women PAC
United Auto Workers
Unity Convention 2012
US Israel Friendship PAC
Utility Workers Union of America
Valley-Israel Alliance
Voters for Justice
We Are the 99% Movement
We Served America
We're Not Going Back
West Hollywood/Bev Hills Stonewall Dems
WOLF PAC

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Re: Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k through new PAC
Posted by: Tickets to the White House ()
Date: March 19, 2014 10:03PM

Didn't Mr. 1%er Terry McAulife come up with the idea to rent out bedrooms in the White House during Clinton's tenure? I'm pretty sure he was the one.

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Re: Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k through new PAC
Posted by: True The Vote ! ()
Date: March 19, 2014 10:12PM

Nuff said, and then some, Gerry? Time to switch teams, I know it is all so complicated, try to keep up boy/girl.

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Re: Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k through new PAC
Posted by: Denial ()
Date: March 20, 2014 09:13AM

Terry McScumbag is the most unethical, greedy, corrupt dirtbag to serve as Governor of VA in many, many years. Hope he ends up in prison with McDonnell and dirty Timmy Kaine where they all belong.

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Re: Access to Gov. McAuliffe can be bought for $50k through new PAC
Posted by: Fast Terry ()
Date: March 20, 2014 11:24AM

Schoolin' Gerry (again) Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Gerrymanderer2 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Are Republicans complainong about PAC's? They
> do
> > know that PAC's are thier devil child they
> thought
> > would tilt things in their favor by opening the
> > flood gates for corporate campaign donations
> > right?
> >
> > Aren't you Republicans at all embarrassed at
> the
> > irony of complaining over PAC money?
> >
> > They create a corrupt system and rules. Then
> they
> > say you shouldn't participate and lose
> elections
> > or you're just as bad as they are.
> >
> > Makes your head spin.
>
>
> Once again Gerry demonstrates his lack of
> knowledge of all things surpassed only by his
> ideological idiocy.
>
> PACs were a creation of the Democrats, the first
> being the CIO (as in the AFL-CIO) in 1944 to
> support FDR as a way to get around restrictions on
> contributions by unions (at the time, later
> removed).
>
> What you're probably attempting to demonize are
> what are called 'Super PACs' which again are
> separate from Terry's type of PAC which is what's
> called a 'Leadership PAC.' A key difference being
> that Super PACs cannot make contributions to
> politicians. While Terry's leadership PAC can and
> can spend the money on effectively anything that
> he wants including hiring and paying friends and
> family.
>
> As far as Super PACs go, they're not doing
> anything other that what the unions and left-side
> foundation funds have been doing since the 70s.
> In fact, less since their activities are more
> limited. The Left also is very well represented
> in that regard (over and above direct union,
> foundation, corporate, and personal contributions
> which are in addition to):
>
> Current Liberal Super PACs as denoted by
> OpenSecrets.org
>
> Priorities USA Action
> Majority PAC
> House Majority PAC
> Independence USA PAC
> Women Vote!
> AFL-CIO Workers' Voices PAC
> Service Employees International Union
> Planned Parenthood Votes
> Florida Freedom PAC
> Fair Shair Action
> League of Conservation Voters
> End the Gridlock
> Cmte to Elect Effective Valley Congressman
> Environment America Action Fund
> Local Voices
> Sierra Club Independent Action
> Rethink PAC
> America Shining
> NEA Advocacy Fund
> Texans for America's Future
> Working for Us PAC
> Black Men Vote
> CREDO Mobile Super PAC
> California for Integrity in Government
> New Directions for America
> Patriot Majority PAC
> Stronger Together
> Ohio Families United
> Connecticut's Future PAC
> Defenders of Wildlife Action Cmte
> Progress for Washington
> United Food & Commercial Workers Advcy
> American Bridge 21st Century
> Voices of the American Federat'n of Govt
> Employees
> Saving Florida's Future
> Natl Nurses United 4 Patient Protection
> Defend Our Homes
> Progressive Kick
> Louisiana Prosperity Fund
> Citizens for Ethics in Government
> Communications Workers of America
> United Mine Workers of America Power PAC
> Painters & Allied Trades District Council 50
> American Sunrise
> Committee for an Effective & Trusted Congressman
> Progressive Independent Cmte
> Iowans for Integrity in Leadership
> We Vote - Nosotros Votamos
> Jewish Council for Education & Research
> Campaign For Our Future
> America Votes Action Fund
> 1911 United
> Vote Your Values PAC
> DGA Action
> Friends United Political Action Committee
> Progressive USA
> Citizens for Strength & Security
> Calirfornians for Sacred Sites Protection
> Working for Working Americans
> Protecting Our Vote
> Progressive Colorado PAC
> Blue America PAC
> Independent Source
> Oklahoma Forward
> Texas America 21st Century PAC
> Suburban Voters for Choice
> Lantern Project
> Working Families for Liz Crowley
> UTE PAC
> South Floridians for Effective Leadership
> The American Worker
> Retire Pryor
> American Values Coalition
> Majority Action
> Human Rights Campaign Equality Votes
> Courage Campaign Super PAC
> DogPAC
> We the People
> Heart of America PAC
> Matthew 25 Network
> New Power PAC
> My America
> Americans for a Better Tomorrow Today
> Moving Arizona Forward
> American Values
> A Better Congress PAC
> Bucket Tea Party
> Carpenter's Dist. Council/KC & Vicinity
> Brady Bunch PAC
> 2010 Leadership Council
> 50 State Strategy
> Accountability 2010
> Alliance to Protect Taxpayers
> America's Families First Action Fund
> American LP
> American Priorities Joint Fundraising Committee
> American Progressive Causes
> American Working Families
> Blue South Project Super PAC
> CARMEN'S List
> CAUSE PAC
> Christians for a Change
> Citizens Protest Non Profit
> Committee for Justice & Fairness
> Cmte to Elect an Effective Congress
> Dogs Against Romney
> Downtown for Democracy
> Dump West
> Economic Innovation Action Fund
> Environment Colorado Action Cmte
> Environmental Action
> Family Faith Future
> Florida Is Not for Sale
> Friends for a Democratic White House
> GALPAC
> Heartland Revolution Citizens Fund
> I Ride Inside - The Pets Against Romney Committee
> indyamericans.com
> Intl Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
> Kentucky Leadership Council
> LetOurPresidentLead.com
> Louisiana Truth PAC
> Mitt is Mean-The Animal Lovers Against Romney
> Cmte
> Moving Ohio Forward Action Fund
> Occupy Politics
> Occupy Wall Street PAC
> Progress Connecticut
> Progressive PAC
> Progressives for Prosperity
> ProgressOhio
> Protecting America's Retirees
> Protecting Choice in California 2010
> Rebuilding America
> Sheet Metal Works Local Union 104
> Super Women PAC
> United Auto Workers
> Unity Convention 2012
> US Israel Friendship PAC
> Utility Workers Union of America
> Valley-Israel Alliance
> Voters for Justice
> We Are the 99% Movement
> We Served America
> We're Not Going Back
> West Hollywood/Bev Hills Stonewall Dems
> WOLF PAC



Sadly, you're wasting your time on Gerry2. Gerry2 will never let facts get in the way of his/her blind faith in the Democrat party, adherence to Progressive dogma, and demonization of all things not from the Left.

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