Terry McAulliffe told Levin if he changed Michigan's 2004 primary date "the whole system collapses"

zulchzulu

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Wed May-21-08 07:29 PM
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Terry McAulliffe told Levin if he changed Michigan's 2004 primary date "the whole system collapses"

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Terry McAulliffe's own words show exactly what would appear to be a fantastical hypocrisy. From Terry McAuliffe's own book "What a Party!", he managed to explain how going out of a predetermined schedule would be "chaos" when Senator Levin wanted to change the Michigan primary date in 2004:

"I'm going outside the primary window," told me definitively.

"If I allow you to do that, the whole system collapses," I said. "We will have chaos. I let you make your case to the DNC, and we voted unanimously and you lost."

He kept insisting that they were going to move up Michigan on their own, even though if they did that, they would lose half their delegates. By that point Carl and I were leaning toward each other over a table in the middle of the room, shouting and dropping the occasional expletive.

"You won't deny us seats at the convention," he said.

"Carl, take it to the bank," I said. "They will not get a credential. The closest they'll get to Boston will be watching it on television. I will not let you break this entire nominating process for one state. The rules are the rules. If you want to call my bluff, Carl, you go ahead and do it."

We glared at each other some more, but there was nothing much left to say. I was holding all the cards and Levin knew it.

Source: McAuliffe, Terry. What A Party!, p. 325.

So what is it, Terry?

Chaos if states break the rules?

Do rules apply only when they don't apply to your candidate?

More:
http://www.politicalbase.com/profile/Mark%20Nickolas/blog/&blogId=1950

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DS1

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Wed May-21-08 07:31 PM
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1. Must not comment about the last time a McAuliffe was a passenger

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sfam

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Wed May-21-08 07:32 PM
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2. Wow, Terry sounds so optimistic there. You can tell he really cares about counting...

all the votes.

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habitual

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Wed May-21-08 07:38 PM
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3. woah, is it fair to bring up that what he says depends on who is paying him???

huh?? is it??

you're damn right it is.....

Terry, you say whatever will slip the green bills in your pocket! and you do it with a big, nasty smile on your face.

you make me sick.

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mcctatas

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Wed May-21-08 07:40 PM
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4. t-mac has jumped the shark and then thrown it under the bus...

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zulchzulu

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Wed May-21-08 07:47 PM
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5. Terry McAulliffe is like the car salesman who demands that you get the undercoating...

...yunno...the stuff that is already there...on the car...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/data?pid=avimage&iid=iw3mhT5oeS5U

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Mimosa

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Wed May-21-08 07:53 PM
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7. Oh YES!!! ROTFL

I know that's true. I was trying to think who he reminded me of...the first salesmen with the first car I ever bought.

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rateyes

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Wed May-21-08 07:49 PM
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6. Terry McAuliffe...

Worst.DNC.Chair.Ever.

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zulchzulu

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Fri May-23-08 10:35 AM
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13. Terry McAuliffe...

Worst. Candidate. Manager. Ever.

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jsmirman

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Wed May-21-08 07:59 PM
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8. Answer this, Clinton liars

vile.

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zulchzulu

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Thu May-22-08 08:31 AM
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11. 2004 was, um, like, um, so long ago... this is 2008

:sarcasm:

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2rth2pwr

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Wed May-21-08 08:00 PM
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9. The threat by itself worked that time.

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populistdriven

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Wed May-21-08 08:00 PM
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10. Which is exactly what they want! Once the system collapses they can grab power. nt

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zulchzulu

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Thu May-22-08 12:02 PM
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12. That is certainly an interesting theory...

I wouldn't put it past McAwful...

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