Jeff Schapiro Gets Head Start On Ripping Terry McAuliffe

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Riley

With all the excitement over the 2008 elections, we nearly missed this little piece from Jeff Schapiro about Terry McAuliffe:

This is opposition research on a fellow who could have much to answer for: A trial balloon for governor of Florida in 2005 — punctured, well, because he doesn’t live there. His $18 million profit on a $100,000 investment in Global Crossing, a giant telecom that collapsed in 2002. Plundered, gone-bust businesses are now even less fashionable.

Here’s a little refresher on that Enron-era scandal.

Filed under: 2009 Elections, Scandal!, Terry "Global Crossing" McAuliffe, Virginia Politics

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10 Responses

  1. Light Horse, on November 11th, 2008 at 3:13 pm Said:

    $100,000 into $18,000,000. That’s even better than Hillary! with cattle futures.

  2. Riley, on November 11th, 2008 at 3:25 pm Said:

    And he did this in a year and a half. That’s an 18,000% return on his investment.

  3. Mike Henry To Run Terry McAuliffe’s Campaign | Bearing Drift :: Virginia Politics and Podcasts, on November 11th, 2008 at 3:27 pm Said:

    [...] in Virginia.  Perhaps he can advise McAuliffe how to best deal with responding to questions about his explored run for governor in Florida in 2005 or the $18 million he made with Global Crossing, the company known for filing the seventh largest bankruptcy in American [...]

  4. Kaiser Soze, on November 11th, 2008 at 5:28 pm Said:

    HEY! We need to stop talking about Global Crossing! Let McAwful win the nomination, and THEN let everyone know about this! This reminds me of how republicans expressed their outrage too soon about Jack Murtha being named Pelosi’s top guy, or former Fannie Mae CEO running Obama’s veep selection efforts. Save your powder!

  5. Light Horse, on November 11th, 2008 at 5:50 pm Said:

    Kaiser Soze:

    I thought the Ayers and Wright guys would sink Obama, but they did not. This sort of think has limited affect on Democrats.

  6. Ghost of George Felix Allen's Career, on November 11th, 2008 at 6:26 pm Said:

    Dirty liberal media doing the left’s dirty work again, I see…

  7. Sandy, on November 13th, 2008 at 8:58 am Said:

    And to think, I thought the Clintons were gone. As far as I know, Hillary still owes millions for her own campaign, can’t this dude help her out.

  8. Virginia for Bob McDonnell, on November 13th, 2008 at 11:26 am Said:

    Jim,
    Check out WashPo page B01 today. Veteran Democrat Campaign Consultant Mo Elleithee (now McAuliffe’s strategist) praises Bob McDonnell as the best statewide GOP candidate since George Allen in 2000. Pretty high praise from the opposition.

    http://runbobrun.blogspot.com/2008/11/washington-post-veteran-virginia.html

  9. More Long Knives From The Media Come Out Against McAuliffe « Virginia Virtucon, on November 13th, 2008 at 1:42 pm Said:

    [...] Long Knives From The Media Come Out Against McAuliffe Posted on November 13, 2008 by Riley First it was the RTD’s Jeff Schapiro.  Now, the WashPo’s Marc Fisher is gunning for Terry [...]

  10. Timothy Watson, on November 13th, 2008 at 1:49 pm Said:

    @Virginia for Bob McDonnell:

    Didn’t the media and the Democrats say the same thing about McCain?

    Crap, we’re doomed…

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