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You are here: Home / Past Elections / Election 2008 / The Hype Man

The Hype Man

by John Cole|  June 7, 20081:23 pm| 34 Comments

This post is in: Election 2008

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Terry McAuliffe is a riddle wrapped inside an enigma for me. Some days I think he is simply off his rocker, other days I think he is a lying fool, and I never know what to expect from him. His Baghdad Bob-like assertions over the past few weeks have been hysterical, and he has shown up on the Daily Show to say insane things, and he showed up at MSNBC at 6 am in the morning “reeking of ether” according to Pat Buchanan and toting a bottle of Rum. How am I supposed to take this guy seriously?

And then, just a minute ago in the shower, it came to me. I am not supposed to take him seriously.

Terry McAuliffe is Flavor Flav.

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  1. 1.

    Ninerdave

    June 7, 2008 at 1:28 pm

    Does that mean we can expect a new reality show soon:

    The Flavor or Terry?

  2. 2.

    stevie314159

    June 7, 2008 at 1:29 pm

    Terry McAuliffe is the Ron Popeil of politics.

  3. 3.

    Krista

    June 7, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    The fact that you think about Terry McAuliffe while you’re in the shower is one of the most disturbing things you’ve written on this blog to date.

  4. 4.

    Crza

    June 7, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    McAuliffe shouldn’t get even that much respect, as Flavor Flav was a fairly big part of three of the greatest music albums in history.

  5. 5.

    ambboogie

    June 7, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh BOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

  6. 6.

    SGEW

    June 7, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    Hey! Flavor Flav never told no lies, yo! He threw that shit down for real, and took his hits hardcore.

    [This is not spoof nor snark. Rag on Flav all you want (he is, after all, completely ridiculous), but he is not a tool for powerful aristocrats.]

    Plus: Terry McAuliffe does not scare the dickens out of white people.

  7. 7.

    wasabi gasp

    June 7, 2008 at 1:39 pm

    Recap: Terry McAuliffe comes to you in the shower.

  8. 8.

    Zuzu's Petals

    June 7, 2008 at 1:46 pm

    I’ve said it before…just can’t escape the sneaking suspicion that he undermined Kerry’s campaign as head of the DNC.

  9. 9.

    Mike P

    June 7, 2008 at 1:48 pm

    I, for one, can’t wait to see Terry McAuliffe sporting an extremely large and garish clock in his next interview.

  10. 10.

    Bubblegum Tate

    June 7, 2008 at 1:48 pm

    I can’t believe you’d besmirch the good name of a washed-up crackhead like that.

    (Note: Nation of Millions is still the greatest album ever.)

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    demimondian

    June 7, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    SteviPi nails it. For this campaign, for whatever reason, McAuliffe has decided that he is the Ron Popeil of the Democratic Party.

    For the man who picked the most buttoned-down, conservative, take-no-risks strategy for the party, the turn-around to the no-holds-barred, take-no-prisoners, I-am-Baghdad-Bob’s-Liver public face of Hillary’s campaign has puzzled me no end. On the other hand, as the counterweight to Harold Ickes’ “Off with their heads” act, it’s been a wonderful ride…

  12. 12.

    DougJ

    June 7, 2008 at 1:50 pm

    He reminds more of the old Chris Elliot bits from Letterman.

  13. 13.

    Kevin K.

    June 7, 2008 at 1:54 pm

    Whatever he is, I’m just glad he’s not the head of the DNC anymore.

  14. 14.

    demimondian

    June 7, 2008 at 2:01 pm

    Whatever he is, I’m just glad he’s not the head of the DNC anymore.

    Me, too. Which is why I caucused for, and donated to, Obama, rather than Clinton, even though her positions were closer to mine than his were and are.

  15. 15.

    Krista

    June 7, 2008 at 2:02 pm

    I, for one, can’t wait to see Terry McAuliffe sporting an extremely large and garish clock in his next interview.

    I just read that completely wrong, and am now scarred for life.

  16. 16.

    Con Mhac

    June 7, 2008 at 2:08 pm

    Poor Krista. A dirty mind will wound itself.

  17. 17.

    calipygian

    June 7, 2008 at 2:08 pm

    If Terry McAuliffe is Flavor Flav, does that make Hillary New York? Or Brigitte Nielson?

  18. 18.

    PeterJ

    June 7, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    I just read that completely wrong, and am now scarred for life.

    Thanks for putting that image in my mind.

    So if you have to suffer the rest of us should too? That sounds a lot like a McCain-“democrat”… ;)

  19. 19.

    Krista

    June 7, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    Con Mhac Says:

    Poor Krista. A dirty mind will wound never cease to amuse itself.

    Fixed.

  20. 20.

    dorkboy

    June 7, 2008 at 2:19 pm

    Does that make Hillary Chuck D?

    I’ll definitely go with you on this cuz they easily could’ve had their theme song “Don’t Believe the Hype!”

    Huh? Anyone? Clever?

  21. 21.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    June 7, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    McCokefiend is just in it for the good times.

  22. 22.

    South of I-10

    June 7, 2008 at 2:41 pm

    Public Enemy No. 1?

  23. 23.

    Throwin Stones

    June 7, 2008 at 2:48 pm

    yes
    his recent TDS appearance was either disturbing or amusing, or both

  24. 24.

    cleek

    June 7, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    he’s just a cheerleader

  25. 25.

    passerby

    June 7, 2008 at 3:42 pm

    stevie314159 Says:

    Terry McAuliffe is the Ron Popeil of politics.

    Outstanding! rarely have I read a more perfect truth than that.

    Terry McAuliffe is the Ron Popeil of politics.

    yep.

    T

  26. 26.

    upstatevlad

    June 7, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    I got a letter from the government the other day; I opened and read it: it said they were suckers!

  27. 27.

    leo

    June 7, 2008 at 4:02 pm

    Oy, to think he was head of the DNC. My have things changed (for the better).

  28. 28.

    Matt

    June 7, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    I’m pretty sure ol’ Terry has been blowing quite a few lines this campaign.

    Can’t really blame him.

  29. 29.

    jp

    June 7, 2008 at 4:37 pm

    I did notice McAuliffe floating around the crowd (bizarrely dressed) during Hill’s speech, but has he been anywhere near a microphone since the 6a.m. drinking spree? When I saw the video of that, I thought, “Well, that tanks HIS public face”–not out of any personal drinking prudishness, but considering how the party suits, the tv execs and the “THINK OF THE CHILDREN” social faction would see it.

    ‘Cause if my bosses saw me in a position where I was representing them to a pretty wide audience, and I were essentially drinking on the job (AND at 6am), I’d be canned too. (Hillary’s campaign-picture Crown Royals being another matter entirely).

    So I wonder when we’ll next see him speaking in public; my guess is he won’t be doing the bobblehead circuit tomorrow.

  30. 30.

    w vincentz

    June 7, 2008 at 4:42 pm

    Oh, that Terry.
    Si my frien’ zees rum is goode. OLE.

  31. 31.

    debrazza

    June 7, 2008 at 6:32 pm

    If McAuliffe is Flavor Flav, who’s Professor Griff? I has to be either Wolfson or Blumenthal. But I just don’t buy Hillary as a Chuck D.

  32. 32.

    Allyson

    June 8, 2008 at 1:59 am

    Terry McAuliffe’s job over the last 3 months has been to waste TV time. While he was acting the clown no one was really addressing the issue of how much Clinton’s campaign was dead in the water. He acted the charmer and the idiot so that no one would ask the hard questions and if they did he didn’t answer them. He did a great job for Hillary but will her ever be taken seriously again?

  33. 33.

    pinola

    June 8, 2008 at 7:23 am

    As stunningly effective as he was in 2003-4.

  34. 34.

    Mr Furious

    June 9, 2008 at 12:59 am

    Terry McAuliffe is DICK VITALE. On speed.

    That TDS appearance was a send-up, right? I mean, he was mocking himself, wasn’t he?

    —

    My intitial oppositions to Hillary—long before the campaign even started—were twofold: 1. No dynasties. 2. I didn’t want guys like McAullife getting back in control. IF HRC advanced, Dean would be out at the DNC and the whole fucking school of Clinton remoras and retreads would be settling back in in Washington.

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