Chairman McAuliffe is from “real” New York
By JR Hoeft | Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 | PoliticsAt a recent Democratic gubernatorial debate, Chairman Terry McAuliffe said he was from “real” New York. Does he get a free pass?
No word yet on whether he’s found “real” Virginia either, considering how new he is to the state.
Remember last year when a McCain aide thought the candidate was also doing well in “real” Virginia, and was not given a pass by the MSM.
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10 Responses to "Chairman McAuliffe is from “real” New York"
No one from Upstate calls Upstate the “Real” New York. We just call it Upstate. We call anything south of Albany “Downstate” and the city “New York City” or “The City”. This moron doesn’t even know his own home state.
I think I understand the problem McAulliffe is trying to deflect. People in Virginia do not understand the difference between Upstate New York and New York City.
I met my wife while she was a resident of Upstate. When people ask her where she is from and she states New York, people often roll their eyes and seem to tar her with the New York City brush. They do not understand the difference between Upstate and New York City.
Let me tell you just how Upstate she is. She is so far removed from New York City that neighbors of hers not more then a quarter mile from her country house were still using outhouses. Talking about understanding “down home” people, one of her best friends still used an outhouse at their residence. (I used that outhouse. In the depths of winter with single digit temperatures and walking down the path shoveled between several feet of lake effect snow.)
Yeah, Terry gets a free pass from me. He’s only trying to use words Virginia citizens might understand in trying to distinguish himself from the rolling eyes New York state residents deal with around here when they tell people where they come from. There is a big difference between what goes on in New York City and what goes on Upstate.
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“He’s only trying to use words Virginia citizens might understand”
Little David, that might be the most arrogant thing i’ve ever read.
I wonder if that’s what McAuliffe meant – he was only using words that Virginia citizens might understand?
McAuliffe’s mouth will get him into trouble again and again in this campaign.
Brian,
I do not think it is wrong to point out that Virginia citizens might not understand the difference between Upstate New Yorkers and New York City inhabitants. I think I have some better experience in telling the difference.
That’s the way to be elected Governor of Virginia. Come from New York and have to figure out how to talk so Virginians will understand you.
Obviously, I think a lot more of Virginians than you and McAuliffe do.
Terry McAuliffe doesn’t get a free pass from me. Just tonight I poured over his 1st quarter campaign finance data as crunched by the Virginia Public Access project.
There’s a reason why Creigh Deeds and Brian Moran have raised their money in Virginia and Terry McAuliffe hasn’t. McAuliffe has no history in our state.
Take a look a my analysis of his report (http://bit.ly/mackermoney) and my other blogs about his candidacy. I think you will see I’ve been just as tough on him as I have Bob McDonnell.
“I think I understand the problem McAulliffe is trying to deflect.” – L.David
Little David, you’re right that he’s trying to deflect a problem but, it isn’t Virginians lack of understanding New York. There is a misconception about New York but, being from Upstate won’t matter. McAuliffe is a carpet bagger regardless. As much as I would love to associate Terry McAuliffe with an out house, I bet you have used them more than he has.
His “carpet bagger” status is the problem he is trying to deflect. This reference reminds those living in “Real Virginia” and “Fake Virginia” that McAwful isn’t the only foreigner in this race. McAuliffe here plays on the politics of division. It to a degree, dilutes his carpet bagger status among Democrats. Many people from Bath County will find little in common with those from Alexandria/Fairfax. If McAuliffe can pit “Real Virginia” against “Fake Virginia”, McAuliffe can play on that division and reduce the effectiveness of “Carpet Bagger” attacks.
I do not think it is only the Carpet Bagger thing he is trying to deflect. He’s trying to deflect the “He’s one of them New Yorkers” label.
Jim Webb got elected didn’t he?
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