This, of course, is awesomely hypocritical.
McDonnell funneled $2,083,500 into his race against Creigh Deeds in 2005 via just such a group (or $6,430.56 for every vote by which he won), all the while denying that he was doing so. In fact, when I called him out on it [1, 2], he took to the airwaves to denounce me as a partisan hack and a liar, accused me of participating in a “grand conspiracy,” and claimed that everything he was doing was legal and appropriate. The press lambasted him, everything that I accused him of turned out to be true, and we were all left with a lot of (still) unanswered questions. Within weeks, a McDonnell-backed bill closed the very loophole that he had exploited.
And now the man’s getting a taste of his own medicine. Bitter, ain’t it?
McDonnell is upset? Boo-freaking-hoo. Politics ain’t beanbag.
So you’re saying what McDonnell did was legal in 2005? And what the DGA did this year is illegal?
Just making sure
L beat me to it. In 2005, Bob didn’t like the rules, but he played by them, then helped get it changed. And you’re upset that he points out Democrats trying to play by the old rules? Boo freaking hoo. Politics ain’t bean bag.
Nope. What McDonnell did was funnel the money into his campaign through what he even (implicitly) believes was an inappropriate loophole. What this group is doing is spending the money directly on media buys. Questions of legality never entered the picture.
“In 2005, Bob didn’t like the rules, but he played by them, then helped get it changed.”
What a hero. It’s not like he could have changed the rules before he exploited them during any of the 14 years he served in the Virginia House of Delegates.