Citing anonymous U.S. officials briefed on the probe, CNN reported that the investigation is focused on whether donations to McAuliffeâs gubernatorial campaign violated the law.
Man, more âBullshit Aheadâ warnings in that sentence than youâll find in Pampalona on bull running day.
âCNNâ + âanonymous U.S. officials briefed on the probe.â Yeah, Iâm taking that as gospel.
Perhaps, but itâs not like it would be hard for these fucking twerps to make sure their noses are clean. Shit that raises red flags shouldnât even exist in the first fucking place, and you have to admit that McAuliffe is a slimy one right out of the box. As much as Iâm inclined to agree with your sentiment, Iâm also inclined to want to run about giving everyone involved babypowdered pimp slaps for allowing the issue to even exist.
Say it ainât so! The very engineer of the auction of the soul of the once-great Democratic Party to the highest corporate bidders, Clintonista among Clintonistas, financier for the Big Dog whose legacy will forever be the deregulatory corporate favor he dispensed which crashed the economy and diluted our currency, this icon of neo-liberal values, is now suspected of some campaign donation impropriety? Say it ainât so!
Iâm sure heâs verrrrry sorry about it, wonât let it happen again, will give the money back, and fervently press for âlooking forward, not backward.â Mistakes were made.
Say what you want about McAuliffe⌠He has been a great governor for Virginia (I live there.).
Thereâs more to this story. Chinese businessman Wang Wengliang also made a large donation to the Clinton Global Initiative through his American owned company!
He he. Getting closer and closer.
The damage here is that it inclines you to assume thereâs any truth to it all. This is like the âcriminal investigation of Hillaryâs emailsâ that was so breathlessly reported (and now deemed gospel truth by any number of Bernerbusters).
Could be true. Could be Republican ratfucking and credulous reporting. Weâve seen as much in reporting about McAluiffe before. Donât get me wrong, heâs one of the most annoying motherfuckers on earth, but Iâm not assuming its true just because some extremely anonymous guy told someone a thing.
From the article: âThereâs no allegation that the foundation did anything improper.â
No there is not. He had a green card which means they are legitimate donations. Of course you did not bother to read the CNN story since it would not fit your hate meme. Epic critical thinking failure, sport.
Sorry sport. I do have another update that Marshall would rather not publish:
âA shocker. A new NBC News/Wall St Journal poll has Bernie up 54 to 39 over Donald Trump.â
âMeanwhile, according to the same poll, Hillary Clinton no longer has a double digit lead over Donald Trump like she did just a month ago â her lead over Trump is just 3 points.â
TPM has hit an absolute new low with this misleading story. The reporter who cut and paste the story to create a meme is reprehensible.
From the original story from CNN: âBut Wang holds U.S. permanent resident status, according to a
spokeswoman, which would make him a U.S. person under election law and
eligible to donate to McAuliffeâs campaign.â
True. And Iâd vote for him again, if Virginia didnât have this one-term-and gone nonsense.
Fair enough. I donât really assume anything. I operate with the skepticism dial on 11 and here that means of all of itâŚCNN, FBI and McAuliffe.
Wow, complete change of topic proves you are desperate. Again, critical thinking failure. You thinking or lack there of is precisely the way climate change deniers think. You cherry-pick information just as they do. You are whistling quite loudly past the graveyard, junior. Seriously. Quite pathetic. Keep digging that grave.
Indeed. Rubbing Clintonâs WH win in your smug face is going to be fucking glorious and it just keeps getting closer.
But thank you for providing yet another example of âthe leftâ and Bernieâs supporters outright adopting tinfoil hatted batshit nonsense and conspiracy theories engaged in by the far right in order to feed their own self-righteous delusions. You sure youâre not on Roveâs payroll?
One particular donation that reportedly caught investigatorsâ eyes was a $120,000 contribution Chinese businessman Wang Wengliang made through his U.S. companies.
Not a problem, because according to the brilliant jurisprudence of the Roberts court, 1) companies are people, too, my friend, and 2) money is speech, so they were just having a conversationâŚ
What a lovely load of talking point word salad that sounds rather memorized and rote. DO you have any original thoughts youâd like to share or will you be sticking to Roveâs cue cards he provided?
Come on dude, itâs ânewsâ when compared to 80% of the crazy stories TPM publishes as ârealâ news, half the time for laughs.
Gov. McAuliffe campaign didnât do anything wrong. The Clinton CGI is the story. I bet it was a pay-to-play situation again. And Iâm not talkinâ takeout!
In what sense, Charlie?
(No particular love for McAuliffe, just wondering what âdiluted our currencyâ could possibly mean given recent economic indicators.)
Itâs another pseudo-adoption of right wing talking points. Now, be a good boy and run along to buy some gold.