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Friday, November 1, 2013

Virginia at a Crossroads


The race for cash has turned into a rout in the final days of the contest for Virginia governor, with front-runner Terry McAuliffe exponentially outraising Ken Cuccinelli II — particularly from companies that have legislative interests in Richmond. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/mcauliffe-trounces-cuccinelli-in-late-donations-in-virginia-governors-race/2013/10/31/f0749b7a-423a-11e3-a751-f032898f2dbc_story.html ). Why is so much money required?  For paid advertising of course.   And McAuliffe needs a lot of advertising to cover up the scandals that plague his career.  But it is not as though he has not been helped by the Main Stream Media, who refuses to give equal coverage to both sides of the contest.
 
In case you have not had the time to evaluate the mainstream media coverage given to the two gubernatorial candidates, the following summarizes the coverage and identifies some concerns which have received little or no coverage.  Please read and then share with your friends, as appropriate.
 
According to Media Research Center from June 12 through August 31st
 
“Although all the local newspapers have written negative ads about both candidates for governor.  Ninety-one (91) news stories and 61 editorials and columns mentioned or discussed Cuccinelli ethics, most prominently questions surrounding belated disclosure from Jonnie Williams.  In contrast, 48 news stories and 27 opinion pieces talked about McAuliffe’s ethical problems, most about Green Tech, which is currently under federal investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Overall, readers saw 152 stories about Cuccinelli’s ethics vs. 75 about McAuliffe, a greater than two-to-one disparity… the Virginian-Pilot and Roanoke Times papers dogged Cuccinelli on his ethics and seemed less interested in digging through McAuliffe’s dirty laundry.”
 
The Richmond Times Dispatch decided to wash its hands of the gubernatorial race and not endorse either candidate.   Newspapers have continually printed more negative information about Cuccinelli then McAuliffe even though McAuliffe’s scandal-ridden and questionable unethical past far exceeds Ken Cuccinelli’s.  Furthermore, McAuliffe’s background should have received much more scrutiny and investigative reporting so that voters could make an informed decision --- but that has not been done!
 
Not only has there been a lopsided barrage of ethical issues, it is the way the newspapers labeled and put a spin on their reporting that borders on unethical, based on their code of professional responsibility to their subscribers.
 
According to Media Research Center, "there were 26 ‘conservative’ labels attached to Cuccinelli in news stories and editorials, but not any of the four newspapers could even muster a single ‘liberal’ label for McAuliffe even though McAuliffe is a Washington insider, a big spender, and a scam artist. The democrat’s strategy was to claim that McAuliffe was in the center and they were not going to use or employ the ‘liberal’ label and reporters obliged -- even using mainstream and McAuliffe in the same sentence.  In contrast Cuccinelli was wrapped in one label after another to deflect on McAuliffe's left-wing progressive and extreme ideology.”  
 
The Democrats strategy playbook is to deny, delay, and distract and the newspapers have worked together to mislead and manipulate the voter.
 
DECIDE FOR YOURSELF WHETHER OR NOT THE NEWSPAPERS HAVE MANIPULATED AND MISLEAD THE PUBLIC!
Scandals involving Ken Cuccinelli
 
1.) $18K in gifts from Johnny Williams – cleared of any wrong doing, but raised the money and donated it to charity. http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-09-10/local/41926874_1_cuccinelli-star-scientific-williams-sr
 
Scandals involving Terry McAuliffe
 
1.) Prudential Insurance and a quasi-government agency leasing agreement investigation http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1997-12-21/the-heat-on-clintons-moneyman
2.) Illegal campaign contribution swap scheme between the Democratic National Committee and the Teamsters http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=121953
3.) Investigation into an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Real Estate Deal http://www.laborers.org/BusinessWk_12-22-97.html
4.) Criminal investigation while McAuliffe was Chairman of the Federal City National Bank that was cited for “unsafe and unsound banking practices” http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/12/us/friendship-counts-clinton-s-top-fund-raiser-made-lots-for-himself-too.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
5.) Green Tech – McAuliffe received $5 Million taxpayer dollars and refuses to account for the money http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-08-24/local/41442795_1_mayorkas-gulf-coast-funds-management-wang
7.) Refuses to return donations from Jeffrey Thompson who illegally supported Hillary Clinton’s campaign http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-09-12/local/41989004_1_terry-mcauliffe-campaign-cash-hillary-clinton
 
The following link is to Ken Cuccinelli’s web site where you will find numerous articles on the issues that Mr. Cuccinelli has tried to bring to the voters, but for the most part the newspapers have blocked his message.
 

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