Gerrymanderer2 Wrote:
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> Speaking of fear mongering with the Chinese.
>
> On a trade mission to China with her husband in
> 2011, Maureen McDonnell asked the world’s
> largest television network to do something it had
> never done before: make a show promoting travel to
> a U.S. state. She met with the head of state-run
> CCTV to make her pitch, starting formally by
> invoking the place of Thomas Jefferson and
> Virginia in American history but soon shifting
> into easy, laughter-filled banter.
>
> “She charmed that guy — I was there — and
> they eventually came to Virginia,” said Alisa
> Bailey, former president of the state’s tourism
> office. “She’s a saleswoman.”
>
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>
> Williams sprinkled luxury items and big checks
> among several McDonnell family members, and recent
> revelations suggest that the first lady made the
> most aggressive grab for the good life.
>
> She asked Williams to pick up the tab for a
> $15,000 shopping trip to Bergdorf Goodman in New
> York, people with knowledge of the gift have said.
> And after admiring Williams’s Rolex watch, she
> asked him to buy another one that she could give
> to her husband, Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R). She
> received a $50,000 check from Williams, which the
> governor reported as a loan, as she confided
> financial stress to friends.
>
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>
> Cuccinelli received $18,000 in gifts from Star
> Scientific and Williams. He said he concluded
> after listening to supporters that the gifts were
> perceived as a problem for his gubernatorial
> campaign.
>
> "The idea here is to clear the air. I've heard
> from my own supporters and people around the state
> on this and from my perspective, we'll be able to
> ... focus on issues not, maybe not completely, but
> as much as possible," he said.
>
>
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/Sep/10/gift-sc
> andal-va-gop-govs-candidate-donates-18k/
>
> Pictured here, our princess of a First Lady and
> Star Sci's Jonnie himself. All smiles indeed.
Wow, talk about a fucking stretch. You had to go around the world twice to make that link. Remind me again what Maureen McDonald is running for?